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Salvador Dali "Confucius"  Etching
Salvador Dali "Confucius"  Etching

Salvador Dali "Confucius" Etching

$2,090

H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in

Salvador Dali "Confucius" Etching

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Vienna, AT

Confucius, hand-signed: Dali, numbered: 45/300, drypoint with pochoir in color, partly colored on

Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Prints

Materials

Paper

Salvador Dalí­ -- Le Jument de Compère Pierre
Salvador Dalí­ -- Le Jument de Compère Pierre

Salvador Dalí­ -- Le Jument de Compère Pierre

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in BRUCE, ACT

color on paper Hand signed Dalí lower right Numbered 109/125 lower left Sheet size: 60 x 55 cm

Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Salvador Dali "Le Cavalier Cosmique"  Etching
Salvador Dali "Le Cavalier Cosmique"  Etching

Salvador Dali "Le Cavalier Cosmique" Etching

$3,490

H 17.72 in W 22.84 in D 0.79 in

Salvador Dali "Le Cavalier Cosmique" Etching

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Vienna, AT

Le Cavalier cosmique (Cosmic Rider), around 1982, hand-signed: Dali, numbered: 104/250 and a stamp

Category

Vintage 1980s Spanish Prints

Materials

Paper

Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x

Category

1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali -  Raspberry - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Salvador Dali -  Raspberry - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

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

Category

1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75

Category

1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

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Salvador Dalí’s “The Kingdom” Hand-Signed Framed # I 343/350 Lithograph
Salvador Dalí’s “The Kingdom” Hand-Signed Framed # I 343/350 Lithograph

Salvador Dalí’s “The Kingdom” Hand-Signed Framed # I 343/350 Lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Morristown, NJ

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989), "The Kingdom", Hand-Signed Limited Edition Lithograph A

Category

Vintage 1980s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Metal

Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959
Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959

Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Studio City, CA

printings noted) of the art book. The book is boldly hand-signed and dated (in the year of publication

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

The Lucky Number of Dali
The Lucky Number of Dali

The Lucky Number of Dali

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Lucky Number of Dali MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Florals Iris of Dali's Youth
Florals Iris of Dali's Youth

Florals Iris of Dali's Youth

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Iris of Dali's Youth MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

A La Plage (At the Beach), framed hand signed lithograph
A La Plage (At the Beach), framed hand signed lithograph

A La Plage (At the Beach), framed hand signed lithograph

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Aventura, FL

Lithograph in black on pale green panel on white Rives paper. Hand signed lower right by Salvador

Category

1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Il y a Des Soldats - Etching attr. to S. Dalì - 1973
Il y a Des Soldats - Etching attr. to S. Dalì - 1973

Il y a Des Soldats - Etching attr. to S. Dalì - 1973

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

signed by Dalì and numbered 97/150. Very good conditions. Ref. Michler-Lopsinger, Catalogue Raisonné os

Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Pair of Vintage Original Etching Le Tricorne 1958 Signed Print by Salvador Dali
Pair of Vintage Original Etching Le Tricorne 1958 Signed Print by Salvador Dali

Pair of Vintage Original Etching Le Tricorne 1958 Signed Print by Salvador Dali

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of Vintage Original Etching Limited Edition " La Tricorne" 1958 Signed Print by Salvador Dali

Category

Vintage 1950s Spanish Decorative Art

Materials

Wire, Gold Leaf

Symphony Bicyclette
Symphony Bicyclette

Symphony Bicyclette

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Symphony Bicyclette MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1970s Surrealist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert
Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert

Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand

Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Paysage Surréaliste
Paysage Surréaliste

Salvador Dalí­Paysage Surréaliste, 1974

$24,500

H 24.75 in W 25.12 in

Paysage Surréaliste

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Paysage Surrealiste MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador

Category

1970s Surrealist More Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Vitrail
Le Vitrail

Salvador Dalí­Le Vitrail, 1968

$5,000

H 15 in W 11.5 in

Le Vitrail

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Vitrail MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Gala, mon seul desir
Gala, mon seul desir

Gala, mon seul desir

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Gala, mon seul desir MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Faust Femme au Clown
Faust Femme au Clown

Faust Femme au Clown

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Femme au Clown MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Fleurs Surrealistes Gala's Bouquet
Fleurs Surrealistes Gala's Bouquet

Fleurs Surrealistes Gala's Bouquet

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: A.P. 46/75

Category

1980s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sports The Golfer
Sports The Golfer

Salvador Dalí­Sports The Golfer, 1973

$7,450

H 23.87 in W 18.87 in

Sports The Golfer

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Sports The Golfer MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28
Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 28 MEDIUM: Woodblock SIGNED: Hand

Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Florals Lilies of Time
Florals Lilies of Time

Florals Lilies of Time

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Lilies of Time MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1970s Surrealist More Prints

Materials

Etching

Florals Carnation Don Quixote
Florals Carnation Don Quixote

Florals Carnation Don Quixote

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 29.5" x 22" YEAR: 1972 FRAMED: No

Category

1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Florals Water-Hybiscus Swan
Florals Water-Hybiscus Swan

Florals Water-Hybiscus Swan

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Water-Hybiscus Swan MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by

Category

1970s Surrealist More Prints

Materials

Etching

Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Crutches
Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Crutches

Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Crutches

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XXX/XL MEASUREMENTS: 29.75" x 21.25

Category

1970s Surrealist More Prints

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Etching

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Hand Signed Dali For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact hand signed dali you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. There are many Surrealist and Modern versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a hand signed dali may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a hand signed dali to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, beige, white, brown and more. A hand signed dali from Salvador Dalí — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in lithograph, etching and engraving can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Hand Signed Dali?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a hand signed dali in our inventory may begin at $862 and can go as high as $13,463, while the average can fetch as much as $4,256.

Salvador Dalí­ for sale on 1stDibs

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.

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-works-on-paper 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.