'Swans Reflecting Elephants' Features 'Mystery Man': Who is This Background Figure?

There's been some debate as to the identity of the human figure at distant left in Dali's great oil on canvas, "Swans Reflecting Elephants."

Some says it's artist and Dali friend, Marcel Duchamp. Others insist it's Edward F.W. James, the British poet and patron of surrealism, who purchased a number of important Dali paintings in the mid-1930s.

Shown here, together with the canvas, is a photo of Duchamp. Was it him or James? What might your thoughts be about the "mystery man"?

Images used under Fair Use guidelines and solely for journalistic purposes. The two best places to see original Dali works are the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, and the Teatru-Museu Dali in Figueres, Spain.