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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Henri Matisse
Underwater life - Lithograph - San Lazzaro 1954
Located in Paris, FR
Henri MATISSE Underwater life, 1954 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.5 x 10 in) REFRENCES : Published by San Lazzaro / XXèm...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hell 2 - Virgil consoles Dante - Original woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 2 - Virgil consoles Dante Original woodcut On paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCES : Field p. 189 à 200 / Michler & Lop...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali -- Levi, from Twelve Tribes of Israel, 1973
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Levi, from Twelve Tribes of Israel, 1973 Etching in colors on Rives BFK paper Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm Ed. SA 141/195 Signed and numbered in pencil along the ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Purgatory Canto 10 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 10 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...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Paper

Heaven Canto 32 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 32 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...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Paper

Salvador Dali -- Zebulun, from Twelve Tribes of Israel, 1973
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Zebulun, from Twelve Tribes of Israel, 1973 Etching in colors on Rives BFK paper Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm Ed. SA 32/195 Signed and numbered in pencil along th...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Five Continents
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Five Continents MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: Eparte d'Artist H.C. MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 24" YEAR: 1966 FRAMED: Yes 26" x...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Rose + Drawers from Surrealist Flowers, Florals 1972
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí­ Rose + Drawers from Surrealist Flowers, Florals 1972 Hand-signed in pencil Edition 259/350 Image size: 55 x 42 cm Sheet size: 75 x 55 cm Published by Editions Graphi...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

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 : 1499 - SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4" - REFERENCES : Michler and Lopsi...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Purgatory Canto 19 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 19 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:...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Original Vintage Railway Poster Auvergne By Dali For SNCF Butterfly Abstract Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Auvergne featuring an iconic butterfly design by the renowned surrealist artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989) for the state owned French Na...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

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...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Henri Matisse - The Open Window, Collioure (Framed), 1905
Located in Central, HK
This print features a reproduction of The Open Window Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse, the world-reknowned French artist. It’s mounted and laminated for protection from dust and UV...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Paper

Salvador Dalí­ -- Le Cercle viscéral du cosmos, 1974
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Le Cercle viscéral du cosmos from the La Conquête du Cosmos portfolio, 1974 Lithography Hand signed in pencil lower right Edition J 18/55 lower left. Sheet size: 1...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Exhibition Poster: Jacques Benador Gallery, Modern Lithograph Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Original lithograph poster for the Matisse exhibition at the Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva 1980. The center of the composition features an image of a drawing by Henri Matisse of a ...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hell : Charon and the Crossing of the Acheron - woodcut - 1963 [Field #page 189]
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 3 - Charon and the Crossing of the Acheron Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" Printed signature in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Salvador Dalí­ -- Dawn at Port Lligat , 1970
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Dawn at Port Lligat (Venus with drawers), 1970 Lithograph Hand-signed lower right Edition 126/250 Sheet size: 90 x 61 cm Image size: 75.5 x 56 cm Purchased by Courtlei...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Heaven 33 : Prayer of Saint Bernard - Color woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Heaven 33 - Prayer of Saint Bernard Color woodcut with the signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Isis soutenant Osiris mutile (Les Rois Mages)
Located in Wilton, CT
From the 1960 collaboration Les Rois Mages, this Dali print is on Japon, numbered XXVIII/C, signed in pencil, also in the stone and with a blind stamp.
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Salvador Dalí Atomo 1973 (Salvador Dalí­ prints Salvador Dalí Colibri)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Salvador Dalí Atomo 1973 (from Colibri): Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. 33 x 22.25 inches (83.8 x 56.5 cm). Good overall vintage condition; minor signs of handling; minor s...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Salvador Dali -- Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade, 1969
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade Suite, 1969 Lithograph Edition 110/160 Hand signed lower right Image size: 53 X 42.5 cm Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm Published by Shorewo...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Liquid Tornado Bath Tub (Michler/Löpsinger 823; Field 75-11B), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Liquid Tornado Bath Tub (Michler/Löpsinger 823; Field 75-11B), Imagination & Objects of the Future Portfolio Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, d...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint

Untitled 24 (Les Songes)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Untitled 24 (Les Songes) Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel Date: 1973 Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds Unframed Dimensions: 25...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Color

Angel of Dada Surrealism, from 1971 Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Angel of Dada Surrealism Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XXV (artist's proof 14/25, asid...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph

Queen of Hearts vintage French limited edition numbered porcelain ceramic plate
Located in New York, NY
Salvador Dali Queen of Hearts, 1967 Limited Edition Limoges Porcelain Plate. Signature Fired into Plate. Numbered with COA 9 3/4 inches diameter Edition 358/2000 Artist Signature and edition Fired into Plate on front. Certificate of Authenticity with edition number from the manufacturer. Produced by Puiforcat, France This dazzling limited edition 1967 Salvador Dali porcelain plate...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Porcelain, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Screen

The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill Series: Alice in Wonderland Date: 1969 Medium: Photogravure printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 15.10" x 10" F...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Danseuse Créole
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours based on the cut-out of the same title, 1952 From 'Verve' Magazine Volume IX, Nos 35 & 36: 'Dernières Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-54' Pr...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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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:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Dalínean Prophecy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dalínean Prophecy is a drypoint etching with lithographic color on japon paper, image size 16 x 23.5 inches, signed Dalí lower right and numbered XVIII/LXXV lower left. From the edit...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Lithograph

Salvador Dali “Nightmare of Moses” Lithograph, Signed Edition
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Lithograph with etching is from the “Moses and Monotheism” suite published by the Salvador Dali Archives. Provenance: Sims Reed Gallery, London, UK | Russeck ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Bloody Ford
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Bloody Ford Series: La Quete du Graal Date: 1975 Medium: drypoint printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 17.91" x 12.91" Framed Dimensions: 25"...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

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...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Stencil, Drypoint

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 Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Surrealist Gastronomy, from 1971 Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Surrealist Gastronomy Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XXV (artist's proof 14/25, aside f...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph

Surrealist Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies, Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Surrealist Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XX...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Etching

Salvador Dalí - Hommage a Konrad Adenauer, 1967
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Hommage à Konrad Adenauer, 1967 Colour etching on Japanese paper. In the original portfolio. Depiction Size: 19.5 x 12.5cm. Sheet Size: 52 x 38.5cm. Edition: XXIX/LX Ha...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Jument de Compère Pierre, 1972 (Le Decameron, Plate I)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Jument de Compère Pierre 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 edi...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska, from 1971 Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XXV (artist's proo...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph

Le Diable en Enfer, 1972 (Le Decameron, Plate C)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Diable en Enfer 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 1...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Visage Surrealiste
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Visage Surrealiste Series: Aurelia Date: 1972 Medium: Engraving Unframed Dimensions: 29.92" x 22.05" Framed Dimensions: 38" x 30" Signature: Penc...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Original Vintage Poster Paris France Rail Travel Eiffel Tower Butterfly Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Paris featuring the Eiffel Tower with abstract lines and colourful butterflies designed by the renowned surrealist artist Salvador Dali (19...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

La Ressuscitée, 1972 (Le Decameron, Plate J)
Located in Greenwich, CT
La Ressuscitée 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 A...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Saint Anne
Located in Austin, TX
Edition 31/100 Hand colored etching Signed by artist on lower right recto Published by Pierre Argillet
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Ink, Watercolor

Biblia Sacra Original Sin Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Original Sin is an original lithograph from Salvador Dali's five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965-1969. Ref. is the Official Catalog of the Graphic...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Beach
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Beach - 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

Dressed in the Nude in a Surrealist Fashion, from 1971 Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Dressed in the Nude in a Surrealist Fashion Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XXV (artist'...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph

Untitled 14 (Les Songes)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Untitled 14 (Les Songes) Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel Date: 1973 Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds Unframed Dimensions: 25...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Color

Salvador Dali - Strawberry Heart - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Strawberry Heart - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1970 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Condition Reference:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mythology "Oedipus and Sphinx"
Located in Austin, TX
Edition 15/100 Hand colored drypoint etching Signed by artist on lower right recto Published by Pierre Argillet
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Watercolor, Etching

Surrealist Crutches, from 1971 Memories of Surrealism
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Surrealist Crutches Portfolio: Memories of Surrealism Medium: Etching and photolithograph Date: 1971 Edition: AP XIV/XXV (artist's proof 14/25, aside fro...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph

The Lobster Quadrille
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Lobster Quadrille Series: Alice in Wonderland Date: 1969 Medium: Photogravure printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 15.25" x 10" Framed Dimens...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Winter and Summer
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Winter and Summer MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: A/P MEASUREMENTS: 25" x 35.5" YEAR: 1973 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Henri Matisse Loan Exhibition vintage exhibition poster " Beverly Hills
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage exhibition poster: HENRI MATISSE EXHIBITION. Linen baked in excellent condition, ready to frame. The background is a flat...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marilyn Monroe
Located in Austin, TX
Edition 43/100 Hand-colored etching Signed by artist on lower right recto Published by Pierre Argillet
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Watercolor, Etching

Salvador Dali “Moses Saved from the Waters” Lithograph, Signed Edition
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Lithograph with etching, fully titled “Moses Saved from the Waters,” is from the “Moses and Monotheism” suite published by the Salvador Dali Archives. Provena...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí – La Tête ( The Head ) – hand watercolored drypoint etching – 1969
Located in Varese, IT
hand watercolored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1969 limited edition of 145 copies water-colored , numbered in lower left corner ea ( artist proof ) si...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Etching, Drypoint, Paper

Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen (Salvador Dalí­ prints Salvador Dalí Carmen)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen Away Must Pay with His Life 1970 (from Carmen): Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. 25.5 x 19.8 inches (64.8 x 50.5 cm). Good overall vintage condition: minor surface marks; minor signs of handling. Signed and editioned in pencil along lower. Ed. LIII/CXXV (part of a full tirage of 276, variously editioned, aside from proofs). Published by Shorewood Publishers, NY. Literature/References: The Official Catalog of The Graphic Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field, entry: 70-1, Q. Salvador Dalí 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 Life of Salvador Dalí. A mixture of self-aggrandizing confessions and sadistic fantasies about his childhood, the book further outlined the artist’s outlandish persona. However, his pronounced sense of ego was not always unfounded, as evinced in his works inclusion in Alfred Hitchcock’s famous dream sequence from the film Spellbound (1945). Dalí died on January 23, 1989 in his hometown of Figueres, Spain. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, among others. Related Categories: Surrealism. Surrealist. Pop Art. Alexander Calder. Spanish artists. Spain. Salvador Dali prints. Salvador Dalí Carmen. Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen Away Must Pay with His Life. Salvador Dalí 1970...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Dali Vertical Portrait de Calderon engraving painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI. Engraving of the series LA VIDA ES SUEÑO. Printed signature and date, as issued Catalog. OFFICIAL CATALOG GRAPHYC WORKS BY ALBERT FIELD Page...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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