Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1974, Le Cavalier et le Cerf
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Le Cavalier et le Cerf Portfolio: Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Medium: Engraving with color added by pochoir on Richard de Bas paper Year: 1974 Edition: X...
Etching
Barometer Woman original lithograph from the TIME suite by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Barometer Woman is a signed limited edition ( 61 /250 ) lithograph from the TIME suite by Salvador Dali. Published by Levine and Levine, NY, 1977. The suite consists of 5 d...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali, Le Girafe en Feu (Giraffe Afire) from Le Jungle Humaine
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a lithograph made from an original ink drawing with added color. It is from Dali's suite of 6 lithographs entitled "Le Jungle Humaine", which he created in 1976. This p...
Lithograph
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy Minerva Salvador Dali Memories of Surrealism suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Crazy, Crazy, Crazy Minerva by Salvador Dali is from the Memories Of Surrealism suite which consists of 12 hand-signed lithographs with etching printed in color. Minerva was ...
Etching
$5,500
Return of Ulysses, Hommage a Hommere original lithograph Salvador Dali 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Return of Ulysses ( Le Retour D’Ulysses ) is an original signed lithograph by Salvador Dali from the French limited edition suite Hommage a Hommere. Published by Levine and L...
Lithograph
Savage Beasts in the Desert original lithograph by Salvador Dali 1976
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Savage Beasts in the Desert or Little Animal Kingdom ( Les Betes Sauvages sans Le Desert ) is an original signed lithograph (+ original etched remarque) by Salvador Dali . L...
Lithograph
$7,500
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit), Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
A clock-faced figure wearing monk's robes floats in a blue void above a roiling storm cloud. This Surrealist lithograph by Salvador Dali shows the figure in movement, traveling with ...
Lithograph
$6,000
Hommage a Picasso (Cannes) (Cote d'Azur) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Hommage a Picasso (Cannes) (Cote d'Azur)" *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1973 Medium: Original Drypoint Etching on Riv...
Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio
$4,500
Dalí, "Le Creuset philosophal" from Alchimie des Philosophes, mixed media
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí "Le Creuset philosophal" from Alchimie des Philosophes Mixed media, from original gouache by Dalí, printed with lithography, etching and silkscreen Hand signed and fr...
Engraving, Lithograph
$4,500
Duel in the Sun (Cavaliers en Tournoi), 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...
Paper, Etching, Stencil
Salvador Dali - Freud with a Snail's Head - Original Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Freud with a Snail's Head - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ; each etch...
Etching
$6,480
Salvador Dalí -- Le chevalier Chretien, from the series Les Chevaux Daliniens
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Le chevalier Chretien, 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 ...
Lithograph
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Reuben
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Reuben Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: EA Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet Size...
Engraving
$3,600
Salvador Dali, Le Cerf Malade Signed Etching Engraving, Color Lithograph Pochoir
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid.
Color, Drypoint, Etching
$3,860
Salvador Dalí -- Thomas (Lancelot healing Sir Urre) from The Twelve Apostles
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Thomas (Lancelot healing Sir Urre) from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sh...
Lithograph
$1,765
Salvador Dalì (1904 – 1989) –Femme surréalistes –Drypoint etching on Rives paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on BFK Rives paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition, numbered as 73/150 in lower left corner. Signed in pencil by artist lower right corner. Plate size: 40 x 32 cm ...
Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dali - The Beloved Feeds Among the Lilies - Signed Aquatint
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) THE BELOVED FEEDS AMONG THE LILIES, 1971 Board for the series "The Song of Songs hymns" Aquatint and dry point on wove paper stencilled and bronze ink golde...
Drypoint, Aquatint
$7,500
The Coronation of Gala (The Empress), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Coronation of Gala (The Empress) from Visions Surrealiste Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil E...
Lithograph
$9,500
Obsession of the Heart (The World), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Obsession of the Heart Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 ...
Lithograph
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Salvador Dali "Le Dos Divin de Gala" [Gala's Divine Back] Etching, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Le Dos Divin de Gala" [Gala's Divine Back], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir, 1974, from "After 50 Years of Surrealism", published by Atelier Rigal,...
Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dalí -- Hamlet, Complete text and set of 10 color etchings
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Hamlet, 1973-4 The complete portfolio, comprising 10 etchings and aquatint in colors with hand-coloring on Arches paper Each hand signed lower right Each numbered 96/1...
Engraving, Aquatint
$3,400Sale Price|47% Off
(Mort de Cleopatre) (The Death of) Cleopatra /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Modern
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "(Mort de Cleopatre) (The Death of) Cleopatra" *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1972 Medium: Original Engraving on Arches...
Engraving, Intaglio
$3,487Sale Price|25% Off
"Hommage à Albrecht Dürer" – Original Lithograph by Salvador Dalí, Hand Signed
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Barcelona, ES
This remarkable original lithograph by the legendary Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, titled “Hommage à Albrecht Dürer”, is a stunning tribute to one of the great masters of Renaiss...
Paper
$1,059Sale Price|25% Off
Limited Edition Homage to Albrecht Dürer Poster by Salvador Dalí, 1970s
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original 1971 Exhibition Poster by Salvador Dalí – "Hommage à Albrecht Dürer," Galería Louis Moufflet Artist: Salvador Dalí Exhibition: "Hommage à Albrecht Dürer," Galería Louis Mouf...
Paper
$2,707
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - La Béquille -Colour drypoint etching on Arches paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Colour drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition of 190 copies, numbered as 16/190 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right ...
Drypoint, Etching
$3,500
DALI Saint Mathew from Twelve Apostles suite signed & numbered Lithograph 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lithograph on Arches paper with embossing and gold foil by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali. From the 1977 Twelve Apostles Suite (sometimes referred to as the Knights of t...
Gold Leaf
$3,500
DALI Saint Andrew from The Twelve Apostles suite (signed & numbered edition)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lithograph on Arches paper with embossing and gold foil by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali. From the 1977 Twelve Apostles Suite (sometimes referred to as the Knights of ...
Gold Leaf
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Simeon
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Simeon Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Gad
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Gad Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet Si...
Engraving
$5,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Naphtali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Naphtali Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" She...
Engraving
$4,950
King David, Surrealist Intaglio Etching and Color Pochoir by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - King David, Portfolio: Our Historical Heritage, Year: 1975, Medium: Intaglio Etching and Color Pochoir on Arches Paper, signed and numbered ...
Etching, Intaglio
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, Symbols of Twelve Tribes of Israel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Symbols of the Twelve Tribes Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 3...
Engraving
Salvador Dali "Behold, thou art fair..." from Songs of Songs of Solomon
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Behold, thou art fair... Series: Song of Songs of Solomon Date: 1971 Medium: drypoint printed in color with added color Unframed Dimensions: 26.3"...
Drypoint
$2,943
Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - Heliogravure and drypoint etching on Arches paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Heliogravure and drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1972. Limited edition of 150 copies , numbered as 24/150 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower r...
Paper, Etching
$6,500
Salvador Dalí, "Le Chateau de Gala", original etching, hand colored, signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí Le Chateau de Gala (Gala's Castle) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching, hand colored 1974 Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 inches. Paper size: 26 x 19 3/4 i...
Etching
Salvador Dalí -- Mais o belle Dionee from L'Art d'Aimer suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Mais o belle Dionee, from L'Art d'Aimer suite, 1979 Woodcut in colours on wove, Hand signed lower right Edition 230 /250 Sheet size 74 x 54 cm Image size: 57 x 44 cm ...
Woodcut
The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey - Attr. to S.Dalì - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey. Mixed colored etching on Japan paper. Signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Edition of 249/250. The artwork is from...
Etching
$4,473
Salvador Dalí(1904–1989) - Etching and lithograph with embossing on paper - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
L’unicorne laser désintégre les cornes de rhinoceros cosmique (from ‘La Conquête du Cosmos’) Colour etching and lithograph with embossing on paper from ‘La Conquête du Cosmos’, edit...
Paper, Etching, Lithograph
$2,354
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)- The Shepherd- Etching with stencil and gilding -1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Etching with stencil and gilding on paper, edited in 1971. Limited edition, numbered HC (Hors commerce) in lower left corner. Signed in pencil by artist lower right corner. Plate si...
Etching
$2,001
The Bridegroom Leaps Upon the Mountain - Etching attr. to Salvador Dalí - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint on paper. Hand-signed by the artist in lower right margin. Numbered in the lower left margin. Edition of 250. The artwork is from the series Song of Songs. R...
Etching
$5,500
Apparition of the Rose ( Tarot ) original signed limited ed. by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Apparition of the Rose is from Magic Butterfly & the Dream ( Tarot ) suite is an original signed limited ed. 5/250 lithograph by Salvador Dali. Published by Levine and Levin...
Lithograph
$2,707
Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey - Drypoint etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching with stencil on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1974. Limited edition of 250 copies, numbered 235/250 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist ...
Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching
$3,860
Salvador Dalí -- James the Lesser (Vicar of Britain) from The Twelve Apostles
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali James the Lesser (Vicar of Britain) from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left S...
Lithograph
Lady Godiva, Original Lithograph, Surrealist, 1970, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Lady Godiva Lithograph from 1970.
Lithograph
$4,473
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) -Hand-coloured drypoint etching on Arches paper - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Hand-coloured drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1971. Limited edition of 145 copies, numbered as 89/145 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower righ...
Paper, Etching
$4,473
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) -Hand-coloured drypoint etching on Arches paper - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Hand-coloured drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1971. Limited edition of 145 copies, numbered as 89/145 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower righ...
Paper, Etching
Look Not Upon Me..., Surrealist Etching with Gold Dust by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Look Not Upon Me..., Portfolio: The Song of Songs of King Solomon, Year: 1972, Medium: Color Etching with Gold Dust on Arches Paper, signed ...
Gold Leaf
$2,236
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) - La Joie de vivre - Drypoint etching with stencil
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching with stencil on Arches paper, edited in 1975. Limited edition of 250 copies, numbered as 111/250 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower ...
Paper, Etching
$2,450
Salvador Dalí, "Le Cerf Malade" from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine, engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original engraving with color added by pochoir by Salvador Dali. It is from Dali's suite of 12 original engravings entitled "Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine", which he c...
Engraving
$8,500
Rare Salvador Dali Surrealist 3D Pop Up Etching Engraving Paper Sculpture 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid.
Paper, Board, Etching
$1,121Sale Price|25% Off
Limited Edition Homage to Albrecht Dürer Framed Poster by Salvador Dalí, 1970s
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original 1971 Exhibition Poster by Salvador Dalí – "Hommage à Albrecht Dürer," Galería Louis Moufflet Artist: Salvador Dalí Exhibition: "Hommage à Albrecht Dürer," Galería Louis Mouf...
Paper
$7,000
Le Viol d'Europe (The Rape of Europa) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Mythology Art
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Le Viol d'Europe (The Rape of Europa)" Portfolio: Hommage à Albrecht Durer (Suite Mythologique Nouvelle) *Signed by Dali in pencil ...
Engraving, Intaglio
$1,765
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - La cogida y la muerte - Drypoint, etching - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition of 400 copies, numbered 352/400 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. Pl...
Drypoint, Etching
$2,236
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Couple à cheval - Drypoint etching on paper - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching with stencil on Rives paper, edited in 1971. Limited edition in 150 copies, numbered as EA (épreuve d'artiste) (artist's proof) in lower left corner. Hand-signed in ...
Paper, Etching
$3,000
Le Chimere d'Horace from Dalinean Horses, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Le Chimere d'Horace from Dalinean Horses Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil Edition: 250, EA Size: 26.75 in. x 19.75...
Lithograph
$2,943
Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 in...
Drypoint, Aquatint
$3,500
Salvador Dalí, "Le dos divin de Gala", original etching, hand colored, signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí "Le dos divin de Gala" (The divine back of Gala) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching with hand coloring, hand signed in pencil 1974 Image size: 15 3/4 x...
Etching
Salvador Dalí, "Dieu, le temps, l'espace, et le Pape", etching, signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí "Dieu, le temps, l'espace, et le Pape" (God, time, space, and the Pope) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching with hand coloring, hand signed in pencil 19...
Etching
Le Chimère d'Horace Lithograph, Hand-Signed, Surrealist, 1970
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Chimère d'Horace (Horace's chimera) Lithograph from 1970.
Lithograph
$2,943
Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI Le Cerf Malade from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 inch paper Refer...
Drypoint, Aquatint
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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