The Enigma of Hitler is an oil on canvas painting by Salvador Dalí, created in 1939.
[1] The painting is held in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in Madrid.
[2] Dalí related that the painting was an interpretation of several dreams he had about Adolf Hitler – one had shown Neville Chamberlain's umbrella turning into a bat – a symbol from his childhood that filled him with fear.
[3] The cut telephone cord depicted in the painting has been interpreted as the communication disconnect between Chamberlain and Hitler.
[4] The painting was first exhibited in 1939 at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City, where, priced at $1750 US dollars, it did not sell.