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1978 Dali

1978 Salvador Dali "Babaouo" Mixed Media Collage Print
1978 Salvador Dali "Babaouo" Mixed Media Collage Print

1978 Salvador Dali "Babaouo" Mixed Media Collage Print

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in San Diego, CA

Original 1978 Salvador Dali "Babaouo" mixed media print on paper. Signed by artist and beautifully

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Vintage 1970s Prints

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Paper

Dali's Inferno

Dali's Inferno

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali Dali's Inferno 1978 Lithograph on Japon paper 30 x 22 in

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pylades Loved Ermione - 1978
Pylades Loved Ermione - 1978

Salvador Dalí­Pylades Loved Ermione - 1978, 1978

$2,153

H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

Pylades Loved Ermione - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Pylades Loved Ermione is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

La Desse de Cythère  - 1978
La Desse de Cythère  - 1978

Salvador Dalí­La Desse de Cythère - 1978, 1978

$2,153

H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

La Desse de Cythère - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Salvador Dalì in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid. Hand signed and numbered

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Yes, o Beautiful Dione - 1978
Yes, o Beautiful Dione - 1978

Salvador Dalí­Yes, o Beautiful Dione - 1978, 1978

$2,153

H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

Yes, o Beautiful Dione - 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

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

La Fille de Minos (Daughter of Minos) - 1978
La Fille de Minos (Daughter of Minos) - 1978

La Fille de Minos (Daughter of Minos) - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

La Fille de Minos (The Daughter of Minos)  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Ivanhoe - Rowena

Ivanhoe - Rowena

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Salvador Dali Ivanhoe - Rowena 1978 Lithograph 29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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1978 Salvador Dali Lithograph Dali's Inferno 66/250
1978 Salvador Dali Lithograph Dali's Inferno 66/250

1978 Salvador Dali Lithograph Dali's Inferno 66/250

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Purchased approximately 20 years ago this Dali Lithograph was done in 1978 and is titled Dali

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Vintage 1970s Spanish Prints

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Lithograph

Venus - 1978
Venus - 1978

Salvador Dalí­Venus - 1978, 1978

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H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

Venus - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Venus  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Apollo - 1978
Apollo - 1978

Salvador Dalí­Apollo - 1978, 1978

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H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

Apollo - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Apollo  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Divine Erato - 1978
Divine Erato - 1978

Salvador Dalí­Divine Erato - 1978, 1978

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H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

Divine Erato - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Divine Erato  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Young Icarus - 1978
The Young Icarus - 1978

Salvador Dalí­The Young Icarus - 1978, 1978

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H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

The Young Icarus - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

The Young Icarus  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

A Generous Courier - 1978
A Generous Courier - 1978

Salvador Dalí­A Generous Courier - 1978, 1978

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H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

A Generous Courier - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

A Generous Courier  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Lance of Chivalry - Lithograph - 1978
The Lance of Chivalry - Lithograph - 1978

The Lance of Chivalry - Lithograph - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

The Lance of Chivalry "(Saint George and the Dragon) is a print realized by Salvador Dalì in 1978

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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide - 1978
L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide - 1978

Salvador Dalí­L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide - 1978, 1978

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H 29.73 in W 21.15 in D 0.04 in

L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

verse...)  is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Dream (Apparition of the Rose) (A.F.131.78B)
The Dream (Apparition of the Rose) (A.F.131.78B)

The Dream (Apparition of the Rose) (A.F.131.78B)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

) titled "The Dream (Apparition of the Rose)", 1978. Hand pencil signed by Dali lower right. Published by

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1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali, 'The Agony of Love', 1978 Lithograph
Salvador Dali, 'The Agony of Love', 1978 Lithograph

Salvador Dali, 'The Agony of Love', 1978 Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

Salvador Dalí (Spain 1904–1989) * Title: 'The Agony of Love' * Date: 1978 * Lithograph, hand

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20th Century Prints

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Paper

Ten of staves - Lithograph - 1978
Ten of staves - Lithograph - 1978

Ten of staves - Lithograph - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador DALI Ten of staves Color lithograph, 1978 Handsigned in pencil Edition of 250 copies on

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Two of swords - Lithograph - 1978
Two of swords - Lithograph - 1978

Two of swords - Lithograph - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador DALI Two of swords Color lithograph, 1978 Handsigned in pencil Edition of 250 copies on

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Wheel of fortune - Lithograph - 1978
Wheel of fortune - Lithograph - 1978

Wheel of fortune - Lithograph - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador DALI Wheel of fortune Color lithograph, 1978 Handsigned in pencil Edition of 250 copies

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

King of cups - Lithograph - 1978
King of cups - Lithograph - 1978

King of cups - Lithograph - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador DALI King of cups Color lithograph, 1978 Handsigned in pencil Edition of 250 copies on

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ace of cups - Lithograph - 1978
Ace of cups - Lithograph - 1978

Ace of cups - Lithograph - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador DALI Ace of cups Color lithograph, 1978 Handsigned in pencil Edition of 250 copies on

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978
Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Surrealist cyclist Original engraved wood on vellum Signed in the

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Wrought Iron

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978
Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Surrealist cyclist Original woodcut print on vellum Printed signature

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978
Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Surrealist cyclist Original engraved wood on vellum Printed

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978
Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Surrealist cyclist Original engraved wood on vellum Printed

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978
Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

Surrealist Cyclist - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Surrealist cyclist Original engraved wood on vellum Signed in

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Yin Yang & Giraffe Afire - 1978
Yin Yang & Giraffe Afire - 1978

Yin Yang & Giraffe Afire - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Yin Yang & Giraffe afire Original woodcut on vellum Signed in the

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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Tree and Saucers - Original woodcut - 1978
Tree and Saucers - Original woodcut - 1978

Tree and Saucers - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Tree and Saucers Original woodcut on vellum Signed in the plate

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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Tree and Saucers - Original woodcut - 1978
Tree and Saucers - Original woodcut - 1978

Tree and Saucers - Original woodcut - 1978

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Tree and Saucers Original woodcut on vellum Printed signature in the

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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali, "Pilgrim's Journey"
Salvador Dali, "Pilgrim's Journey"

Salvador Dali, "Pilgrim's Journey"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Chatsworth, CA

Salvador Dali "Pilgrim's Journey" 1978 22 3/4 x 17 inches Lithograph from original gouache Pencil

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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Christopher Makos, "Andy Warhol and Dali, " Gelatin Silver Print, 1978
Christopher Makos, "Andy Warhol and Dali, " Gelatin Silver Print, 1978

Christopher Makos, "Andy Warhol and Dali, " Gelatin Silver Print, 1978

By Christopher Makos

Located in Long Island City, NY

This gelatin silver print was created by American photographer Christopher Makos. Makos is well known for his relationships with icons like Andy Warhol, Tennessee Williams, and John ...

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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8 Salvador Dali ...

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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio

Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Espace paysage from cobea Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signature: Initialed (S.D.) in ...

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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"
Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"

Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - "Knight & Death" from Faust - Original Etching With embossed signature (from the standard book edition of 731) Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1...

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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn
Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn

Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum Signed in the plate References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler &...

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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate

Salvador Dalí­Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate, 1967

$3,110

H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in

Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.

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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Argus - Original Etching
Salvador Dali - Argus - Original Etching

Salvador Dali - Argus - Original Etching

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Argus - from "Mythologie" Original Etching Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm 1962 Editor: Pierre Argillet Edition: /150 Handsigned and numbered On Arches Paper References : Fiel...

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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Edition of 340 + proofs Editor : Jean Schneider, Basel Handsigned, EA (Epreuv...

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1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Daybed by Jacques Adnet
Daybed by Jacques Adnet

Daybed by Jacques Adnet

$19,742

H 27.37 in W 36.03 in D 74.81 in

Daybed by Jacques Adnet

By Jacques Adnet, Compagnie Des Arts Français

Located in Uccle, BE

Daybed with a steel structure entirely covered in black saddle-stitched leather by Jacques Adnet, Compagnie des Arts Français. The side elements constructed by five uprights. The two...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

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Brass

Salvador Dali "El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition)"
Salvador Dali "El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition)"

Salvador Dali "El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition)"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition) Series: La Vida es Sueno Date: 1975 Medium: drypoint engraving in sanguine ink Unframed Dimensions: 11" x 15"...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Drypoint

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28
Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28 MEDIUM: Woodblock SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 133/150 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 13" x 10.5" Fra...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching
Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching Embossed signature From the edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305

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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Faust Chevalier a Genou
Faust Chevalier a Genou

Faust Chevalier a Genou

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Chevalier a Genou MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 9/95 MEASUREMENTS: 15.3" x 11.4" YEAR: 1969 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Ex...

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching

Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field...

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Ballon. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : 197 copies. EDITION : Number 136 SIZE ...

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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac
La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac

La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Quete du Graal Viviane et Lancelot di Lac MEDIUM: Etching EDITION NUMBER: XV/XXV SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pamela Verlog ...

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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints

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Etching

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1978 Dali For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact 1978 dali you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. There are many Surrealist and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. Finding the perfect 1978 dali may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right 1978 dali is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, purple and silver. Finding an appealing 1978 dali — no matter the origin — is easy, but Salvador Dalí and Christopher Makos each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in woodcut print, lithograph and etching — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a 1978 Dali?

The price for a 1978 dali in our collection starts at $308 and tops out at $3,975 with the average selling for $452.

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-works-on-paper 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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