Mae West Lips Sofa 1937 by Salvador Dali — Fine Art

A vivid red pair of lips forms the seat of a sofa in Mae West Lips Sofa 1937, a work that plays with the Surrealist idea of everyday objects becoming unexpected shapes and it sits within Salvador Dali practice of turning familiar things into dreamlike forms.

The fine art print uses a matte paper that keeps the red tones steady and stops shine from washing out the line where the lips meet the frame. A light or dark frame can follow the wall, so the sofa sits without pulling the eye away from the painting.

Hang it on a hallway wall beside a narrow console and from the doorway you notice the red shape before the finer drawn lines around it. You see the lips first and the rest of the room slides back.