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Art For Sale
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Tom Wesselmann
Heaven Canto 24 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 24 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

Hell Canto 33 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 33 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

Heaven Canto 15 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 15 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...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

Hell Canto 14 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 14 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

Tom Wesselmann 'Study For Bedroom Blonde With Green Wallpaper' Liquitex 1985
Located in Miami, FL
Wesselmann's beautiful 'Study For Bedroom Blonde With Green Wallpaper' is made from liquitex on paper and is decorated with bright, bold colors. This piece was gifted to Dorothy Blau...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Color

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...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Purgatory Canto 2 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 2 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: ...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

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

Molt Clock : Dance of Time - Pate de verre sculpture, Signed - Daum
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) and Daum Molt Clock : Dance of Time Original pate de verre sculpture Edited and handcrafted by the Daum crystal gla...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Glass

Salvador Dali - The Violet Boot - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Violet Boot - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Heaven Canto 29 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 29 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...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Queen Iseult and Her Daughter, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Queen Iseult and Her Daughter Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 60/125 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

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: 60/125 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Paysage avec figures-soleil from sun, from Neuf Paysages
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Paysage avec figures-soleil from sun Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 62/80 Sheet Size: 19 7/8" x 19 1/2" Image Size: 15" x 1...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Fantasmes de la plaine d'Ampurdam from begonia, from Neuf Paysages
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Fantasmes de la plaine d'Ampurdam from begonia Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 62/80 Sheet Size: 19 7/8" x 19 1/2" Image Siz...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Désert fabuleux from dahlia, from Neuf Paysages
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Désert fabuleux from dahlia Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 63/80 Sheet Size: 19 7/8" x 19 1/2" Image Size: 15" x 15" Signat...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Virgo, from Signs of the Zodiac
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Virgo Portfolio: Signs of the Zodiac Medium: Lithograph Year: 1967 Edition: 97/250 Frame Size: 32 5/8" x 25 1/8" Sheet Size: 29 1/2" x 22" Signature: Han...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

DREAM PASSAGE Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealist Female Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
DREAM PASSAGE is a limited edition color lithograph by the Modern master Salvador Dali, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Return, O Shulamite
Located in London, GB
Original Etching from the series ‘The Song of the Songs of King Solomon’ in colours with stencil on Arches wove paper. signed and numbered by the artist Paper size: 57.1 x 38 cm Edi...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA(Jack of Swords) Signed Lithograph on Japon Paper, Red
Located in Union City, NJ
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA(Jack of Swords) Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper, signed in pencil Print size: 29.5 x 21 Year published: 1979 Edition: I-C (100 Roman Numeral) Japon Publi...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dali 82.3 Divina Comedia engraving painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI. Engraving of the series LA DIVIDA COMEDIA 4/100 SIGNED IN PENCIL DALÍ, Salvador (Figueras, Gerona, 1904-1989). During its early years, Dal...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

The Mythology The Milky Way
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology The Milky Way MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 123/150 MEASUREMENTS: 30" x 18"...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Etching

Breathing Pneumatic Armchair (Michler/Löpsinger 82; Field 75-11E), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Breathing Pneumatic Armchair (Michler/Löpsinger 82; Field 75-11E), Imagination & Objects of the Future Portfolio Year: 1975 Medium: Drypoint,...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint

Salvador Dali signed lithograph 'Capricorn from the Zodiac II', 1975, `68/250
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) Capricorn from The Zodiac II, 1975 Lithograph Signed and numbered `68/250 Dali’ (lower edge) 12.3/4 x 9.1/2 in. (32.4 x 24.2 cm.) Reference: Field ...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Petites Nus (From Apollinaire) I
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petites Nus (from Appolinaire) I MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 42/95 MEASUREME...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

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: bronze Foundry: Perseo, Switzerlan...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Bronze

Creation of Eve
Located in London, GB
Original Colour lithograph on vellum hand-signed and numbered by the artist edition of 1000 49 x 48 cm from the portfolio 'Del calendario 5 artistes catalans' catalogue raisonée: M...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pegasus
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this etching and engraving with color aquatint. Signed, dated and numbered 132/150 in pencil by Dali. Published by Argillet, Paris. From "Mythologie." Cat...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Color, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Salvador Dalí­ -- Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent, 1969 Dry point etching in colours on BFK Rives wove Hand signed and numbered 146 / 200 in pencil Sheet size 39.5 x 29.5 cm Image s...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Etching, Drypoint

Les Chantes de Maldoror (Piano) Memory of Music
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: LEs Chantes de Maldoror Memory of Music MEDIUM: Etching Arches paper SIGNED: Not signed PUBLISHER: Albert Skira, Paris MEASUREMENTS: 10" x13" YEAR...
Category

1930s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Divine Comedy Heaven Canto 8
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Divine Comedy Heaven Canto 8 MEDIUM: Woodblock SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 70/150 MEASUREMENTS: 9" x 13.5" FRAME: Yes CONDITION: Excellen...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Salvador Dali signed coloured lithograph 'La Chimère d'Horace', 1970, 189/250
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) La Chimère d'Horace (Field 72-6H; M&L 1270a), 1970/2 Lithograph printed in colours Signed and numbered in pencil`189/250 Dali’ (lower edge) 24 x 1...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Faust Sator
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Sator MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 9/95 MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 15.4" YEAR: 1969 FR...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Dionysos
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dionysos MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: 194/200 MEASUREMENTS: 26" x 19.5" FRAMED: 34" x 28" ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Hell Canto 29 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 29 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...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Hommage a Albrecht Durer Birth of Venus
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Birth of Venus MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 29.75" YEAR: 1971 FRAMED: No...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Purgatory Canto 16 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 16 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:...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Heaven Canto 9 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 9 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 ...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Purgatory Canto 22 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory 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:...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Hans Christian Anderson The Girl Who Trod on The Loaf
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Hans Christian Anderson The Girl Who Told on The Loaf MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Gerschmann, Sweden EDITION NUMBER: Ep...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ice-cold landscape with the Rolls Royce - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1975
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Ice-cold landscape with the Rolls Royce, 1975 Original etching Signed in pencil Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52) On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9....
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 18 Decomposition (2 Pieces)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 18 Decomposition (2 pieces) Medium: Woodcut Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece Note: Piece is sold unframed Conditio...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 15 Decomposition (3 Pieces)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 15 Decomposition (3 pieces) Medium: Woodcut Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece Note: Piece is sold unframed Conditio...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Don't Touch Me From biblia Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Don’t touch Me by Salvador Dali from Biblia Sacra is a colored lithograph from the gouache original on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite publi...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali - porcelain plate Saint Mark's Square in Venice. 2255/4000, d 27cm
Located in Riga, LV
Salvador Dali - porcelain plate Saint Mark's Square in Venice. 2255/4000, d 27cm
Category

1970s Impressionist Art

Materials

Porcelain

Divine Comedy Hell Canto 13
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Divine Comedy Hell Canto 13 MEDIUM: Woodblock SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 128/150 MEASUREMENTS: 9" x 13.5" FRAME: Yes ...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Heaven Canto 23 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 23 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

Pastorale
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Signed: Dali (Lower, Right) " Pastorale ", 1979 Hand Colored Etchi...
Category

Late 20th Century Art

Materials

Etching

Purgatory Canto 12 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 12 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:...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, 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...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

The horse and the wolf - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali The horse and the wolf, 1974 Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal) Signed in pencil Limited to 250 copies (Here numbered 183) On Arches v...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Maldoror : Dreaming Nude - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1975 (Field #34-2)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Dreaming Nude, 1975 Original etching Signed in pencil Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52) On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : - Catal...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

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

Surrealistic elephant - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Surrealistic elephant (or Animals Sick of the Plague), 1974 Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal) Signed in pencil Limited to 250 copies ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Surrealist Composition with Bones and Beans - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1975
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Surrealist Composition with Bones and Beans, 1975 Original etching Signed in pencil Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52) On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Salvador Dalí­ -- Spectacles with Holograms and Computers
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Spectacles with Holograms and Computers for Seeing Imagined Objects from Imaginations and Objects of the Future Lithograph on Rives paper Year: 1975 Edition: 5 /250 Han...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

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...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Surrealistic rhinoceros - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Surrealistic Rhinoceros (or Jupiter's Elephant and Monkey), 1974 Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal) Signed in pencil Limited to 250 co...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

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