Salvador Dalí
Spanish, 1904-1989
Instantly recognizable by his waxed, upturned mustache, the flamboyant Salvador Dalí is one of modern art’s most distinctive figures. He is also one of the icons of the 20-century avant-garde Surrealist movement, whose dreamlike images, drawn from the depths of the unconscious, he deployed in paintings, sculptures, prints and fashion, as well as in film collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock.
Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and even as a youngster, displayed the sensitivity, sharp perception and vivid imagination that would later define his artworks. In these, he conjured childhood memories and employed religious symbols and Freudian imagery like staircases, keys and dripping candles to create unexpected, often shocking pieces.
Dalí's use of hyperrealism in conveying Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality is epitomized in what is perhaps his most recognizable painting, The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which he depicts the fluidity of time through melting clocks, their forms inspired by Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His artistic genius, eccentric personality and eternal quest for fame made him a global celebrity.
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”
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Salvador Dali - Fight Before la Dame - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching
From La Quête du Graal
Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm
Handsigned
Edition: 38/100
(from the rare deluxe suite aside from the standard edition)
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1970s Surrealist Salvador Dalí
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Etching
H 17.72 in W 13 in D 0.4 in
Hommage a Picasso (Cannes) (Cote d'Azur) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Hommage a Picasso (Cannes) (Cote d'Azur)"
*Signed by Dali in pencil lower right
Year: 1973
Medium: Original Drypoint Etching on Rives BFK paper
Limited edition: L/CC (50/200)
Printer: Atelier Rigal, Paris, France
Publisher: Felicia, New York, NY and EGI, Beverly Hills, CA
Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 73-5, page 84; "Dali: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980" - Michler/Löpsinger No. 719, page 252
Sheet size: 26" x 19.63"
Image size: 19.88" x 14.5"
Condition: In excellent condition
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Clearwater, FL. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. BFK Rives watermark lower right. Some dealer reference numbers pencil inscribed on verso. Dali executed this etching in Cannes, France when he learned of Picasso's death.
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Biography:
Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental...
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1970s Surrealist Salvador Dalí
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Intaglio, Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm
1970
Signed in pencil and numbered
Edition : /CXX
References : Field 70-8
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press.
Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him.
In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness.
By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1970s Surrealist Salvador Dalí
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Lithograph
H 30.12 in W 22.45 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali -- Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade Suite, 1969
Lithograph
Edition 110/160
Hand signed lower right
Image size: 53 X 42.5 cm
Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm
Published by Shorewo...
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1960s Salvador Dalí
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Lithograph
HEAVEN CANTO 29
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Salvador Dalí
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Woodcut, Paper
Don Quichotte - Original etching (Field #65-7D)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (1904-1989)
Cinq portraits espagnols, Don Quichotte, 1966
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 35.5 x 28 cm (c. 14 x 11 in)
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1960s Modern Salvador Dalí
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Etching
Heaven 33 : Prayer of Saint Bernard - Color woodcut - 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Heaven 33 - Prayer of Saint Bernard
Color woodcut
with the signature printed in the plate
1960/63
Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives
Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. ...
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1960s Surrealist Salvador Dalí
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Woodcut
“Framboisier
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Warren, NJ
Salvador Dali original lithograph “. In good condition measures 37x29. Signed and numbered
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20th Century Salvador Dalí
Materials
Lithograph
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Salvador Dalí made sculptures. Salvador Dalí was known for his work in Surrealism and his work spans a multitude of repertoires including painting, graphic art, film, photography and sculpture. Some of Salvador Dalí’s most famous sculptures include Lobster Telephone and Mae West Lips Sofa. Shop a selection of Salvador Dali art on 1stDibs.
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