$4,582
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
Abricot (Apricot), From FlorDalí (Les Fruits), 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
The Apricot Knight belongs to Dalí’s FlorDalí / Les Fruits suite, a group of fruit-themed prints in
Drypoint, 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
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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 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 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 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 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: 76 x 106 cm Signed in the plate Reference
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: 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: 106 x 75.8 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
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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
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 II - Original lithograph - Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Flordali II MEDIUM : Lithograph and embossing SIGNATURE : Plate signed LIMITED
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
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
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
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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
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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
$4,112
H 41.34 in W 33.47 in D 0.79 in
The Dream- Pablo Picasso Limited Edition Print of his model Marie-Thérèse Walter
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Le Rêve - The Dream" after the 1932 oil on canvas painting of Pablo Picasso is a limited-edition (Edition 1000) offset color print on 250g Rives-Bütten Paper, done by the Succession...
Color
$889
H 33.27 in W 25.2 in D 1.89 in
Chagall-The Lovers II 1929-House Collect GSY Studio circa 2005-MoMa discontinue
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
It is the One of One edition in our collection. measurement including the frame is 84.5 H x 64 W x 4.8D CM, this special frame is a limited production of premium hard wood frame; it ...
Wood, Adhesive, Ink, Varnish, Giclée
$1,644Sale Price|30% Off
H 39.38 in W 31.89 in
The Billiard Player oil on canvas painting
By Fernando Botero
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: The Billiard Player Artist: Anonymous Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 in Period: c. 2000 Condition: Good Art Movement: Contemporary Figurativism, Neofiguratio...
Canvas, Oil
$7,049
H 24.41 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Four Original Lithographs, A Los Toros Series, Modern, 1961, Framed Set
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of each work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1014-1017; Cramer 113. Print...
Lithograph
$4,500
H 29 in W 21 in
Chevalier Surrealiste, Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered Dali lithograph entitled "Chevalier Surrealiste". A rare example that it accompanied with the original folio and the Bowles/Hopkins Certificate o...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí -- Iris of Dali's Youth
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Iris of Dali's Youth from Surrealistic Flowers, 1972 Etching Hand Signed lower right Numbered: 299/350 Image size 58 x 40 cm Sheet size 75 x 55 cm Literature: Albert F...
Etching
$939
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in
Casanova : Birdy on the Tongue - Original etching (Field #67-4 F)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Casanova : Birdy on the Tongue, 1967 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Rives vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog...
Etching
$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
Alice in Wonderland
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alice in Wonderland MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art EDITION NUMBER: A IX/XL PAPER: Japon Paper MEASUREMENTS: 29.75"...
Etching
$3,995
H 31.63 in W 25.13 in
Salvador Dali Lithograph, Signed, 1969, Without Hope, from The Marquis de Sade
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Without Hope, from The Marquis de Sade Medium: Lithograph in colors on Japon paper Date: 1969 Edition: 6/J Frame Size: 31 5/8" x 25 1/8" Sheet Size: 25 5...
Lithograph
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...
Etching
$4,500
H 29.5 in W 21.75 in D 0.1 in
Anemone per Anti-Pasti, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Anemone per Anti-pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph with embossing on heavy Arches paper, signed and nu...
Lithograph
Daum Montre Molle Sculpture
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Daum Montre Molle Sculpture Designed by Salvador Dali for Daum MEDIUM: pate de verde glass and bronze sculpture. Pate de verde is a glass paste techni...
Glass
Salvador Dali "Apricot Knight"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Apricot knight Series: Flors Dali (The Fruits) Date: 1969 Medium: Lithograph with original drypoint remarques Unframed Dimensions: 29.92" x 22.05" ...
Lithograph, Drypoint
Vitraux in Four Sheets Royal Insect
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Vitraux in Four Sheets Royal Insect MEDIUM: 4 Lithographs SIGNED: 1 Lithograph is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 1 lithograph is numbe...
Lithograph
$6,109
H 29.53 in W 22.05 in D 0.4 in
Salvador Dali - Raspberry - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Raspberry - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Condition Reference: Field...
Lithograph
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.