Figure 14. The painting Daddy Longlegs of the Evening—Hope! (1940, oil on canvas, 10 × 20 inches) by Salvador Dalí, which is an allusion to World War II. A grieving cupid appears in the lower left of the painting, tormented because the world is violently changing. In the center of the painting is the daddy longlegs, which, according to an old French legend, is a symbol of good luck. Thus, in spite of the bleak atmosphere of the painting, Dalí offers hope

©Reproduced from Collection of Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida; ©2006 Gala–Salvador Dalí Fundation, Figures (Artists Rights Society, New York); ©2006 Salvador Dalí Museum Inc.