Citation

Hartman JJ. Psychoanal. Q. 2008; 77(2): 531-567.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of South Florida, USA. jjhart@umich.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18512364

Abstract

This paper explores the thematic content of a painting by Salvador Dalí in homage to artist Mark Rothko, completed after the latter's suicide. The manifest title of the work suggests respect for Rothko, but the latent intent of the painting, the author suggests, is more of a memoriam to Rothko in a complex identification with him. Among other psychological issues, the author elaborates on two factors that may have played a part in Dalí's artistic reaction to Rothko's suicide: the death of the artist's infant brother nine months before his own birth, and his lifelong struggle against fusion with the victim (Orgel 1974a, 1974b).

Language: en