Visual Art, Painting or Photograph from Book
Dali, Salvador. The Persistence of Memory. 1931, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Salvador Dali's Art and Writing, 1927-1942: The Metamorphoses of Narcissus, by Haim
N. Finkelstein, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 212.
A Physical Object You Experienced Firsthand
Dali, Salvador. The Persistence of Memory. 1931, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Artist: Dali, Salvador, Dali.
List the person's name, list the last name followed by the first initial of first name. End with a period.
Title & subtitle of the work of art: The Persistence of Memory.
The title & subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize the first and last words of the title and subtitle, and all proper nouns and important words. Place article title & subtitle in Italics and end with a period. If there is final punctuation like an exclamation point or a question mark, this will replace the final period.
Date of artwork: 1931,
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Museum where art is located: Museum of Modern Art,
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City of museum: New York,
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Title & subtitle of book: Salvador Dali's Art and Writing, 1927-1942: The Metamorphoses of Narcissus,
The title and subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize all important words, italicize the title, and end with a comma,
Author(s) or editor(s) of book: by Haim N. Finkelstein,
List the author(s) or editor(s) of the book preceding the name with the word(s) "by" or "edited by". The first name is listed first followed by the second name and a comma.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
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Year of publication: 1998,
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Page number: p. 212
Give the page number of the artwork in the book preceded by "p.". End the citation with a period.
[The above information is based on p. 49 of the MLA Handbook 8th edition and Purdue OWL].