Salvador Dalí et Edward James, Téléphone-homard, 1938, Edward James Foundation, West Dean (photo The Trustees of The Edxard James Foundation)

Salvador Dalí, Mae West Lips Sofa, 1938 (Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and ADAGP, Paris)

39, Avenue George V, Paris (www.39georgev.org)

39, Avenue George V, Paris (www.39georgev.org)

Viktor & Rolf': leur boutique surréaliste Via Sant'Andrea à Milan (photo Andrea Martiradonna)

Intérieur de la boutique Viktor & Rolf' (photo Andrea Martiradonna)

Serving Pets par Front of Sweden (Courtesy of Moooi)

Man Ray "Cadeau Audace," 1921/1974, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Man Ray Trust/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London)

René Magritte, "La reproduction interdite," 1937, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2006)

Meret Oppenheim Table with Bird's Legs, 1939 (ADAGP 2006)

Man Ray, "Mannequin dans la Brouette de Dominguez", 1937, tirage argentique noir et blanc, Victoria &Albert Museum, Londres (photo Man Ray Trust/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2006)

Salvador Dalí, Etoile de mer, 1950 (Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation and ADAGP, Paris)

Elsa Schiaparelli, Tear Illusion Dress, 1938 (Richard Davis/Schiaparelli France SAS)

Hans Schleger, These Men Use Shell, 1938 (Courtesy of Pat Schleger )

Jusqu'au 22 juillet 2007. Commissariat: Ghislaine Wood. http://www.vam.ac.uk

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