$2,500
Les Suprenes de Maillaise Liliputiens, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Portfolio: Les diners de Gala Title: Les Suprenes de Maillaise Liliputiens Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and Engraving, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: ...
Etching, Lithograph
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Tourbillon-spirale from rose Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signature: Initialed (S.D.) ...
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Méditation orogenique from pansy Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signature: Initialed (S....
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Paysage avec figures-soleil from sun Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signature: Initialed...
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Espace paysage from cobea Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Frame Size: 22" x 22" Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signature...
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Paysage ibérique from passiflore Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Frame Size: 22" x 22" Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Si...
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Paysage fossile imaginaire from moon Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Frame Size: 22" X 22" Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8...
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Piano chevelure dans un désert from lys Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Frame Size: 22" x 22" Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 ...
Etching
$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Fantasmes de la plaine d'Ampurdam from begonia Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Frame Size: 22" x 22" Sheet Size: 14 7/8...
Etching
Decameron - Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali Title: Decameron Signed in Pencil by Salvador Dali Dimensions: 45 x 32 cm Edition EA 1/5 1972 References : Field 72-8 (p. ...
Engraving
Salvador Dalí -- Ace of Clubs from the “Playing Cards” portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Ace of Clubs from the Playing Cards series, 1972 Lithograph in colors Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Image size: 36 × 23 cm Sheet size: 65 × 50.5 cm Pub...
Lithograph
Dali’s Inferno, Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dali’s Inferno by Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Dali's Inferno Date: 1978 Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 242/250 Image Size: 23 x 17 i...
Lithograph
$13,650Sale Price|25% Off
Salvador Dali -- "Le Decameron" Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí "Le Decameron" suite (Portfolio 10 prints) A set of ten drypoints with color engraving The English text and engravings are enclosed in a green slipcase with cover.
Drypoint
Dali - De Draeger - Portfolio Luxury edition - 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dali -De Draeger, Portfolio by Max Gérard Luxury edition inside special packaged box bearing a cover with “soft melting pocket watch” and bronze medal of “L'Unicorne Dyonisiaque” mi...
Bronze
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, Tristan Wounded
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Tristan Wounded Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x 12 ...
Engraving
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, Mad Tristan
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Mad Tristan Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x 12 3/4"...
Engraving
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, Tristan's Testament
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Tristan's Testament Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x...
Engraving
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, The Giant Beliagog
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Giant Beliagog Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x ...
Engraving
Cobea (Pisum Sensuale), Surrealist Drypoint Etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cobea (Pisum Sensuale) Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Flora Dalinae Date: 1968 Etching and drypoint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 165/175 Size: 23.25 x 15....
Drypoint, Etching
La Licorne (The Unicorn), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Licorne (The Unicorn) Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Les Chevaux Dalineins Date: 1970 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 64/250 Size: 15.35 x 21.2...
Lithograph
L'Ouraboros, Surrealist Lithograph on Parchment by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Like the other prints, The Ouroboros was once decorated with semiprecious jewels, in this case three purple ones. L’Ouraboros Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Alchimie...
Parchment Paper, Lithograph
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Jude (Excalibur)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Jude (Excalibur) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 38/350 Frame Size: 29 7/8" x 26 ...
Lithograph
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Christ/Patricius
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Christ (Patricius) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 38/350 Frame Size: 29 7/8" x 2...
Lithograph
One’s Identity, Signed Surrealist Lithograph and Etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph and etching on Arches paper after Salvador Dali The Cycles of Life portfolio, made in 1977.
Etching, Lithograph
Nu au Sopha, Nude Lithograph Signed and Numbered by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lithograph of a nude woman reclining on a bed made after an original drawing by Salvador Dali from the 1970 “Nudes” portfolio, hand signed and numbered in pencil on bottom.
Lithograph, Paper
$3,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1969, "The Hippies: The Sun"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The sun Portfolio: The Hippies Medium: Color etching on Arches Date: 1969 Edition: 102/145 Frame Size: 31" x 26 1/2" Sheet Size: 26" x 20" Image Size: 15...
Etching
Le Cheval du Printemps, Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Le Cheval du Printemps (The Horse of Spring) Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Les Chevaux Dalineins Date: 1972 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 101/2...
Lithograph
$7,500
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit), Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
This excellent piece is signed and numbered by Dali on the front in pencil. Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions Surrealiste Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visi...
Lithograph
$9,500
Obsession of the Heart (The World), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Obsession of the Heart Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 ...
Lithograph
$7,500
The Coronation of Gala (The Empress), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Coronation of Gala (The Empress) from Visions Surrealiste Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil E...
Lithograph
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Simeon
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Simeon Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Issacar
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Issacar Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Shee...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Asher
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Asher Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet ...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Zabulon
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Zabulom Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Shee...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Gad
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Gad Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet Si...
Engraving
$5,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Naphtali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Naphtali Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" She...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Joseph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Joseph Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet...
Engraving
$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Levi
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Levi Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet S...
Engraving
Price Upon Request
Hippies (Complete Portfolio)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Edition XVII of C Each work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from Pierre Argillet.
Paper, Etching
Icarus (from the Mythology portfolio)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Signed by the artist in pencil, and also dated in pencil in lower right corner. Numbered 108/150 in lower left corner. Published by Argillet, Paris. From Le Mythologie. Lit: Mich...
Drypoint, Etching, Color
Triumph of Love 2 Piece Suite With Original Portfolio Case
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Triumph of Love Le Triomphe Le Judgment MEDIUM: 2 Lithographs SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 156/175 matched num...
Lithograph
La Vida es Sueño
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La Vida es Sueño Portfolio of 18 etchings from 1975.
Etching
Price Upon Request
Moïse, illustration pour la Sainte Bible
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Provenance: Franklin Bowles Gallery, New York, Certificate: Nicholas R Descharnes, 2004 Moïse, illustration pour la Sainte Bible Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Le Sai...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Elijah and the Chariot from Our historical heritage portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Salvador Dali Elijah and the Chariot from Our historical heritage portfolio 1975 Etching Sheet size: 26.5 x 20.25 inches Edition of 250 Hand Signed in pencil
Etching
Unavailable
Looke not upon mee that I am blacke from Song of Songs of Solomon portfolio 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Salvador Dali Looke not upon mee that I am blacke from Song of Songs of Solomon portfolio 1971 Color Etching with Gold Dust on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Size:...
Etching
Sold|$4,500
Jeremiah - Our Historical Heritage, Signed Surrealist Etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Portfolio: Our Historical Heritage Title: King Saul Year: 1975 Medium: Intaglio Etching and Color Pochoir on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition...
Intaglio, Etching
Sold|$3,500
From "Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, " Lithograph on Japon, 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Portfolio: Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel Year: 1973 Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 8/50 Size: 25.5 x 19 in. (74.93 x...
Rice Paper, Lithograph
Sold|$2,595
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1980, from Neuf Paysages Portfolio
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Désert fabuleux from dahlia Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 3/49 Frame Size: 22" x 22" Sheet Size: 14 7/8" x 14 7/8" Signatu...
Etching
Sold
Alice in Wonderland - Rare Portfolio of etchings and gravures - Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
- Condition : Excellent, slipcase lightly toned with a light water soiling. Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figu...
Etching
Sold|$7,062
Old Man and the Sea - Portfolio of 6 Original Signed Engravings - Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Decameron - Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali
Engraving
Dali's Inferno With Original Portfolio Case
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dali's Inferno MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: 249/250 MEASUREMENTS: 21.5" x 30" YEA...
Lithograph
The Little Mermaid, Framed Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Little Mermaid Portfolio: Hans Christian Anderson Tales Date: 1966 Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 59/75 Image S...
Drypoint, Etching
Dali Discovers America 2 Piece Suite With Original Portfolio Case
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dali Discovers America Suite Christopher Colombus Discovers America Gateway To The New World MEDIUM: 2 Lithographs SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed ...
Lithograph
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
Sold|$106,920
Salvador Dali Zodiac Surrealist Celestial Astrology Astral Spiritual Cool Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Full Portfolio of 13 Original Lithographs" created by Salvador Dali.
Lithograph, Ink
Sold|$8,945
Salvador Dali - Eight Nudes - Complete Suite of 8 Handsigned Lithographs
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Rare Portfolio of 8 Original Handsigned Lithographs 8 full page original lithographs of Salvador DALI depicting nudes.
Lithograph
Sold|$6,995
Salvador Dali Color Etching, Signed, 1973, The Twelve Tribes of Israel, Ruben
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Ruben Portfolio: The Twelve Tribes of Israel Medium: Etching and pochoir on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: 130/195 Frame Size: 32 3/8" x 26 7/8" Sheet ...
Engraving
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.
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.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.