What was the name of Salvador Dalí’s 1936 artwork featuring a telephone and a lobster?

Salvador Dalí’s 1936 artwork featuring a telephone and a lobster is called Lobster Telephone.

The object combines an ordinary black telephone with a plaster lobster placed over the receiver. Dalí created several versions, using the unexpected pairing to turn a familiar household object into a startling Surrealist assemblage. The work demonstrates his interest in bringing dreamlike associations into everyday life.

The lobster was a recurring image in Dalí’s work and later became especially famous through his collaboration with fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli on the 1937 Lobster Dress. The telephone itself remained functional in some versions, increasing the tension between practical design and strange imagery.

Lobster Telephone is not the same object as the Mae West Lips Sofa, which is a furniture design based on the actress’s lips.