Pylades Loved Ermione - 1978
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Dali's Drystamp. Published by
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Yes, o Beautiful Dione - 1978
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Dali's Drystamp. Published by
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Masque De La Mort
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Salvador Dali Masque De La Mort 1975 Etching Aquatint 26 x 19 3/4 in
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Aquatint, Etching
Salvador DalíThe Deer Reflected in the Water - Lithograph - 1974, 1974
$1,657
H 26.38 in W 16.93 in D 0.04 in
The Deer Reflected in the Water - Lithograph - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint with pochoir on Arches paper. From the Suite "Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé". Image dimension: 58x40 cm. Edition of 240/250. Printed by Atelier Rigal. ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Pubertat - Lithograph - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on Arches paper, with watermark. From the suite "The Four Ages of Man". Edition of 217/300. Published by Galerie Spectra, Zurich. Hand signed and numbered in penci...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíTauromachie au Papillons - Lithograph - 1972, 1972
$2,131
H 29.73 in W 21.38 in D 0.04 in
Tauromachie au Papillons - Lithograph - 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on Arches paper. Artist proof aside of the ediion of 250. Hand signed in pencil. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger 1358. Rare colorful lithograph representing one of the ar...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíThe Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies - Lithograph - 1971, 1971
$1,065
H 18.51 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
The Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies - Lithograph - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching with pochoir and gold overlay. Edition of 121/250. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger 477c. Very good condition. The artwork is from the series So...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíCavalier Casqué aux Papillons - Lithograph - 1971, 1971
$1,420
H 14.97 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Cavalier Casqué aux Papillons - Lithograph - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on wove paper, from the Suite "Caldéron, La Vie est un Songe". Image dimension: 32x24.5. Artist proof (e.A.), out of an edition of 250 on Richard de Bas Paper ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
La Jungle Humaine - Le Cavalier
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali La Jungle Humaine - Le Cavalier 1976 Lithograph 18 3/4 x 25
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíThe Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies - Etching - 1971, 1971
$1,657
H 22.05 in W 14.97 in D 0.08 in
The Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies - Etching - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Beloved Feeds between the Lilies is a print realized by Salvador Dalì in 1971 Etching with
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Etching
Heroic / Sartyr - Lithograph - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on Arches paper from the series "Four Dreams of Paradise". Image dimension 54x42 cm. Signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 514/1000. Ref. Michler/Löpsinger 13...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Le Colosse
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Color drypoint. Signed by the artist in pencil lower right. Numbered 44/100 in pencil lower left. Published by Editions d'Art de Francony, Paris. Catalogue raisonne reference: Fi...
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Drypoint
Salvador DalíPonte de Rodillas - Etching, Drypoint - 1977, 1977
$1,420
H 16.15 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
Ponte de Rodillas - Etching, Drypoint - 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Caprices de Goya de Dali'. Drypoint on Heliosgravure, on Rives paper. Plate dimensions: 23,5 x 17
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
Salvador DalíTribute to da Vinci : Oil Catalytic Cracker - Original Etching Handsigned, 1975
$1,894
H 22.45 in W 29.93 in
Tribute to da Vinci : Oil Catalytic Cracker - Original Etching Handsigned
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Tribute to da Vinci : Oil Catalytic Cracker, 1975 Original etching with stencil
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
La Pieta Nera, from "Les Vitraux"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali La Pieta Nera (The Black Madonna) 1974 Lithograph 30 x 22 in
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Tristan & Isolde
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali Tristan & Isolde 1972 Lithograph in Black and White Surface
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Lithograph
Blanchefleur - Etching and Drypoint - 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Blanchefleur is a contemporary artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1972. Etching and drypoint on
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Etching
l' Hirondelle
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: L'Hirondelle Year: 1973 Medium: Color
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíRembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme original lithograph 1974, 1974
$5,000
H 33 in W 24.75 in
Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme original lithograph 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
series of six original lithographs in full color, Master Dali has given us a concept most original and
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Le Singe et le Leopard
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Le Singe et le Leopard Year: 1976
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Le Cracking du Petrole
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Le Cracking Du Petrole Year: 1975
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Salvador DalíPRINCE OF CUPS 1979, Signed Lithograph on Arches, Tarot Card Series, 1979
$3,900
H 29.5 in W 21 in
PRINCE OF CUPS 1979, Signed Lithograph on Arches, Tarot Card Series
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist - Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title - PRINCE OF CUPS, Tarot Card Series Publisher
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Les Songes Drolatiques De
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Figure Rouge avec Portrait de Quevedo
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dali 1904-1989. It is hand signed and numbered LXXIV/C in pencil by the artist, The image (plate mark
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Salvador DalíShunboshi : Little one-inch - Original handsigned etching / 75ex, 1976
$1,420
H 25.99 in W 20.08 in
Shunboshi : Little one-inch - Original handsigned etching / 75ex
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Shunboshi : Little one-inch Original etching with pochoir Handsigned in pencil
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíTen Recipes of Immortality : Holography of the Squirrel - Signed etching, 1973
$2,131
H 22.45 in W 30.32 in
Ten Recipes of Immortality : Holography of the Squirrel - Signed etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Man resuscitated by the holography of the squirrel, 1973 Original
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Salvador DalíAquellos Armarios Tinosos - Drypoint and Collotype - 1977, 1977
$1,539
H 9.26 in W 6.7 in D 0.08 in
Aquellos Armarios Tinosos - Drypoint and Collotype - 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
to the Series "Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì". Reference Michler/Löpsinger 870. Provenance: Private
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Digital
Zebulun - Etching and Drypoint 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, drypoint and pochoir on Arches paper. Edition of 75/195. Hand signed and numbered. Dimensions of frame: 76 x 61 cm. Ref. Michler/Löpsinger 623 Prov. Private Collection,...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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La cercle visceral du cosmos
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an authentic Limoges porcelain plate done in collaboration with Salvador Dali in 1974
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1970s Surrealist More Art
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Porcelain
Diane de Poitiers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Color etching with full margins. Signed by the artist and numbered 147/250 in pencil in lower right and left margins respectively. Printed and published by DeFrancony, Paris. Ca...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching, Color
The path to wisdom, from Retrospective
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
The path to wisdom, from Retrospective, 1978 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper 29-3/8 x 21-1/2 inches (74.6 x 54.6 cm) (sheet) E. 54/350 Signed and numbered in pencil along lower ...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíGod, Time, Space, and the Pope - orignal etching - signed - 1974, 1974
$1,776
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in
God, Time, Space, and the Pope - orignal etching - signed - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali God, Time, Space, and the Pope Original etching and stencil Handsigned in the right
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching, Stencil
Salvador DalíA Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage - orignal etching - signed - 1974, 1974
$2,131
H 25.6 in W 19.69 in
A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage - orignal etching - signed - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage Original etching and stencil
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Salvador DalíThe Hell of Cruel Beauties - Etching and Drypoint - 1972, 1972
$1,539
H 17.72 in W 12.21 in D 0.08 in
The Hell of Cruel Beauties - Etching and Drypoint - 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Hell of Cruel Beauties is a contemporary artwork realized in 1972. Etching and drypoint on watermarked paper Chiffon de la Dore, (image cm 18x13; sheet cm 31x45) Hand signed an...
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Le Viol d'Europe
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color drypoint on Japon nacré. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 270. Signed and inscribed "EA" in pencil. Published by Vision Nouvelle, Paris....
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Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely)Face of Dali - Grey, OP Art Portrait by Yvaral Jean-Pierre Vasarely, circa 1979
$1,500
H 35 in W 24.5 in
Face of Dali - Grey, OP Art Portrait by Yvaral Jean-Pierre Vasarely
By Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean-Pierre Vasarely - "Yvaral", French (1934 - 2002) Title: Salvador Dali Year: 1977
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1970s Op Art Portrait Prints
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Screen
Salvador DalíMUSEUM OF GENIUS AND WHIM from "After 50 Years of Surrealism", 1974
$5,000
H 26 in W 19.75 in
MUSEUM OF GENIUS AND WHIM from "After 50 Years of Surrealism"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Signed and authenticated by Frank Hunter on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition: F EA on L...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Engraving, Paper
LES SPOUTNIKS ASTIQUES ELASTICOTS STATISTIQUES
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size 18.9 x 22.44 inches. Engravi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Paper
LES SUPRENES DE MAILLAISE LILIPUTIENS
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size 18.9 x 22.44 inches. Engravi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Paper
LES DELICES PETITS MARTYRS
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size 18.9 x 22.44 inches. Engravi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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LE CAVALIER ET LE CERF
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
From "Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine." Engraving on arches. Form the edition of 250. Sheet size 22.84 x 29.92 inches. Image size 15.75 x 22.84 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Authen...
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Paper, Engraving
George De GoyaThe Kite - Late 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract - Dalí Style by George De Goya, 1977
$836
H 15.75 in W 17.25 in D 0.48 in
The Kite - Late 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract - Dalí Style by George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
artists including Picasso, Salvadore, Dali and Chagall. His motto was “history is the inevitable
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Wood, Oil
Salvador Dalì and Francisco GoyaPrincipio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg - Etching, Drypoint and Pochoir - 1977, 1977
$1,657
H 16.93 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Principio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg - Etching, Drypoint and Pochoir - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, Drypoint and Pochoir, 1977. Sheet 19 from the series Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching, Drypoint
Salvador Dali - Perrier - Poster
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Perrier - Vintage Lithographic Poster On Golden paper Signed in the plate 1970
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - La Fontaine Portrait - Handsigned Engraving, 1974
$2,960
H 29.93 in W 22.84 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - La Fontaine Portrait - Handsigned Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - La Fontaine Portrait - Handsigned Engraving 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Aquatint
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - The Rider and the Deer - Handsigned Engraving, 1974
$2,960
H 29.93 in W 22.84 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - The Rider and the Deer - Handsigned Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Rider and the Deer - Handsigned Engraving 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Aquatint
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - The Oak and the Reed - Signed Engraving, 1974
$2,131
H 29.93 in W 22.84 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - The Oak and the Reed - Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI The Oak and the Reed (La chêne et le roseau) from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Aquatint
Rome and Cadaques - Original etching - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Rome and Cadaques (1973) Original Etching on Japan paper Handsigned in
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíVenus, Mars et Cupidon - Original etching - 1971 - Artist proof, 1971
$1,776
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Venus, Mars et Cupidon - Original etching - 1971 - Artist proof
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Venus, Mars et Cupidon (1971) Original Etching on vellum Arches
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíL'homme ressuscité par l'holographie de l’écureuil - Original etching - 1973, 1973
$2,131
H 15.36 in W 22.45 in
L'homme ressuscité par l'holographie de l’écureuil - Original etching - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) L'homme ressuscité par l'holographie de l’écureuil (1973) Original
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Etching
Salvador DalíÉpris d'une folle passion - Original etching - 1979 - 50 exem, 1979
$1,776
H 22.25 in W 29.93 in
Épris d'une folle passion - Original etching - 1979 - 50 exem
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Épris d'une folle passion (1979) Original Etching on Japon paper
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Salvador Dalí for sale on 1stDibs
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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A Close Look at Surrealist Art
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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Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You
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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