Watched by his wife Gala, Salvador Dalí works on his experiments with the sea urchin holding a swan feather and moving backwards and forewards thus marking the blackened paper. These experiments he is carrying out at his studio in his Spanish home at Portlligat, Cadaqués, on the Costa Brava 1957.
In the dramatic, stark lighting of his Portlligat studio, Salvador Dalí conducts an experiment in 1957. Wearing a fez-style hat and an ornate shirt, he sits at a table laden with natural objects, including a sea urchin shell. Watched by his wife Gala, who stands in shadow holding a large basin, Dalí uses a sea urchin fitted with a swan feather, moving it back and forth to mark a sheet of blackened paper. The scene is isolated from the surrounding darkness, focusing intently on the artist's creative process. Portlligat, Costa Brava, Spain, 1957.
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