BUFFALO, NEW YORK -- Fifteen drawings by Salvador Dalí that have not been previously shown will make their debut as part of an exhibition on his work that will open on Saturday at the Anderson Gallery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Web site artdaily.org reported. The drawings were made by Dalí for Dr. Edmund Klein, a researcher at the university’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences who treated him for skin cancer beginning in 1972.

Paul Chimera, a spokesman for the Klein family, told artdaily.org that Dalí, who died in 1989, had paid for his treatments by creating the sketches on blank pages, pads, a photography catalog and the back of a document written by Dr. Klein, who died in 1999.

• For more information on The Park West Gallery® Dali Collection visit http://dali.parkwestgallery.com/
• Read the biography of Salvador Dali