$4,710
H 30.32 in W 22.45 in
Flordali : The Rose With Butterflies - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : The Rose With Butterflies, 1969 Original Lithograph and Etching
Etching, Lithograph
$4,400Sale Price|48% Off
H 30 in W 22 in
Salvador Dali, "Grenade et l'ange from FlorDali - Les Fruits"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece was created in 1969 by Salvador Dali, it is a photolithograph of an original gouache
Lithograph
FlorDali/Les Fruits Raspberry
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Raspberry MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed
Etching
FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed
Etching
Dragon Apple from Flordali suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Dragon Apple from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from
Drypoint, Etching
Holed Fruit from Flordali suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Holed Fruit from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from
Drypoint, Etching
Don Quixote Pear from Flordali suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Don Quixote Pear from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching
Drypoint, Etching
Sold
H 31 in W 22 in D 1 in
Salvador Dali Flordali Les Fruits Fig Man & Pamplemousse Erotique, Signed 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Plainview, NY
A pair of Salvador Dali original lithographs from his Floradil les Fruits portfolio. One lithograph
Metal
Sold
H 30.32 in W 22.05 in
Flordali : Luna Geminata (Moon) - Original Etching, Handsigned (Field 68-3F)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : Luna Geminata (Moon) Original Lithograph (pochoir) and Etching Handsigned
Etching, Lithograph
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H 23 in W 15 in D 1 in
SALVADOR DALÍ "ROSA PAPILIO FROM FLORDALI - FLORA DALINAE 1968"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Rosa Papilio from Flordali - Flora Dalinae MEDIUM: etching and pochoir
Archival Paper, Lithograph
FlorDali/Les Fruits Plum
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Plum MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed
Etching
FlorDali/Les Fruits Pear
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Pear MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed
Etching
Dragon Apple from Flordali suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Dragon Apple from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from
Drypoint, Etching
Holed Fruit from Flordali suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Holed Fruit from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from
Drypoint, Etching
Don Quixote Pear from Flordali suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Don Quixote Pear from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching
Drypoint, Etching
Sold
H 1.78 in Dm 13.59 in
Flordali, Knight Apricot - Porcelain dish (Black finish)
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (after) Flordali : Don Quichotte Pear Tall porcelain dish Enterley handcrafted in
Porcelain
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Printed signature Edition of
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Printed signature Edition of
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Printed signature Edition of
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Printed signature Edition of
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 103 x 73 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 103 x 73 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Signed in the plate Reference
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 106 x 75.8 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 103 x 73 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 103 x 73 cm Signed in the plate Reference
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Printed signature Edition of
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 103 x 73 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Signed in the plate Reference
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Flordali II - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Lithograph Title: Flordali II Dimensions: 75.8 x 106 cm Reference: Michler et
Lithograph
Sold
H 29.93 in W 41.74 in D 0.4 in
Salvador Dali - Flordali I - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Lithograph Title: Flordali I Dimensions: 76 x 106 cm Signed in
Lithograph
Flordali I
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED
Lithograph
Flordali II : Butterfly Rose
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali II MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED
Lithograph
Sold
H 30.32 in W 22.45 in
Flordali : Musician Lilies - Original Handsigned Etching (Field #68-3 D)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : Musician Lilies Original Lithograph and Etching Handsigned in pencil
Etching, Lithograph
Flordali I - Original Lithograph - 1981
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED : 4880
Lithograph
Flordali I - Original lithograph - Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED
Lithograph
Flordali II - Original lithograph - Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali II MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED
Lithograph
Sold
H 30.32 in W 22.45 in
Flordali : The Rose With Butterflies - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : The Rose With Butterflies, 1969 Original Lithograph and Etching
Etching, Lithograph
Sold
H 30.32 in W 22.05 in
Flordali: Abricot Chevalier (Fruit) - Etching (Field 69-11D)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : Abricot Chevalier (Fruits) Original embossed Lithograph and Etching
Etching, Lithograph
Sold
H 30.32 in W 22.05 in
Flordali : Erotic Grapefruit - Original Handsigned Etching (Field #69-11I)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : Erotic Grapefruit (The Fruits) Original embossed Lithograph and Etching
Etching, Lithograph
Sold
H 30.32 in W 22.45 in
Flordali : Surrealist self-portrait - Original Handsigned Etching (Field #68-3 C
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali : Surrealist self-portrait, 1969 Original Lithograph and Etching Signed in
Etching, Lithograph
Sold
H 29.53 in W 41.74 in
Flordali I - Original Lithograph - 1981 (Field page 233)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED : 4880
Lithograph
Sold
H 29.53 in W 41.74 in
Flordali I - Original Lithograph - 1981 (Field page 233)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED : 4880
Lithograph
Sold
H 29.53 in W 41.74 in
Flordali I - Original Lithograph - 1981 (Field page 233)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED : 4880
Lithograph
Sold
H 29.53 in W 41.74 in
Flordali I - Original Lithograph - 1981 (Field page 233)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali I MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED : 4880
Lithograph
$6,944 / item
H 5.91 in Dm 66.93 in
Murano Art Glass and Brass Midcentury Chandelier / Wall Light, 2000
Located in Roma, Lazio
Wonderful piece of Murano that can be mounted both as a wall lamp and as a ceiling chandelier. Particular and original applique from the Murano glass factory. The wall light/chandel...
Brass
$1,686Sale Price / set|30% Off
H 33.47 in W 22.45 in D 21.66 in
Pair of Mid Century Oak Bobbin Wood Armchairs C1950s France
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Trensacq, FR
A great pair of oak bobbin wood armchairs from mid-century France C1950. An unusual duo of beautifully turned and carved, medium oak chairs in the style of Charles Dudouyt//Atelier G...
Oak
Joan Miró, "Le Permissionnaire", etching and aquatint
By Joan Miró
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Joan Miró "Le Permissionnaire", 1974 Original etching and aquatint From the edition of 50 on arches paper, hand signed and numbered 3/50. Image measures: 45 x 29 inches Sheet measure...
Etching, Aquatint
$1,811
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - Woman on Horse - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman on Horse - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field 6...
Etching
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Etching
$7,500
H 21.5 in W 30 in
Salvador Dali, American Trotting Horses No. 2, Lithograph with collage
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: American Trotting Horses No. 2 Date: 1971 Portfolio: Currier & Ives as Interpreted by Salvador Dali Medium: Lithograph with Collage, signed and numbered ...
Mixed Media, Lithograph
$12,077
H 25.4 in W 16.15 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Atelier Mourlot. SIGNATURE : printed in the image LIMITED : 197 copies. SIZE : 64.5...
Lithograph
$6,500
H 19 in W 38.25 in
Foldout from catalogue for 'Terres de grand feu' lithograph by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Joan Miró produced this original lithograph especially for the catalogue for an exhibition of his and Josep Llorens Artigas' collaborative work at the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New Yo...
Lithograph
Baden Baden, Casino
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Baden Baden, Casino" 1988 is an original color serigraph by noted American artist LeRoy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 261/375 in pencil by th...
Screen
$2,250
H 14.75 in W 22 in
One’s Identity, Signed Surrealist Lithograph and Etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph and etching on Arches paper after Salvador Dali The Cycles of Life portfolio, made in 1977. This was printed by Forte and published by Duall Graphics for DALART. It is r...
Etching, Lithograph
Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series
By David Hockney
Located in Aventura, FL
Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series (T. 280; DH. 67). Lithograph printed in colors on TGL handmade paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. original Artist's...
Paper, Lithograph
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 37 in W 29 in
Salvador Dali "Kniphofia Aphrodisiaca (Rhinoceros Stock)"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Kniphofia Aphrodisiaca (Rhinoceros Stock) Series: Florals - Surrealist Flowers Date: 1972 Medium: Lithograph Framed Dimensions: 37" x 29" Signatur...
Lithograph
$6,200
H 29.25 in W 21 in
TEAR OF TIME (Melting Clock)Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Union City, NJ
TEAR OF TIME (Melting Clock) is a limited edition color lithograph by the Modern master Salvador Dali, after an original Salvador Dali gouache painting from 1931 - The Persistence of...
Lithograph
French Mahogany Pascaud Scroll Game Table
By Jean Pascaud
Located in Queens, NY
French 1940s square mahogany game table with diamond design inlaid top and scrolled capital top on square tapered legs with bronze sabot feet. (attributed to JEAN PASCAUD)
Bronze
Manhattan Skyline
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Manhattan Skyline MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine EDITION NUMBER: 49/150 MEASUREMENTS: 29.75" x21.25" YEAR: 19...
Lithograph
Galle Dining Room Chairs
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bridgewater, CT
6 Emile Galle dining room chairs, signed. Measures: Depth 17" x Width 17" x Height 38" x Seat Height 18" Caning need to be redone.
Wood
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.”
Find original Salvador Dalí paintings, prints, sculptures and other works on 1stDibs.
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.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.