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July 1, 1939

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Why Salvador Dali Never Explains His Dreams

Margaret Case Harriman

Margaret Case Harriman profiles the artist at work on his surrealist funhouse “Dream of Venus” for the 1939 World’s Fair.

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THE FALL OF THE TYRANT

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