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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Salvador Dalí
Artist: Sayed Haider Raza
Signs of The Zodiac, Libra original lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Libra from Signs of the Zodiac by Salvador Dali is from a series of 12 limited edition lithographs. This original hand signed lithograph is Libra, the seventh astrological sign ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Crazy Horse
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Crazy Horse
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 223/250
MEASUREMENTS: 30.5" x 22.25"
YEAR: 1968
FRAMED: No
CONDITION: Excelle...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le chavelier de la mort
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le chavelier de la mort
Lithograph from 1970.
Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm
On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue.
Reference: Field 7...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Corridor of Katmandu, from The Hippies
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: The Corridor of Katmandu
Portfolio: The Hippies
Medium: Etching on Arches wove paper
Date: 1969
Edition: 43/145
Framed Size: 31" x 26 1/2"
Sheet Size: 26...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Girafe en Feu (Field 76-2-A; Michler & Lopsinger 1449), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Le Girafe en Feu
Year: 1976
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: CXLII/CCL; 250 Roman Numerals, plus proofs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Bullfight No. 5 original signed limited edition lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Bullfight No. 5 is a signed limited edition ( 4/300 ) original lithograph by Salvador Dali from the Taureaumachie Suite of five original lithographs. Published by Phyllis Lucas...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Lovers Condemned
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Lovers Condemned
Series: Tristan et Iseult
Date: 1970
Edition: 587 (numbered on justification page only)
Medium:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
Femme a le bequille (from La Venus aux Fourrure) (Surrealism, Modern)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Salvador Dali
Femme a le bequille (Woman with Crutch, from La Venus aux Fourrure)
1969
Etching on Arches teinte’ paper
Visible: 12.75 x 10.125 inches
Framed: 21 x 17 x 1 inches
Editi...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Manhattan Skyline
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Manhattan Skyline
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine
EDITION NUMBER: 49/150
MEASUREMENTS: 29.75" x21.25"
YEAR: 19...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali, American Trotting Horses No. 2, Lithograph with collage
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: American Trotting Horses No. 2
Date: 1971
Portfolio: Currier & Ives as Interpreted by Salvador Dali
Medium: Litho...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media, Lithograph
Monumental Original Surrealist Signed Color lithograph "Puzzle of Life" 1974 COA
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare "Hors de Commerce", monumental signed color lithograph by the surrealist Spanish genius Salvador Dali (1904-1989), titled "The Puzzle of Life", 1974. This artwork is a gu...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Color
Shakespeare II Timon of Athens
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Shakespeare II Timon of Athens
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Transworld Art/Loinel Praeger/Berggruen
EDITION NUMBER: 155/250
MEAS...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Chimere d'Horace from Dalinean Horses, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Le Chimere d'Horace from Dalinean Horses
Year: 1972
Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil
Edition: 2...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Purgatory 16 - In the Fumes of the Angry - woodcut - 1963 (Field #p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Purgatory 16 - In the Fumes of the Angry, 1960/63
Original woodcut
Signature printed in the plate
Printed on BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10 in...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Inferno Canto 28 from the Divine Comedy, Woodcut Print by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
A surrealist illustration from Salvador Dalí’s (Spanish, 1904-1989) Divine Comedy series based on the Italian writer Dante’s epic poem. Inferno is the first part of the epic, which f...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Les Amours de Cassandre Complete Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Amours de Cassandre Complete Suite
MEDIUM: 10 Etchings
SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Heaven 4 - Beatrice - Color woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Heaven 4 - Béatrice, 1960/63
Woodcut in color
Printed signature in the plate
On BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REFERENCES :
- Catalog rais...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Salvador Dali Pencil Signed Nude on a Rhinoceros Horn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Salvador Dali: 1904-1989. One of the most famous artist of the 20th century. A master surrealist, whose auction prices are well into the millions. This image of a nude on a rhinocero...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Heaven 33 : Prayer of Saint Bernard - Color woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189 à 200)
Located in Paris, IDF
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
Espace-temps en fusion (M/L 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, silkscreen, drypoint, and collage on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Inscription: hand signed and numbered, I-70/250, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Imaginat...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
American Trotting Horses No. I
Located in Paonia, CO
American Trotting Horses No.1 is from the series “The World Of Currier And Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali” published by Phyllis...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Le cheval de course
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval de course
Lithograph from 1970.
Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm
On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue.
Reference: Field 72-6G...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
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
Anemone per Antipasti, Lithograph by Salvador Dali 1972
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Anemone per Antipasti (Anemone of the Toreador)
Year: 1972
Medium: Lithograph with embossing on heavy Arches paper, signed and num...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Vegetation Inedit (Pineapple)
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Vegetation Inedit (Pineapple)
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Les Bibliophiles de L'Union Francaise
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Portrait of Picasso
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Portrait of Picasso
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: a/b 66/200
MEASUREMENTS: 19" x 31"
YEAR: 1970
FRAMED: No
CONDITION: Exc...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Sirene au Dauphin
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Sirene au Dauphin
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 22.5" x 30.5"
YEAR: 1971
FRAMED:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Inferno, Canto 9 - The Furies
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 9 - The Furies
Woodcut print from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm
Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris.
The work is in Exce...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Blackberries
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Blackberries
Series: Fruits
Date: 1970
Medium: Photolithograph with original engraving on Rives
Unframed Dimensions: 22.5" x 14.5"
Framed Dimensio...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Lithograph
Purgatory 21 - The Spring - woodcut - 1963 (Field #p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Purgatory 21 - The Spring
From the "Divine Comedy"
Original woodcut
Signature printed in the plate
Printed on BFK Rives vellum 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10 i...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Fegefeuer XXX (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 Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Les Metamorphoses Erotiques Red Portfolio Book
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Metamorphoses Erotiques Red Portfolio
DESCRIPTION: First edition printed in a limited edition of 300. Large quarto in ff. under a folded cover a...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Soll Y Dali
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Sol Y Dali
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 153/200
MEASUREMENTS: 16.5" x 21.9"
YEAR: 1967
FRAMED: Yes
CONDITION: Excelle...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Purgatory: Canto 25 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Purgatory Canto 25
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
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
Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Is it Lawful to Pay Taxes To Caesar shows Caesar as an imposing seated figure taking up three quarters of the image against a white background with a mounted horseman over Caes...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Signed and numbered Salvador Dali etching with gold dust on arches paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904 – 1989)
The beloved is as fair as a company of horses
Etching with gold dust on arches.
Signed and numbered ‘204 / 250’ (lower left) and ‘Dali’ (lower ...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Hand watercolored drypoint etching on Japanese paper
Located in Varese, IT
Hand watercolored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1969.
Limited edition of 145 copies water-coloured, numbered in lower left corner EA (Epreuve d'artist)...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Etching
1970 original poster by Dali - Paris Chemins de fer Francais (French Railways)
Located in PARIS, FR
This 1970 original poster was created by the legendary Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí for Chemins de Fer Français (French Railways) as part of a promotional campaign to highlight Pa...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Paper
FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel
EDITION NUMBER: 109/200
MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30"
...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Flordali : Musician Lilies - Original Handsigned Etching (Field #68-3 D)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
Flordali : Musician Lilies
Original Lithograph and Etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /175 copies
On Japan paper 77 x 57 cm (c. 31 x 22.4 inch)
REFERENCES :
- Ca...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Lithograph
Purgatory 30 - The Announcement of a Great Event - woodcut -1963
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Purgatory 30 - The Announcement of a Great Event
Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy"
with the printed signature
1960/63
Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives
S...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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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 Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade)"
Portfolio: Nudes
*Signed by Dali in pencil lower right
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Lithograph on white Rives paper
Limited edition: 104/120
Printer: Desjobert, Paris, France
Publisher: E.G.I., Beverly Hills, CA
Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-8-D, page 158
Beautifully framed in handmade real gold-leaf moulding with raw silk matting and gold filet
Framed size: 30.25" x 38.25"
Image size: 20" x 28.25"
Condition: Light toning to sheet in margins and some minor handling creases. Some minor cosmetic wear to framing. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Philadelphia, PA. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Nudes" portfolio of 8 lithographs from original drawings. Printed in light yellow-brown on pale green panel.
Note: 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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Gold Leaf
Paradise: Canto 16 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Paradise: Canto 16
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
La Joie de Vivre
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: La Joie de Vivre
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions d'Art de Francony
EDITION NUMBER: 75/150
MEASUREME...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
To Ev’ry Captive Soul
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: To Ev'ry Captive Soul
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Salvador Dali Archives with Frank Hunter
EDITION NUMBER: 33/200
MEASUREMENTS:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Lobster Quadrille, from Alice in Wonderland
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Heliogravure
Title: The Lobster Quadrille
Portfolio: 1969 Alice in Wonderland
Year: 1969
Edition: 2430/2500
Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 19 1/2"
Sheet Size: 16...
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1960s Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Color Suite from "Les Amours de Cassandre"
Located in Wilton, CT
a rare set of the Color Suite from Les Amours de Cassandre. Paris: Editions Argillet, 1968. [15" x 11"]. 10pp. 10 illustrations. (10 hors text.) General Condition: Fine. Hand colored...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Hommage aux Petits Lits Blancs
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE:Hommage aux Petites Lits Blancs
MEDIUM: Lithograph done for Wally Findlay Gallery
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PRINTER: Mourlot Printers
EDITION NUMBER: 87/2...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Icarus (Eolus)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Icarus (Eolus)
Series: The Mythology
Date: 1963
Medium: drypoint
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 18"
Framed Dimensions: 41" x 33" x 2"
Signature: Pen...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
Conquest of Cosmos 1 Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos 1 Suite
MEDIUM: 6 color Etchings & Aquatints with embossing
SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine
EDITI...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Salvador Dalí -- James the Greater from The Twelve Apostles
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
James the Greater from The Twelve Apostles, 1977
Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper
Hand signed lower right
Edition EA lower left
Sheet size 64.5 x 4...
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1970s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Lithograph
The Fisherman
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Fisherman
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 44/150
MEASUREMENTS: 39.87" x 23.75"
CONDITION: Excellent
AUTHENTICATION: ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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