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Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Cindy Shaoul
Salvador Dali - Statue of Liberty - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching Title: Statue of Liberty Dimensions: 63.5 x 43.5 cm Sheet: 75.7 X 56.5 cm Handsigned Edition: EA Catalogue raisonné: Michler/Löpsinger 113
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

"My Copper Tone Heart" Colorful Contemporary Oil Painting with Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"My Mod Heart" Pink, Orange, Silver Contemporary Oil Painting w Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Board

"My Lacoste Heart" Green Contemporary Oil Painting with Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"My Cloud White Heart" Contemporary Oil Painting with Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Board

On Voit Cette Reine
Located in Wilton, CT
From L'Art D'aimer, Published by Chevalier and Navarre. Signed and numbered in pencil. On Arches.
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

The Sacred Cow
Located in Wilton, CT
From The Hippies suite. Published by Graphic Europa Anstalt, Switzerland. Signed and numbered in pencil. Printed on Japon.
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Sacred Cow
Located in Wilton, CT
From The Hippies suite. Published by Graphic Europa Anstalt, Switzerland. Signed and numbered in pencil. Printed on Japon.
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

"Tiffany in Paris" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited compositions are both dramatic and invigorating, capturing the fleeting moment of innocence swept up in bold color and seemingly controlled movement. "Tiffany in Paris...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

"My Heart of Gold" Contemporary Oil Painting on Board with Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Oil, Board

Le cabinet Anthropomorphique
Located in Tallinn, EE
Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989) Le cabinet Anthropomorphique 1982, signed Dali 057/330-A. Foundry marks Foneria Mirbosa, Barcelona. Silver sculpture. 12 x 23 cm, w. 2102 gr.
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Silver

"My Heart Rocks" Colorful Contemporary Pop Mixed Media Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media

Hell 13 - The Forest of suicides - woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 13 - The Forest of suicides Woodcut Plate signed 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCES : Field p. 18...
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1960s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali Zodiac Surrealist Celestial Astrology Astral Spiritual Cool Signed
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 ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Ink

"My 50 Shades of Grey Heart" Contemporary Pop Art Oil Painting w Floater Frame
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"My Candy Land Heart" Contemporary Multicolor & Gold Pop Oil Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"My Midnight Swim Heart" Contemporary Multicolored Pop Oil Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Pop Art Art

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Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media

"My Silver Lining Heart" Contemporary Monochrome Pop Oil Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
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2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Don Quixote Bas Relief in Original Velvet Box
Located in Missouri, MO
"Don Quixote" 1979 Bronze (encased in original velvet box) Signed Lower right Numbered Lower Left 157/215 Size of Relief: 27" x 18.5" Size of Velvet box: 29.5" x 21" x 3.25" Provenance: Martin Lawrence Galleries Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali was born May 11, 1904 in the small Spanish town of Figueras in the province of Catalunya. The name 'Salvador' had been given to an older brother who died in infancy. When Dali was born the name was passed on to him. No one could have known just how revolutionary and important this name would become to the art world. Growing up, Dali was a difficult child and refused to conform to family or community customs. Dali's father, a respected notary, his mother and younger sister all encouraged Dali's early interest in art. In fact, a room in the family home was the young artist's first studio. Early on, Dali's talent was already refined beyond his years, and with each year his talent only grew, as did his interests. After receiving private art lessons in Figueras for some time, Dali enrolled at the Escuela de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid in 1921. There he joined an avant-garde circle of students that included film-maker Luis Bunuel and poet-dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca. Although Dali excelled in his academic pursuits, he never took final examinations, deeming that he had no need for the type of education offered by formal schooling. He was expelled and reinstated, yet it mattered little to him. Salvador Dali's passion for the arts and his need to experience life on his own terms could not be met within the confines of school. He left. This did not sit well with Dali's father however, and Salvador was subsequently disowned. With no true home left to him, Dali moved into a fisherman's shack in the small village of Port Lligat, two miles from Cadaques and not far from the French border. Port Lligat would become the site of Dali's future mansion home where he would spend many years of his life. It was at this time that Dali came under the influence of two forces that shaped his philosophy and his art. The first was Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious, introduced to Dali in Freud's book The Interpretation of Dreams. The second was his association with the French surrealists, a group of artists and writers led by the French poet Andre Breton. When Dali visited Paris for the first time, he was introduced to the leading surrealists in the movement, but because of his lack of interest in politics, he was eventually shunned by this group. It was also around this time that Dali met the woman who was to become one the most important people in his life... his wife and soul mate, Gala. Gala was a Russian girl...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Bronze

"Dripping Dots - Bordeaux" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting Canvas with Gold Leaf
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Dripping Dots - Calypso" Colorful Contemporary Gradient Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils to add a very contemporary...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Silver

Memorabilia - The Soft Watch - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Memorabilia (the soft watch) Original etching, 1972 Hand signed in pencil by the artist Numbered /175 copies On Arches vellum size 56 x 76 cm...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

"Dripping Dots - London" Colorful Gradient Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils to add a very contemporary...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Glass, Canvas, Oil

"Dripping Dots - Monaco Sunset" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils, glass, with gold flakes t...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil

Tribute to Meissonier : The Hand - Original Handsigned Lithograph (Field 67-2D)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Tribute to Meissonier : The Hand Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered /150 copies. On Rives vellum 65 x 50 cm (c. 25.5 x 19.7 inch) REFERENCES : - Catal...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"My Malibu Sunset Heart" Contemporary Multicolored and Silver Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. This piece displays a beautiful lavender color with white hea...
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2010s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Board

Aurelia, The Colossus - Original Etching Hand Signed Numbered - Field 72-5
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Aurelia, the colossus Original etching, 1972 Handsigned in pencil Numbered /175 copies On Arches vellum, size 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 in) Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Hippies (Complete Portfolio)
Located in New York, NY
Edition XVII of C Each work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Pierre Argillet.
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

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Etching, Paper

Let him kiss me... from Song of Songs of King Solomon, Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) Title: Let him kiss me... Portfolio: Song of Songs of King Solomon Date: 1972 Medium: Color etching with gold dust...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Gold Leaf

"Dripping Dots - Portofino" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil

Daughter of Minos - Original Woodcut, Handsigned, 1979
Located in Paris, FR
Salvator DALI Daughter of Minos, 1979 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Justified artist proof (Épreuve d'artiste) On Japan paper 56 x 38 cm (c. 22...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

"Summer in Paris" Figure Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

"Dripping Dots - Lights of Saint-Tropez" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. This painting is from Shaoul's more modern collective works wi...
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Pilade Loves Hermione - Original Woodcut, Handsigned (Field #79-2 K)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvator DALI Pilade Loves Hermione, 1979 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Justified artist proof (Épreuve d'artiste) On Japan paper 56 x 38 cm (c...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Hell 11 : At the Edge of the Seventh Circle - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 11 - At the Edge of the Seventh Circle From the Divine Comedy (Dante) Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Bust of John F. Kennedy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This iconoclastic sculpture links two of the twentieth century’s most renowned figures: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Salvador Dalí. Cast in wax and decorated with paperclip...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Bronze

"Dripping Dots - Palma" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils, glass, with gold flakes t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil

Salvador Dali - Dix Recettes d’Immortalite - Original Signed Artworks
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali, Dix Recettes d'Immortalité Very Good Condition Audouin-Descharnes, Paris, 1973 Reference: M. & L. 567-577, Field 73-20 The complete set of 11 signed, numbered and not...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

King Richard, Ivanhoe Suite 1977, Signed Lithograph, Long Robe, Bishop Miter
Located in Union City, NJ
Christopher Columbus Discovers America(Jack of Swords) Publisher Levine & Levine NY Year: 1977 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in pencil Edition: 250 Print size: 29.5 x 21 KING RICHARD from the Ivanhoe Suite, surrealist style limited edition lithograph by Salvador Dalí (1904 – 1989) Printed on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. Portrait depicting a standing figure of King Richard dressed in a long robe, Christian cross emblem prominently displayed on his back posed with his ornate staff in one hand, wearing a bishop's miter (ceremonial headgear). Reference, Figure 78‐8 A in Albert Field "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" Page 132. About the artist - Salvador Dalí, in full Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech, (born May 11, 1904, Figueras, Spain—died January 23, 1989, Figueras), Spanish Surrealist painter and printmaker, influential for his explorations of subconscious imagery. As an art student in Madrid and Barcelona, Dalí assimilated a vast number of artistic styles and displayed unusual technical facility as a painter. It was not until the late 1920s, however, that two events brought about the development of his mature artistic style: his discovery of Sigmund Freud’s writings on the erotic significance of subconscious imagery and his affiliation with the Paris Surrealists, a group of artists and writers who sought to establish the “greater reality” of the human subconscious over reason. To bring up images from his subconscious mind, Dalí began to induce hallucinatory states in himself by a process he described as “paranoiac critical.” Once Dalí hit on that method, his painting style matured with extraordinary rapidity, and from 1929 to 1937 he produced the paintings which made him the world’s best-known Surrealist artist. He depicted a dreamworld in which commonplace objects are juxtaposed, deformed, or otherwise metamorphosed in a bizarre and irrational fashion. Dalí portrayed those objects in meticulous, almost painfully realistic detail and usually placed them within bleak sunlit landscapes that were reminiscent of his Catalonian homeland. Perhaps the most famous of those enigmatic images is The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which limp melting watches...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Fruits With Holes - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Fruits With Holes - 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 Dali - Biblia Sacra - 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 : 1499 - SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4" - RE...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

L'Alchimie - Original etching - 1972 - 50 exem
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) L'Alchimie (1972) Original Etching on vellum Arches Handsigned in pencil 50 exemplars Size : 30 x 22.2 inch (76 x 56 cm) References : Catalog raisonné ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Général de Gaulle - Original etching and pochoir - 1974 - Artist proof
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Général de Gaulle (1974) Original Etching and pochoir on vellum Arches Handsigned in pencil Artist proof Size : 30 x 22.2 inch (...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Crazy Horse - Original handsigned lithograph - 250 exemples
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Crazy Horse Original color lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered / 250 On Rives vellum 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches) References : - Catalogue raisonné...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

L'immortalité tétraédrique du cube - Original etching - 1973
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) L'immortalité tétraédrique du cube (1973) Original Etching on Auvergne vellum Handsigned in pencil Numbered /Z Size : 15.3 x 22,4 inch (39 x 57 cm) Ref...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Le système caga y menja - Original etching - 1973
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Le système caga y menja (1973) Original Etching on Auvergne vellum Handsigned in pencil Numbered /Z Size : 15.3 x 22,4 inch (39 x 57 cm) References : C...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Immortalité du Dalianus Galea - Original etching - 1973
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Immortalité du Dalianus Galea (1973) Original Etching on Auvergne vellum Handsigned in pencil Numbered /Z Size : 22,8 x 15.3 inch (58 x 39 cm) Referenc...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Marquis de Sade : A Miserable Flat - Original handsigned lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Marquis de Sade : A Miserable Flat Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 copies On Arches vellum 65 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20 in) REFERENCES : - Catalog r...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Wild Blackberries
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Framed Salvador Dali's Lithograph Wild Blackberries 1970 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Co...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) aside from the edition of 200. Paper :...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned Edition: XIV/XXXV Lithograph with drypoint in colours, 1...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Ten Recipes of Immortality : Zootrope and Boullée Tower - Signed etching
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Zootrope and Boullée Tower, 1973 Original engraving Signed in pencil and numbered Edition limited to 50 copies On Japane paper 77 x 57 cm (c. 31 x 23 in) References:...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Woman looking at the slaves - Original etching - 1969
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Woman looking at the slaves, 1969 Original etching With the blind stamp signature of the artist lower right Rare proof in yellow On Japan paper 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Statue
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching and aquatint printed in brown and black inks on wove paper bearing the “ARCHES FRANCE” watermark, with hand-coloring added.  Hand-signed in pencil in the margin low...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media

The Piano in the Snow
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original etching and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper, with hand-coloring added.  Hand-signed and dated in pencil in the margin lower right Dalí / 67. A superb impress...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media

The Parrots
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original drypoint and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper bearing the “Arches” script watermark, with hand-coloring added.  Hand-signed and dated in pencil in the margin low...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media

Bullfight in a Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original drypoint and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper bearing the “Arches” script watermark, with hand-coloring added.  Hand-signed and dated in pencil lower right Dalí ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media

The Giraffe on Fire
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original drypoint and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper bearing the “Arches” script watermark, with hand-coloring added. Hand-signed and dated in pencil in the margin lowe...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media

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