$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
$6,326Sale 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
$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
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
To Ev'ry Captive Soul Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
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:...
Etching
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Florals Rose Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, Framed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Rose MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 99/350 MEASUREMENTS: 21.6" x 29.4" Framed: 33" x 41" YEAR: 1972 FRAMED: Yes CON...
Etching
$5,800Sale Price|20% Off
Monument to Picasso Lithograph, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Monument To Picasso MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 158/500 MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 30" YEAR: 1973 FRAMED: No CONDITION: ...
Lithograph
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
Hamadryades Mimetiques Arborescentes Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Hamadryades Mimetiques Arborescentes MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 19.3" x 12.4" YEAR: 1971 FRAMED: No CO...
Etching
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Gastronomy Etching, Hand Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Gastronomy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art/ A & E Rich EDITION NUMBER: A 6/175...
Etching
Adam and Eve
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) is Surrealism's most accomplished and iconic practitioner. His work is eccentric, elaborate, and mysterious, with an avant-garde style that explores the dep...
Drypoint, Etching
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
La Joie de Vivre Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
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 MEASUREMENTS: 19.6" x 25.6" YEA...
Etching
$4,200Sale Price|20% Off
Femmes Surrealiste Etching, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Femmes Surrealiste - Surrealistic Woman MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 23/150 MEASUREMENTS: 25.6" x 19.6" YEAR: 1974 FRAME...
Etching
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Dalinean Horses: The Centaur of Crete, Hand Signed Surrealist Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dalinean Horses The Centaur of Crete MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Simeon Wajntraub & Jacques Carpentier EDITION NUMBER: 17...
Lithograph
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Aurelia Visage Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Aurelia Visage Surrealiste MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions d'Art de Francony, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 15/175 MEASUREMENTS: ...
Etching
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
Shakespeare II Timon of Athens Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
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...
Etching
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Petites Nus (From Ronsard) A Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petites Nus (From Ronsard) A MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet EDITION NUMBER: 32/95 MEASUREMENTS: 15.2" x 11.4" Y...
Etching
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
Moses & Monotheism Moses & Akhenaton Etching on Sheepskin, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Moses & Monotheism Moses & Akhenaton MEDIUM: Etching on soft glove sheepskin SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Art et Valeur, Paris EDITION N...
Etching
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
La Tauromachie Individuelle, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Tauromachie Individuelle MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet EDITION NUMBER: XXV/C MEASUREMENTS: 25.5" x 20" YEAR: ...
Etching
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Vitraux in Four Sheets Puzzle of Life Surrealist Lithographs, Hand Signed, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Vitraux in Four Sheets Puzzle of Life MEDIUM: 4 Lithographs SIGNED: 1 Lithograph is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 1 lithograph is num...
Lithograph
$4,360Sale Price|20% Off
Dalinean Prophecy Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dalinean Prophecy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: I 135/250 MEASUREMENTS: 30.25" x 30.25" YEAR: 1975 FRAMED: No CONDITION: ...
Etching
$3,360Sale Price|20% Off
Moses & Monotheism Tear of Blood Surrealist Etching on Sheepskin, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
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 NUMBE...
Etching
$1,838
Les Caprices Pinces Princiers, Hand Signed, Frank Hunter Authenticated, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Hand signed by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered 170/395. Frame size approx 29 x ...
Paper, Engraving, Lithograph
$206Sale Price|40% Off
Caricature of Salvador Dali as a Soviet leader - Handsigned etching, 1971
By Louis Mitelberg
Located in Paris, IDF
Tim ( Louis Mitelberg called, 1919-2002) Caricature of Salvador Dali as Fidel Castro Original etching Handsigned in pencil On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch) INFORMATIO...
Etching
$23,600Sale Price|20% Off
Surrealist Manhattan Skyline Lithograph, Hand Signed, 1976
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Manhattan Skyline MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 29.75" x...
Lithograph
Act I, Scene IV - From “Romeo and Juliet” - Lithograph - 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act I, Scene IV - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the lower right margin. Perfect...
Lithograph
Gala's Godly Back, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Gala's Godly Back Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher: Transworld A...
Drypoint, Etching
The Curse Overthrown: Modern Drypoint Etching, Signed, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Curse Overthrown Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher: Transworl...
Drypoint, Etching
The Chimera of Chimeras Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, Edition of 300
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on japan paper, realized in 1856/57. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 300. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger n. 1004 Excellent condition.
Lithograph
$6,800Sale Price|20% Off
Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Gastronomy Trial Proof
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Gastronomy Trial Proof MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: Tirage 500 This is a Trial Proof MEAS...
Etching
Jeremiah Etching on Paper, Hand Signed, Edition 126/400, 1975, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Sheet size: 26 x 19.8 inches. Edition 126/400. Catalogue Raisonné: Field 75-4K, pp. 101. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonabl...
Etching, Intaglio, Paper
$4,012
A Shattering Entrance on the American Stage, Original Drypoint Etching, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4...
Drypoint, Etching
$4,012
God, Time, Space, and the Pope, Original Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - God, Time, Space, and the Pope Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher:...
Drypoint, Etching
$4,012
The Museum of Genius: Fancy, Original Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Museum of Genius and Fancy Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher:...
Drypoint, Etching
Act II, Scene VI - From “Romeo and Juliet” - Lithograph - 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act II, Scene VI - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the left right margin. Perfect conditions. The ...
Lithograph
Act I, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet - Lithograph-1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act I, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the higher left margin. Perfect conditions. The ...
Lithograph
Act V, Scene V - From “Romeo and Juliet” - Lithograph-1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act V, Scene V - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated on plate in the lower right margin. Perfect conditions. The a...
Lithograph
Act IV, Scene III - From “Romeo and Juliet” - Lithograph-1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act IV, Scene III - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the left right margin. Perfect conditions. Th...
Lithograph
Act III, Scene V - From “Romeo and Juliet” -Original Lithograph-1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act III, Scene V - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated on plate on the lower left margin. Perfect conditions. The ...
Lithograph
$3,960Sale Price|20% Off
Chalice of Love, Surrealist Lithograph, Hand Signed, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Chalice of Love MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine and Levine EDITION NUMBER: 28/150 MEASUREMENTS: 21...
Lithograph
$3,750
The Caduseus Of Mars Nourished By The Ball Of Fire Of Jupiter, Hand Signed, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Authenticated by Albert Field on verso. Sheet size: 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Image size: 29...
Engraving, Lithograph, Paper
Vision Planetaire et Scatologic, Hand Signed, EA Edition, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Sheet size: 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Image size: 29.5 x 21.5 inches. Annotated 'EA,' one o...
Engraving, Lithograph, Paper
$676
Kaleidoscope of Dalí - Original Gelatin Silver Photography, SIGNED and LTD / 50
By Marc Lacroix
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc LACROIX (1927-2007) Kaleidoscope of Dalí, 1971 Original silver print photograph Signed in ink Numbered on 50 copies On silver print paper 57 x 47 cm (c. 22.4 x 18.5 inch) INF...
Silver Gelatin
Act II, Scene III From Romeo and Julie-Lithograph -1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act II, Scene III - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated on plate on the lower right margin. Perfect...
Lithograph
La Desse de Cythère Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Signed, 1978, 133/250
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
La Desse de Cythère (The Goddess of Cythera) is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized by Salvador Dalì in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid. Hand sig...
Woodcut
The Bust, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Le Buste (The Bust) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust. Numbered 142/...
Drypoint, Etching
Sorcière au Balai Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 142/145, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Sorcière au Balai (Witch on Broom) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust....
Drypoint, Etching
Femme au Cochon, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme au cochon (Woman with Pig) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust. ...
Drypoint, Etching
Hen Women, Original Drypoint Etching with Watercolor, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femmes poules (Hen Women) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust. Numbere...
Drypoint, Etching
Femme au Clown Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme au clown (Woman with Clown) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust. ...
Drypoint, Etching
Portrait de Marguerite Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Portrait de Marguerite (Portrait of Marguerite) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edit...
Drypoint, Etching
Rasputin Etching, Surrealist Style, Signed, Edition 70/200, 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, Heliogravure and Pochoir, printed on BFK Rives paper. Table 46 from the Series "Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì". Edition 70/200. Hand signed and numbered. Image dimension: ...
Etching
$652Sale Price|20% Off
Mirage - Mid 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract - Dalí Stye by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
Wood, Oil
Ivanhoe - Rowena
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Salvador Dali Ivanhoe - Rowena 1978 Lithograph 29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. Edition of 250 Pencil signed and numbered; certified authentic by Frank Hunter of the Sal...
Lithograph
Act III, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet” - Lithograph - 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Act III, Scene I - From “Romeo and Juliet” is an artwork realized in 1975. Mixed colored lithograph. Signed and dated in plate on the lower right margin. Perfect conditions. P...
Lithograph
Henry IV Lithograph, Surrealist Style, Signed, Edition of 250, 1970s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on paper. Hand Signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 250 prints
Lithograph
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Petites Nus I, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petites Nus (from Appolinaire) I MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 45/95 MEASUREME...
Etching
$7,800Sale Price|20% Off
Apocalyptische Reiter (Apocalyptic Rider) Etching, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Apocalyptische Reiter (Apocalyptic Rider) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 166/175 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" YEAR: 1974 CONDITIO...
Etching
$5,800Sale Price|20% Off
Saint Lucie, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Saint Lucie MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Michelle Broutta, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 268/450 MEASUREMENTS: 35.5" x 25" YEAR: ...
Etching
$4,200Sale Price|20% Off
Arnella The Golden Fleece, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Arnella The Golden Fleece MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: XLVII/C MEASUREMENTS: 25.25" x 20" YEAR: 1974 FRAMED: No CONDITI...
Etching
The Horse that Wanted Revenge on the Stag - Etching - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Horse that Wanted Revenge on the Stag is an artwork realized bySalvador Dalì, 1974. Etching and drypoint with stencil. Printed by Atelier Rigal. Edition XIV/CXX on Auvergne pa...
Etching
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Les Amours Jaunes Duel With Camelias, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Amours Jaunes Duel With Camelias MEDIUM: Etching + Gold Flakes SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: CLXII/CC MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 14.75" Framed:...
Etching
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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