Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain the painting, a sea urchin is placed on an overturned inkwell glass and in its mouth, the"Aristotle's lantern", he puts a swan’s feather or here a light dried up flower. The object is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the sea urchin are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957.
At his home in Portlligat, Cadaqués, in 1957, Salvador Dalí demonstrates a unique method of painting. Seen in profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat, he gestures towards the resulting artwork on an easel. The tools for its creation are arranged before him: a sea urchin is placed on an overturned inkwell glass, and a light dried flower is set within its mouth—the "Aristotle's lantern." The flower lightly touches a sheet of blackened paper, tracing the sea urchin's subtle movements to create the image.
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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com / © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / 2020, ProLitteris, Zurich
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