An Ambiguous Oath, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - An Ambiguous Oath Etching from 1969.
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Iseult and Brangwaine, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Iseult and Brangwaine Etching from 1969.
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King Arthur's Knights, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - King Arthur's Knights Etching from 1969.
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King Marc's Camp, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - King Marc's Camp Etching from 1969.
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Tristram's Last Fight, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tristram's Last Fight Etching from 1969.
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The Giant Beliagog, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Giant Beliagog Etching from 1969.
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Tristram and Iseult, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tristram and Iseult Etching from 1969.
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Salvador Dali, "Reverence de Grosillier (Gooseberry), " hand signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece was created in 1969 by Salvador Dali, it is a photolithograph of a original gouache painted on printed illustrations with original engraving.
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Abricot (Apricot), From FlorDalí (Les Fruits), 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
From FlorDalí (Les Fruits) Artist’s Proof (EA) Lithograph with drypoint etching and embossing on Rives wove paper Signed and dated lower rig...
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Salvador Dali "Julius Caesar"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Julius Caesar Series: Much Ado About Shakespeare Date: 1968 Medium: original drypoint engraving on Rives Unframed Dimensions: 17.7" x 12.5" Framed...
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Vieux Faust, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealism, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Vieux Faust (Old Faust) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969.
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Santiago de Compostela Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Santiago de Compostela Drypoint etching from 1969.
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Nude with Garter, Original, Surrealist, 1969, Signed, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Nu à la jarretière (Nude with Garter) Drypoint etching from 1969.
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Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph, 1969
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Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned Edition: XIV/XXXV Lithograph with drypoint in colours, 1...
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Salvador Dalí - Femme à cheval - Hand-watercolored drypoint etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Hand-watercolored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1969. Limited edition of 145 copies, numbered in lower left corner as 14/145.
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Salvador DalíFaust Vignettes Mephisto Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1969, Framed, 1969
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Faust Vignettes Mephisto Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1969, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Vignettes Mephisto (Le Cercle Magique) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Aegillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 66/150 MEAS...
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The Torso, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Le Torse (The Torso) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures. Numbered 66...
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Whips Alley, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Allée des Verges (Whips Alley) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures. N...
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Piquant Buttocks, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Fesses piquantes (Piquant Buttocks) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Four...
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Purple Boot, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) La Botte violette (Purple Boot) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures. ...
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Kneeling Woman, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à genoux (Kneeling Woman) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures. ...
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Salvador Dali - The War
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The War - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 Embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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Salvador Dalí -- Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Don Quichotte et Les Moulins a Vent, 1969 Dry point etching in colours on BFK Rives wove Hand signed and numbered 146 / 200 in pencil Sheet size 39.5 x 29.5 cm Image s...
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Salvador Dalí -- Fantastic Voyage
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Fantastic Voyage, 1965 Lithograph Hand Signed lower right Numbered: 177/300 lower left Image size: 60 x 46 cm Sheet size: 76 x 56 cm Published by Sidney Lucas, New Yor...
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Kneeling Knight, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Chevalier à genou (Kneeling Knight) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust...
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Frocin, the Evil Dwarf, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Frocin, the Evil Dwarf Etching from 1969.
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The Three False Barons, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Three False Barons Etching from 1969.
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Brother Ogrin, the Hermit, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Brother Ogrin, the Hermit Etching from 1969.
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Tristram and the Dragon, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tristram and the Dragon Etching from 1969.
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Salvador Dali - The Beach
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Beach At Sete - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 Editor : Argillet 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum From the series : Poemes Secrets P...
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Butterfly suite : Roussillon - Heliogravure - 1969 (Field #69-2 E)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Roussillon, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure after an original design by Dali Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies P...
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Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Condition Reference:...
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Salvador DalíSalvador Dali, Ants, Nails and Flies on Nude, from Dali illustre Casanova, 1967, 1967
$2,495
Salvador Dali, Ants, Nails and Flies on Nude, from Dali illustre Casanova, 1967
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904–1989) Title: Ants, Nails and Flies on Nude (Fourmis, clous et mouches nus) Year: April 14, 1967 Medium: Engraving in colors on velin pur chiffon de Rives ...
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Engraving
Prunier hâtif (Hurrying Plum-tree), Original Lithograph, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Prunier hâtif (Hurrying Plum-tree) Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969.
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Salvador Dali - Large Flask
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Large Flask - 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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Salvador Dali - The Drawers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Drawers - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 Embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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Salvador Dali - Eye Watches
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Eye Watches - 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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Salvador Dali - Nude Couple
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude Couple - 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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Salvador Dali - Six Eggs
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Six Eggs - 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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Salvador DalíPierrot Cherries, Original Lithograph with Drypoint Etching, Signed, 1969, 1969
$11,119
Pierrot Cherries, Original Lithograph with Drypoint Etching, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Pierrot Cherries Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969.
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Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí (1904–1989) – Lithograph with drypoint etching Auvergne paper, 1969
$5,256
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) – Lithograph with drypoint etching Auvergne paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph with drypoint etching on Auvergne paper from the series 'Flordali (Les Fruits)', edited in 1969. Limited edition, numbered as LXXXI/CL in lower left corner.
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Woman with Crutch, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à le béquille (Woman with Crutch) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Four...
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Leaf Woman, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme-feuille (Leaf Woman) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures. Numbe...
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Three African Women, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Négresses (Three African Women) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrure...
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Femme à Cheval, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à cheval (Woman on Horseback) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrure...
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Sator, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Sator Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969.
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Iseult of the White Hands, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Iseult of the White Hands Etching from 1969.
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Queen Iseult and Her Daughter, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Queen Iseult and Her Daughter Etching from 1969.
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The Fight with Sir Morhault, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Fight with Sir Morhault Etching from 1969.
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Cérises Pierrot Lithograph with Drypoint Etching, Modern, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Holed Fruit from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969.
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Dragon Apple, Modern Drypoint Etching, Signed, Flordali Suite, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Dragon Apple from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969.
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Don Quixote Pear Lithograph, Drypoint Etching, Signed, 1969 Edition
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Don Quixote Pear from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969.
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Salvador Dalí"Marianne and the Chevalier" Surrealist Lithograph in Colors, Signed, 1969, 1969
$3,700
"Marianne and the Chevalier" Surrealist Lithograph in Colors, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Marianne and the Chevalier", Lithograph in Colors on Arches Paper, 1969, from Three Plays by the Marquis de Sade portfolio, published and printed...
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Salvador DalíAlice in Wonderland Complete Suite, Surrealist Etchings, Signed, 1969, 1969
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Alice in Wonderland Complete Suite, Surrealist Etchings, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
Alice's Evidence MEDIUM: 1 Original Engraving and 12 Heliogravures of Original Gouaches SIGNED: The Frontispiece is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Maecents Press, NY EDI...
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Salvador Dali "Romeo and Juliet"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Romeo and Juliet Series: Much Ado About Shakespeare Date: 1968 Medium: original drypoint engravings Framed Dimensions: 22.5" x 18.5" Signature: P...
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Salvador DalíThe Hippies The Pagoda Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969, 1969
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The Hippies The Pagoda Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Hippies The Pagoda MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: XLV/C MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26.5" YEAR: 1969 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Exce...
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Salvador DalíThe Hippies The Cosmonaut Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969, 1969
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The Hippies The Cosmonaut Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Hippies The Cosmonaut MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 119/145 MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 25.6" YEAR: 1969 CONDITION: Excellent ...
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Salvador DalíFlorDali/Les Fruits Raspberry Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969, 1969
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
FlorDali/Les Fruits Raspberry Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Raspberry MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: 23/200 MEASUREMENTS: 29.75" ...
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Salvador DalíFlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969, 1969
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FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: 109/200 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" ...
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Salvador DalíFaust Chevalier a Genou Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969, 1969
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Faust Chevalier a Genou Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1969
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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Dali 1969 For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the dali 1969 you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Surrealist examples as well as a Modern version. If you’re looking to add a dali 1969 to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, beige, white, black and more. Creating a dali 1969 has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Salvador Dalí, (after) Salvador Dali, Slim Aarons, Jack Mitchell and Werner Bokelberg are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in lithograph, woodcut print and etching can add an especially memorable touch. A large dali 1969 can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 0.79 high and 1.75 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
How Much is a Dali 1969?
A dali 1969 can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $559, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $360,000.
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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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