Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus & Cupid
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 66 #71-8 D
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Hommage a Albrecht Durer Triomphe de Venus
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 66 #71-8 B
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Don Quixote & Sancho Panza Sancho Panza
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 64 #71-7 B
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The Woman in The Cosmos Dominating The World
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 38 #68-3 J
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Salvador DalíChrist, 1964
$12,500
Christ
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Christ MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 62/125 MEASUREMENTS: 25.5" x 19.75" YEAR: 1964 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent RE...
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Fleurs Surrealistes Gala's Bouquet
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
The Archives, under the direction of Albert Field's successor, Frank Hunter, is able to provide an Authentication Service to owners of Dali prints and other Dali works.
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1980s Surrealist Still-life Prints
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Hommage a Picasso
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Hommage a Picasso MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Felicia, New York/EGI EDITION NUMBER: XLVI/CC MEASUREMENTS: Paper...
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The Three Graces
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Three Graces MEDIUM: Lithograph on Rives Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Sydney Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 169/300 MEASUREMENTS: 2...
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Saint Martin
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Saint Martin MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 162/175 MEASUREMENTS: 26.5" x 20.5" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent ...
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Flora Dalinae Viola Cogitans/Self Portrait Pansy
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Flora Dalinae Viola Cogitans/Self Portrait Pansy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 7/200 MEASUREMENTS: 29.9" x 22.3" YEAR: 1968 ...
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Symphony Bicyclette
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Symphony Bicyclette MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 52/200 MEASUREMENTS: 35.25" x 25.5" YEAR: 1970 FRAMED:...
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Paysage Surréaliste
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Paysage Surrealiste MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: XII/LXXV MEASUREMENTS: 24.75" x 25.12" YEAR: 1974 FRAMED:...
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Flora Dalinae Lilium Musicum
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Flora Dalinae Lilium Musicum MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 26/200 MEASUREMENTS: 30.25" x 22" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDITI...
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Biological Garden
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 J
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Conquest of Cosmos Frozen Watches of Space Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
CONDITION: Excellent REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 98 #74-12 E INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: We will take the piece out of the fra...
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FlorDali/Les Fruits Grapefruit
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
This piece has not been examined outside of the frame REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 54 #69-11 I INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING_ we wil...
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Le Vitrail
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Vitrail MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: XLIV/C MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 11.5" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED...
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The Mythology The Milky Way
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
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Fleurs Surrealiste Vanishing Face
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Fleurs Surrealiste Vanishing Face MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: HC 24/65 MEASUREMENTS: 21" x 29.5" YEAR: ...
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Visions Surrealiste Coronation of Gala
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Visions Surrealiste Coronation of Gala MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 21.37" x 29.75" YEA...
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Kabuki Dancer
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Kabuki Dancer MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 79/190 MEASUREMENTS: 21" x 30" YEAR: 1973 CONDITION: Excellent REFERENCE: T...
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Don Quixote
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Don Quixote MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 80/100 MEASUREMENTS: 30" x 22" YEAR: 1966 FRAMED: No CONDITION:...
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Currier & Ives American Trotting Horses No. 2
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Currier & Ives American Trotting Horses No. 2 MEDIUM: Lithograph + Collage SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Phyllis Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 1...
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Salvador DalíMoise et Monotheisme, Bronze Embossed Bas Relief, Hand Signed, Edition of 195, 1976
$5,000
Moise et Monotheisme, Bronze Embossed Bas Relief, Hand Signed, Edition of 195
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Referenced in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, 1996 as Figure 75-2. Artwork is in excellent condition.
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Florals Water-Hybiscus Swan
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 168 #72-7 C
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Licone et Gangaride
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Licone et Gangaride MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 10/175 MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26" YEAR: 1971 FRAMED: No CON...
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La Petite Chouette 2
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Petite Chouette 2 MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 12" x 18" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDI...
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Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Crutches
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Crutches MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XXX/XL MEASUREMENTS...
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Plage de Cadaques
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Plage de Cadaques MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: Epreuve d'Artiste MEASUREMENTS: 26" x 19.75" YEAR: 1967 FRA...
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Memories of Surrealism Surrealist King
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist King MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XXX/XL MEASUREMENTS: 29...
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Conquest of Cosmos The Last Comer of The Last Planet
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 98 #74-12 G
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Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5" YEAR: 1974...
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Don Quichotte et l'oursin
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Don Quichotte et l'oursin MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 4/145 MEASUREMENTS: 19" x 25.5" YEAR: 1963 FRAMED: ...
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Salvador DalíHommage a Picasso (Cannes / Cote d'Azur) Signed Etching, F. Hunter Authenticated, 1973
$6,000
Hommage a Picasso (Cannes / Cote d'Azur) Signed Etching, F. Hunter Authenticated
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Referenced in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, 1996 as Figure 73-5 on page 84.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Memories of Surrealism Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XX...
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Les Amours de Cassandre The Fairy
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Amours de Cassandre The Fairy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER:...
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Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Flower Girl
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Flower Girl MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XXX/XL MEASUREME...
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Conquest of Cosmos The Blood of The Ying and Yang
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos The Blood of The Ying and Yang MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5...
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Memories of Surrealism Angel of Dada Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Angel of Dada Surrealism MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XXX/XL MEASURE...
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Memories of Surrealism Dressed in The Nude in The Surrealist Fashion
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Dressed in The Nude in The Surrealist Fashion MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMB...
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Liquid Tornado Bath Tub
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 B
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Intra-Uterine Paradisiac Locomotion
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 D
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Salvador DalíAllegory: Brave Cecile, Signed Lithograph, Edition of 160, Authenticated, 1969, 1969
$4,500
Allegory: Brave Cecile, Signed Lithograph, Edition of 160, Authenticated, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Referenced in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, 1996 as Figure 69-1-B. Authenticated by Frank Hunter on verso.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Salvador DalíAlsace, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 300, Frank Hunter Authenticated, 1969, 1969
$9,000
Alsace, Hand Signed Lithograph, Edition of 300, Frank Hunter Authenticated, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Referenced in "The Official Catalog of the Graphic works of Salvador Dali" by Albert Field, 1996 as Figure 69-2 on page 155.
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Breathing Pneumatic Armchair
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 E
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Liquid & Gaseous Television
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 C
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Tauramachi Surrealiste Bullfight with Drawers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 108 #75-9 F
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cyclopean Make-Up
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 F
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Memories of Surrealism Crazy Crazy Crazy Minerv
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Spectacles with Holograms & Computers
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 105 #75-11 A
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Currier & Ives New York Central Park Winter
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Currier & Ives New York Central Park Winter MEDIUM: Lithograph + Collage SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Phyllis Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 13...
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La lutte contre le mal (The Doctor)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
—Salvador Dalí. La lutte contre le mal (The Doctor) by Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Date: 1980 Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 90/350 Image Size...
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Faust Vignettes Mephisto (Le Cercle Magique)
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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Triumph of Love 2 Piece Suite With Original Portfolio Case
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Triumph of Love Le Triomphe Le Judgment MEDIUM: 2 Lithographs SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 156/175 matched num...
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Visions de Quevedo Mother and Child
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Visions de Quevedo Mother and Child MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: EGI/Kean-Paul Loup/Borjeson EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 19...
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Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
The original paper portfolio sheet is included CONDITION: Excellent REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 104 #75-11 I
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Visions de Quevedo Paysage avec Squelette (Lanscape with Skeleton)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Visions de Quevedo Paysage avec Squelette (Landscape With Skeleton) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: EGI/Kean-Paul Loup/Borjeson EDI...
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Dali Albert Field For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate dali albert field for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Surrealist and modern versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect dali albert field among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a dali albert field 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, gold, black and more. There have been many interesting dali albert field examples over the years, but those made by Salvador Dalí and Albert Field are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. 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, etching and engraving can add an especially memorable touch. A large dali albert field can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 6.89 high and 4.93 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
How Much is a Dali Albert Field?
The price for a dali albert field in our collection starts at $769 and tops out at $50,000 with the average selling for $3,000.
Salvador Dalí for sale on 1stDibs
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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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 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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