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Salvador Dalí — Velasquez - Les ménines (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces portfolio)
Salvador Dalí — Velasquez - Les ménines (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces portfolio)
Salvador Dalí

Velasquez - Les ménines (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces portfolio)

1974

Dalí's interpretation of Velazquez's Las Meninas comes from his Changes in Great Masterpieces portfolio and represents his surrealist approach to one of art history's most significant compositions. Executed as an offset lithograph on Rives paper in 1974, the work demonstrates Dalí's obsessive engagement with this masterpiece throughout his career. The print transforms Velazquez's spatial complexity and psychological depth into Dalí's signature dreamlike imagery and distorted perspectives. Dalí's multiple meditations on this painting reflect his belief in the creative potential of reinterpreting canonical works. The lithograph captures both reverence for the original and complete formal reimagining.

Medium
offset lithograph on Rives
Dimensions

Notes

Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘E 118/150 Dalí’. This work is number 118 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 248

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Salvador Dalí, Velasquez - Les ménines (from the Changes in Great Masterpieces portfolio), 1974

Dalí's interpretation of Velazquez's Las Meninas comes from his Changes in Great Masterpieces portfolio and represents his surrealist approach to one of art history's most significant compositions. Executed as an offset lithograph on Rives paper in 1974, the work demonstrates Dalí's obsessive engagement with this masterpiece throughout his career. The print transforms Velazquez's spatial complexity and psychological depth into Dalí's signature dreamlike imagery and distorted perspectives. Dalí's multiple meditations on this painting reflect his belief in the creative potential of reinterpreting canonical works. The lithograph captures both reverence for the original and complete formal reimagining.

Medium
offset lithograph on Rives
Dimensions
57.8 x 46.7 cm
Year
1974
Seen at
Wright, Chicago, United States

Related themes

Master Artwork Reimagined, Spatial Complexity, Rives Paper, Offset Lithograph, Art Historical Homage, Artistic Vision, Color Print, Classical Reference, Las Meninas, 1970s Printmaking, Portfolio Work, Surrealist Transformation, Spanish Masterpiece, Color Transformation, Dreamlike Imagery, Surrealist Distortion, Portfolio Series, Art Historical Dialogue, Surrealist Interpretation

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Collected by

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