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Dali's Lobster Phone

Photograph of an orange lego lobster on a black lego telephone in a gallery setting

Salvador Dali's 'Lobster Telephone' (1936) is one of the most iconic works of the surrealist movement. Fully functional, the telephones were commissioned for the home of collector Edward James.

External Links

  • 'Lobster Telephone', National Gallery of Australia
  • 'Lobster Telephone', Tate Collection
  • I'm sorry I don't speak surrealist - Guardian Unlimited
  • White 'Aphrodisiac Telephone', The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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