In 1935 Dalí was commissioned by the magazine "American Weekly" to execute a series of drawings based on his impressions of New York. One drawing was given the caption 'NEW YORK DREAM - MAN FINDS LOBSTER IN PLACE OF PHONE'. In the "Dictionnaire Abrégé du Surréalisme" of 1938, Dalí contributed an entry under 'TÉLÉPHONE APHRODISIAQUE' which is accompanied by a small drawing of a telephone, its receiver replaced by a lobster surrounded by flies. A similar drawing is printed in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí" which contains the following: