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Salvador Dalí — Busca la trufa (from the Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí portfolio)
Salvador Dalí — Busca la trufa (from the Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí portfolio)
Salvador Dalí

Busca la trufa (from the Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí portfolio)

1977

This print by Salvador Dalí comes from his portfolio Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí and was created in 1977. The work employs multiple printmaking techniques including drypoint, etching, heliogravure, and stencil work to achieve its complex visual effects. The title Busca la trufa references Goya's work while showcasing Dalí's surrealist interpretation. Printed on BFK Rives paper, the piece demonstrates Dalí's technical mastery and his engagement with art historical references.

Medium
drypoint, etching and heliogravure in colors with stencil on BFK Rives
Dimensions

Notes

Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘93/200 Dalí’. This work is number 93 from the edition of 200 printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris and co-published by Berggruen, Paris and Editions Graphiques Internationales, Paris.

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April 16, 2026

Estimate: $500$800

Lot 257

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Salvador Dalí, Busca la trufa (from the Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí portfolio), 1977

This print by Salvador Dalí comes from his portfolio Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí and was created in 1977. The work employs multiple printmaking techniques including drypoint, etching, heliogravure, and stencil work to achieve its complex visual effects. The title Busca la trufa references Goya's work while showcasing Dalí's surrealist interpretation. Printed on BFK Rives paper, the piece demonstrates Dalí's technical mastery and his engagement with art historical references.

Medium
drypoint, etching and heliogravure in colors with stencil on BFK Rives
Dimensions
22.9 x 16.2 cm
Year
1977
Seen at
Wright, Chicago, United States

Related themes

Colored Drypoint, Spanish Heritage, Heliogravure, Complex Layering, Truffle Hunt, Goya Reference, Heliogravure Process, Surrealist Imagery, 1970s Printmaking, Hand Applied Stencil, Dream Imagery, BFK Rives Paper, Tonal Complexity, Multiprocess Print, Drypoint And Etching, Art-Historical, Dalí Portfolio, Multiple Techniques, Surrealist Print

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo