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The Lugubrious Game

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Year
  
1929

Period
  
Surrealism

Location
  
private collection

Artist
  
Salvador Dali

Created
  
1929

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Type
  
oil and collage on cardboard

Dimensions
  
44.4 cm × 30.3 cm (17.5 in × 11.9 in)

Similar
  
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The lugubrious game


The Lugubrious Game (or The Mournful Game) is a part oil painting and part collage on cardboard artwork created by Salvador Dalí in 1929. It displays references to feces (in the form of a man wearing soiled underpants), sexual desire, castration and alludes to the "safety" of masturbation. The name of the painting was given by poet, Paul Éluard.

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History

In 1929, several Surrealists including Paul Éluard and his wife Gala were visiting Dalí at his home in Spain. Upon seeing the Surrealist style painting, they were intrigued by it, which led to Dalí becoming an official member of the movement.

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The Lugubrious Game Wikipedia