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Montre Molles et les Papillons
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Salvador Dalí's "Montre Molles et Les Papillons" is a surreal masterpiece that fuses the artist's iconic melting clocks with the delicate beauty of butterflies.
Archival Paper, Engraving, Lithograph
Tauromachie au Papillons - Surrealist Lithograph, Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on Arches paper. Artist proof aside of the ediion of 250. Hand signed in pencil. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger 1358. Rare colorful lithograph representing one of the ar...
Lithograph
Cavalier Casqué aux Papillons Lithograph, Surrealist, Signed, 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 ...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 29.5 in W 21.5 in
Salvador Dali Courtier Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed Butterfly Portrait
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Salvador Dali Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale here w...
Lithograph
Papillons Anciennes Courtesan by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Papillon Anciennes is Salvador Dali's Tarot suite consisting of four color lithographs.
Lithograph
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H 29.34 in W 21.66 in D 0.04 in
Tauromachie aux Papillons - Original Lithograph by Salvador Dalì - 1970s
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Tauromachie Aux Papillons is a colored lithograph realized by the Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in the 1970s.
Lithograph
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H 21.07 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate II from "Suite Papillon" - Lithograph Attr. to S. Dali - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate II from "Suite Papillon" is an original con Original Lithograph and Heliogravure realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in 1969.
Lithograph
Courtesan from Papillon Anciences Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) Courtesan from Papillon Anciences Suite, (CL/IXCIV) Lithograph 22.50 x 18 in
Lithograph
Sold
H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate VI - From "Suite Papillon" - Poster - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate VI - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored poster realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
Courtier (five of swords), from Papillons Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Courtier (five of swords) Portfolio: Papillons Anciennes Medium: Lithograph on Japon Date: 1977 Edition: EA VII/LXV (aside from the edition of 250) Sheet...
Lithograph
Renaissance (ten of coins), from Papillons Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Renaissance (ten of coins) Portfolio: Papillons Anciennes Medium: Lithograph on Japon Date: 1977 Edition: EA VII/LXV (aside from the edition of 250) Shee...
Lithograph
Dawn (six of swords), from Papillons Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Dawn (six of swords) Portfolio: Papillons Anciennes Medium: Lithograph on Japon Date: 1977 Edition: EA VII/LXV (aside from the edition of 250) Sheet Size...
Lithograph
Courtesan (eight of swords), from Papillons Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Courtesan (eight of swords) Portfolio: Papillons Anciennes Medium: Lithograph on Japon Date: 1977 Edition: EA VII/LXV (aside from the edition of 250) She...
Lithograph
Dawn (Six of Swords), from Papillons Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Dawn (Six of Swords) Portfolio: Papillons Anciennes Medium: Lithograph on Japon Date: 1977 Edition: EA XXV/LXV (aside from the edition of 250) Frame Size...
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in
Plate II - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate II - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
Sold
H 9 in Dm 9.4 in
Salvador Dali, Papillons de l'anti-matiere, Limoges porcelain plate
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an authentic Limoges porcelain plate done in collaboration with Salvador Dali in 1974 It is a part of a series of plates called "La Conquete du Cosmos" that depict ima...
Porcelain
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H 21.86 in W 19.97 in D 0.04 in
Cavalier casqué aux Papillons - Original Etching by S. Dali - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Cavalier casqué aux Papillons is a beautiful original print, an etching and colored aquatint on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1971 by the Catalan Surrealist artist, Salvador Dalì ...
Etching, Aquatint
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Papillons de l’Anti-Matière - Original Etching by Salvador Dalì - 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Papillons de l’Anti-Matière is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1974.
Lithograph, Drypoint, Etching
Courtier from the Suite Papillon Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Courtier from Papillon Anciennes Year: 1976 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: I XCIV/CL Size: 2...
Lithograph
Courtier from the Suite Papillon Anciennes
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Courtier from Papillon Anciennes Year: 1976 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: EA LVII/LXV Size:...
Lithograph
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H 31.2 in W 23.2 in D 0.1 in
Appareil et Main and Plate I - From "Suite Papillon"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate I - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate II - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate II - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 18.51 in W 13.19 in D 0.04 in
Plate II - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate II - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in 1969.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate V - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate V - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate VI - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate VI - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate V - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate V - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate IV - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate IV - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate IV - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate IV - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 18.51 in W 13.19 in D 0.04 in
Plate V - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate V - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí n 1969.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate I - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate I - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
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H 20.95 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Plate I - From "Suite Papillon" - Original Lithograph and Heliogravure - 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Plate I - From "Suite Papillon" is a wonderful colored print realized by the Catalan Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Lithograph
Sold
H 38 in W 28 in
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph Hand Signed Dawn Papillon Anciennes Surreal Art
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Salvador Dali Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale here ...
Lithograph
Papillon Anciennes, Suite of Four Color Lithographs
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Papillion Anciennes Series, Set of Four Medium: Original Lithographs Edition: 119/150 (signed by hand bottom right) Year of Work: 1977 Dimensions: Unfra...
Lithograph
$3,669
H 25.6 in W 18.9 in D 0.04 in
Mystical Exaltation, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - L’esaltazione mistica (Mystical Exaltation) Lithograph from 1973. Editon 104/250 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65 x 48 cm Publisher: Carpentier...
Lithograph
In Tentazione - Lithograph - 1966
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
In Tentationem - From "Pater Noster" is a very interesting illustration (offset lithograph) by Salvador Dalí, from the volume "Pater Noster" published by Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1966...
Lithograph
$5,538Sale Price|30% Off
H 26.78 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Le Cheval du Printemps, Original Lithograph, Surrealist, 1972, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval du printemps Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalo...
Lithograph
$3,431
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Apparition de Dulcinée - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Apparition de Dulcinée - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 SIGNATURE : printed in the image LIMITED : 197 copies. SIZE : 41 x 33 cm REFERENCES : Field 57...
Lithograph
Time Stillness of Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Time Stillness of Time MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine, New York EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS...
Lithograph
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.75 in W 21.25 in
Memories of Surrealism Dressed in The Nude in The Surrealist Fashion
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Dressed in The Nude in The Surrealist Fashion MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMB...
Etching
$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
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 15.5 in D 1 in
Salvador Dali "Untitled 05 (Les Chants de Maldoror)"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Untitled 05 (Les Chants de Maldoror) Series: Les Chants de Maldoror Date: 1934 Medium: original drypoint Unframed Dimensions: 12.5" x 9.75" Framed...
Drypoint
$2,800
H 31.75 in W 24.25 in D 1 in
"La Deese de Cythere" from the suite "l'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled, "La Deesse de Cythere" from the suite, "l'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide" 1976. is an original wood engraving on Japan nacre paper by artist Salvador Dali 1904-1989. It i...
Woodcut
Salvador Dalí -- Stillness of Time from Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Stillness of Time from Time, 1976 Lithograph Hand signed lower right Numbered X/CXXV Sheet size: 75.5 x 54 cm Publisher: Levine & Levine, New York Reference: Fiel...
Lithograph
$20,869
H 92.5 in W 65.5 in D 0.1 in
Le Cavalier Triomphant Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Cavalier Triomphant Drypoint etching on chromolithograph, embossed from 1973. The edition HC. Countersigned by the editor. Additionally dedicated b...
Etching, Drypoint
Salvador Dali "Untitled 20 (Les Songes)"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Untitled 20 (Les Songes) Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel Date: 1973 Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds Unframed Dimensions: 25....
Lithograph
$19,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 21 in
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...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$11,439
H 16.15 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Ballon. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : 197 copies. EDITION : Number 136 SIZE ...
Lithograph
$4,595
H 29.88 in W 26.25 in
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, James the Greater
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: James the Greater (Lancelot of the Lake) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 45/350 F...
Lithograph
$5,160
H 26 in W 19.75 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - Flung out like - Original Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Flung out like a Fag-end by the Big- - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ...
Etching
Christ
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Christ MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 62/125 MEASUREMENTS: 25.5" x 19.75" YEAR: 1964 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent RE...
Etching
$6,000
H 13 in W 6.25 in D 4.5 in
Swedish Fish Glass Water Bag - Limited Edition Hyperreal Glass Sculpture
By Dylan Martinez
Located in East Quogue, NY
NEW! Limited Edition Hyperreal Swedish Fish glass water bag sculpture - solid and hollow glass by Dylan Martinez. Martinez's hyperreal sculptures are hand-molded, hot-sculpted glass...
Glass
$1,830
H 17.72 in W 13 in D 0.4 in
Salvador Dali - Fight Before la Dame - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare deluxe suite aside from the standard edition) Cat...
Etching
$1,720
H 25.79 in W 19.69 in
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - La cogida y la muerte - Drypoint, etching - 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition of 400 copies, numbered 352/400 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. Pl...
Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dali - Argus - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Argus - from "Mythologie" Original Etching Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm 1962 Editor: Pierre Argillet Edition: /150 Handsigned and numbered On Arches Paper References : Fiel...
Etching
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. Edition of 250 Pencil signed and numbered; certified authentic by Frank Hunter of the Sal...
Lithograph
$1,715
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Woman of the Shoe - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : ...
Etching
Mid-Century Modern Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Stunning colors on this midcentury painting. Total measurement is 23 in W x 13 in x 1-5/8 in deep. Dated 1/1/1960, E Byard. Painting measurements listed below. The frame is original....
Acrylic
$1,642Sale Price|63% Off
H 32 in W 25.75 in D 1 in
Nudist Woman Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed, Mid-20th Century
By Claude Benard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nudist Women, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner, Oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 32 x...
Oil
$1,544
H 13.78 in W 11.82 in D 5.52 in
Fae – Victoria by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50
By Nando Kallweit
Located in Coltishall, GB
Fae – Victoria is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit. Inspired by the the legend of the phoenix, this female figure has graceful wings instead of arms. The pi...
Bronze
$2,173
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Couple à cheval - Drypoint etching on paper - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching with stencil on Rives paper, edited in 1971. Limited edition in 150 copies, numbered as EA (épreuve d'artiste) (artist's proof) in lower left corner. Hand-signed in ...
Paper, Etching
$2,859
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field...
Etching
Framed Lithography by André Lanskoy, 1970s - Signed
By André Lanskoy
Located in Brussels, BE
Framed Lithography by André Lanskoy, 1970s - Signed
Glass, Wood, Paper
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.5 in W 22.5 in
Salvador Dali "El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition)"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition) Series: La Vida es Sueno Date: 1975 Medium: drypoint engraving in sanguine ink Unframed Dimensions: 11" x 15"...
Engraving, Drypoint
$6,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.75 in W 36 in
Les Betes Sauvages: Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1975, 189/450
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine EDITION NUMBER: 189/450 MEASU...
Etching
$4,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 15.5 in W 11.5 in
The Magicians L'Illusioniste Etching, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Magicians L'Illusioniste MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 68/100 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 1...
Etching
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.”
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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.)
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