Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro, Chicago, by 1969 [Chicago 1969]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.
Accession Number
117366
Medium
Pen and brush and black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
54.5 × 44 cm (21 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro
Background & Context
Background Story
Salvador Dali's Untitled (Self-Portrait Hidden in a Landscape) shows Dali's face concealed within a landscape, a classic example of his paranoiac-critical method where one image contains another.
Cultural Impact
Dali's hidden images are among the most sophisticated examples of visual trickery in art.
Why It Matters
This hidden self-portrait within a landscape exemplifies Dali's double-image technique.
