This museum art print is of surrealist artist salvador dalis 1948 oil on canvas painting los elefantes the elephants are depicted with long spindly arachnid like legs with heavy obelisks floating over their backs the obelisks are believed to be inspired by gian lorenzo berninis sculpture base of an elephant carrying an ancient obeliskelephants are a recurring theme in dalis work in this piece dali uses the animals to create a surreal image distorting weight strength and spacecli