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Art For Sale
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Melanie Yazzie
Flordali : Surreal Tree, Fingers & Lips - Original Signed Etching (Field #68-3I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : Surreal Tree (Fingers and Lips), 1969 Original Lithograph and Etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered /175 copies On Japan paper 77 x 57 cm (c. 31 x 22.4 inc...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Homage to Newton
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí­ Homage to Newton Size: 35 x 16 x 11 cm Edition 197/350 patina brown Date conceived: 1980 First cast: 1980 Date cast: 2010 Material: br...
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2010s Art

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Bronze

INFRATERRESTRIALS ADORED BY DALI AT THE AGE OF SIX ...
Located in Aventura, FL
Engraving with lithographic color on paper. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Frame approx size 45 x 35 inches. Sheet ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Engraving, Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Bullfight #4
Located in BRUCE, ACT
SALVADOR DALÍ Bullfight #4., 1965 Color lithograph Hand signed and numbered 190/300 in pencil, lower margin Sheet size: 64 x 52.5 cm Published by Sydney Z. Lucas, Paris, with the ink...
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1960s Art

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

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

Heaven 18 - Beatrice's Splendor - Original woodcut - 1963 (Field # p. 289)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Heaven 18 - Beatrice's Splendor Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10 in...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Salvador Dalí, "De Draeger" bronze medallion with book
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) De Draeger, 1961 Bronze Medallion with book Numbered 1032 from the edition of 1500 Bronze Medallion: 3-1/8 inches (8 cm) diameter, numbered "1032" on verso ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Salvador Dali - Dawn - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Dawn - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Guillard SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : 233 copies. SIZE : 41 x 33 cm REFERENCES : Fiel...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac MEDIUM: Etching EDITION NUMBER: XV/XXV SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pamela Verlog ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

The Fiancee of King of Garbe
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Fiancee of King of Garbe Series: Le Decameron Date: 1972 Medium: drypoint printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 17.72" x 12.2" Framed Dimension...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint

Departure of The Fisherman
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Departure of The Fisherman MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 32/150 MEASUREMENTS: 25.75" x 38" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDIT...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

The Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Excelle...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Athene from the series "Mythologie"
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí "Athene" from the series "Mythologie". 1965 Coloured etching, Signed and dated low right Edition number: 111/150 Literature Michler & Löpsinger cat. 130. Plate. 5...
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1960s Art

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Etching

Blanchefleur, 1972 (Le Decameron, Plate H)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Blanchefleur from Dalí's Le Décameron portfolio is a drypoint etching with color on paper, signed Dalí lower right and numbered 17/150 lower left. From the Swedish edition of 150 Ara...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Inferno: Canto 20 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 20 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Engraving

Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos Year: 1974 Medium: Etching with Litho...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Etching

Salvador Dali -- Lillas Pastias Tavern
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Lillas Pastias Tavern from the Carmen suite, 1970 Lithography Edition 16/125 lower left Hand signed low righter Image size: 54 x 42 cm Sheet size: 64.7 x 56 cm Refere...
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1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Immaculate Conception (hand signed lithograph)
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on japon paper. Hand signed and numbered by Salvador Dali. Edition I LXIII/C. Sheet size 29.5 x 21.5 inches. Image size 23 x 15 inches. Frame size approx 34 x 24 inches. Catalogue Raisonné: Field 79-12, pp. 185. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) was a renowned Surrealist artist known for his enigmatic paintings of dreamscapes and religious themes. The Persistence of Memory (1931), arguably his best known work, visually manifests the strangeness of time, showing clocks melting in an idyllic landscape. “One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams,” he once reflected. Born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain, he displayed a great aptitude for the visual arts as a teenager. Three years after his first exhibition at the age of 14, he enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. At school, he emulated many contemporary styles but also the works of Johannes Vermeer and Diego Velázquez. During his visits to Paris in the late 1920s, he was introduced to the Surrealist movement by René Magritte and Joan Miró. Though the concept of Surrealism was new to him, Dalí was already well versed in the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud. Dabbling in various projects throughout his long career, in 1942 he published the book The Secret...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Purgatory 6 - The Dead by Violence - Color woodcut - (Field # p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 6 - The Dead by Violence Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on BFK Rives vellum Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") R...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

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

Materials

Lithograph

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

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

The Inferno, Canto 28 - Bertan de Horn
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 28 - Bertan de Horn Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali -- Sun Goddess Flower
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Sun Goddess Flower (Michler & Lopsinger 1386) Lithograph printed in colours, Signed and dated 1974 Annotated 1st artist's proof HC ...
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1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hell 32 - The Betrayers of their Country - Woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 32 - The Betrayers of their Country Original woodcut with the printed signature 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Homage to Durer - Lithograph by Salvador Dalì - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Durer is a contemporary artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in the 1980s. Colored lithograph of BFK Rives Paper. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 1...
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1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

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

Psychoanalysis : Tribute to Freud - Original handsigned lithograph (Field #72-3)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Psychoanalysis : Tribute to Freud, 1972 Original coloured lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered 984/ 1000 On Arches Vellum 35 x 26" (87 x 64 cm) Ref...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

La Licorne (The Unicorn), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
A woman with flowing gold hair kneels before a unicorn. The horse theme was frequently used by Dali throughout his career. The horse is seen as a symbol of beauty and elegance as wel...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Faust Marguerite/Gretchen
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Marguerite/Gretchen MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 89/95 MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 14.75"...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Fecundity - Bas Relief Silver Sculpture, 1977
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Fecundity - Bas Relief Silver Sculpture, 1977 Dimensions: 24 x 18 cm Framed: 38 x 33 cm Signed on the bas relief and printed signature on the certificate on the back. ...
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1970s Art

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Silver

Salvador Dalí­ -- Don Quichotte
Located in BRUCE, ACT
SALVADOR DALÍ Don Quichotte, 1971 Color drypoint Hand signed lower right Numbered 16/100 Image size: 51 x 39 cm Sheet size: 78.5 x 58.5 cm Printed by Ateliers Rigal, Fontenay-aux-Ro...
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1970s 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

Salvador Dali - The Laurels of Happiness - Original Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Laurels of Happiness - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ; each etchi...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Rosenthal Annual Plate Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
Ed /3000. On the bottom stamp: Rosenthal Studio Linie Germany, Limitierte Kunstreihen. Dimensions D 340 mm. Medium Porcelain plate. Date 1976
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1970s Pop Art Art

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Porcelain

Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: LXIV/C MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26" YEAR: 1970 FRAMED:...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

DALI Saint Mathew from Twelve Apostles suite signed & numbered Lithograph 1977
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lithograph on Arches paper with embossing and gold foil by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali. From the 1977 Twelve Apostles Suite (sometimes ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Gold Leaf

Paradiso, Canto XXII (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

Le Purgatoire XXII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
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

Casanova : A Pear for Thirst - Original etching (Field #67-4 I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Casanova : A Pear for Thirst, 1967 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog r...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Argus - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Argus - from "Mythologie" Original Etching Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm 1962 Editor: Pierre Argillet Edition: /150 Handsigned and numbered On Arches Paper References : Fiel...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Le Paradis XX (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
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

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

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

L'Enfer XII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
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

L'Enfer XVII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
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

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

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

Hölle XVII (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

Jesus Scourged by Salvador Dali from Biblia Sacra porfolio
Located in Paonia, CO
Jesus Scourged, 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 by Rizzoli , 1...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Deux nus (Gémeaux)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Deux nus (Gémeaux), 1970 Lithograph Sheet size: 77 x 57 cm. Hand signed lower right Numbered XI/XXV lower left Printed by Desjobert Published by Musee de L' Athenee, G...
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1970s Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Thomas (Lancelot healing Sir Urre) from The Twelve Apostles
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Thomas (Lancelot healing Sir Urre) from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sh...
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1970s Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - 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

I am my beloved from The Song of Songs of King Solomon by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: I am my beloved from The Song of Songs of King Solomon from the Portfolio Song of Songs of Solomon Year: 1972 Medium: Color Etching with Gold Dust on Arc...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

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...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Screen

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

Divine Comedy complete set of 6 books, 100 illustrations
Located in Wilton, CT
complete set of 100 illustrations from Dante's Divine Comedy contained within complete text, 6 volumes. Beautiful condition. Justification pages included. Published by Editions ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Engraving

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