Salavador Salvador Dalí poses with some objects he has used in the study of the "oursin" (sea urchin) to help him in his efforts to obtain a painting done by a sea urchin using a swans's feather or a dry flower in the urchin's mouth. The two display boards show sea urchin fossiles. Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.

In his Portlligat home in 1957, Salvador Dalí poses amidst his study of the "oursin," or sea urchin—part of an effort to create a painting done by the creature itself using a swan's feather. With a shell perched on his head, he and a mannequin hold up a large scientific illustration of the urchin's patterned surface. The eclectic room is filled with research materials, including display boards showing sea urchin fossils, another large drawing resting against a chair, and various slender sculptures.

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