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Les Caprices de Goya de Dali (Dali's 'Caprichos' by Goya): 10 plates
1977
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.
all I. 9 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (24.4 x 20.6 cm)
all S. 17 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (44.5 x 31.1 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), two with additional proofing notations in pencil, 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.
Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $40,000