Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain the painting, a sea urchin is placed on a small chair and in its mouth, the "Aristotle's lantern", he puts a swan’s feather or other light object. The swan’s feather (he owns two swans which swim around in the sea in front of his home at Port Lligat) is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the "oursin" are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.

$Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain the painting, a sea urchin is placed on a small chair and in its mouth, the "Aristotle\'s lantern", he puts a swan’s feather or other light object. The swan’s feather (he owns two swans which swim around in the sea in front of his home at Port Lligat) is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the "oursin" are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí\'s house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn$

Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain the painting, a sea urchin is placed on a small chair and in its mouth, the "Aristotle's lantern", he puts a swan’s feather or other light object. The swan’s feather (he owns two swans which swim around in the sea in front of his home at Port Lligat) is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the "oursin" are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.

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