Sunday Dalí: Necrophilic Fountain Flowing From A Grand Piano, 1933. Oil on canvas, 22 x 27 cm.

Part six from our ongoing investigation of Dalí’s fascination with pianos.

From Dali-Gallery:

The word “necrophilic” in the title recalls Dalí’s neurotic fears that penetrative sex would lead to his death. The hole in the piano seems reflective as if filled with water; it is the origin of the “necrophilic spring”. From the middle of the piano underneath the keys, the spring flows into a piano-shaped hole in the ground. This hole insinuates a grave and death, so that the spring has become a necrophiliac.