{"id":144,"date":"2007-01-19T13:12:58","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T13:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/salvador-dali-and-galatea\/"},"modified":"2007-01-19T13:12:58","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T13:12:58","slug":"salvador-dali-and-galatea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/salvador-dali-and-galatea\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvador Dali and Galatea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Galatea of the Spheres\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/gaofsp.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" hspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Galatea of the Spheres - Dali\" title=\"Galatea of the Spheres - Dali\" src=\"http:\/\/site.overstockart.com\/images\/dali2.gif\" \/><\/a>Someone asked me recently about a <a title=\"Salvador Dali\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/saldalrep.html\">Salvador Dali<\/a> masterpiece \u201c<a title=\"Dali - Galatea of the Spheres\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/gaofsp.html\">Galatea of the Spheres<\/a>\u201d. 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