# what is this painting called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270 "2002-05-10T13:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/1 "2002-05-10T13:20:29Z")
This is an easy one, I just don’t know the name of it. It has a bunch of melted clocks, and there is a tree and a plateau, and stuff like that. A lot of melted clocks though. ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/2 "2002-05-10T13:22:11Z")
The Persistance of Time, by Salvidor Dali ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/3 "2002-05-10T13:25:00Z")
“The Persistence of Memory,” he means. Salvador Dali, 1931. It’s hanging here in the Museum of Modern Art, up on West 53rd Street. And they’re watches, not clocks. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/4 "2002-05-10T13:28:06Z")
Here’s a [copy](http://www.barewalls.com/product/closeup.asp?ArtworkID=11562&img=d8pf568). ---
**Author:** ![crazy4chaucer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@crazy4chaucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazy4chaucer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/5 "2002-05-10T13:29:12Z")
“The Persistence of Memory,” by Salvador Dali. He and Picasso are my favorite artists. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/6 "2002-05-10T13:46:26Z")
BTW, you gotta love [Google](http://www.google.com)’s birthday tribute to Dali today. Best Google Logo _Ever!_ ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/7 "2002-05-10T14:17:25Z")
And don’t forget the “sequel,” [The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory](http://www.quesadilla.net/dali/d26.html). ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/8 "2002-05-10T17:40:29Z")
And if you click on Google’s tribute painting, it takes you to search results on Dali’s name. But it doesn’t tell me what I want to know: who painted the logo for Google? It’s wonderfully done. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/9 "2002-05-10T17:42:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > **BTW, you gotta love Google’s birthday tribute to Dali today.** Is today (5/10) Dali’s birthday? I wondered what was up with that. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/10 "2002-05-10T18:56:24Z")
Is the Dali’d Google still up and I can’t see it? Or has it disappeared now? * * * “Turn it on, Salvador … brutally offensive, but never a bore.” ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2002, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-painting-called/108270/11 "2002-05-10T19:45:04Z")
I found a link to the Google .gif in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=114441), Thanks to **rowrrbazzle**.