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.
At his home in Portlligat, Cadaqués, in 1957, Salvador Dalí intently observes an unusual artistic setup. The artist, seen in profile with his signature upturned mustache and a soft hat, demonstrates a method for a new painting. A sea urchin is placed on a miniature chair, and a swan's feather is inserted into its "mouth," or Aristotle's lantern. The feather is then allowed to touch a sheet of blackened paper, tracing the subtle movements of the creature to generate an artwork on the large vertical surface behind.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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