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In the Beginning - Lithograph - 1964
In the Beginning - Lithograph - 1964

In the Beginning - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Seduxisti Me, Domine - Lithograph - 1964
Seduxisti Me, Domine - Lithograph - 1964

Seduxisti Me, Domine - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Mane, Thecel, Phares - Lithograph  - 1964
Mane, Thecel, Phares - Lithograph  - 1964

Mane, Thecel, Phares - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Gloria Vultus Moysi - Lithograph  - 1964
Gloria Vultus Moysi - Lithograph  - 1964

Gloria Vultus Moysi - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Veni, Domine Jesu - Lithograph - 1964
Veni, Domine Jesu - Lithograph - 1964

Veni, Domine Jesu - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ipse Erat Elias - Lithograph - 1964

Ipse Erat Elias - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

In this artwork, Salvador Dalí represents a prophet, Elia. Elia was also called "the Tishbita" because he came from the city of Tishbà.

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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964
Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964

Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Filiae Herodiadis Saltatio - Lithograph - 1964
Filiae Herodiadis Saltatio - Lithograph - 1964

Filiae Herodiadis Saltatio - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Chimera of Chimeras - Lithograph - 1950s

The Chimera of Chimeras - Lithograph - 1950s

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Lithograph on japan paper, realized in 1856/57. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 300. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger n. 1004 Excellent condition.

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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"L'Art Dans Les Bijoux"(after) Salvador Dali, 1971

"L'Art Dans Les Bijoux"(after) Salvador Dali, 1971

By (after) Salvador Dali

Located in New York, NY

Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1971 Dimensions: 26.3 x 20 in / 66.8 x 50.8 cm Classic poster paper - Condition A+ This offset poster by Salvador Dali, was pri...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Death of Carmen - Lithograph - 1970

The Death of Carmen - Lithograph - 1970

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Carmen's Death  is the last original colored lithograph from the series "Carmen" by Salvador Dalì.

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali Changes in Great Masterpieces series
Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali Changes in Great Masterpieces series

Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali Changes in Great Masterpieces series

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paonia, CO

In 1965 Sidney and Phyllis Lucas became the first North American publishers of original signed limited edition lithographs by Salvador Dali. This collaboration between Master Dali an...

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- The Blood of Yin and Yang from Conquest of the Cosmos II
Salvador Dalí­ -- The Blood of Yin and Yang from Conquest of the Cosmos II

Salvador Dalí­ -- The Blood of Yin and Yang from Conquest of the Cosmos II

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Salvador Dalí­ The Blood of Yin and Yang from Conquest of the Cosmos II, 1975 Lithographic in colors with drypoint on BFK Rives. Hand signed lower right Numbered XXVII / CLXXXXV S...

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1970s Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Lithograph

Les Caprices Pinces Princiers from Les Diners de Gala series by Salvador Dali
Les Caprices Pinces Princiers from Les Diners de Gala series by Salvador Dali

Les Caprices Pinces Princiers from Les Diners de Gala series by Salvador Dali

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paonia, CO

Les Caprices Pinces Princiers (Princely Pliers Caprices) from the  series Les Diners de Gala  by Salvador Dali is one of 12 photolithographs of ornate edible creations + a sepa...

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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali Pencil Signed Nude on a Rhinoceros Horn
Salvador Dali Pencil Signed Nude on a Rhinoceros Horn

Salvador Dali Pencil Signed Nude on a Rhinoceros Horn

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in San Francisco, CA

This is an authentic lithograph by Dali and is listed in the official catalog of the graphic works by Salvador Dali written by Albert Field.

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Royal Insect / Metamorphosis Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1974
Royal Insect / Metamorphosis Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1974

Royal Insect / Metamorphosis Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 1974

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Naples, Florida

Color lithograph on four sheets of wove paper Arches France watermark on one sheet Signed and numbered of 250 in pencil Printed by Grapholith, France Publishe...

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern
Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern

Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Philadelphia, PA. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 19...

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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Gold Leaf

The Beauty of Susanna - Lithograph - 1965
The Beauty of Susanna - Lithograph - 1965

The Beauty of Susanna - Lithograph - 1965

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks.

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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964
Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964

Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Antequam Exires De Vulva ... is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and ...

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nabuchodonosor Rex Babulonis - Lithograph  - 1967/69

Nabuchodonosor Rex Babulonis - Lithograph - 1967/69

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mulier e Latere Viri  - Lithograph  - 1964

Mulier e Latere Viri - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Don't Touch Me - Lithograph - 1964
Don't Touch Me - Lithograph - 1964

Don't Touch Me - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph - 1964
Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph - 1964

Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Cherub Super Limen Domus - Lithograph - 1964
Cherub Super Limen Domus - Lithograph - 1964

Cherub Super Limen Domus - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Dixit Raphael ad Tobiam - Lithograph - 1964
Dixit Raphael ad Tobiam - Lithograph - 1964

Dixit Raphael ad Tobiam - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Tobias Listens to Raphael - Lithograph - 1964
Tobias Listens to Raphael - Lithograph - 1964

Tobias Listens to Raphael - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Iesus A Satana Tentatur - Lithograph - 1964
Iesus A Satana Tentatur - Lithograph - 1964

Iesus A Satana Tentatur - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Plange, Virgo, Accinta Sacco - Lithograph - 1964
Plange, Virgo, Accinta Sacco - Lithograph - 1964

Plange, Virgo, Accinta Sacco - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Sanctus Raphael et Tobias - Lithograph - 1964
Sanctus Raphael et Tobias - Lithograph - 1964

Sanctus Raphael et Tobias - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Iudit Abscidit Caput Holoferni - Lithograph - 1964
Iudit Abscidit Caput Holoferni - Lithograph - 1964

Iudit Abscidit Caput Holoferni - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

The Family of Mattathias - Lithograph - 1964
The Family of Mattathias - Lithograph - 1964

The Family of Mattathias - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Cadaver in sepulchro Elisei - Lithograph - 1964
Cadaver in sepulchro Elisei - Lithograph - 1964

Cadaver in sepulchro Elisei - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Angelus Excussit Flammag Ignis - Lithograph - 1964
Angelus Excussit Flammag Ignis - Lithograph - 1964

Angelus Excussit Flammag Ignis - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph  - 1964
Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph  - 1964

Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964
Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964

Antequam Exires De Vulva ... - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Aquae Diluvii Super Terram - Lithograph  - 1964
Aquae Diluvii Super Terram - Lithograph  - 1964

Aquae Diluvii Super Terram - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Ego Sum Deus Tuus - Lithograph  - 1964
Ego Sum Deus Tuus - Lithograph  - 1964

Ego Sum Deus Tuus - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

The Creation of Things - Lithograph - 1964

The Creation of Things - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

De Petra Exivit Aqua - Lithograph  - 1964
De Petra Exivit Aqua - Lithograph  - 1964

De Petra Exivit Aqua - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Iesus Super Mare Ambulans - Lithograph - 1964

Iesus Super Mare Ambulans - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Tolle, Tolle, Crucifige Eum - Lithograph - 1964
Tolle, Tolle, Crucifige Eum - Lithograph - 1964

Tolle, Tolle, Crucifige Eum - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Proelium Magnum in Caelo - Lithograph - 1964
Proelium Magnum in Caelo - Lithograph - 1964

Proelium Magnum in Caelo - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nummularii de Templo Eiecti - Lithograph - 1964
Nummularii de Templo Eiecti - Lithograph - 1964

Nummularii de Templo Eiecti - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Stultae et Prudentes Filiae - Lithograph - 1964
Stultae et Prudentes Filiae - Lithograph - 1964

Stultae et Prudentes Filiae - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos Etching by Salvador Dali
Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos Etching by Salvador Dali

Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos Etching by Salvador Dali

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Le cercle visceral du Cosmos from La Conquete du Cosmos Year: 1974 Medium: Etching with Lithograph and Embossing on Arches, signed...

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Etching

Canite Tuba in Sion - Lithograph - 1964

Canite Tuba in Sion - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Surrealists considered recruiting Dalí into their circle. In the next years, Dalí’s paintings illustrated his theories about paranoia.

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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Le caducee de Mars alimente par la boule de feu de Jupiter
Salvador Dalí­ -- Le caducee de Mars alimente par la boule de feu de Jupiter

Salvador Dalí­ -- Le caducee de Mars alimente par la boule de feu de Jupiter

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Salvador Dalí­ Le caducee de Mars alimente par la boule de feu de Jupiter from La conquête du cosmos, 1974 Hang signed lower right Edition 158 / 195 Image size: 75 x 55 cm Sheet size...

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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Engraving

Cavalier Casqué aux Papillons - Lithograph - 1971

Cavalier Casqué aux Papillons - Lithograph - 1971

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint on wove paper, from the Suite "Caldéron, La Vie est un Songe". Image dimension: 32x24.5. Artist proof (e.A.), out of an edition of 250 on Richard de Bas Paper ...

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Leo Quasi Bos Comedens Paleas -  Lithograph - 1964

Leo Quasi Bos Comedens Paleas - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Planctus David in Mortem Saul -  Lithograph - 1964

Planctus David in Mortem Saul - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks.

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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Dali Lithographs For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of dali lithographs for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Surrealist, Modern and Abstract versions of these works for sale. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Dali lithographs available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes beige, gray, brown, black and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Salvador Dalí, (after) Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall and Various Artists produced especially popular works that are worth a look. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph, paper and etching — can elevate any room of your home. Large dali lithographs can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 5 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.

How Much are Dali Lithographs?

Dali lithographs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,895, while the lowest priced sells for $179 and the highest can go for as much as $50,000.

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.

Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.

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.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.