# @dalimuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ChpY8Jws8Q7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34142320-dalimuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/48668a8b93.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-08-24T15:08:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Dalí Museum (@dalimuseum) — https://gondola.cc/dalimuseum

## Caption

At first glance, the orbs forming the image of a young man in Dalí’s “Portrait of My Dead Brother” (1963) appear to be Ben-Day dots. 🔎 Look closer and you will notice they are actually cherries. 

Together, these cherries make up the face of a young man – Dalí’s brother. In the center of the painting, just above his nose – two light cherries (representing Dalí) and two dark cherries (representing his dead brother) form a molecule, symbolizing Dalí’s identity as molecularly entwined with that of his younger brother who died prior to the artist’s birth. #Masterworks #TheDali

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