$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XVII
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XVII Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carp...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche VI Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpen...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XVIII
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XVIII Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Car...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXV Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpe...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche IV Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpen...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXI Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpe...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XVI Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpe...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche V Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpent...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XIV Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpe...
Lithograph
$3,073Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXIII
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXIII Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Car...
Lithograph
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Merrill Chase,...
Etching
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Licone et Gangaride Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Licone et Gangaride MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 10/175 MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26" YEAR: 1971 FRAMED: No CON...
Etching
La Pieta Nera (Black Madonna), hand signed lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
From "Les Vitraux" portfolio. Lithograph in colors on arches paper. Hand signed lower right by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered E 12/175 lower left. Sheet Size: 25.5 x 18.75 inches....
Paper, Lithograph
The Vitraux : The Angel - Original Lithograph Handsigned (Field #74-5I)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI The Vitraux : The Angel, 1973 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered 3/250 On Arches vellum, 65 x 48 cm (c. 25.6 x 18.9 inch) References : - Catalog ra...
Lithograph
$5,596Sale Price|20% Off
Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe Etching Hand Signed Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5" YEAR: 1974...
Etching
$5,836Sale Price|20% Off
Kabuki Dancer Lithograph, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Kabuki Dancer MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 79/190 MEASUREMENTS: 21" x 30" YEAR: 1973 CONDITION: Excellent REFERENCE: T...
Lithograph
$5,880Sale Price|20% Off
Triumph of Love 2 Piece Suite With Original Portfolio Case
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Triumph of Love Le Triomphe Le Judgment MEDIUM: 2 Lithographs SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 156/175 matched num...
Lithograph
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
Conquest of Cosmos The Blood of The Ying and Yang Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos The Blood of The Ying and Yang MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5...
Etching
A Shattering Entrance to the USA
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
Drypoint etching with pochoir (hand-colouring) on Rives handmade paper Signed in pencil by the artist From the portfolio After 50 Years of Surrealism Printed at Atelier Riga...
Drypoint, Etching
$5,122Sale Price|20% Off
Le Téléphone Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Téléphone (The Telephone) Drypoint etching with stencil from 1975. The edition 165/450 on Arches paper. Dimensions of sheet: 75 x 56 cm Dimensions ...
Drypoint, Etching
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Currier & Ives Central Park Winter Lithograph, Signed, Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Currier & Ives New York Central Park Winter MEDIUM: Lithograph + Collage SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Phyllis Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER...
Lithograph
Le Sang du Yin et du Yang (The Blood of Yin and Yang)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
Drypoint etching with chromolithography in colours and embossing on Arches paper Signed and numbered of 195 in pencil along lower edge (part of a tirage of 585, vario...
Archival Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Lithograph
Birth of Venus Lithograph on Archival Paper, Modern, Signed, 1970s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Signed and numbered in pencil along the lower edge. Signed in pencil on the verso by Albert Field. ...
Lithograph, Archival Paper
$3,700
"Le Chateau de Gala" Surrealist Drypoint Etching, Signed Artist's Proof, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Le Chateau de Gala" [Gala's Castle], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir coloring on Japan paper, 1974, from After 50 Years of Surrealism, published At...
Washi Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$1,966Sale Price|31% Off
Jugoyoe, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Jugoyoe Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 66 x 52 cm. Hand signed. Publi...
Drypoint, Etching
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
Conquest of Cosmos The Last Comer of The Last Planet
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos The Last Comer of The Last Planet MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 39.5" YEAR: 1974...
Etching
$9,000Sale Price|20% Off
Individual Etchings: Diane de Poitiers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali Individual Etchings: Diane de Poitiers, Published 1971 Medium: Copper Etching on Arches Paper Edition: 108/150 Artwork Size: 25 x 20 in Framed Size: 33 x 28 in T...
Etching
Raphael “Le Mariage de la Vierge”
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Raphael “Le Mariage de la Vierge” Series: Changes in Great Masterpieces Date: 1974 Medium: Color Lithograph Framed Dimensions: 42.75" x 29.5" Sign...
Lithograph
Sagittarius, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Sagittarius Etching from 1974. The edition HC IX/L on Guarro paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.2 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Léon Amiel, Paris - New...
Etching
Virgo, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed, Excellent
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Virgo Etching from 1974. The edition HC IX/L on Guarro paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.2 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Léon Amiel, Paris - New York....
Etching
Terpsichore, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1971, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Terpsichore Hand-coloured drypoint etching from 1971. The edition 81/145 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65 x 51 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Les...
Drypoint, Etching
Urania Hand-Coloured Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Urania Hand-coloured drypoint etching from 1971. The edition 67/145 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 51 x 65 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Les Heur...
Drypoint, Etching
$17,379Sale Price|20% Off
La Vida es Sueño Etching Portfolio, Modern, Signed, 1975, 18 Prints
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La Vida es Sueño Portfolio of 18 etchings from 1975. Th edition of 256/265. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa A...
Etching
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
Alice in Wonderland Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alice in Wonderland MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art EDITION NUMBER: A IX/XL PAPER: Japon Paper MEASUREMENTS: 29.75"...
Etching
Memories of Surrealism Crazy Crazy Crazy Minerv
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Crazy Crazy Crazy Minerv MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 29.25" x 21.75" YEAR: 1971 ...
Etching
$1,560Sale Price|20% Off
Le Decameron L'ange Gabriel on Japon Paper Hand Signed Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Decameron L'ange Gabriel MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Pamela Verlog EDITION NUMBER: XIX/X...
Etching
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
After 50 Years of Surrealism Freud with Snail Head Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: After 50 Years of Surrealism Freud with Snail Head MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: F 84/195 MEASUREMENTS: 19.75...
Etching
King Solomon Lithograph, Surrealist, Artist Proof, 1975, Unframed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint, with pochoir and gold overlay on japan paper. From the Series "Our Historical Heritage". Bland Stamp "LA" and "Dalì". Image dimension 56.9x39.9. Hand signed ...
Lithograph
Venus et le Joueur d'Orgue - Venus and the Organ Player
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
From Suite mythologique nouvelle (New Mythological Suite) Drypoint and etching with stencil coloring on BFK Rives paper, with watermark. Pencil signed and marked E.A. ...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Stencil
Whips Alley, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Allée des Verges (Whips Alley) Etching from 1969. 125/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anst...
Drypoint, Etching
Hen Women, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Femmes poules (Hen Women) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969. The edition 62/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pierr...
Drypoint, Etching
$3,018Sale Price|20% Off
Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Original Lithograph, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche II Lithograph from 1973. Edition 10/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpen...
Lithograph
$1,957Sale Price|32% Off
Urashima Taro, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Urashima Taro Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 66 x 52 cm. Hand signed. ...
Drypoint, Etching
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Trilogy of Love: Love's Promise Lithograph, Surrealist, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Trilogy of Love Love's Promise MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 2...
Lithograph
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Petites Nus (Ronsard) H Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petites Nus (From Ronsard) H MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet EDITION NUMBER: 26/95 MEASUREMENTS: 15.2" x 11.4" Y...
Etching
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
After 50 Years of Surrealism The Laurels of Happiness Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: After 50 Years of Surrealism The Laurels of Happiness MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art, NY EDITION NUMBER: F 84/195 M...
Etching
$6,311Sale Price|20% Off
Bucéphale, Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Signed, Excellent
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Bucéphale Lithograph from 1972 The edition of 187/250.. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Referen...
Lithograph
$6,311Sale Price|20% Off
Le Centurion, Original Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le centurion Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Refe...
Lithograph
Le Cheval Marin, Original Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval marin Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. R...
Lithograph
$5,522Sale Price|30% Off
Le Cheval du Printemps, Original Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval du printemps Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalo...
Lithograph
$6,311Sale Price|20% Off
Le Centaur de Crête Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Edition 187/250
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le centaur de Crête Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue...
Lithograph
$6,311Sale Price|20% Off
Le Cheval de Course Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval de course Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue...
Lithograph
Homage to Albrecht Durer 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
This lithographic poster after surrealist painter, Salvador Dali pays tribute to Albrecht Durer, a German painter and printmaker renowned for his religious iconography. Dali subscr...
Lithograph
$6,311Sale Price|20% Off
La Victime de la Fête Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Edition 187/250
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La victime de la Fête Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalog...
Lithograph
Man Kissing the Shoe, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Homme baisant la chaussure (Man Kissing the Shoe) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venu...
Etching
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
After 50 Years of Surrealism The Curse Conquered, Hand Signed Etching, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
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...
Etching
$6,311Sale Price|20% Off
Clavilegnio Lithograph Print, Surrealist, 1972, Edition 187/250
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
This work will be exhibited at Art on Paper NYC, September 4–7, 2025. – Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Clavilegnio Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work:...
Lithograph
$22,000Sale Price|20% Off
Winter and Summer Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
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 AUTHENTICITY: This pi...
Etching
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
Diane de Poitiers Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Diane de Poitiers MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: LXVI/C MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 25.5" YEAR: 1973 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellen...
Etching
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Vitraux in Four Sheets Royal Insect, Lithograph, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Vitraux in Four Sheets Royal Insect MEDIUM: 4 Lithographs SIGNED: 1 Lithograph is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 1 lithograph is numbe...
Lithograph
Instantly recognizable by his waxed, upturned mustache, the flamboyant Salvador Dalí is one of modern art’s most distinctive figures. He is also one of the icons of the 20th-century avant-garde Surrealist movement, whose dreamlike images, drawn from the depths of the unconscious, he deployed in paintings, sculptures, prints and fashion, as well as in film collaborations with Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock.
Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia, and even as a youngster, displayed the sensitivity, sharp perception and vivid imagination that would later define his artworks. In these, he conjured childhood memories and employed religious symbols and Freudian imagery like staircases, keys and dripping candles to create unexpected, often shocking pieces.
Dalí's use of hyperrealism in conveying Surrealist symbols and concepts that subvert accepted notions of reality is epitomized in what is perhaps his most recognizable painting, The Persistence of Memory (1931), in which he depicts the fluidity of time through melting clocks, their forms inspired by Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His artistic genius, eccentric personality and eternal quest for fame made him a global celebrity.
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure,” he once said. “That of being Salvador Dalí.”
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In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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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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