Sublime

La Llorona

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'Surrealism is not a movement. It is a latent state of mind perceivable through the powers of dream and nightmare. It is a human predisposition. People ask me: What is the difference between the irrational and the surreal and I tell them: the Divine Dalí.'

Thanks to their party, the Dalís’ spell had reached beyond the art world into the hearts and the minds of the American public. Within the week, millions of appreciative fans at movie theaters all over the world were entranced by the newsreel footage of Gala, whom they would remember as the captivating princess of her enchanted forest.

Turning down the offer of a business partnership with de Chirico, she coped instead as best she could by having Ernst make salable objects, an idea she would reprise in America in the ’40s, when the market for Surrealist artworks had temporarily turned cold. Under her direction, Max painted designs on scarves and ties, which she peddled door to