Sunday Dalí: Anti-Protonic Assumption, 1956. Oil on canvas, 71.2 x 62.5 cm.

This piece was made within Dalí’s Mystical period. One of Dalí’s sources of inspiration for this period was the shape of a spiral, which he iconized in the depiction of a rhinoceros horn.

This painting also features numerous other spiraling shapes, including two dandelions growing from the tomb of the ascending figure who we can assume is the risen Christ. The dandelions are another symbol of spirals in the way their seeds move in the air.

The entire scene is gleefully pointed at by Gala.