Salvador Dalí

1904–1989

Lobster Telephone 1938
© Salvador Dali, Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation/DACS, London 2026
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Artworks

King of Aragon

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Forgotten Horizon

Two soft, boneless figures merge in an embrace on a desert plain, carving each other with a knife and spoon; a fork pierces one head topped by an apple, beneath a stormy sky and distant hills

Autumnal Cannibalism

A murky surreal valley where a fish-shaped lake lies flat beneath looming cliffs; a black telephone receiver hangs from a line propped on a crutch stretched across the scene, under a dark sky with a single lit cloud.

Mountain Lake

Surreal landscape: a crouched golden figure mirrored in still water beside a giant stone hand holding a cracked egg sprouting a white narcissus flower; distant nude figures, a chequerboard plinth and a dog gnawing a carcass under a stormy sky

Metamorphosis of Narcissus

On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks

A painted plaster lobster in orange, yellow and red lies along the handset cradle of a black vintage rotary-dial telephone; a gold label on the base reads 'Bell Telephone MFG. COMPANY'

Lobster Telephone

Artist as subject

Der Speigel Magazine Wrapped

Christo (Christo Javacheff)

Stories

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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Surrealism

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Dali & Film

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Ithell Colquhoun

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