Salvador Dali's Depiction of 'Don Quixote'

'Don Quixote 1·2' (Munye Publishing) is a collaboration between 'Don Quixote,' considered the first modern novel and one of the greatest works in world literature, and Salvador Dal?, the master of 20th-century surrealist art. Recognized for his unique artistic world, Salvador Dal? was not only a painter but also an author, film director, and stage designer, who illustrated many literary works such as 'Macbeth,' 'Essays of Montaigne,' and 'Alice in Wonderland.'

The illustrations included in this 'Don Quixote 1' work are from the 1946 edition titled 'The Life and Achievements of the Renowned Don Quixote of La Mancha, Part 1,' published by Random House in the United States. It includes 10 color watercolors and 32 drawings. The illustrations for 'Don Quixote 2' are from 'Don Quixote of La Mancha,' published in 1957 by Joseph Foret, a Paris-based art specialist publisher. It contains 12 lithographs created directly by Dal?.

Dali is working using a matchlock gun.

Ten years after the Random House edition of 'Don Quixote' was published, Foret proposed a new series of lithographs to Dal? to be included in 'Don Quixote.' Persuaded by Foret, Dal? accepted the project and explored and experimented with new techniques previously unknown in lithography. The most famous technique involves loading a bullet with ink soaked in a matchlock gun and firing it to create a unique swirl. Dal? named this technique 'bulletism.' This technique can be seen in the painting titled 'Don Quixote,' where the swirl, starting from a small army of ants, forms the figure of Don Quixote in armor.

A painting created using the pointillism technique.