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Salvador Dalí
Les Caprices de Goya de Dali (Dali's 'Caprichos' by Goya): 10 plates (M. & L. 857, 863, 872, 884, 903, 910, 915, 917, 924, and 926)
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$37,800
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Ten heliogravures with extensive hand-coloring, made from Goya's print series (circa 1799 edition) reworked and altered with drypoint and unique coloring, before Dali's titles and plate numbers were engraved in the plates, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
1977
all I. 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (1.6 x 21 cm)
all S. 17 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (44.8 x 31.4 cm)
all S. 17 5/8 x 12 3/8 in. (44.8 x 31.4 cm)
All signed and annotated 'Premier Etat-Couleur' (first colored state) in pencil, Reflejos de luna with color annotations around the image (all hand-colored proofs before the edition of 200 and 20 artist's proofs), including a copy note from Denise Rigal (Atelier Rigal) dated '18.07.15' describing how the series was printed and these examples were colored by Dalí, the edition published by Berggruen/Editions Graphiques Internationales, Paris, all unframed.
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Salvador Dalí
Spanish | B. 1904 D. 1989Salvador Dalí was perhaps the most broadly known member of the Surrealist movement of the early twentieth century. Heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud, the avant-garde style explored consciousness and dream-like states through exaggerated landscapes and bizarre or grotesque imagery. Using the means of painting, sculpture, printmaking, film and literature, Dalí explored these ideas with a meticulous hand and inventive wit. Although known for his role in Surrealism, Dalí was also a seminal example of celebrity showmanship and the cult of personality, a phenomenon that dominates popular culture today. Always a colorful and flamboyant presence with his signature cape, wide-eyed expression and trademark upturned waxed mustache, Dalí was a master of self-promotion and spectacle.
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