Melting Clock Print
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Paper
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Paper
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Paper, Lithograph
1960s Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Woodcut, Paper
1970s Pop Art Animal Prints
Paper, Lithograph
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Paper
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Paper, Found Objects, Black and White
1980s Pop Art More Art
Giclée, Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
C Print, Photographic Paper
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paint, Paper
Late 20th Century American Modern Prints
Linen, Wood, Paint, Paper
Late 20th Century American Modern Prints
Other
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali Cosmic Rays Resuscitating Soft Watches Color Lithograph Surrealist, 1965
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Engraving
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Engraving
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Engraving
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Engraving
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
Aquatint
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Etching
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Paper, Woodcut
1970s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Prints and Multiples
Intaglio, Lithograph, Etching
1930s Prints and Multiples
Drypoint, Etching
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Etching, Paper, Aquatint
20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Gouache, Photographic Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Gouache, Photographic Paper
20th Century Post-Impressionist Mixed Media
Gouache, Photographic Paper
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Etching
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Lithograph
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Salvador Dalí for sale on 1stDibs
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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Finding the Right prints-works-on-paper for You
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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