$2,160Sale Price|20% Off
Salvador Dali "The Fiancee of King of Garbe"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Fiancee of King of Garbe Series: Le Decameron Date: 1972 Medium: drypoint printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 17.72" x 12.2" Framed Dimension...
Drypoint
Salvador Dalí -- Christ (Patricius) from The Twelve Apostles
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Christ (Patricius) from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sheet size 64.5 x ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Saint Mathew from The Twelve Apostles
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Saint Mathew from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sheet size 64.5 x 47.5 c...
Lithograph
The Immaculate Conception, Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dalí was born in May 11, 1904 in the small agricultural town of Figueres, Spain. Figueres is located in the foothills of the Pyrenees, only sixteen miles from the French bor...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Jack of Clubs from Playing Cards
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Jack of Clubs, from Playing Cards, 1972 Lithograph Hand-signed lower right Edition 43 / 150 Image size: 36.2 x 23.5 cm Sheet size: 65.5 x 51 cm Reference Field, 72-4
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- The Watcher from The Twelve Apostles
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali The Watcher from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sheet size 64.5 x 47.5 cm...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali "The Rider and the Deer" Drypoint
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Rider and the Deer Series: Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint with color added by stencil Unframed Dimensions: 22.83" x 29....
Drypoint, Stencil
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Salvador Dali "God, Time, Space, and the Pope"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: God, Time, Space, and the Pope Series: After 50 Years of Surrealism Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint engraving with hand coloring on Arches Unframed Dim...
Engraving, Drypoint
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Salvador Dali "A Shattering Entrance to the USA"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: A Shattering Entrance to the USA Series: After 50 Years of Surrealism Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint engraving with hand coloring on Arches Unframed D...
Engraving, Drypoint
Christopher Columbus, Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Christopher Columbus from "Dali Discovers America" Portfolio Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in penci...
Lithograph
Large Original Surrealist Bronze Marble Sculpture Alma Del Quijote Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Alma del Quijote Bronze with marble base Edition: AB 52/100 Signed by Dalí This Surrealist sculpture depicts a dynamic and fragmented Don Quixote...
Marble, Bronze
$7,860
Salvador Dali -- Hemerocallis thumbergii elephanter from Surrealistic Flowers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Hemerocallis thumbergii elephanter furiosa, from Surrealistic Flowers, 1972 Drypoint with heliogravure printed in colours Hand signed lower right Edition 335 / 350 Co...
Drypoint
$2,099
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - La reine et Iseult (Tristram and Iseult) - drypoint
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured drypoint etchings. Limited edition, numbered as XVII/XXV. Signed in pencil by artist. Paper size: 40 X 26,5 cm Framed size: 71 X 57 cm very good condition. Bibliography: D...
Drypoint, Etching
$6,000
Transfiguration /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Landscape Etching Face Lips Surreal
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Transfiguration" *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1973 Medium: Original Etching on Auvergne paper Limited edition: 90/10...
Etching, Intaglio
$8,000
Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone) /// Salvador Dali Surrealism Modern Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone)" Portfolio: Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great Inventions) *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Y...
Engraving, Etching, Intaglio
Velasquez Les Menines by Salvador Dali 1974 Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Velasquez Les Menines is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces published by Sidney Lucas, 1974. Master Dali has given us a concept most original and ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali -- Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Rembrandt - Portrait du peintre par lui-même Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 52 x 43 cm Sheet size: 84 x 63 cm Hand signed lower right Numbered lower left 294 / 3...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Marvellous Steps - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare Suite) Catalogue raisonné: Michler-Löpsinger 778-...
Etching
Salvador Dali - Venus, Mars and Cupidon - Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Venus, Mars and Cupidon - Handsigned Etching Title: Venus, Mars and Cupidon Dimensions: 76 X 56 cm From the Homage to Dürer Numbered: EA, Epreuve d'Artiste Rives ...
Etching
Salvador Dali - The Black Knight - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 From the rare additional suite of 100 aside from the edition of ...
Etching
Salvador Dalí -- Le Printemps, from Hommage à Albrecht Dürer
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Le Printemps, from Hommage à Albrecht Dürer, Suite Mythologique Nouvelle, 1971 Engraving with drypoint and pochoir Hand signed lower right Numbered 80 / 150 Sheet size ...
Engraving, Drypoint
$7,088Sale Price|20% Off
Salvador Dalí -- Bird of Paradise from Hawaii: California Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Bird of Paradise from Hawaii: California Suite, 1973 Lithograph Hand signed lower right Numbered 35/250 lower left Image size: 55 x 39 cm Sheet size: 64 x 49.5 cm Ref...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Untitled from Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Untitled from Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, 1973 Lithograph with color backgrounds on japon paper Hand signed lower right Numbered 22/250 lower left Image siz...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Untitled from Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Untitled from Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, 1973 Lithograph with color backgrounds on japon paper Hand signed lower right Numbered 22/250 lower left Image siz...
Lithograph
$3,713
A La Plage (At the Beach) Lithograph by Salvador Dali, Signed, Numbered, 25x33"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in black on pale green panel on white Rives paper. Hand signed lower right by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered LXXVII/CXX lower left. Artwork size: 20 x 28 inches. Frame ...
Paper, Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Neptune, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Neptune, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens, 1972 Lithographs with embossing on Rives Image size: 53.4 x 39 cm Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm Numbered 44/250 lower left Han...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali "Rembrandt “Portrait du Peintre par Lui-Meme”
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Rembrandt “Portrait du Peintre par Lui-Meme” Series: Changes in Great Masterpieces Date: 1974 Medium: Color Lithograph Framed Dimensions: 40.5" x ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flung out like - Original Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Flung out like a Fag-end by the Big- - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ...
Etching
Salvador Dali -- Damis' Dilemma from The Marquis de Sade
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Damis' Dilemma from The Marquis de Sade, 1969 Hand-signed lower right Numbered XVVI/XC Image Size: 53 x 42 cm Sheet Size: 65 x 50 cm Publisher: Shorewood Publishers, In...
Lithograph
$4,000
Le Combat avec Morhoult from Tristan et Iseult, Surreal Etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Le Combat avec Morhoult from Tristan et Iseult Year: 1970 Medium: Color Etching on Arches, Initialed in Pencil, blind stamp OGC l.l.
Etching
$4,000
Le Roi Marc from Tristan et Iseult, Framed Surrealist Engraving by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Le Roi Marc from Tristan et Iseult Year: 1970 Medium: Color Etching on Arches, Initialed in Pencil, blindtamp OGC l.l.
Engraving
Salvador Dalí -- L'Éléphant et le Singe de Jupiter
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali L'Éléphant et le Singe de Jupiter from "Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine", 1974 Etching and aquatint on Japan paper Image size Sheet size 57 x 78 cm Hang-signed lower right...
Etching
Salvador Dalí 1970s Surrealist Dated and Signed Work on Paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Salvador Dalí 1970s Surrealist Dated and Signed Work on Paper This significant work on paper is a silkscreen print by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), part of the famous series dedicated ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Matthew
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Matthew (Geoffrey of Monmouth) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 41/350 Frame Size:...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali -- Allegory: "Brave Cecile" from Marquis de Sade
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Allegory: "Brave Cecile" from Marquis de Sade, 1969 Lithograph on Arches Hand signed lower right Edition: XL / XC lower left Sheet size: 65.5 x 50 Reference Field 69-1
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - King Solomon - drypoint, etching - 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on Japanese paper, edited in 1975. Limited edition of 250 copies, numbered 101/250 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. ...
Drypoint, Etching
$3,088Sale Price|20% Off
Salvador Dali -- Return of Ulysses, from Hommage à Homère
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Return of Ulysses, from Hommage à Homère, 1977 Photolithograph in colors on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition AP lower left Sheet size 76 x 56 cm Reference F...
Photogravure
$6,000
Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Philadelphia, PA. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 19...
Gold Leaf
Salvador Dalí -- Le Yin et le Yang (Yin and Yan)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Le Yin et le Yang (Yin and Yan) from Alchimie des Philosophes, 1976 Lithograph and drypoint on parchment Hand signed and Edition 179 / 225 Sheet size 77 x 56 cm Print...
Drypoint, Lithograph
$4,995
Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Portrait of Dali Surrounded by Butterflies MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDIT...
Etching
Anemone per Anti-Pasti, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Anemone per Anti-pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph with embossing on heavy Arches paper, signed and nu...
Lithograph
$3,995
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Philip (Galahad)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Philip (Knighting of Sir Galahad) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 40/350 Frame Si...
Lithograph
Oxygeno en Marte - Heliogravure attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1970s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Oxygeno en Marte is an original contemporary artwork, plate n. 52 from the series "Les Caprices de Goya". Heliogravure with pochoir by J.J.J. Rigal after Goya with drypoint revision...
Paper, Etching
Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - Femme a coussin - Drypoint, etchings - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Hand coloured drypoint, etchings on Arches paper Edited in 1969/1970. Limited edition of 145 copies, numbered 55/145 in lower left corner.
Drypoint, Etching
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Mark (Merlin)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Mark (Merlin the Magician) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 38/350 Frame Size: 29 ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Simon (Simeon), from the Twelve Tribes of Israel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Simon (Simeon), from the Twelve Tribes of Israel, 1972 Etching with colour stencil Hand signed lower right Edition E.A. lower left Image size 50 × 36 cm Frame size 88...
Etching, Stencil
Salvador Dali -- A plate, from Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali A plate, from Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel, 1973 Lithograph on Japanese paper Hand signed lower right Numbered 22/250 Sheet size 76 x 56cm Printed by Grapholi...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Fall of Lancelot - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare Suite) Catalogue raisonné: Michler-Löpsinger 778-...
Etching
L'Ouraboros, Surrealist Lithograph on Parchment by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dalí's Ouroboros is more naturalistic than his other prints in Alchimie des Philosophes, and its features are similar to an eel or sea serpent. It is cut into many pieces, though the...
Parchment Paper, Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Fight Before la Dame - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare deluxe suite aside from the standard edition) Cat...
Etching
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Jude (Excalibur)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Jude (Excalibur) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 38/350 Frame Size: 29 7/8" x 26 ...
Lithograph
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Christ/Patricius
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Christ (Patricius) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 38/350 Frame Size: 29 7/8" x 2...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Tournament of Galore - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 From the rare additional suite of 100 aside from the edition of ...
Etching
$4,595
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, The Watcher
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Watcher (Knights of the Realm) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 37/350 Frame S...
Lithograph
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, John (Sparrow-)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: John (Knights of the Sparrow-Hawk) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 37/350 Frame S...
Lithograph
Il y a Des Soldats - Etching attr. to S. Dalì - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Il ya a des Soldats (There are Some Soldiers) is an original etching and drypoint realized by Salvador Dalì in 1973. It belongs to the series "Poi, Je t'Attends à Babylone", a suite ...
Etching
Salvador Dalí -- Andrew (Visions of Camelot) from The Twelve Apostles
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Andrew (Visions of Camelot) from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sheet siz...
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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