Accession Number
1981/2.110.10

Title
Téléphone-homard cybernétique

Artist(s)
Salvador Dali

Artist Nationality
Spanish (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1975

Medium & Support
drypoint etching, lithograph and screenprint on paper

Dimensions
30 5/16 in x 21 15/16 in (76.99 cm x 55.72 cm)

Credit Line
Anonymous Gift

Subject matter
This work was part of Salvador Dalí's 1975 Imaginations and Objects of the Future portfolio. It contained ten prints with an introductory text by the artist that discussed the project's focus on new technologies' ability to create an alternate universe, especially through holograms. 
At the center of this work, Dalí's iconic 1936 "Lobster Telephone" (multiple versions) sits before a Surrealist landscape. This old technology looms large against the idylic landscape but is not just static. Its form begins to come apart at the top, referencing the new technologies of transmission of sound and image.

Physical Description
At the center of the page, there is a bright red and orange lobster as the receiver for an old dial telephone, in blue, green and red. There are thin black lines moving back from the center sides to the horizon, where there is a blue and green mountain range and a small city with a church cross at the upper right. To the left, there are sketchy drawings of figures with a strong shadow in black with red details. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Homaridae (family)
Surrealism
Surrealist
horizon line
landscapes (representations)
lobster
modern and contemporary art
telephone
telephones