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)

1977
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.
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 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.

Provenance

Private Collection, France

Literature

Ralf Michler and Lutz Löpsinger 887, 892-894, 896-897, 899, 905, 914 and 935