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Salvador Dali Sculpture Angel

"Madonna de Port Lligat" Pendentif Necklace Solid 18k Gold by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Bilbao, ES
Unique 18k Yellow Gold Salvador Dali Madonna de Port Lligat Pendant Necklace / Bracelet This is a
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Artisan Figurines and Sculptures

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Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Unique Solid 18k Gold Salvador Dalí Madonna de Port Lligat Pendentif Necklace
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Bilbao, ES
-wide rights on this sculpture-jewel as stated in the document ordained by Salvador Dalí, and legalised
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Vintage 1970s Spanish Artisan Figurines and Sculptures

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Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

The Angel Drove Out The Fiery Flame Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
from the original gouache on heavy rag paper and is from Salvador Dali's five volume Biblia Sacra
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Salvador Dali Surrealist Bronze Portrait Sculpture Mexican Master Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Aguilar y Linares, Mexican Sculptor (1945-2010) Sculpture chose him. In his hands and his
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Ipse Coniungat Vos - Lithograph by Salvador Dalí - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cherub Super Limen Domus - Lithograph by Salvador Dalí - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Let Us Make Man in our Image and Likeness Dali lithograph Biblia Sacra 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
gouache. It is from Salvador Dali's five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The He-Goats Of The Wild She-Goats On The Face Of The Earth Biblia Sacra by Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
from the original gouache and is printed on heavy rag paper From Salvador Dali's five volume Biblia
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rosenthal F. Heidenreich Porcelain Figurine "SCALARE" Angel Fish
By Fritz Heidenreich
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
, from the company's foundation to today, as well as originals designed by artists such as Salvador Dali
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Vintage 1960s German Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Abraham, Abraham! - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abraham, Abraham! - Lithograph  - 1964
H 19.1 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Iesus a Satana tentatur - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Iesus a Satana tentatur ("Jesus tempted by Satan") is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Statimque Tobias Visum Recepit - Lithograph - 1967- 1969
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vox Clamantis - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vox Clamantis  -  Lithograph - 1964
H 18.9 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Planctus David in Mortem Saul - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks. The paper sheets
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mulier e Latere Viri - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks. The paper sheets
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Inter Filios Dei Affuit Etiam Satan - Lithograph - 1967/1969
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water-color artworks. The paper
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Salvador Dail Le Roi Soleil Rare Pendant Necklace
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in New York, NY
Salvador Dail Le Roi Soleil Rare Pendant Necklace made for the perfume launch. Le Roi Soleil is a perfume by Elsa Schiaparelli produced in 1947, to celebrate the end of the World War...
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Is It Lawful to Pay Taxes to Caesar Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
Is it Lawful to Pay Taxes To Caesar shows Caesar as an imposing seated figure taking up three quarters of the image against a white background with a mounted horseman over Caes...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woman Aflame Salvador Dali 1980
By Salvador Dalí­
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Archaeological-Revival Coral and Gold Spartan Diadem
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An archaeological-revival coral and gold Spartan diadem, in the form of a gold band with seven concave discs each set with a cabochon coral, alternating with eight floral motifs each...
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Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí­
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Stunning Victorian Old-Cut Diamond Fringe Tiara Convertible to Necklace Bracelet
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A stunning antique diamond tiara convertible to a necklace, c.1880s, the tiara designed as a relatively short compact fringe which almost gives the impression of a bandeau style tiar...
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Leonardo Nierman Mid-Century Modern Onyx Marble Abstract Sculpture MCM
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Dayton, OH
Leonardo Nierman (born November 1, 1932), full name Leonardo Nierman Mendelejis, is a Mexican artist mostly known for his painting and sculpture. He at first wanted to be a violinist...
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Onyx, Marble

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Located in New Orleans, LA
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18th Century Italian Capodimonte White Glazez Porcelain Figural Centerpiece
Located in Firenze, IT
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Tiffany & Co. Schlumberger Platinum Ten Stone Cross Pendant
By Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.
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Pre-17th Century Extremely Rare & Complete Elephant Bird Egg, Madagascar
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An extremely rare elephant bird egg, completely intact. The Elephant Bird, formally categorised as Aepyornis Maximus, is an enormous flightless bird native to Madagascar. Standing as...
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Salvador Dali 22k "Dalí d'Or" For Piaget Coin Ring in 18K Yellow Gold Circa 1966
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Miami, FL
22K Gold Salvador Dali "Dalí d'Or" for Piaget Limited Edition Coin. Circa 1966. Ring setting is made of 18 karat gold. Signed by Salvador Dali, Piaget, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Comp...
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Vintage 1960s European Retro Signet Rings

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18k Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold

The Lion Eating Straw Like The Ox Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali lithograph
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
The Lion Eating Straw Like The Ox refers to the following text...The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock and dust shall be the serpe...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Salvador Dali Large Original Color Etching Hand Signed Angel Dada Surrealism Art
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Bloomington, MN
Extremely Rare, Color Etching by Salvador Dali, titled "Angel of Dada Surrealism", from his Memories of
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Salvador Dali Wood Engraving The Angel Paradise Canto 2 Signed Divine Comedy Art
By Salvador Dalí­
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Rare, Wood Engraving in Color on Rives Art Paper by Salvador Dali titled, "The Angel, Paradise Canto 2
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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White Ceramic Figure of a Moor by Andrea Spadini
Located in London, GB
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Vintage 1950s Italian Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Wearable Art Sculpture Pin Winged Angel Brooch Salvador Dali
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Surfside, FL
. Salvador Dali Biography 1904-1989 Salvador Dali is considered as the greatest original artist of the
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Metal

"Triumphant Angel" limited edition bronze figurative table sculpture surrealism
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
the only catalogue raisonée of Salvador Dalí sculpture, have officially written their comments
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Nine of Swords by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in New Orleans, LA
death, making the choice of Bernini’s sculpture an apt one. Dalí's inclusion of a swallow and angel adds
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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

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Gouache, Photographic Paper

Noah's Ark Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali Lithograph 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
from Salvador Dali's five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome, Rizzoli, 1965-1969. This work
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Chosen Vineyard Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali lithograph 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
in Albert Field 's The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali and is in excellent
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Biblia Sacra The Voice of One Crying Out Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
The Voice of One Crying Out is an original lithograph from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Salvador Dali Portrait - Canson Paper By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

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By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Surfside, FL
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

The Spotless Offering Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
signed in the plate from the original gouache and is printed on heavy rag paper From Salvador Dali's five
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Planctus David in mortem Saul - Original Lithograph by Salvador Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Helen of Troy (Angel with Wand)
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) titled "Helen of Troy (Angel with Wand)", 1977. Comes from the 1977 portfolio
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Mariae Annunciatae - From "Biblia Sacra" - 1960s - Dalì - Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Mariae Annunciatae ("The Annunciation to Mary") is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Mariae Annunciatae - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Mariae Annunciatae ("The Annunciation to Mary") is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Vox Clamantis - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Iesu Transfiguratio - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Abraham, Abraham! - Original Lithograph attr. to S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Abraham, Abraham! is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Ipse coniungat vos - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ipse coniungat vos - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Cherub Super Limen Domus - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
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Statimque Tobias Visum Recepit - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
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Statimque Tobias Visum Recepit - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli
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Lithograph

Iesus a Satana tentatur - From "Biblia Sacra" - 1960s - Dalì - Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Iesus a Satana tentatur ("Jesus temptet by Satan") is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Mulier e Latere Viri - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
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Lithograph

Iesus a Satana Tentatur - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Iesus a Satana tentatur ("Jesus temptet by Satan") is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

O Lord You Have Deceived Me Biblia Sacra Dali lithograph 1967
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Paonia, CO
the plate from the original gouache and is printed on heavy rag paper. From Salvador Dali's five
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Planctus David in mortem Saul - Original Lithograph attr. to S. Dalì - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli
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Lithograph

Inter Filios Dei Affuit Etiam Satan - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1965
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1965. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by
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1960s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Inter Filios Dei Affuit Etiam Satan - Original Lithograph by S. Dalì - 1967
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1965. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by
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Early 1900s Surrealist More Prints

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Lithograph

Et cognoverunt eum in fractione panis - From "Biblia Sacra"
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Vox Clamantis ("The Voice of One crying out") is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Vox Clamantis - From "Biblia Sacra"
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Vox Clamantis ("The Voice of One crying out") is an original artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Mariae Annunciatae - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs after water
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mariae Annunciatae - Lithograph - 1964
H 19.1 in W 13.78 in D 0.08 in
Lesu Transfiguratio - From "Biblia Sacra"
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a suite of 105 colored lithographs
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Iesu Transfiguratio - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
Iesu Transfiguratio ("The Transfiguration of Jesus") is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Iesu Transfiguratio - Lithograph - 1964
Iesu Transfiguratio - Lithograph - 1964
H 18.9 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Mulier e Latere Viri - From "Biblia Sacra"
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Roma, IT
editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. It was illustrated by Salvador Dalí with a
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Surrealist Angel" by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Brussels, BE
"Surrealist angel" bronze scuplture by salvadore Dali, brass base. Edition 435 of 1500
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Late 20th Century Sculptures

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Bronze, Brass

"Surrealist Angel" by Salvador Dali
"Surrealist Angel" by Salvador Dali
H 22.45 in W 9.85 in D 4.73 in
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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.