Salvador Dalí -- Homage to Newton
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
newton', 1980 and first cast in 1980. This sculpture was cast after Dali's death(c. 2010). All bronzes in
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2010s Sculptures
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Bronze
Dali Death
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust", 1969
$2,177
H 15.16 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
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
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Etching
Salvador Dalí(Mort de Cleopatre) (The Death of) Cleopatra /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Modern, 1972
$4,500Sale Price|30% Off
H 22.5 in W 30.13 in
(Mort de Cleopatre) (The Death of) Cleopatra /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Modern
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "(Mort de Cleopatre) (The Death of) Cleopatra
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Engraving, Intaglio
The Death of Carmen - Lithograph - 1970
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
/125). Ref. Michler-Lopsinger 1328b. Carmen's Death is the last original colored lithograph from the
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíDavid's Mourning At The Death Of Saul - Lithograph - 1964, 1964
$411
H 18.9 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
David's Mourning At The Death Of Saul - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
David's Mourning At The Death Of Saul is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It
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1960s Surrealist More Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíCavalier et sa Mort (Knight and Death) - Etching - 1960s, 1960s
$2,825
H 14.97 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
Cavalier et sa Mort (Knight and Death) - Etching - 1960s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized in 1968/69. Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris. Edition of 49/150, hand colored. Hand signed an...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Antoni PitxotBattle of Constantine Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed, 20th Century, c.1965
$3,531Sale Price|25% Off
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Battle of Constantine Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed, 20th Century
By Antoni Pitxot
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
as the museum's lifelong director. After Dalí’s death, Pitxot became one of the leading figures
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
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Oil, Board
Antoni PitxotThe Petrified Origin: Surrealist Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1967, 1967
$4,708Sale Price|33% Off
H 25.6 in W 31.89 in
The Petrified Origin: Surrealist Oil on Canvas, Signed, 1967
By Antoni Pitxot
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
his work and invited him to co-design the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres. After Dalí’s death, Pitxot
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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Salvador DalíSalvador Dali Mask Of Death Color Etching Hand Signed Surreal Horse Artwork SBO, 1975
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H 34 in W 28 in
Salvador Dali Mask Of Death Color Etching Hand Signed Surreal Horse Artwork SBO
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Aquatint on Japon Paper, by Salvador Dali titled, "Mask of Death" that retails for $14,750.00
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Jim WarrenJIM WARREN Original Oil Painting on Canvas Signed Figurative Surreal Artwork SBO, 2007
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JIM WARREN Original Oil Painting on Canvas Signed Figurative Surreal Artwork SBO
Located in Bloomington, MN
person could be you. Jim Warren (1949 - ) An american born surrealist who since Dali's death has carried
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude, horse and death
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Nude, horse and death Series: Secret Poems of Appolinaire Date
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Salvador DalíSALVADOR DALI "SOL Y DALI - 1967" SIGNED & NUMBERED RARE LITHOGRAPH, 1967
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SALVADOR DALI "SOL Y DALI - 1967" SIGNED & NUMBERED RARE LITHOGRAPH
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
followed by retrospectives in Paris and London at the end of the decade. After Gala’s death in 1982, Dali
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Violent Death - Woodcut Print - 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
The Neglectful Meets Violent Death - from the Series "The Divine Comedy"- Purgatory is a woodcut
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Carmen The Cards Spell Death to Carmen
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Carmen The Cards Spell Death to Carmen MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cavalier et la mort (Knight and Death)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Cavalier et la mort (Knight and Death) Drypoint etching with roulette
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1970s Surrealist More Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
Salvador DalíChevalier et la Mort (Knight and Death) - Etching - 1960s, 1960s
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Chevalier et la Mort (Knight and Death) - Etching - 1960s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Chevalier et la Mort (Knight and Death) is an artwork realized in 1968/69, from the Series "Faust
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dalí'Nude Female in Repose' by Salvador Dali, Original Etching, 1960's
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'Nude Female in Repose' by Salvador Dali, Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
mother's death was the greatest blow he had experienced in his life. After her death, Dalí's father married
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Nude Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíSALVADOR DALÍ "ROSA PAPILIO FROM FLORDALI - FLORA DALINAE 1968", 1968
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SALVADOR DALÍ "ROSA PAPILIO FROM FLORDALI - FLORA DALINAE 1968"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
followed by retrospectives in Paris and London at the end of the decade. After Gala’s death in 1982, Dali
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1960s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Salvador Dalí'In the Hands of Antaeus, ' by Salvador Dali, Color Woodblock Print
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'In the Hands of Antaeus, ' by Salvador Dali, Color Woodblock Print
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
breast cancer. Dalí was 16 years old; he later said his mother's death was the greatest blow he had
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
Death With Drawers - Original etching - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Death with drawers, 1969 Original etching Signed bottom right with the blind stamp
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
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
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Etching
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
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíEnigma of the Rose (Death), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí, 1976
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Enigma of the Rose (Death), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Enigma of the Rose (Death) from Visions Surrealiste Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíThe Death of Carmen - Original Lithograph by Salvador Dalì - 1970, 1970
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The Death of Carmen - Original Lithograph by Salvador Dalì - 1970
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 54.2x43 cm. Carmen's Death is the last original colored lithograph from the
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1970s Surrealist More Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali -- The Death of Clorinda from The Marquis de Sade, 1969
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Salvador Dali -- The Death of Clorinda from The Marquis de Sade
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali The Death of Clorinda from Marquis de Sade Suite, 1969 Lithograph Edition XXVI / XC
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1960s Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí – Cavalier et la morte ( Knight and Death ) – hand watercolored dr, 1968
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Salvador Dalí – Cavalier et la morte ( Knight and Death ) – hand watercolored dr
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
28.5 cm framed size: 58 x 48 cm very good conditions Bibliography: Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisoneé of
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1960s Surrealist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching
Death of Carmen
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Missouri, MO
Death of Carmen, 1970 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Hand Signed Lower Right Edition 36/125
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Color, Lithograph
Enigma of the Rose (Death) from Visions Surrealiste
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Enigma of the Rose (Death) from Visions
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíInaguracion Teatro Museo Dali Figueras, Espana Septienbre 1974, 1974
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Inaguracion Teatro Museo Dali Figueras, Espana Septienbre 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Catalan artist Antoni Pitxot, who also became director of the museum after Dalí's death. A glass geodesic
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Paper
(after) Salvador DaliInaguracion Teatro Museo Dali Figueras, Espana Septienbre 1974, 1974
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Inaguracion Teatro Museo Dali Figueras, Espana Septienbre 1974
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in New York, NY
fellow Catalan artist Antoni Pitxot, who also became director of the museum after Dalí's death. A glass
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Paper
(after) Salvador DaliInaguracion Teatro Museo Dali Figueras, Espana Septienbre 1974, 1974
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Inaguracion Teatro Museo Dali Figueras, Espana Septienbre 1974
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in New York, NY
Catalan artist Antoni Pitxot, who also became director of the museum after Dalí's death. A glass geodesic
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Paper
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali The Cards Fortell Carmens Death Hand Signed Color Lithograph Art, 1970
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Salvador Dali The Cards Fortell Carmens Death Hand Signed Color Lithograph Art
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Rare, Lithograph by Salvador Dali titled, "The Cards Fortell Carmen's Death" from his Carmen Portfolio
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
"Yea, though I Walk Through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil" (Psalm 23.4
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
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1970s Industrial Polished Aluminium Brass & Glass Edison Flameproof Strip Light
$1,214 / item
H 27.56 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
1970s Industrial Polished Aluminium Brass & Glass Edison Flameproof Strip Light
By Daeyang
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Reclaimed vintage industrial Korean flameproof striplight made by Daeyang in the 1970's with highly polished finish. Original item salvaged from supertankers and military vessels t...
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Vintage 1970s Korean Industrial Chandeliers and Pendants
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Aluminum, Brass
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed, 1962
$195,000
H 25 in W 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints
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Linocut
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching Stamp Signed 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
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
Salvador DalíDante and Beatrice - Original WATERCOLOR, Signed (Descharnes #d6970_1951), 1952
$70,625
H 16.54 in W 11.82 in
Dante and Beatrice - Original WATERCOLOR, Signed (Descharnes #d6970_1951)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali Divine Comedy : Dante and Beatrice, 1952 Original watercolor Signed in lower center Dated 1952 On vellum lined on thin board 42 x 30 cm (c. 17 x 12in) REFERENCES : Th...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - The Violet Boot - Original Stamp-Signed Etching, 1968
$1,765
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Violet Boot - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Violet Boot - 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 DalíSalvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - Original Etching, 1967
$2,001
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Guitar - 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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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching, 1967
$3,060
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - 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 & Lopsinger ...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Etching
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - Nude with Raised Arms - Lithograph, 1970
$10,299
H 30.32 in W 21.66 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Nude with Raised Arms - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Raised Arms - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 77 x 55 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8(Page 158)
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph, 1969
$6,120
H 29.53 in W 22.05 in D 0.4 in
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
Salvador DalíDecameron - Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali, 1972
$12,948
H 17.72 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Decameron - Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali Title: Decameron Signed in Pencil by Salvador Dali Dimensions: 45 x 32 cm Edition EA 1/5 1972 References : Field 72-8 (p. ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Engraving
The Madonna of Port Lligat Sculpture
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Madonna of Port Lligat MEDIUM: Sculpture with Bronze Patina SIGNED: Engraved signature in the sculpture EDITION NUMBER: F 015/100 MEASUREMENTS...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Salvador DalíLarge Original Surrealist Bronze Marble Sculpture Alma Del Quijote Salvador Dali, c.1970's
$8,500
H 18 in W 7 in D 7 in
Large Original Surrealist Bronze Marble Sculpture Alma Del Quijote Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Alma del Quijote Bronze with marble base Edition: AB 52/100 Signed by Dalí This Surrealist sculpture depicts a dynamic and fragmented Don Quixote...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen (Salvador Dalí prints Salvador Dalí Carmen), 1970
$2,800
H 25.5 in W 19.8 in
Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen (Salvador Dalí prints Salvador Dalí Carmen)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen Away Must Pay with His Life 1970 (from Carmen): Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. 25.5 x 19.8 inches (64.8 x 50.5 cm). Good overall vintage ...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints
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Paper, Lithograph
Salvador DalíSalvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching, 1968
$2,942
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
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
Le chavelier de la mort
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
This work will be exhibited at Art on Paper NYC, September 4–7, 2025. – Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le chavelier de la mort Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensi...
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1970s Surrealist More Prints
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Lithograph
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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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Questions About Dali Death
- Where did Dali die?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Dali died in Figueres, Spain. He died on January 23, 1989 at the age of 84.