The Hallucinogenic Toreador
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The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a large surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that fuses images of a bullfighter, Venus de Milo figures, and hallucinatory symbolism to explore themes of death, desire, and Spanish culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hallucinogenic Toreador canonical | 3 |
| El torero alucinógeno | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T333804 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hallucinogenic Toreador Context triple: [Salvador Dalí, notableWork, The Hallucinogenic Toreador]
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A.
Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive and psychedelic rock band from the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for its concept album "666" and for launching the careers of Vangelis and Demis Roussos.
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B.
Fool's Paradise
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C.
Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
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D.
The Devil and Miss Prym
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E.
The Great Unknown
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hallucinogenic Toreador Target entity description: The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a large surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that fuses images of a bullfighter, Venus de Milo figures, and hallucinatory symbolism to explore themes of death, desire, and Spanish culture.
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A.
Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive and psychedelic rock band from the late 1960s and early 1970s, best known for its concept album "666" and for launching the careers of Vangelis and Demis Roussos.
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B.
Fool's Paradise
Fool's Paradise is a 2023 satirical comedy film that marks Charlie Day's feature directorial debut, following a mute man who becomes an accidental Hollywood star.
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C.
Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
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D.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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E.
The Great Unknown
The Great Unknown is a section of Washington Irving’s 1824 story collection "Tales of a Traveller," comprising a group of tales centered on mystery and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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surrealist painting ⓘ |
| artist | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| artworkSurface | canvas ⓘ |
| collection |
Salvador Dalí Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
|
| completionDate | 1970 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dalí's wife Gala
ⓘ
linked to:
Gala Dalí
Spanish flag colors ⓘ Venus de Milo ⓘ bull ⓘ bullfighter ⓘ bullring ⓘ flies ⓘ hallucinatory imagery ⓘ hidden face of a toreador ⓘ multiple Venus de Milo figures ⓘ |
| endTime | 1970 ⓘ |
| genre | Surrealism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
landscape of Cadaqués
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portrait of a toreador formed by abstract shapes ⓘ series of Venus de Milo figures ⓘ |
| height | 398 cm ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Dalí's experiences with hallucinatory perception
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Spanish bullfighting ⓘ Venus de Milo ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | St. Petersburg, Florida ⓘ |
| location |
Salvador Dalí Museum
ⓘ
linked to:
Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida
|
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement | Surrealism ⓘ |
| partOf | late works of Salvador Dalí ⓘ |
| startTime | 1968 ⓘ |
| theme |
Spanish culture
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bullfighting ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ death ⓘ desire ⓘ hallucination ⓘ optical illusion ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| titleInSpanish |
El torero alucinógeno
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linked to:
The Hallucinogenic Toreador
|
| usesOpticalEffect |
double image
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hidden portrait ⓘ |
| width | 299 cm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Hallucinogenic Toreador Description of subject: The Hallucinogenic Toreador is a large surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that fuses images of a bullfighter, Venus de Milo figures, and hallucinatory symbolism to explore themes of death, desire, and Spanish culture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Hallucinogenic Toreador