$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Currier & Ives Fire! Fire! Fire! Lithograph Collage, Hand Signed, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Currier & Ives Fire! Fire! Fire! MEDIUM: Lithograph + Collage SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Phyllis Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 106/250 M...
Lithograph
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
Three Graces of Cova d'or, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Three Graces of Cova d'or MEDIUM: Etching with embossed verso SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Galerie des Quatre Mouvements EDITION NUMBER: 55/90 ME...
Etching
Statimque Tobias Visum Recepit - Lithograph - 1967- 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Statimque Tobias visum recepit ("And immediately Tobit revovered his sight") is an artwork realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediola...
Lithograph
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Alchimie des Philosophes: L'Immortalité Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alchimie des Philosophes L'Immortalite MEDIUM: Etching on Parchment Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Art et Valeur, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 32/2...
Etching
“Vénus au joueur d'orgue“
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Warren, NJ
Vénus au joueur d'orgue (M. & L. 484c) Etching with stencil printed in colours, 1971, signed and inscribed out of 50 in pencil, in Roman numerals . printed by Atelier Rigal, Pari...
Lithograph
$20,000Sale Price|20% Off
Conquest of Cosmos 1 Suite, 6 Surrealist Etchings, Hand Signed, Matched Numbered
By Salvador Dalí
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...
Etching
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Alchimie des Philosophes Le Phenix Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alchimie des Philosophes Le Phenix MEDIUM: Etching on parchment paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Art et Valeur, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 176/225 ...
Etching
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Alchimie des Philosophes L'Ouraboros Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alchimie des Philosophes L'Ouraboros MEDIUM: Etching on parchment paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Art et Valeur, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 163/225...
Etching
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
Tristan & Isolde Lithograph on Rowlux, Surrealist, Framed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tristan & Isolde MEDIUM: Lithograph on Rowlux with added color SIGNED: Hand Signed on seperate certificate with corresponding number PUBLISHER: N...
Lithograph
Beati Pauperes...Beati Mites...Beati - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Beati pauperes...beati mites...beati is an artwork realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Color lithog...
Lithograph
$2,865
La civiltà sconfitta (Civilization Defeated) -Coloured lithograph on Arches
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on Arches paper. Limited edition, numbered as 133/250 Eu. Signed in pencil by artist. Paper size: 47,5 x 64 cm Framed size: 73 x 91 cm very good condition, some ...
Paper, Lithograph
$7,400Sale Price|20% Off
The Cycles of Life Suite, Surrealist Etchings, Hand Signed, 1979
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Cycles of Life 3 Piece Suite Vigor of Youth One's Identity Reflection MEDIUM: 3 Etchings SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 182...
Etching
$3,323
Psychoanalysis : Tribute to Freud - Original handsigned lithograph (Field #72-3)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Psychoanalysis : Tribute to Freud, 1972 Original coloured lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered 984/ 1000 On Arches Vellum 35 x 26" (87 x 64 cm) Ref...
Lithograph
The Raven and the Fox - Etching - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Raven and the Fox is an artwork realized in 1974. Etching and drypoint with stencil, 1974. Printed by Atelier Rigal. Edition XIV/CXX on Auvergne paper. It belongs to the sui...
Etching
1971 L'Académie de Paris Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 184/250
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
L'Académie de Paris (The Academy in Paris). Etching on Arches wove paper (watermark), 1971. Signed and numbered 184/250 A. Plate 42.5 cm x 59.5 cm. Sheet approx. 56.5 cm x 75.5 c...
Etching
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Dalínean Prophecy, Imaginations and Objects ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$22,800Sale Price|20% Off
Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cybernetic lobster phone, Imaginatio...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid atomizer anti-shade, ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$19,600Sale Price|20% Off
Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Fusing space-time, Imaginations and Objects...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$14,800Sale Price|20% Off
Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Organic garden, Imaginations and Objects of the ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Maquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Maquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cyclopean makeup, Imaginations and Objects of...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Pneumatic breathing chair, Imagina...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Paradise intrauterine locomo...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
Télévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Télévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid and carbonated television, Im...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid tornado bathtub, Imaginations a...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint, Screen
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
Lunettes à hologrammes et ordinateurs pour voir les objets imaginés (F 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Hologram glasses and computers to see ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
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. Edition of 240 Pencil signed and numbered; certified authentic by Frank Hunter of the Sa...
Etching, Aquatint
Pylades Loved Ermione Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Signed, 1978 Edition
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Pylades Loved Ermione is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Dali's Drysta...
Woodcut
Yes, O Beautiful Dione Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Signed, 1978
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Yes, o Beautiful Dione is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Dali's Drys...
Woodcut
Japanese Fairy Tales Drypoint Etching Portfolio, Signed, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Japanese Fairy Tales Portfolio with 10 drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 6...
Drypoint, Etching
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 1/2 in. E.A. edition of 50 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA ...
Lithograph
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 gold processed color. cm. 56.5x37.5. Hand signed by the artist on lower margin. Num...
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. Edition of 50 E.A. (Epreuve d'Artiste) Pencil signed and numbered Catalogue raisonn...
Lithograph
Tristan & Isolde
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali Tristan & Isolde 1972 Lithograph in Black and White Surface Rowlux with Color Added, Covered with Transparent and with Blue, Gold and Red ...
Lithograph
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 Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 450 On Arches vellum 57 x 76 cm REFERENCE : - Catal...
Etching
Blanchefleur Etching and Drypoint, Surrealist, Signed, 49/125, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Blanchefleur is a contemporary artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1972. Etching and drypoint on watermarked paper Chiffon de la Dore, (image cm 18x13; sheet cm 31x45) Hand signed...
Etching
Ponte de Rodillas Etching, Drypoint, Surrealist, Signed, 1977, 21/200
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte de Rodillas is a contemporary artwork realized in 1977. The artwork is from the series: 'Les Caprices de Goya de Dali'. Drypoint on Heliosgravure, on Rives paper. Plate dime...
Drypoint, Etching
Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme original lithograph 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme is from the Changes in Great Masterpieces suite. In this series of six original lithographs in full color, Master Dali has given us a conce...
Lithograph
l' Hirondelle
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: L'Hirondelle Year: 1973 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered XLVI/CCL in pencil Paper: Arches watermarked Image siz...
Lithograph
$4,000
PRINCE OF CUPS 1979, Signed Lithograph on Arches, Tarot Card Series, Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist - Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title - PRINCE OF CUPS, Tarot Card Series Publisher - DALART N.V. Year published - 1979 Medium - Lithograph on Arches Cover 270 gsm. 100% ...
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 Medium: Engraving with hand color stencil Edition: Inscribed E.A Paper: Arches Image si...
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 Medium: Engraving with etching and stencil hand coloring Edition: Numbered 171/450 in p...
Engraving
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 Pantagruel Year: 1973 Medium: Lithograph Edition: Inscribed E.A (Epreuve d' Artiste) i...
Lithograph
Figure Rouge avec Portrait de Quevedo
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Figure Rouge avec Portrait de Quevedo" from the suite, Visions De Quevedo, 1975. is an original engraving with pochoir hand coloring on Richard de Bas paper, by ...
Engraving
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. ...
Lithograph
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 Numbered X / LXXV On Richard de Bas vellum 66 x 51 cm (c. 26 x 20 inch) Excellent condi...
Etching
Pubertat Lithograph, Surrealist Style, Signed, Edition 217/300, 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...
Lithograph
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...
Lithograph
Tauromachie au Papillons - Surrealist Lithograph, Signed, 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...
Lithograph
Cavalier Casqué aux Papillons Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 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 ...
Lithograph
Heroic Sartyr Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, Edition 514/1000, 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...
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...
Drypoint
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 engraving Signed in pencil and numbered Edition limited to 50 copies On Japane paper 57 x...
Etching, Aquatint
Aquellos Armarios Tinosos - Drypoint and Collotype - 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Aquellos Armarios Tinosos is a contemporary artwork realized in 1977. Drypoint and collotype print. Hand signed by the artist and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 21/200....
Drypoint, Digital
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. It is a part of a series of plates called "La Conquete du Cosmos" that depict im...
Porcelain
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 corner with the blind stamp of the editor in the left corner On BFK Rives vellum...
Etching, Stencil
$2,062
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 Handsigned in the right corner with the blind stamp of the editor in the left corner On B...
Etching, Stencil
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 ...
Lithograph
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...
Etching, Color
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...
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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
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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