The Mae West Lips Sofa (1937) is a surrealist sofa by Salvador Dalí. The wood-and-satin sofa was shaped after the lips of actress Mae West, whom Dalí apparently found fascinating. It measures 86.5 x 183 x 81.5 cm.
Edward James, a rich British patron of the Surrealists in the 1930s, commissioned this piece from Dali.
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“A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.”
—Wesley Ruggles, U.S. screenwriter. Tira (Mae West)
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—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
“And lips say “God be pitiful,”
Who ne’er said, “God be praised.””
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
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—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)