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"Il Nero Cherubino"
"Il Nero Cherubino"

Salvador Dalí­"Il Nero Cherubino", 1974

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H 18 in W 15 in D 1.3 in

"Il Nero Cherubino"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in New York, NY

A woodcut print from Salvador Dalí's Divine Comedy with printed signature.

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"La Vergine Annunziata"
"La Vergine Annunziata"

Salvador Dalí­"La Vergine Annunziata", 1974

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H 18 in W 15 in D 1.3 in

"La Vergine Annunziata"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in New York, NY

A woodcut print from Salvador Dalí's Divine Comedy with printed signature.

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Il Giardino Di Christo"
"Il Giardino Di Christo"

Salvador Dalí­"Il Giardino Di Christo", 1974

Unavailable

H 18 in W 15 in D 1.3 in

"Il Giardino Di Christo"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in New York, NY

A woodcut print from Salvador Dalí's Divine Comedy with printed signature.

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Rinse"  1978  James Rosenquist , Ed. 39/78  Pop Art  Contemporary Blue Green
"Rinse"  1978  James Rosenquist , Ed. 39/78  Pop Art  Contemporary Blue Green

"Rinse" 1978 James Rosenquist , Ed. 39/78 Pop Art Contemporary Blue Green

By James Rosenquist

Located in Cleveland, OH

While wryly hinting at the inevitability of decay and deterioration — suggesting that life is a ticking clock — the composition also alludes to Salvador Dalí's signature motif, the d...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Ten Commandments, Surrealist Platinum Wall Sculpture by Salvador Dali
Ten Commandments, Surrealist Platinum Wall Sculpture by Salvador Dali

Ten Commandments, Surrealist Platinum Wall Sculpture by Salvador Dali

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Long Island City, NY

Moses receving the Ten Commandments on the mount is a platinum bas relief wall sculpture by Salvador Dali. The work has the signature in the cast and numbering inscribed.

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1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

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Platinum

Portrait aux signatures-Original etching, stencil and aquatint, Handsigned, 1973
Portrait aux signatures-Original etching, stencil and aquatint, Handsigned, 1973

Portrait aux signatures-Original etching, stencil and aquatint, Handsigned, 1973

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador DALI Portrait aux signatures Original etching, stencil and aquatint, 1973 Handsigned in pencil Edition of 250 copies, here artist proof On vellum Auvergne Richard de ...

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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Stencil

Les Chantes de Maldoror  (figure) The Triumph of The Rose
Les Chantes de Maldoror  (figure) The Triumph of The Rose

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: ...

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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching
Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching Embossed signature From the edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305

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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

Materials

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The Painting - Original Lithograph attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1980
The Painting - Original Lithograph attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1980

The Painting - Original Lithograph attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1980

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

The Painting from the series "The Arts" is an original lithograph by Salvador Dalì realized in 1980 . Signature printed on plate on the lower right margin.

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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Salvador Dalí­ Christ of St. John of the Cross Gold Sculpture Signed of 500
Salvador Dalí­ Christ of St. John of the Cross Gold Sculpture Signed of 500

Salvador Dalí­ Christ of St. John of the Cross Gold Sculpture Signed of 500

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Minneapolis, MN

Date: 1981 Inscription: Etched edition number and signature Salvador Dalí's "Christ of St. John of the Cross" is an exquisite sculpture rendered in 18-karat gold and mounted on a po...

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Late 20th Century Sculptures

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Hell 1 : A Great Departure - woodcut - 1963 - Plate signature
Hell 1 : A Great Departure - woodcut - 1963 - Plate signature

Hell 1 : A Great Departure - woodcut - 1963 - Plate signature

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Paris, IDF

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 1 - A Great Departure From the "Divine Comedy" Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the printed signature in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vé...

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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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Find the exact salvador dali signature you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the modern style, while we also have 12 modern versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a salvador dali signature may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a salvador dali signature to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, brown, gold and more. There have been many interesting salvador dali signature examples over the years, but those made by Salvador Dalí, (after) Salvador Dali, Leonor Fini, Jeff Koons and Robert Loughlin are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, etching and woodcut print, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large salvador dali signature can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller salvador dali signature, measuring 0.3 high and 1.58 wide, may better suit your needs.

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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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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.

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