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Lobster Telephone - Dalí (1938) (fedia.io)

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[–] moakley@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't recall, so I looked it up. Apparently the lobsters were custom made from plaster. Dali came up with the idea and design for it, but didn't do the sculpting himself.

In person it looked to me like an old toy, with the paint a bit faded.

But yeah, it's exactly as described. Lobster. Telephone. Didn't even strike me as all that whimsical. Frivolous, but straightforward and not especially fun. Maybe that's the point for some reason.

[–] littletoolshed@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks!