Why it matters
A huge distorted face, based on a rock formation at Cap de Creus in Catalonia, looks downward while a grasshopper clings to its mouth and ants swarm over it. A similar profile appears two years later in Dalí's The Persistence of Memory.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1929.
- The woman rising from the head resembles Gala, Dalí's new muse.
- Ants are a recurring symbol of sexual anxiety in Dalí's work.
- Its grasshopper has four legs instead of six.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Great Masturbator (CC BY-SA 4.0).
