$4,994
Salvador Dali lithograph, 1969, signed and numbered, edition of 300, 'Paris'
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Paris, from S.N.C.F. (Field 69-2BB; M&L 1228a) Lithograph printed in colours, 1969 signed in pencil numbered from the edition of 300 printed by Ateliers...
Lithograph
$19,500
The Judgement of Paris, Mythology Suite original E.A. etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
The Judgement of Paris ( Three Graces ) is an original limited edition Epreuve d'Artiste ( EA ) etching on Rives BFK by Salvador Dali from the Mythology Suite
Etching
The Mythology Judgment of Paris
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Judgment of Paris MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 141/150 MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 29.9" YEAR: 1963 FRAMED: No COND...
Etching
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 ...
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Costume Designs by Salvador Dali for His Ballet, Bacchanale, Paris
By Horst P. Horst
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Horst on the verso
Silver Gelatin
1971 L'Académie de Paris Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 184/250
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
L'Académie de Paris (The Academy in Paris). Etching on Arches wove paper (watermark), 1971. Signed and numbered 184/250 A. Plate 42.5 cm x 59.5 cm. Sheet approx. 56.5 cm x 75.5 c...
Etching
Les Amours de Cassandre The Fairy
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Amours de Cassandre The Fairy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER:...
Etching
The Mythology Icarus
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Icarus MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 30" YEAR: 1963 FR...
Etching
The Mythology Edipus & The Sphinx
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Edipus & The Sphinx MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper EDITION NUMBER: XLII/C SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pierre Argil...
Etching
$10,000
Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Miami, FL
Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayo...
Ink
$2,200
Surrealist Dream Lithograph Belgian Master Magritte Pencil Signed by Mourlot
By René Magritte
Located in Surfside, FL
He became a leading member of the movement, and remained in Paris for three years. In 1929 he exhibited at Goemans Gallery in Paris with Salvador Dali, Jean Arp, de Chirico, Max Erns...
Lithograph
Surrealist Dream Lithograph Belgian Master Magritte Pencil Signed by Mourlot
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Surfside, FL
He became a leading member of the movement, and remained in Paris for three years. In 1929 he exhibited at Goemans Gallery in Paris with Salvador Dali, Jean Arp, de Chirico, Max Erns...
Lithograph
Judgement of Paris
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New Orleans, LA
Original aquatint and etching by renowned Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Drypoint, Etching
Le Jugement de Paris (The Judgment of Paris)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Le Jugement de Paris (The Judgment of Paris) c. 1963-1965 Etching 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm) Signed
Etching
Notre Dame de Paris
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New Orleans, LA
Original drypoint by renowned Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
Drypoint
Unavailable
H 38.98 in W 24.41 in
Original Vintage Poster Paris France Rail Travel Eiffel Tower Butterfly Design
By Salvador Dalí
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Paris featuring the Eiffel Tower with abstract lines and colourful butterflies designed by the renowned surrealist artist Salvador Dali (19...
Paper
Stone and Claw
By Howard Warshaw
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Presenting a gem of American Srurrealist painting from the period from the personal collection of Salvador Dali's dealer of Paris and New York. Having tried his hand at animation ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 25 in
Salvador Dali Paris France original French travel poster SNCF Railway
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, many of which have skiing subjects, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or sen...
Lithograph
L'Académie de Paris - Salvador Dali - Aquatint - Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
L'Académie de Paris is an enchanting etching and aquatint realized by Salvador Dalí.
Aquatint
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H 22.45 in W 30.12 in
Salvador Dalí ( 1904 – 1989 ) – L’Academie de Paris – Etching in sepia - 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
etching in sepia on extremely fine Japanese paper limited edition, numbered in lower left corner 58/100 signed in pencil by artist paper size: 57 x 76,5 cm ( 22,4 x 30 inch ) excelle...
Rice Paper, Etching
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H 29 in W 33 in
Place de la Concorde, Surrealist Etching by Salvador Dali 1963
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
This etching features a city landscape with fountains, courtyards, obelisks, and statues and is signed, numbered, and dated in pencil. Salvador Dalí, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: ...
Etching, Aquatint
The Judgment of Paris
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Judgment of Paris MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 226/250 MEASUREMENTS: 21.5" x 29.5" YEAR: 1979 FRAM...
Lithograph
The Mythology Thesus & Minotaur
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology Thesus & Minotaur MEDIUM: Etching Japon paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris MEASUREMENTS: 18...
Etching
Les Chantes de Maldoror (figure) The Triumph of The Rose
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Chants de Maldoror (Figure) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed - Full Signature "Salvador Dali" PUBLISHER: Albert Skira, Paris EDITION NUMBER: ...
Etching
Our Historical Heritage Complete Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Our Historical Heritage Complete Suite MEDIUM: 11 Etchings SIGNED: Each Etching is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Leon Amiel, Paris & New Y...
Etching
Our Historical Heritage Complete Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Our Historical Heritage Complete Suite MEDIUM: 11 Etchings SIGNED: Each Etching is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Leon Amiel, Paris & N...
Etching
Oiseau de fer (signed chrome plated sculpture)
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Aventura, FL
Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayo...
Metal
PLATE 6 (FROM EL ULTIMO VIAJE DEL BUQUE FANTASMA)
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Aventura, FL
Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayo...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 24.63 in W 28.63 in
Surrealist Dream Lithograph Belgian Master Magritte Pencil Signed by Mourlot
By René Magritte
Located in Surfside, FL
He became a leading member of the movement, and remained in Paris for three years. In 1929 he exhibited at Goemans Gallery in Paris with Salvador Dali, Jean Arp, de Chirico, Max Erns...
Lithograph
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H 24.63 in W 28.63 in
Surrealist Dream Lithograph Belgian Master Magritte Pencil Signed by Mourlot
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Surfside, FL
He became a leading member of the movement, and remained in Paris for three years. In 1929 he exhibited at Goemans Gallery in Paris with Salvador Dali, Jean Arp, de Chirico, Max Erns...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Paris - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph by Salvador Dali Title: S.N.C.F Stamp Signed Dali Dimensions: 46.5 x 34 cm Edition: 1040/1700 1969 References : Catalogue raisonne Michler & Lopsinger Ref. 1222-1228 Sal...
Lithograph
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H 40 in W 25 in
Salvador Dali Paris France original French travel poster SNCF Railway
By Salvador Dalí
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, many of which have skiing subjects, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or sen...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali (after) - Paris - Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph after Salvador Dali Title: S.N.C.F Stamp Signed Dali Dimensions: 46.5 x 34 cm Edition: /1700 1969 References : Catalogue raisonne Michler & Lopsinger Ref. 1222-1228
Lithograph
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H 27.5 in W 23.5 in
"Paris and Helen of Troy" signed etching by Salvador Dali. Edition 430 of 1000.
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Paris and Helen of Troy" framed etching by Salvador Dali printed on Arches paper.
Etching
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H 22.25 in W 16.23 in D 1.58 in
Salvador Dalì 1970s Surrealist Signed Original Work on Paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris, 1972. Salvador Dalí’s composition *Spring* is part of a series of prints dedicated to the seasons of the year, a theme the artist interprets t...
Lithograph
Dalí, Apparatus and Hand, XXe Siècle (after)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Southampton, NY
Published by Editions XXe Siècle, Paris; Printed by Mourlot, Paris, 1974. SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) Salvador Dali's work is associated with the surrealist movement of the 20th Centu...
Lithograph
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H 29 in W 21 in
Le jugement de Paris ("The Judgment of Paris"), litograph, Handsigned
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Le jugement de Paris ("The Judgment of Paris") Original litograph from original gouache Handsigned in pencil Limited to 125 copies On vellum Arches 74.5 X 54.5 ...
Lithograph
Academy in Paris
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Etching, hand signed, edition of 250. Reference Catalog Michler-Lopsinger
Etching
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H 21.07 in W 14.57 in
Butterfly suite : Paris - Heliogravure (Catalog Field #69-2 F)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969, after) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies Printed in Draeger workshop On v...
Photogravure
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H 21.07 in W 14.57 in
Butterfly suite : Paris - Heliogravure (Catalog Field #69-2 F)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
after Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies Printed in Draeger workshop On ve...
Photogravure
Butterfly suite : Paris - heliogravure - 1969
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
after Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure after an original design by Dali Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies ...
Photogravure
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H 38.98 in W 24.41 in
Butterfly suite : Paris - lithograph - Tall size, 1969
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Lithograph and heliogravure after original designs by Dali Printed signature in the plate bottom right Larger size with text,...
Photogravure, Lithograph
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H 21.07 in W 14.57 in
Butterfly suite : Paris - Heliogravure (Catalog Field #69-2 F)
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
after Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies Printed in Draeger workshop On ve...
Photogravure
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H 21.07 in W 14.57 in
Butterfly suite : Paris - Heliogravure (Catalog Field #69-2 F)
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
after Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies Printed in Draeger workshop On ve...
Photogravure
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H 21.07 in W 14.57 in
Butterfly suite : Paris - Heliogravure (Catalog Field #69-2 F)
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
after Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Paris, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies Printed in Draeger workshop On ve...
Photogravure
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 Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Editions Aegillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 6/95 MEASUREMENTS: 1...
Etching
Gala's Diner - Original Bronze Medal
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Signed Dated 1969 Diameter: 9 cm Edition: Monnaie de Paris Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Norther...
Bronze
PLATE 5 (FROM EL ULTIMO VIAJE DEL BUQUE FANTASMA)
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Aventura, FL
Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayo...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 40 in W 32 in
Salvador Dali Original Color Lithograph HAND SIGNED Surreal Judgement Paris Art
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Salvador Dali Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale here we have an Extr...
Lithograph
"Helen of Troy and Paris"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Baltimore, MD
Salvador Dali's "Helen of Troy and Paris", From Les Amours Célèbres Suite c.1973.
Drypoint, Etching
Les Amours de Cassandre Complete Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Amours de Cassandre Complete Suite MEDIUM: 10 Etchings SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER:...
Etching
$1,200
H 12 in W 10 in
"Looking Away" by Mark Bradley Schwartz, Oil Painting, Female Nude Portrait
By Mark Bradley Schwartz
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz’s "Looking Away" (2020) is a masterful example of contemporary figurative realism, executed in oil on board. This original, handmade painting captures a quiet, ...
Oil, Board
$3,018
H 14.97 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Girl and Pig - 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 & Lopsinger ...
Etching
$380
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Nothing to hide - Contemporary, Nude, Women, Polaroid, 21st Century, Color
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Nothing to Hide' part of the series 'A girl called N.' - 2019 20x20cm, Edition 2/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, not mounted. Signature label and c...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
' Nude ' C type print
By Alain Daussin
Located in London, GB
Exquisite Oversize C print unframed. Stamped & certificate of authenticity provided. image keywords : Modgliani female nudes colour graphic composition classical The Belgian ...
C Print
$2,906
H 14.97 in W 20.48 in D 0.08 in
Lisa- Limited edition nude print, Black white photo, Sensual woman, Contemporary
By Ian Sanderson
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
Lisa - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 10 Morning light in Bordeaux, France. This image was captured on film in 1989. The negative was scanned creating a...
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Arc...
Salvador Dali "Picasso: a Ticket to Glory"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Picasso: a Ticket to Glory Series: After 50 Years of Surrealism Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint engraving with hand coloring Unframed Dimensions: 26" ...
Drypoint, Engraving
$3,088Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Salvador Dali -- Return of Ulysses, from Hommage à Homère
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Return of Ulysses, from Hommage à Homère, 1977 Photolithograph in colors on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition AP lower left Sheet size 76 x 56 cm Reference F...
Photogravure
$34,560
H 70.8 in W 48 in D 0.1 in
Aventure d'une libertine, 16 Photographs. From The Secret Album series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
Fashion Designer
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Fashion Designer MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: I 234/250 MEASUREMENTS: 21" x 2...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snail
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snail - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
Etching
$11,626
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
Le Nu à la Jarretière, from The Hippies
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Salvador Dali Le Nu à la Jarretière, from The Hippies Etching with hand coloring on Japon Signed in pencil and embossed signature to lower right Edition V/C to lower left Published ...
Etching
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...
Lithograph
The Magicians Vanite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Magicians Vanite MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 39/100 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 11.2" x 1...
Etching
Salvador Dali Pencil Signed Nude on a Rhinoceros Horn
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Salvador Dali: 1904-1989. One of the most famous artist of the 20th century. A master surrealist, whose auction prices are well into the millions. This image of a nude on a rhinocero...
Etching
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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