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Art For Sale
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Jim Plesh
The Vitraux : Horseman - Original Lithograph, Handsigned (Field #76-2B)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
The Vitraux : Horseman, 1973
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 250
On Arches vellum, 48 x 65 cm (c. 18.9 x 25.6 inch)
References :
- Catalog raison...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Tapestry
Jeremiah's Prophecy Against the King Joachim, 1967 by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Jeremiah's Prophecy Against the King Joachim, 1967 is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Faust Vignettes Faust Lisant
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Faust Vignettes Faust Lisant
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: 24/100
MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 1...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali, "Grenade et l'ange from FlorDali - Les Fruits"
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 was created in 1969 by Salvado...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Les Amours Jaunes The Rebel Poet
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Amours Jaunes The Rebel Poet
MEDIUM: Etching + Gold Flakes
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: CLXII/CC
MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 14.75"
Framed: 19....
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
He Uttered A Loud Cry and He Breathed His Last from Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
He Uttered A Loud Cry and He Breathed His Last is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite publish...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paradise: Canto 5 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Paradise: Canto 5
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/8...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Les Amours Jaunes The Toad
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Amours Jaunes The Toad
MEDIUM: Etching + Gold Flakes
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: CLXII/CC
MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 14.75"
Framed: 19.5" x 2...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Moses and Monotheism The Tear of Blood
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Moses & Monotheism The Tear of Blood
MEDIUM: Etching on soft glove sheepskin
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Art et Valeur, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: E...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
The Old Hippie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Old Hippie
Series: The Hippies
Date: 1969
Medium: drypoint with added color
Signature: Pencil signed
Edition: I...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Drypoint
Original Drawing Salom, Herod & Head John Baptist Secret Life of Salvador Dali
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Salom, Herod, and The Head of John The Baptist Original Drawing in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" Book
MEDIUM: Original Drawing
SIGNED: Hand Signe...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Ink
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...
Category
1960s Modern Art
Materials
Etching
Fruits Blackberries
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Fruits Blackberries
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel
EDITION NUMBER: VIII/CL
MEASUREMENTS: 21.9" x 29.1"
YEA...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali The Divine Comedy Inferno Canto 5 and 33 Signed in Plate, 1960
Located in Plainview, NY
Fine and precious surrealist woodblock prints by Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) of the acclaimed Dante's Divine Comedy and published by Foret/Les Heures Claires in 1960. The male illustration is inferno canto 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Paradiso, 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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche III
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche III
Lithograph from 1973.
Edition 6/250 on Japon paper.
Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm
Publisher: Carpen...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Angel Drove Out The Fiery Flame Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali 1964
Located in Paonia, CO
The Angel Drove Out The Fiery Flame is based on passages from the Book of Daniel and depicts the fiery furnace in tones of grey. When three men refuse to bow down to a statue of the ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
A La Plage (At the Beach), framed hand signed lithograph
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in black on pale green panel on white Rives paper. Hand signed lower right by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered LXXVII/CXX lower left. Artwork size: 20 x 28 inches. Frame ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Salvador Dali - Magician - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Magician - Original Etching
Stamp Signed
Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm
1969
References : Field 69-1 K / Michler & Lopsinger 305
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 became the artist's surrealist trademarks. His great craftsmanship allowed him to execute his paintings in a nearly photo-realistic style. No wonder that the artist was a great admirer of the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael.
Salvador Dali and Gala.
Meeting Gala was the most important event in the artist's life and decisive for his future career. She was a Russian immigrant and ten years older than Dali. When he met her, she was married to Paul Eluard.
Gala decided to stay with Dali. She became his companion, his muse, his sexual partner, his model in numerous art works and his business manager. For him she was everything. Most of all Gala was a stabilizing factor in his life. And she managed his success in the 1930s with exhibitions in Europe and the United States.
Gala was legally divorced from her husband in 1932. In 1934 Dali and Gala were married in a civil ceremony...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Le Combat avec Morhoult from Tristan et Iseult, Surreal Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Le Combat avec Morhoult from Tristan et Iseult
Year: 1970
Medium: Color Etching on Arches, Initia...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Dali Vertical La Sirene lithograph certificate painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI.
edition of 195 copies + several E.A.
ej 149/195
certificate
DALÍ, Salvador (Figueras, Gerona,...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fire, Fire Fire The World of Currier & Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Fire, Fire, Fire an original signed limited edition lithograph from the series “The World Of Currier And Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali” pub...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Alchimie des Philosophes The Angel of Alchemy
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Alchimie des Philosophes The Angel of Alchemy
MEDIUM: Etching on parchment paper
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISH...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Inferno: Canto 29 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 29
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4"
Sheet Size: 1...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Queen with Silk Tunic, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: The Queen with Silk Tunic
Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult
Medium: Color engraving
Year: 1970
Edition: XII/XXV
Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4"
Sheet Size: 17 ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí -- Le chevalier Chretien, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí
Le chevalier Chretien, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens, 1970
Lithographs with embossing
Image size:
Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm
Numbered 44/250 lower left
Hand signed...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus Mars Cupidon
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus Mars Cupidon
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Vision Nouvelle
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 23" x ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - The Lane of the Birches - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Lane of the Birches - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Stamp signed by Dali
Edition of 294 copies.
Paper : Arches vellum.
Dimensions : 16x12".
Catalogue Raisonné ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Aliyah The Wailing Wall
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Aaliyah The Wailing Wall
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 232/250
MEASUREMENTS: 25" x 19.6"
YEAR: 1968
FRAMED: No
CONDITI...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
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)
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Paradiso, Canto XXI (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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
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...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Memories of Surrealism Crazy Crazy Crazy Minerv
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Crazy Crazy Crazy Minerv
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 29.25" x 21.75"
YEAR: 1971
...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Vitraux in Four Sheets Puzzle of Life
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Vitraux in Four Sheets Puzzle of Life
MEDIUM: 4 Lithographs
SIGNED: 1 Lithograph is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali
EDITION NUMBER: 1 lithograph is num...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
La civiltà sconfitta (Civilization Defeated) -Coloured lithograph on Arches
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on Arches paper.
Limited edition, numbered as 133/250 Eu.
Signed in pencil by artist.
Paper size: 47,5 x 64 cm
Framed size: 73 x 91 cm
very good condition, some ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Hell Canto 17 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 17 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:
Mic...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Gala, mon seul désir
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Gala, mon seul desir
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Bergruen, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: XLVII/LXXV
MEASUREMENTS:...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Salvador Dali
Ed. of /3000.
On the bottom stamp: Rosenthal Studio Linie Germany, Limitierte Kunstreihen.
Dimensions
10 in
Porcelain plate.
Category
1970s Pop Art Art
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Inferno, Canto XIV (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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman With Whip
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman with Whip
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITI...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Heaven Canto 22 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 22 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:
M...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
The Lady Dulcinea from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: The Lady Dulcinea from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha
Year: 1981
Medium: Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
The Vitraux : The Hermaphrodite - Original Lithograph Handsigned (Field #74-5M)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
The Vitraux : The Hermaphrodite, 1973
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered edition of 250 copies
On Arches vellum, 65 x 48 cm (c. 25.6 x 18.9 inch)
Re...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Rider and the Deer
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Rider and the Deer
Series: Bestiaire de la Fontaine
Date: 1974
Medium: drypoint with color added by stencil
Unframed Dimensions: 22.83" x 29.92...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Drypoint, Stencil
Salvador Dali - Flung out like - Original Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Flung out like a Fag-end by the Big- - Original Signed Engraving
Handsigned in pencil and Numbered
Edition: F195/195
- Printer: Atelier Rigal.
- Paper: Rives vellum ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali -- "Le Decameron" Suite
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí
"Le Decameron" suite (Portfolio 10 prints)
A set of ten drypoints with color engraving
The English text and engravings are enclosed in a green slipcase with cover.
Ea...
Category
1970s Art
Materials
Drypoint
Bust
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Bust
Series: Faust
Date: 1969
Medium: drypoint
Framed Dimensions: 22.5" x 18.5"
Signature: Pencil signed
Edition: 49/145
Literature: AF 50
Provenance: Acquired Directly from the Artist, Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL; DTR Modern Galleries
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Drypoint
The Inferno, Canto 17 - The Usurers
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 17 - The Usurers
Woodcut print from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm
Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris.
The work is in Exc...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paradiso, Canto XXVII (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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
Paradiso, Canto XV (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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Woodcut
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Purgatory: Canto 24 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Purgatory Canto 24
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving
Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1601), Romeo e Giulietta
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen in colors on vélin vergata paper. Paper size: 16.5 x 12.625 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: M...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
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