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Art For Sale
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Albert Goodwin
Le Picador
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) (after) - Le Picador Lithograph from 1983. Dimensions of work: 56.5 x 36.5 cm Publisher: Georges Israel, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fas...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Le Picador
Le Picador
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Hölle XXVIII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Lovers Condemned, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Lovers Condemned Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Engraving

La Tauramachie Individuelle
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Tauromachie Individuelle MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet EDITION NUMBER: XXV/C MEASUREMENTS: 25.5" x 20" YEAR: ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Milky Way ( La Voie Lactee ) Etching by Salvador Dali The Mythology suite
Located in Paonia, CO
The Milky Way ( La Voie Lactee ) is from The Mythology Suite by Salvador Dali. It is the fourteenth plate created out of sixteen in the years 1960-...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Wealth Health Fame and Love
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Wealth Health Fame and Love MEDIUM: Lithograph on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for Collectors Guild/Center Art EDITIO...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

The Paradise, Canto 14 - Apparition du Christ
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 14 - Apparition du Christ Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Offset Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome - SIGNATURE : printed in the image - LIMITED EDITION: 1499 - SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4" - REFERENCES : Michler an...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Le Vitrail
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Vitrail MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: XCVII/C MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 10.4" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Biblia Sacra Man and Woman in the Garden of Pleasure original lithograph Salvado
Located in Paonia, CO
Man and Woman in the Garden of Pleasure is an original lithograph from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Riz...
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1660s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

La Quete du Graal The Black Knight
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Quete du Graal The Black Knight MEDIUM: Etching EDITION NUMBER: XV/XXV SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pamela Verlog MEASUREMEN...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Salvador Dali -- L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist) , 1975 Etching and aquatint with stencil hand-colouring, on Arches paper, with full margins. It was published under two contracts; one in 1...
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1970s Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving on Arches paper Edition: F.122/195, plus proofs Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Engraving

Salvador Dali "Icarus (Eolus)"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Icarus (Eolus) Series: The Mythology Date: 1963 Medium: drypoint Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 18" Framed Dimensions: 41" x 33" x 2" Signature: Pen...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint

The Arrival of Iseult, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Arrival of Iseult Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4"...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Engraving

Ten of Staves from Lyle Stuart Tarot Print Suite
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Ten of Staves from Lyle Stuart Tarot Print Suite [Intended for a James Bond Movie] Year: 1978 Medium: ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Signed and numbered Salvador Dali drypoint and etching on japan paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904 – 1989) Immortality of the Itinerant Insect, 1973 Signed and numbered ‘XIII / L (lower left) and ‘Dali’ (lower right) Drypoint with etching and heliograv...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Etching, Drypoint

Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
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 Art

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Lithograph

Still Light By The Light of The Moon - Nature Morte au Clair De Luna Tapestry
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Still Life By The Light of The Moon - Nature au Clair De Lune MEDIUM: Woven Tapestry SIGNED: Woven in the Tapestry EDITION NUMBER: 27/50 MEASUREMENTS: 35.6" x 54" YEAR: 1980 PUBLISHER: Walton-Gilbert Galleries, San Fransisco WOVEN BY: Art in Tapestry, El Paso Texas CONDITION: Excellent NOTE: Designed from a 1927 painting...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Tapestry

American Yachting Scene Salvador Dali Currier & Ives series lithograph 1971
Located in Paonia, CO
American Yachting Scene is a vibrant explosion of ocean blue , whitecaps and strong yellow slashes to describe the ships sailing to their destination. There is an insert of a Currier and Ives print of sailing ships that Dali used as his inspiration. This original lithograph is from the series “The World Of Currier...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí, "Les Rois Mages, " book containing 6 hand signed etchings
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Les Rois Mages Book containing 6 etchings and one lithograph on Arches blanc including 2 by Salvador Dali: "L'Incantation and Isis soutenant Osiris mutile", the other 5 by: Hans Bell...
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1960s Modern Art

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Etching

A Woman Clothed with the Sun, 1967 by Salvador Dali from Biblia Sacra
Located in Paonia, CO
A Woman Clothed with the Sun, 1967 is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome b...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Inferno: Canto 4 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 4 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 13...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Engraving

La licorne
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La licorne Lithograph from 1970. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Reference: Field 72-6G The wor...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

La licorne
La licorne
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Salvador Dalí­ -- The Immaculate Conception
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí The Immaculate Conception, 1979 Original lithograph on Japon paper Hand signed lower right Edition I VI/C Image size 58.5 x 41...
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1970s Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Fight Before la Dame - Original Handsigned Etching
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) Cat...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Paradiso, Canto X (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Purgatorio, Canto XXXI (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Purgatorio, Canto XIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali "The Arrival of Iseult"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Arrival of Iseult Series: Tristan et Iseult Date: 1970 Medium: drypoint printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 17.72" x 12.99" Framed Dimension...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint

Santa Claus Greeting Card - original etching - signed in pencil - 1968
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Santa Claus, 1968 Original Etching Handsigned in the internal page Limited to 300 copies On Arches vellum 24 x 16 cm (c. 10 x 6"1/2) REFERENCES : Field 68-11, p. 77 /...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Le Legacy from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha, Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Le Legacy from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha Year: 1981 Medium: Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition:...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Flordali : Luna Geminata (Moon) - Original Etching, Handsigned (Field 68-3F)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Flordali : Luna Geminata (Moon) Original lithograph and original etching (atelier Rigal) enhanced with stencil Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 175 On Japan...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Lithograph

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade), Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade) from the Nudes Suite Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Rives, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition: C...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Inferno Canto 5 from the Divine Comedy, Woodcut by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
A surrealist illustration from Salvador Dalí’s (Spanish, 1904-1989) Divine Comedy series based on the Italian writer Dante’s epic poem. Inferno is the first part of the epic, which follows Dante in his journey through Hell, guided by Virgil. The woodblock print is printed on BFK Rives paper and signed in the block. Inferno Canto 5...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) -Elefante-cicogna (Elephant-stork)-Coloured lithograph
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on Arches paper. Limited edition, numbered as 103/250. Signed in pencil by artist. Paper size: 65 x 48 cm Framed size: 74.5 x 87.5 cm very good condition Biblio...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali Changes in Great Masterpieces series
Located in Paonia, CO
Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali and interpreted from the original Raphael painting is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali -- Velasquez, Les Ménines
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Velasquez, Les Ménines, 1974 Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 57.5 x 38.5 cm Sheet size: 89 x 56 cm Hand signed lower right Numbered lower left 100 / 350. Referenc...
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1970s Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí – La Botte violette – hand watercolored drypoint etching – 1969
Located in Varese, IT
hand watercolored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1969 limited edition of 145 copies water-colored , numbered in lower left corner ea ( artist proof ) si...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching

Purgatory Canto 28 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 28 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame. Cataloging: Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114. Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Paper, Woodcut

Dawn (Michler/Löpsinger 1001-1012; Field 57-1)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Dawn Year: 1957 Medium: Stone lithograph in colors on papier japon nacré paper Edition: 233 Size: 16.25 x 12.875 inches Condition: Good Inscr...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Paradiso, Canto XIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Purgatorio, Canto XXVIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali, "Reverence de Grosillier (Gooseberry), " hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece was created in 1969 by Salvador Dali, it is a photolithograph of a original gouache painted on printed illustrations with original engraving. This piece is hand signed and...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Inferno, Canto XXXIV (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Inferno, Canto XXIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

After 50 years of Surrealism The Curse Conquered
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: After 50 Years of Surrealism The Curse Conquered MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 19.75" x 26" YEAR: 1974 FRA...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Salvador Dalí­ -- Le Yin et le Yang (Yin and Yan)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí­ Le Yin et le Yang (Yin and Yan) from Alchimie des Philosophes, 1976 Lithograph and drypoint on parchment Hand signed and Edition 179 ...
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1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Drypoint

Purgatory 15 : The Envy - Color woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 15 - The Envy From the "Divine Comedy" Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vél...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage - orignal etching - signed - 1974
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage Original etching and stencil Handsigned in the right corner with the blind stamp of the editor in the left corner On B...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Stencil

Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Overwhelmed - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Overwhelmed - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Manequin SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : Total edition of 233 SIZE : 41...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome - SIGNATURE : printed in the image - LIMITED : 1499 - SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4" - RE...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) - The Horse and the Wolf-drypoint etching with stencil
Located in Varese, IT
drypoint etching with stencil on extremely fine Japanese paper , Edited in 1974 Limited edition, numbered 245/250 in lower left corner. Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corn...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Salvador Dali - Erotic Grapefruit - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Erotic Grapefruit - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Condition Reference...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­, "Les petits chevaux" from Poemes de Mao-tse-toung, mixed media
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A heliogravure reworked in drypoint and ink drawing on Chinois ancien paper by Salvador Dali, 1967. Hand signed twice within the drawing and dated '1967'. It is inscribed "Por monsi...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Ballpoint Pen, Etching, Photogravure

The Face in the Windmill
Located in New York, NY
Color Lithograph. Artist's proof, aside from an edition of 150. Signed and inscribed "EA" in lower right and left corner respectively. Published by Sidney Z. Lucas, New York. C...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Color

The Inferno, Canto 2 - Virigil comforts Dante
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 2 - Virigil comforts Dante Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of sheet: 33 x 26.2 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

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