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What is unique about Salvador Dalí art?
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What is unique about Salvador Dalí art is its dreamlike imagery, drawn from the depths of the unconscious. He used hyperrealism to convey Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality. You can see this clearly reflected 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. Although the scene is one of fantasy, Dalí rendered each object in a manner that makes the elements look as lifelike and realistic as possible rather than abstracting their forms. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Salvador Dalí art.
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Salvador Dali -- Celestial Elephant (Space Elephant), 1979
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
Celestial Elephant (Space Elephant), 1979
Lithograph
Hand signed lower right
Numbered I 118/150
Image size: 58 x 43 cm
Sheet size: 75 x 55 cm
Field 79-5
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali -- La Lettre from Vermeer, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
La Lettre from Vermeer, 1974
Original Lithograph, 1974
Image Size: 58 x 45.5 cm
Sheet size: 89 x 63 cm
Hand signed lower right
Numbered lower left 191/ 350.
Reference: ...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali -- Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même
Original Lithograph, 1974
Image Size: 52 x 43 cm
Sheet size: 84 x 63 cm
Hand signed lower right
Numbered lower left 294 / 3...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Snail
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) "Snail" 1979, Rosenthal plate in glass with polychrome painting, diameter 14.25 in (36.5 cm) Nr. 1886/3000, with certificate.
Provenance: Daniel Meyer, Germ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Tristan Et Iseult - The Giant Beliagog
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Salvador Dali
Tristan Et Iseult - The Giant Beliagog
1970
Etching Aquatint
18 x 12 1/2 in.
Edition of 125
Pencil signed &...
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Salvador Dali Zodiac Surrealist Celestial Astrology Astral Spiritual Cool Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Full Portfolio of 13 Original Lithographs" created by Salvador Dali. In 1967, famed surrealist artist Salvador Dali illustrated a portfolio depicting ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Lithograph