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The Swallow's Tail

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The Swallow's Tail, Series of Catastrophes, known in French as La queue d'aronde, Serie des catastrophes, was the last painting completed by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali. He finished it in May 1983 as the final work in a series based on the mathematical catastrophe theory of the French mathematician Rene Thom. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1983 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 1
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Source The Swallow's Tail (Wikipedia)

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1. The Swallow's Tail (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, sentence 1
    1983
  • Infobox: medium
    Oil on canvas
  • Infobox: museum
    Dalí Theatre and Museum
  • Lead section
    The Swallow's Tail - Series of Catastrophes (French: La queue d'aronde - Série des catastrophes) was Salvador Dalí's last painting.
  • In Group: Dalí Paintings, Lead
    The Swallow's Tail, Series of Catastrophes (French: La queue d'aronde, Série des catastrophes) was Salvador Dalí's last painting.
  • Created By: Salvador Dalí, Infobox: artist
    Salvador Dalí
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