The Greek mythological character named Narcissus who fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. The name subsequently became associated with any living thing that is, or appears to be, vain including the flower of that name.
Dali used both of these themes on another occasion in a window display in New York. He arranged several ugly showroom dummies vainly holding mirrors while standing in a bath overflowing with water. Narcissus flowers covered the surrounding furniture. At the exact centre of the painting is a lascivious group of figures highlighted from the rest of the painting’s subject-matter. Described by Dali as a “heterosexual group” in attitudes of “preliminary expectation” they pose in reflective water, narci
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