Salvador Dali (1904-1989, après): 'Don Quichotte', sérigraphie sur soie, ed. 1757/2000, daté 1989

946

Work: ca. 39 x 31 cm

Frame: 80 x 72 cm

 

The silkscreen with the 'Demart' copyright. 

In 1957, the eminent publisher Joseph Foret commissioned Dali to create an extraordinary composition of illustrations based on Miguel Cervantes' famous book 'Don Quixote'. Dali used an unusual technique: instead of using a brush and paint, Dali used an air gun that shot balls of ink.