Salvador Dalí with his sea urchins. A swan's feather he puts in the sea urchin's mouth is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.
At his home in Portlligat, Cadaqués, in 1957, Salvador Dalí prepares for a creative experiment. With a thin mustache, thick-rimmed glasses, and a flower tucked behind his ear, the artist sits pensively before a table cluttered with sea urchins. For this surrealist process, a swan's feather is placed in a sea urchin's mouth, allowing its movements to be traced onto a sheet of blackened paper. The dramatic lighting highlights the spiky shells and the prominent white feather, central to the work.
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