Description
Salvador Dali – Swans Reflecting Elephants
| Year of Creation: | 1937 |
| Original size: | 77 cm x 51 cm |
| Paint style: | Surrealism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Private collection |
Swans Reflecting Elephants – Salvador Dalí
Swans Reflecting Elephants is a painting by Salvador Dalí from 1937: three white swans on a lake whose reflections in the water turn into elephants. We paint our hand-painted study of Swans Reflecting Elephants to order on canvas, in oil or acrylic, in 7 sizes from 40 × 30 cm to 150 × 100 cm or in a custom size. Before Swans Reflecting Elephants is dispatched, we send you a photo of the finished painting.
What does Swans Reflecting Elephants show?
In Swans Reflecting Elephants three swans glide across a calm lake in front of bare, leafless trees, surrounded by golden Catalan cliffs, and in the water their necks become trunks, their wings become ears and the tree trunks become elephant legs; on the left a small man stands among the rocks. It is one of Dalí’s double images, painted with the method he called paranoiac-critical, so Swans Reflecting Elephants keeps changing as you look at it.
How is our hand-painted study of Swans Reflecting Elephants made?
Our painters paint the study of Swans Reflecting Elephants by hand, with brushstrokes of different thickness, separately for every order. We paint in oil or acrylic, depending on the subject and the size, so the surface of Swans Reflecting Elephants has a real paint texture that a print does not have. The first photograph shows our finished study of Swans Reflecting Elephants in a wide gold frame on the easel, the second photograph shows it at an angle, and the third photograph shows the hand-painted cliffs and the small standing man up close, with the canvas weave visible under the paint. When Swans Reflecting Elephants is finished, we photograph it and send you the photo for approval.
Which size of Swans Reflecting Elephants suits your room?
For the wall above a sofa or a sideboard choose Swans Reflecting Elephants in 120 × 80 cm, and for a bedroom, hallway or work corner 40 × 30 cm. Swans Reflecting Elephants is available in 40 × 30 cm, 60 × 40 cm, 70 × 50 cm, 77 × 51 cm, 90 × 60 cm, 120 × 80 cm and 150 × 100 cm. The 77 × 51 cm size of Swans Reflecting Elephants is the size of the original. A simple rule for Swans Reflecting Elephants: it should be about two thirds as wide as the furniture below it, with its centre about 150 cm from the floor.
How does Swans Reflecting Elephants arrive, and when?
We ship Swans Reflecting Elephants rolled in a sturdy tube, stretched on 2.5 cm deep wooden stretcher bars, or framed – you choose when you order. Stretching and framing of Swans Reflecting Elephants are done in our workshop in Slovenia. When a size of Swans Reflecting Elephants is in stock, it reaches you within 6 working days; a study of Swans Reflecting Elephants painted to order reaches you in 15 to 45 days.
Frequently asked questions about Swans Reflecting Elephants
Is Swans Reflecting Elephants a print?
No. Every brushstroke of Swans Reflecting Elephants is painted by hand on canvas, so the paint visibly stands up from the surface.
Can I order Swans Reflecting Elephants in a size that is not listed?
Yes. We also paint Swans Reflecting Elephants in a custom size; enter the width and height you want when you order Swans Reflecting Elephants.
Where are the elephants in Swans Reflecting Elephants?
The elephants in Swans Reflecting Elephants are in the lake: look at the reflection and each swan with the tree behind it becomes an elephant, the neck its trunk and the tree trunks its legs.
Is Swans Reflecting Elephants a good gift?
Swans Reflecting Elephants is a gift for a lover of Dalí, optical puzzles or calm lake landscapes. If you are unsure which size of Swans Reflecting Elephants to choose, give a gift voucher.
