Salvador Dali - Freud with a Snail's Head - Original Signed Engraving
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Freud with a Snail's Head - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal
Etching
Salvador Dali - Pear and Nude Back
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Pear and Nude Back - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 272/390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snails Breats
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snails Breats - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Etching
Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - "Knight & Death" from Faust - Original Etching With embossed signature (from the standard book edition of 731) Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1...
Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Fountain
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Fountain - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Etching
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Etching
Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Girl on Rhinoceros Horn - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum Signed in the plate References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler &...
Etching
Salvador Dali : The Blue Horsemen, Original signed print, Field #73-1 J
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904–1989) The Blue Horsemen Original print (etching) Signed on the plate On Japanese paper, 28 x 38 cm (11 x 14.9 in) REFERENCES: - Field Catalogue Raisonné #73-1 J...
Etching
The Giants - Original etching - 150ex
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali The giants (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") References: - Field p...
Etching
Sagittarius, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Sagittarius Etching from 1974. The edition HC IX/L on Guarro paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.2 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Léon Amiel, Paris - New...
Etching
Dolphins, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Dolphins Etching from 1974. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dalì, ...
Etching
Portrait, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Portrait Etching from 1974. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dalì, ...
Etching
Apotheosis, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Apotheosis Etching from 1974. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dal...
Etching
Egrets, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Aigrettes (Egrets) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures.
Etching
The Struggle, Original Etching, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Struggle Etching from 1974. The edition of 38/350. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W...
Etching
Virgo, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed, Excellent
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Virgo Etching from 1974. The edition HC IX/L on Guarro paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.2 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Léon Amiel, Paris - New York....
Etching
The Rod, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Rod Etching from 1974. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dalì, C...
Etching
The Struggle, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Struggle Etching from 1974. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Da...
Etching
The Fall, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Fall Etching from 1974. Dimensions of work: 56 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Leblanc. Referencja: R. Michler, L.W. Lopsinger, Salvador Dalì, ...
Etching
The Sick Stag, Original Etching, Modern, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Cerf malade (The Sick Stag) Etching from 1974. The edition of III/CXX on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. Publis...
Etching
The Torso, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Le Torse (The Torso) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures.
Etching
Whips Alley, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Allée des Verges (Whips Alley) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures.
Etching
Purple Boot, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) La Botte violette (Purple Boot) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures.
Etching
Piquant Buttocks, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Fesses piquantes (Piquant Buttocks) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Four...
Etching
Kneeling Woman, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à genoux (Kneeling Woman) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures.
Etching
$1,996Sale Price|31% Off
Jugoyoe, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Jugoyoe Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 66 x 52 cm. Hand signed. Publi...
Drypoint, Etching
Tristan blessé ("Tristan wounded"), Original etching, Handsigned
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Tristan blessé ("Tristan wounded") Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited to 115 copies On vellum Rives 45 x 32.5 cm This etching is part of serie "T...
Etching
Leda, Mythology, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1965, Signed, Excellent
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Leda Etching from 1965. The edition 67/150. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pierre Argillet, Paris. Reference: Michler/Löpsi...
Etching
Rome and Cadaqués, Original Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Rome and Cadaqués Etching from 1972. Edition of 117/275. Dimensions of work: 57 x 76 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Éditions Graphiques Internationales,...
Etching
Kneeling Knight, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Chevalier à genou (Kneeling Knight) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust.
Etching
Vieux Faust, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealism, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Vieux Faust (Old Faust) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969. The edition 4/95. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pierre Ar...
Drypoint, Etching
Trenches, Original Etching with Watercolor, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Tranchées (Trenches) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Secrets d’Apollinaire.
Watercolor, Etching
Sainte Lucie, Original Etching and Watercolor, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Sainte Lucie Etching and watercolour from 1974. The edition 219/450. Dimensions of work: 90 x 63.5 cm. Hand signed. Reference: Field, 73-3; Michler, ...
Watercolor, Etching
Terpsichore, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1971, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Terpsichore Hand-coloured drypoint etching from 1971. The edition 81/145 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65 x 51 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Les...
Drypoint, Etching
Whips Alley, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Allée des Verges (Whips Alley) Etching from 1969. 125/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anst...
Drypoint, Etching
Portrait of la Fontaine, Original Etching, Modern, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Portrait of la Fontaine Etching from 1974. The edition of III/CXX on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Éd...
Etching
The Lion’s Court, Original Etching, Modern, 1974, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La Cour du Lion (The Lion’s Court) Etching from 1974. The edition of III/CXX on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. Pu...
Etching
Woman with Crutch, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à le béquille (Woman with Crutch) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Four...
Etching
Leaf Woman, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme-feuille (Leaf Woman) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrures.
Etching
Three African Women, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Négresses (Three African Women) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrure...
Etching
Femme à Cheval, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à cheval (Woman on Horseback) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venus aux Fourrure...
Etching
Shunboshi : Little one-inch - Original handsigned etching / 75ex
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Shunboshi : Little one-inch Original etching with pochoir Handsigned in pencil Numbered X / LXXV On Richard de Bas vellum 66 x 51 cm (c. 26 x 20 inch) Excellent condi...
Etching
Woman with Snail, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à l'escargot (Woman with Snail) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Secrets d’A...
Etching
Woman with Guitar, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme à la guitare (Woman with Guitar) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japon paper, from the deluxe edition of Poèmes Secrets d’A...
Etching
$1,986Sale Price|32% Off
Urashima Taro, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Urashima Taro Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 66 x 52 cm. Hand signed. ...
Drypoint, Etching
$2,033Sale Price|30% Off
Kosonaga Chojo, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Kosonaga chojo (The princess and the herd boy) Drypoint etching with stencil from 1974. The edition of XVII/LXXV on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of...
Drypoint, Etching
Femme au Cochon, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Femme au cochon (Woman with Pig) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust.
Drypoint, Etching
The Bust, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Le Buste (The Bust) Original drypoint etching with roulette and hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Faust.
Drypoint, Etching
Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, Electronics - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, Electronics, 1975 Original etching Signed in pencil Justified trial proof (Essai) On Arches vellum 56 x 76 cm (22 x 29.9 in) ...
Etching
The Drawers, Original Etching with Watercolor, 1967, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Les Tiroirs (The Drawers) Etching from 1967.
Watercolor, Etching
Cobea (Pisum sensuale), Original Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1968, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Cobea (Pisum sensuale) (Cobaea) Drypoint etching with stencil from 1968. The edition 63/175 on Japan nacré. Dimensions of work: 76.3 x 56.5 cm. Hand s...
Drypoint, Etching
$9,179
Curtsying Gooseberry Bush, Original Lithograph with Drypoint Etching, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Curtsying Gooseberry Bush Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969. The edition 16/35 on Rives paper. Dimensions of work: 74.5 x 54.5 cm. Hand signe...
Drypoint, Etching, Lithograph
$11,291
Pierrot Cherries, Original Lithograph with Drypoint Etching, Signed, 1969
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Pierrot Cherries Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969. The edition 16/35 on Rives paper. Dimensions of work: 74.5 x 54.5 cm. Hand signed. Publi...
Drypoint, Etching, Lithograph
Casanova : Snail Lady - Original etching (Field #67-4 K)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Casanova : Snail lady, 1967 Original etching Signed in the plate On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog raisonné Field #67-...
Etching
The Horse and the Wolf, Original Etching, Modern, 1974, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Cheval et le Loup (The Horse and the Wolf) Etching from 1974. The edition of III/CXX on Richard de Bas paper. Dimensions of work: 56 x 76 cm. Hand ...
Etching
Casanova : Spiky Woman - Original etching (Field #67-4 B)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1969) Casanova : Spiky Woman, 1967 Original etching Signed in the plate On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog raisonné Field #67...
Etching
Hen Women, Original Drypoint Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Framed, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Femmes poules (Hen Women) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969. The edition 62/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pierr...
Drypoint, Etching
Tete de Veau, Original Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1968, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Tete de Veau (Calf's Head) Drypoint etching and watercolor from 1968. The edition 25/145. Dimensions of work: 38.5 x 28.5 cm. Hand signed. The work i...
Drypoint, Etching
The Betrayers of Their Hosts - Original etching - 150ex
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali The Betrayers of Their Hosts (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") Ref...
Etching
Man Kissing the Shoe, Original Etching, Surrealist, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Homme baisant la chaussure (Man Kissing the Shoe) Original drypoint etching with hand-applied watercolor on Japanese paper, from the deluxe edition of Venu...
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.
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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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