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Salvador Dalí — Rembrandt: Portrait du peintre par lui-même (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces series)
Salvador Dalí — Rembrandt: Portrait du peintre par lui-même (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces series)
Salvador Dalí

Rembrandt: Portrait du peintre par lui-même (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces series)

1974

Salvador Dalí's Rembrandt portrait belongs to his ambitious Changes in Great Masterpieces series from 1974, where the surrealist artist reimagines iconic self portraits through his distinctive vision. Created as an offset lithograph in colors on Rives paper, the work transforms Rembrandt's introspective self examination into Dalí's surrealist vocabulary. The print showcases Dalí's ability to honor artistic predecessors while imposing his own dreamlike, fantastical aesthetic onto their compositions. Through vibrant color and imaginative reinterpretation, Dalí creates a dialogue between past and present artistic traditions. This work represents his continuing fascination with art history and the possibility of creative transformation.

Medium
offset lithograph in colors on Rives
Dimensions

Notes

Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘E 70/150 Dalí’. This work is number 70 of 150 apart from the edition of 350 published by Phyllis Lucas Gallery, New York.

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April 16, 2026

Estimate: $1,200$1,800

Lot 247

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Salvador Dalí, Rembrandt: Portrait du peintre par lui-même (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces series), 1974

Salvador Dalí's Rembrandt portrait belongs to his ambitious Changes in Great Masterpieces series from 1974, where the surrealist artist reimagines iconic self portraits through his distinctive vision. Created as an offset lithograph in colors on Rives paper, the work transforms Rembrandt's introspective self examination into Dalí's surrealist vocabulary. The print showcases Dalí's ability to honor artistic predecessors while imposing his own dreamlike, fantastical aesthetic onto their compositions. Through vibrant color and imaginative reinterpretation, Dalí creates a dialogue between past and present artistic traditions. This work represents his continuing fascination with art history and the possibility of creative transformation.

Medium
offset lithograph in colors on Rives
Dimensions
52.1 x 42.9 cm
Year
1974
Seen at
Wright, Chicago, United States

Related themes

Historical Reimagining, Rives Paper, Modernist Classicism, Offset Lithograph, Masterwork Reinterpretation, Artistic Legacy, Color Print, Dutch Masters, Dreamlike Transformation, Surrealist Reinterpretation, Chromatic Lithography, Color Offset Printing, 1970s Art, Self Portrait Homage, Self-Portrait, Art History Series, Surrealist Iconography, Creative Dialogue, Surrealist Vision, Portrait Study

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Collected by

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