Dali's Elephant Payment

Dali's Elephant Payment. In 1965, an unusual transaction took place involving Geneva, where an elephant was flown in as part of a payment to Salvador Dali for…

Location: Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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In 1965, an unusual transaction took place involving Geneva, where an elephant was flown in as part of a payment to Salvador Dali for designing an ashtray for Air India.

Source: TIL in 1965, Air India airlines commissioned Salvador Dali to design an ashtray for the airlines. Dali requested an elephant as fees so the airline flew a two year old elephant from Bangalore to Geneva. After Dali lost interest, the elephant was taken to the Barcelona Zoo in 1971.

Dali's Elephant Payment — Geneva, Canton of Zurich

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