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Salvador Dalí
Les Caprices de Goya de Dali (Dali's 'Caprichos' by Goya): 10 plates (M. & L. 887, 892-894, 896-897, 899, 905, 914, 935)
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$25,400
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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, on Rives BFK paper, with full margins.
1977
all I. 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (24.4 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, (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 was 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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