The model is Anne, the wife of Jack Warner, who was the head of Warner Brothers Studios. At this time, Daly lived in California, where he and Gala got rich friends, becoming, in turn, representatives of the public elite.
In the 1940s, Dalí’s portraits were very elegant, his customers were wealthy and famous people, such as Elena Rubinshtein. The portrait of his wife so shocked Jack Warner that he turned to Dali asking him to write; it took five years. After the completion of the work, Warner said that this portrait is a magnificent image of his dog, and to prove this, he hung the work in a dog’s kennel.
In this picture, Ann Warner seems strict; her skin has an unhealthy color with shades of gray. In the background is depicted a deserted area with a heap of ruins and several tiny figures. The landscape to the left of Ann is a completely different, more green one.