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Salvador Dali The Basket Of Bread
1, "The Basket of Bread" by Salvador Dali, 1926, is the title of the work of art I choose.

2. The dimensions for this work art are: 31.75 cm by 31.75 or 12.5 in by 12.5 in. A surrealist S. Dali use oil paint on canvas. The paintwork has a black color in the back and a range of beige in the scene. It looks like a bi-dimensional figure. (50 words)

3. This work of art gives us a scene of Spanish culture back then. The fiber-woven basket has four loaves of bread, all of the loaves have butter on them, but only one is half-bitten. This painting represents something extremely powerful for just four loaves of bread and it's just two words, spiritual reflection. By presenting the bread in an ominous light, Dali completely transformed what the painting

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