Leo Quasi Bos Comedens Paleas - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Antequam Exires De Vulva ... is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and ...
Lithograph
$15,600Sale Price|20% Off
Eight Mortal Sins Complete Suite, Surrealist Etchings, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: 8 Mortal Sins Suite Anger Avarice Dalinean Envy Gluttony Lust Pride Sloth MEDIUM: 8 Etchings SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schne...
Etching
Hircus Caprarum Super Faciem Terrae - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Hircus Caprarum Super Faciem Terrae is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 196...
Lithograph
Muliere Peccatrici Remittuntur Peccata - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Muliere peccatrici remittuntur peccata is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in the 1960s. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967...
Lithograph
Vir et Mulier in Paradiso Voluptatis - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The dark and intense colors foreshadow the pair's fall from grace.The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 19...
Lithograph
Planctus David in Mortem Saul - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Quis ascendet in montem Domini? - Lithograph - 1967/69
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Nabuchodonosor Rex Babulonis - Lithograph - 1967/69
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Consummatum Est! - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Sanguis Novi Testamenti Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1965
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The composition is very simple but full of contrast colors and the use of the gold gives the artwork a great brilliance.The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulga...
Lithograph
Joseph et Fratres in Aegypto Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Consummatum Est! - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The lithograph is part of the imponent work Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 1...
Lithograph
Salomè Lithograph, Surrealist Style, Signed, 1964, Unframed Print
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.
Lithograph
Ipse Erat Elias - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.Color lithograph on heavy rag paper. 48,5 x 35 cm.
Lithograph
Gianni Schicchi's Bite Woodcut Print, Surrealist, 1964, Unframed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Gianni Schicchi's Bite - Hell Canto 30 is a Color Wood-cut on heavy rag paper realized in 1964 by Salvador Dalì, It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Me...
Woodcut
$4,200Sale Price|20% Off
The Magicians L'Illusioniste Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Magicians L'Illusioniste MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 68/100 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 1...
Etching
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
The Mythology of Oedipus & The Sphinx Etching on Japon Paper, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Edipus & The Sphinx MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper EDITION NUMBER: XLII/C SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pierre A...
Etching
Canite Tuba in Sion - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.
Lithograph
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Le Sacre du Printemps Lithograph on Japon Paper, Surrealist, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Sacre du Printemps MEDIUM: Lithograph on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 30" YEAR: 1966 FRAMED: No ...
Lithograph
Woman with Snail, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à l'escargot (Woman with Snail) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Secrets d’A...
Etching
Woman with Guitar, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à la guitare (Woman with Guitar) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Secrets d’A...
Etching
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Poems Secrets Nude at The Fountain, Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, 1967
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Poems Secrets Nude at The Fountain MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 24/145 MEASUREMENTS: 15...
Etching
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Le Cirque Le Fou (Clown) Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1965, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Cirque Le Fou (Clown) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Berggruen, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 135/175 MEASUREME...
Etching
$3,436Sale Price|20% Off
La Venus aux Fourrures: Lady Leaf Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures Lady Leaf MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 34/145 MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 15" Framed: 17" x 20" YEAR: 1968 ...
Etching
$4,847Sale Price|20% Off
Tete de Veau, Original Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1968, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tete de Veau (Calf's Head) Drypoint etching and watercolor from 1968. The edition 25/145. Dimensions of work: 38.5 x 28.5 cm. Hand signed. The work i...
Drypoint, Etching
$3,160Sale Price|20% Off
La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman With Whip Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman with Whip MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 66/145 MEASUREMENTS...
Etching
$5,520Sale Price|20% Off
Poems Secrets Frontispiece Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1967
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Poems Secrets Frontispiece MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 75/145 MEASUREMENTS: 15.15"...
Etching
$40,000Sale Price|20% Off
La Venus aux Fourrures Suite, 16 Etchings, Hand Signed, Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite MEDIUM: 16 Etchings SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: ...
Etching
$10,800Sale Price|20% Off
Departure of The Fisherman Lithograph, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1965
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Departure of The Fisherman MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 32/150 MEASUREMENTS: 25.75" x 38" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDIT...
Lithograph
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
The Magicians Vanite Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Magicians Vanite MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 39/100 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 11.2" x 1...
Etching
$19,600Sale Price|20% Off
Crazy Horse Lithograph, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Crazy Horse MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 223/250 MEASUREMENTS: 30.5" x 22.25" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CERTIFICATE OF AUT...
Lithograph
The 1914–18 War, Original Drypoint Etching with Watercolor, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Guerre de 1914–1918 (The First World War), 1967 Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Se...
Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching
$5,500
The Beach at Sète, Original Drypoint Etching with Watercolor, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) La Plage de Sète (The Beach at Sète) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Secrets d’Ap...
Watercolor, Etching, Drypoint
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
La Venus aux Fourrures The Head Surrealist Etching, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures The Head MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 66/150 MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 11" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDITI...
Etching
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Self-Portrait Sundial Lithograph, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1966
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Self-Portrait Sundial MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 103/150 MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 18" YEAR: 1966 CONDITION: Excellent ...
Lithograph
$11,600Sale Price|20% Off
Judgment of Paris Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Judgment of Paris MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 141/150 MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 29.9" YEAR: 1963 FRAMED: No COND...
Etching
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
Poems Secrets War 1914-1918 Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1967
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Poems Secrets War 1914-1918 MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 108/145 MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 15...
Etching
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
Vegetation Inedit (Pineapple) Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1967
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Vegetation Inedit (Pineapple) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Les Bibliophiles de L'Union Francaise EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS:...
Etching
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Fantastic Voyage Lithograph, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1965
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Fantastic Voyage MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 139/300 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excell...
Lithograph
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
The Mythology Narcissus Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Narcissus MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: XXXI/C MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 30" YEAR...
Etching
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Le Cirque Chinois Etching, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1965
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Cirque Chinois MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 166/175 MEASUREMENTS: 26.25" x 21" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excel...
Etching
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Poems Secrets The Beach at Sete Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Poems Secrets The Beach at Sete MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 114/145 MEASUREMENTS: 11" ...
Etching
$12,000Sale Price|20% Off
The Fisherman Lithograph, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1960s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Fisherman MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 44/150 MEASUREMENTS: 39.87" x 23.75" CONDITION: Excellent AUTHENTICATION: ...
Lithograph
Portrait of Ronsard Etching, Surrealist Style, 1968, Unframed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized by Salvador Dalì to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre". Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968. Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 sp...
Etching
$9,200Sale Price|20% Off
Les Rois Mages L'Incantation Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1960, Framed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Rois Mages L'Incantation MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet EDITION NUMBER: XLIX/C MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 11" YEAR...
Etching
$19,600Sale Price|20% Off
Triumph of The Sea Lithograph, Hand Signed, Surrealist, 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Triumph of The Sea MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Sidney Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 120/150 MEASUREMENTS: 31.5" x 26" ...
Lithograph
Sainte Anne
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Drypoint, aquatint and heliogravure, 1965. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 42/150 in pencil, lower left margin. Printed by Robbe, Paris. Pub...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Purified Dante Lithograph, Surrealist Print, Limited Edition 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Purified Dante - "The Divine Comedy" - Song 33 - Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri...
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Moïse, illustration pour la Sainte Bible
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique and striking watercolor on paper by surrealist Salvador Dali. This painting depicts Moses in bold red paint with a crown of black points emerging from his head. Provenance: ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Bust of John F. Kennedy
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
This iconoclastic sculpture links two of the twentieth century’s most renowned figures: President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Salvador Dalí. Cast in wax and decorated with paperclips...
Bronze
Measure for Measure Etching, Surrealist, 1968, Edition LXVII/XCV
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Measure for Measure is an artwork realized in 1968. Colored Drypoint Etching. Printed by Ateliers Rigal at WUCUA. From the series Shakespeare I, 1968. Edition LXVII/XCV. Inscr...
Etching
Hands of Antaeus -Woodcut print - 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Hands of Antaeus - Hell is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited edition...
Woodcut
Ugolino - Woodcut print - 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Ugolino is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited edition of 2900, realiz...
Woodcut
The Traitors Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Limited Edition, 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Traitors is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited edition of 2900, r...
Woodcut
Lucifer Woodcut Print, Surrealist Style, Limited Edition, 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Lucifer - Paradise 9 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited edition of...
Woodcut
Bertrand de Born Woodcut Print, Surrealist, 1963, Limited Edition
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Bertrand de Born - Hell Plate 29 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limite...
Woodcut
Cerberus Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Limited Edition 1963, Unframed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Cerberus - Hell plate 6 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited editio...
Woodcut
The Heretics Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Limited Edition, 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Heretics - Hell plate 10 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited e...
Woodcut
Erinnyes Woodcut Print, Surrealist, Limited Edition, 1963, Unframed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Erinnyes - Hell plate 9 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited editio...
Woodcut
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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