“Dalí was always working wherever he was and at any time of the year, but painting, in the sense of making large-format oil works, was something he only did in Portlligat in the summer… His true ecstasy came with the summer heat” .

Casa Dalí opens Salvador Dalí's home on the shores of Spain's Costa Brava, with photographs by Coco Capitan offering a rare glimpse into the artist's surreal home and workshop. Purchased by Dalí in the early 1930s, the house served as the artist's primary residence and work space, and was the birthplace of some of his most famous paintings, including The Persistence of Memory.

A special introduction by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca recounts his 15-year friendship with Dalí, while exclusive new photographs by Coco Capitán capture the artist's home in the same golden light that drew him to the Mediterranean town of Portlligat, where he "claimed he was" . the first Spaniard who saw the sun rise'. Coco's photographs draw readers into the grandeur of the artist's home as a place of active creation, both life and art, where worn ephemera from Dalí's studio appear alongside images from his infamous taxidermy collection, the iconic sofa modeled after Mae West's mouth, and the distinctive white exteriors that also shaped one of our best sellers, The Modern Architecture of Cadaqués: 1955–71.

An original poem by Coco, written at the time she photographed the house, graces the front and back covers, emblematic of her introspective approach to a practice that challenges a single medium. Through these first-hand accounts, Casa Dalí grants special access to an eccentric space that stands as its own Dalí creation, witness and inspiration of the artist's definitive style.

First edition November 2023
240 x 285mm
Pages: 96 pages
Binding: hardcover