The British collector Edward James not only had many paintings and drawings by his hero Dalí, but he also asked him to design objects for use in his home. One of them was this famous telephone with a lobster receiver - a creepy fantasy that did not exactly make taking a call or ringing someone up a more enjoyable experience.
Specifications
| Title | White Aphrodisiac Telephone |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Telephone, plaster, paint and cord |
| Object type |
Telephone
> Forms of information and communication
> Utensil
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 15 cm Height 20 cm Length 32 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Salvador Dalí
|
| Accession number | BEK 1676 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1995 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1995 |
| Creation date | in 1936 |
| Collector | Collector / Edward James |
| Entitled parties | © Salvador Dalí, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2022 |
| Provenance | Edward James, Chichester 1936-64; Edward James Foundation, Chichester 1964-95; The Mayor Gallery, London 1995 |
| Exhibitions | Paris 1938*; Paris 1979-78*; London 1980*; Munich 2000; Rotterdam 2005a; London/Rotterdam/Bilbao 2007-08; Rotterdam 2017a |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) Een paraplu, een naaimachine en een ontleedtafel. Surrealisme à la Dalí in Rotterdam. (2013) Gek van surrealisme (2017) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Research |
Show research A dream collection - Surrealism in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |
| Literature | Breton 1938, p. 27*; Dalí 1942, p. 271*; Rotterdam 1972, cat. no. 7; Brighton 1998, pp. 27, 98; R. Descharnes/N. Descharnes 2003*, pp. 42-43; Rotterdam 2007, pp. 103-05; London/Rotterdam/Bilbao 2007-08, pp. 284-85; Paris/Madrid 2012-13*, pp. 180-81; Edinburgh 2016, p. 217 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Spain > Southern Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Salvador Dalí
Figueras 1904 - Figueras 1989
Salvador Dali got to know the author André Breton - the founder of the surrealist movement - while he was studying in Madrid. In 1924, Breton wrote the first...
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