Salvador DalíLe centurion, 1972
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Le centurion
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le centurion Lithograph from 1972.
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Le cheval de course
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval de course Lithograph from 1972.
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Salvador DalíLe centaur de Crête, 1972
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Le centaur de Crête
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le centaur de Crête Lithograph from 1972.
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Le cheval marin
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval marin Lithograph from 1972.
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Salvador DalíLe cheval de labeur, 1972
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Le cheval de labeur
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval de labeur Lithograph from 1972.
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Salvador DalíLe cheval du printemps, 1972
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Le cheval du printemps
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval du printemps Lithograph from 1972.
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1971 L'Académie de Paris, Pencil Signed EA Colorful Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Salvador Dali 1971 L'Académie de Paris Etching 19x25 inches Image 27x33 inches with frame overall good condition Pencil Signed lower right Pencil Edition Size EA This Large piece ...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Lithograph
Astonauts
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Astronauts MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 30" x 22" Frame: 37" x 35" YEAR: 1969 FRAMED: Yes, this...
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Salvador DalíLa victime de la Fête, 1972
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La victime de la Fête
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La victime de la Fête Lithograph from 1972.
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Trilogy of Love Love's Promise
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Trilogy of Love Love's Promise MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 21.5"...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Homenage a Albrecht Dürer - Año 1971 - Edición de 300
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Rinoceronte: Homenaje a Alberto Durero, 1971 Obra realizada para el cartel litográfico de la exposición del artista en la Galerie Louis Moufflet en 1971. litografía en color Firma...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíClavilegnio, 1972
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Clavilegnio
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) - Clavilegnio Lithograph from 1972.
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Monument to Picasso
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Monument To Picasso MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 158/500 MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 30" YEAR: 1973 FRAMED: No CONDITION: ...
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Raphael “Le Mariage de la Vierge”
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Raphael “Le Mariage de la Vierge” Series: Changes in Great Masterpieces Date: 1974 Medium: Color Lithograph Framed Dimensions: 42.75" x 29.5" Sign...
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Crazy Horse
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Crazy Horse MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 223/250 MEASUREMENTS: 30.5" x 22.25" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CERTIFICATE OF AUT...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Révérence du groseillier (Curtsying Gooseberry Bush)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Révérence du groseillier (Curtsying Gooseberry Bush) Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969.
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Departure of The Fisherman
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Departure of The Fisherman MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 32/150 MEASUREMENTS: 25.75" x 38" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDIT...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Hans Christian Anderson The Girl Who Trod on The Loaf
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Hans Christian Anderson The Girl Who Told on The Loaf MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Gerschmann, Sweden EDITION NUMBER: Ep...
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The Dentist & The Doctor, from L’Aventure Medicale
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali The Dentist: The Healing Light & The Doctor: The Struggle Against Illness, from L’Aventure Medicale 1980 Lithograph on Japon Paper 29 x 21 ...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Self-Portrait Sundial
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Self-Portrait Sundial MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 103/150 MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 18" YEAR: 1966 CONDITION: Excellent ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
La Jungle Humaine - Le Cavalier
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali La Jungle Humaine - Le Cavalier 1976 Lithograph 18 3/4 x 25 1/2 in.
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Fantastic Voyage
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Fantastic Voyage MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 139/300 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excell...
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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...
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Le Sacre du Printemps
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Sacre du Printemps MEDIUM: Lithograph on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 30" YEAR: 1966 FRAMED: No ...
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The Chalice of Love
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Chalice of Love MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine and Levine EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 21.37" x 29.75" YEAR:...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Currier & Ives Fire! Fire! Fire!
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Currier & Ives Fire! Fire! Fire! MEDIUM: Lithograph + Collage SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Phyllis Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 106/250 MEASU...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Dalinean Horses The Centaur of Crete
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dalinean Horses The Centaur of Crete MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Simeon Wajntraub & Jacques Carpentier EDITION NUMBER: 170/25...
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Computer circuit - La electronica - Homenaje a Leonardo da Vinci - 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
SALVADOR DALÍ I DOMÉNECH (Figueras, Gerona, 1904 – 1989). "La electronica". Litografía papel. Ejemplar E.A. 26/60 Firmada y numerada a lápiz Medidas de la litografía: 36 x 50 cm. ...
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The Fisherman
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Fisherman MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 44/150 MEASUREMENTS: 39.87" x 23.75" CONDITION: Excellent AUTHENTICATION: ...
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Ivanhoe - Rowena
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Salvador Dali Ivanhoe - Rowena 1978 Lithograph 29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.
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La Pieta Nera, from "Les Vitraux"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali La Pieta Nera (The Black Madonna) 1974 Lithograph 30 x 22 in.
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The Earth Goddess (The Chef)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Salvador Dali The Earth Goddess (The Chef) 1980 Lithograph 29 x 21 1/2 in.
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Tristan & Isolde
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Salvador Dali Tristan & Isolde 1972 Lithograph in Black and White Surface Rowlux with Color Added, Covered with Transparent and with Blue, Gold and Red ...
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Tristan & Isolde
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tristan & Isolde MEDIUM: Lithograph on Rowlux with added color SIGNED: Hand Signed on seperate certificate with corresponding number PUBLISHER: Nabus...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
“Vénus au joueur d'orgue“
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Warren, NJ
Vénus au joueur d'orgue (M. & L. 484c) Etching with stencil printed in colours, 1971, signed and inscribed out of 50 in pencil, in Roman numerals . printed by Atelier Rigal, Pari...
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Triumph of The Sea
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Triumph of The Sea MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Sidney Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 120/150 MEASUREMENTS: 31.5" x 26" ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Wilfred of Ivanhoe
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Austin, TX
SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) Title: Wilfred of Ivanhoe Medium: Lithograph Measurements: 23.63 x 18 in Edition: 231/250 Signature: Signed LL Framing: ...
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Old Faust
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Old Faust Etching from 1969. The edition 18/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt. Reference: R. Michl...
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Portrait of Autumn
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Signed and numbered by the artist From an edition of 350 Lithograph Very good condition 29"H 21"W
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Homage to Albrecht Durer 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
This lithographic poster after surrealist painter, Salvador Dali pays tribute to Albrecht Durer, a German painter and printmaker renowned for his religious iconography. Dali subscr...
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Salvador DalíLes Caprices Pinces Princiers, Hand Signed, Frank Hunter Authenticated, 1971, 1971
$1,838
Les Caprices Pinces Princiers, Hand Signed, Frank Hunter Authenticated, 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches.
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints
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Paper, Engraving, Lithograph
The Resurrection - Lithography - 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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Come Forth - Lazare - Lithography - 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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Many Sins Are Forgiven To The Sinful Woman - Lithography - 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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l' Hirondelle
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: L'Hirondelle Year: 1973 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered XLVI/CCL in pencil Paper: Arches watermarked Image siz...
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Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Les Songes Drolatiques De Pantagruel Year: 1973 Medium: Lithograph Edition: Inscribed E.A (Epreuve d' Artiste) i...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador DalíThe Caduseus Of Mars Nourished By The Ball Of Fire Of Jupiter, Hand Signed, 1974, 1974
$3,750
The Caduseus Of Mars Nourished By The Ball Of Fire Of Jupiter, Hand Signed, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Authenticated by Albert Field on verso. Sheet size: 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Image size: 29...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Engraving, Lithograph, Paper
Vision Planetaire et Scatologic, Hand Signed, EA Edition, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Sheet size: 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Image size: 29.5 x 21.5 inches. Annotated 'EA,' one o...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Lithograph, Engraving
Salvador DalíProphétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Dalínean Prophecy, Imaginations and Objects ...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíEspace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Fusing space-time, Imaginations and Objects...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíTéléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cybernetic lobster phone, Imaginatio...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíAntiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid atomizer anti-shade, ...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíJardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Organic garden, Imaginations and Objects of the ...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíFauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Pneumatic breathing chair, Imagina...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíMaquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Maquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Maquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cyclopean makeup, Imaginations and Objects of...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíLocomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Paradise intrauterine locomo...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador DalíTélévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), 1975
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Télévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Télévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid and carbonated television, Im...
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
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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.
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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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