Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was one of the most recognizable figures of 20th-century art, known for his eccentric persona and for pushing Surrealism into the cultural mainstream. A painter, printmaker, writer, and filmmaker, Dalí paired classical draftsmanship with dreamlike imagery. In Mirage, he is represented by four original etchings from his Don Quixote series. These works—three in color and one in black ink—capture the hallucinatory intensity of Cervantes’ hero with remarkable economy of line. In a scribbled, restless style, Dalí renders vast landscapes and spindly figures that seem to shimmer with heat and motion.
