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Salvador Dalí — L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) (M. & L. 581)
Salvador Dalí

L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) (M. & L. 581)

Salvador Dalí's surrealist depiction of an alchemist combines etching, aquatint, and stencil hand-coloring to create a fantastical narrative scene. The work exemplifies Dalí's surrealist imagination and technical mastery in printmaking.

Medium
Etching and aquatint with stencil hand-colouring, on Arches paper, with full margins.

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Evening & Day Editions

January 19, 2022

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Salvador Dalí, L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) (M. & L. 581)

Salvador Dalí's surrealist depiction of an alchemist combines etching, aquatint, and stencil hand-coloring to create a fantastical narrative scene. The work exemplifies Dalí's surrealist imagination and technical mastery in printmaking.

Medium
Etching and aquatint with stencil hand-colouring, on Arches paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Hand-Colored, Fantastical, Etching, Dalí, Alchemy, Spanish Artist, Figurative, Arches Paper, Aquatint

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Collected by

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