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Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Cy Twombly
My beloved is like a roe The Song of Songs of King Solomon by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Behold his bed 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 Arch...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The He-Goats Of The Wild She-Goats On The Face Of The Earth Biblia Sacra by Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
The He-Goats Of The Wild She-Goats On The Face Of The Earth shows the angel Gabriel hovering on the left side of a tornado. He has come to help Daniel interpret his vision about ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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 ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
A Woman Clothed with the Sun, 1967 by Salvador Dali from Biblia Sacra
Located in Paonia, CO
A Woman Clothed with the Sun, 1967 is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome b...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
PURGATORY CANTO 8
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Composition (Field 67-4; M/L 174-187), Dalí illustre Casanova
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper Size: 14.875 x 11.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Dalí ill...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
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:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
American Yachting Scene Salvador Dali Currier & Ives series lithograph 1971
Located in Paonia, CO
American Yachting Scene is a vibrant explosion of ocean blue , whitecaps and strong yellow slashes to describe the ships sailing to their destination. There is an insert of a Currier and Ives print of sailing ships that Dali used as his inspiration. This original lithograph is from the series “The World Of Currier...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snails Breats
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snails Breats - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 390
1967
On Rives Vellum
References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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 ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Biblia Sacra (Susannae pulchritudo)" Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Pasadena, CA
Salvador Dalí, a leading figure of the surrealist movement, deeply marked twentieth-century art with his audacity and singularity. Among his works is "Susannae Pulchritudo," a lithog...
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Mid-20th Century Prints and Multiples
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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 ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Saint Martin
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Saint Martin
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Berggruen, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: Epreuve d'artiste
MEASUREMENTS:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
La machine à coudre
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La machine à coudre
Etching from 1975.
The edition 163/450 on Arches paper.
Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm
Publisher: Editions de Francony and Graphiq...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Dali Alchimie des Philosophes Le Phenix
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Alchimie des Philosophes Le Phenix
MEDIUM: Etching on parchment paper
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Art et ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Cherries - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cherries - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned
Edition: EC.d (collaborator edition "d")
Excellent Condition
Refer...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Lion Eating Straw Like The Ox Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
The Lion Eating Straw Like The Ox refers to the following text...The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like th...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali -- Return of Ulysses, from Hommage à Homère
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí
Return of Ulysses, from Hommage à Homère, 1977
Photolithograph in colors on Arches paper
Hand signed lower right
Edition AP lower left
Sheet size 76 x 56 cm
Reference F...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
Salvador Dalí -- The Emerald Table
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí
The Emerald Table from Alchimie des Philosophes, 1976
Lithograph and drypoint on parchment
Hand signed and Edition 179 / 225
Sheet size 77 x 56 cm
Printer: Art Lithog...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Lithograph
Inferno: Canto 9 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 9
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/4" x...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks - Original Lithograph
Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957
PRINTER : Delorme.
SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali.
LIMITED : Total edition of 233
SIZE : 41 x 33 cm
...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Paradise: Canto 25 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Paradise: Canto 25
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8"
Sheet Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
La Venus aux Fourrures Lady Leaf
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures Lady Leaf
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 34/145
MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 15"
Framed: 17" x 20"
YEAR: 1968
...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Bird on Tongue - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Bird on Tongue - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 390
1967
On Rives Vellum
References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Inferno: Canto 26 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 26
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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Le Sacre du Printemps
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Le Sacre du Printemps
MEDIUM: Lithograph on Japon Paper
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 30"
YEAR: 1966
FRAMED: No
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Inferno: Canto 25 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 25
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 Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Biblia Sacra Man and Woman in the Garden of Pleasure original lithograph Salvado
Located in Paonia, CO
Man and Woman in the Garden of Pleasure is an original lithograph from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Riz...
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1660s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Pagoda
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Pagoda
Series: The Hippies
Date: 1969
Medium: drypoint with added color
Signature: Pencil signed
Edition: IIC/C
Literature: AF 56
Provenance...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snail
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snail - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Frère Ogrin, l'hermite (Brother Ogrin, the Hermit) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Frère Ogrin, l'hermite (Brother Ogrin, the Hermit)"
Portfolio: Tristan et Iseult
*Monogram signed by Dali in pencil lower right
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Engraving on Mandeure paper
Limited edition: 101/125
Printer: Atelier Rigal, Paris, France
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York, NY and Paris, France
Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-10-K, page 60; "Dali: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980" - Michler/Löpsinger No. 416, page 183-184
Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding with 100% cotton rag matting, gold filet, and 99% UV protective Museum Glass
Framed size: 28" x 22.25"
Sheet size (folded): 18" x 12.75"
Sheet size (unfolded): 18" x 25.5"
Image size: 15.75" x 10.5"
Condition: One tiny tear upper left. Some faint spots lower left. It is otherwise a strong impression is excellent condition
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Indianapolis, IN; acquired from Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD retaining their original gallery label on verso. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Tristan et Iseult" portfolio of 21 color engravings. Leon Amiel chop mark/blind stamp lower left. These engravings from the "Tristan et Iseult" portfolio were printed on folded sheets with their respective text descriptions as issued.
We are specialists in Salvador Dali's printmaking oeuvre, having personally worked with his cataloger Albert Field in the 1980's, we unconditionally guarantee all of our examples to be authentic.
Biography:
Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Intaglio
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus & Cupid
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus & Cupid
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Vision Nouvelle
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30"
...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Fight with Morhoult, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: The Fight with Morhoult
Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult
Medium: Color engraving
Year: 1970
Edition: XII/XXV
Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4"
Sheet Size: 17 3/...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
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 Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Les Amours Jaunes Good Fortune and Fortune
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Amours Jaunes Good Fortune & Fortune
MEDIUM: Etching + Gold Flakes
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: CLXII/CC
MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 14.75"
Fra...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Paradise, Canto 25 - St. James of Hope
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 25 - St. James of Hope
Woodcut print from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm
Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris.
The work is...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Paradise: Canto 4 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Paradise: Canto 4
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Siz...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Poems Secrets Nude at The Fountain
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Poems Secrets Nude at The Fountain
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMB...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching
Stamp Signed
Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm
1969
References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Behold The Virgin Shall Conceive from Biblia Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Behold The Virgin Shall Conceive is a 1967 colored lithograph signed in the plate from the original gouache and is printed on heavy rag paper From Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Paradise: Canto 24 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Paradise: Canto 24
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4"
Sheet Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Pantagruel : The Old Wizard - Original handsigned lithograph (Field 73-7A)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
Pantagruel : The Old Wizard, 1973
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered edition of 250 copies on Japan paper with color
Dimensions 75.5 x 53.5 cm (c. 3...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Vitraux : The Sun - Original Lithograph Handsigned (Field #74-5P)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
The Vitraux : The Sun, 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)
References :...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Under The Parasol Pine - Original Etching Handsigned (Field #70-10 I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
Under The Parasol Pine, 1970
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /75
On Japan paper 66.5 x 51 cm (c. 26.19 x 20.08 inch)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog raisonne...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Offset Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome
- SIGNATURE : printed in the image
- LIMITED EDITION: 1499
- SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4"
- REFERENCES : Michler an...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Costumes for Tristan Fou, Flower Women - Original Signed Lithograph (Field 70-2)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Costumes for Tristan Fou: Flower Women, 1970
Original lithograph (Desjobert workshop)
Signed in pencil
Numbered /XXV copies
On Japanese paper, 56 x 76 cm (...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
After 50 years of Surrealism The Curse Conquered
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: After 50 Years of Surrealism The Curse Conquered
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 19.75" x 26"
YEAR: 1974
FRA...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Les Chantes de Maldoror (tongue) Carnal Transfiguration
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Chants de Maldoror (Tongue)
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Albert Skira, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: 14/100
MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 16.5...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The sacred cow, from The Hippies
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: The sacred cow
Portfolio: The Hippies
Medium: Color etching on Arches
Date: 1969
Edition: 102/145
Frame Size: 31" x 26 1/2"
Sheet Size: 26" x 20"
Image S...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Rhinoceros
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Rhinoceros
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Michelle Broutta, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: 97/150
MEASUREMENTS: 35.4" x 25"
YEAR: 1971
F...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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