Lobster Telephone
July 13th, 2005
The artist Salvador Dali, an admittedly odd character, once became enraged at a waiter for bringing him a telephone instead of a lobster. He had requested a telephone. The way I heard it, the Bell Telephone company later produced this Lobster Telephone for Dali; however, it seems to have been at the Tate Modern in London, so perhaps Dali made it himself. Has anyone else heard of this?
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July 13th, 2005 at 8:27 am
also – this is a white version that I particularly liked; the more famous is red on a black telephone.
July 13th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
perhaps it was moved to the tate modern?...but i have the privelege of saying that i DID in fact see the lobster telly while i was in london.
i saw it at “Dali Universe” which is in a building across from Parliament/Big Ben. The building which looks over the river is next to The London Eye and houses Dali Universe, the Saatchi Gallery and the London Aquarium.
it is possible that “Dali Universe” carried a copy, and not the original. anyhow, at this point, i’m just bragging…;)
July 13th, 2005 at 1:07 pm
I think Joe’s in the right here- I just toured the Tate Modern in late March and saw neither lobster nor phone to the best of my recollection. It was an interesting place though, one great piece of modern art for every 9 “look at me! look at me! I’m modern!”
July 13th, 2005 at 3:11 pm
never heard of it..and it looks dangerous….i bet lobsters online who have had most of there relatives boiled alive are yelling “EYEBALL,EYEBALL”
March 26th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
I know I’m super late in this blog comment, but here goes.
the lobster phone is currently in the Tate Modern in London, I saw it both in January 2005 as well as this past January when I went. It’s awesome! I want one!
Here’s some info:
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=2988&searchid=8650&tabview=work
Hope that helps!
July 27th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
The Dali lobster phone can be seen in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, Holland. This museum owns a large collection of Dali’s works.
October 30th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Actually I just saw the lobster phone at the Dalà Museum at St. Petersburg FL.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:40 am
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