Welcome to Ad Hoc, our popular feature on the art of advertising. We are proud to welcome Dr. Richard Zakia as the author of this page each month. Richard D. Zakia is Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology and author/coauthor of several books on photography, perception, semiotics and advertising. (Photo by Vicki H. Wilson).
This Nunn Bush ad for their limited edition shoes is a bit bizarre and references the work of which
prominent surrealist artist?
A) Salvatore Dali
B) Dorothea Tanning
C) Max Ernst
The photo is of Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948.
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