Mae West LIPS
29 September 2025
DALÍ Saliva-sofá, c. 1974
The Mae West Lips Sofa is considered one of the most recognizable objects from the Surrealist movement and symbolizes the blurring of art into everyday objects.
The Saliva-sofa brings the world of Salvador Dalí into your interior. This iconic sofa, designed in 1937, is inspired by the full lips of actress Mae West. Dalí admired Mae for her charismatic and playful appearance. The design originates from a gouache (painting) from 1935 titled ‘Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment’, in which Dalí transformed Mae’s face into a surreal interior – her lips became a divan. The Mae West room is one of the most popular rooms in the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres. (SD14 – h. 7.5 cm, w. 16 cm.)
