$3,995
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Philip (Galahad)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Philip (Knighting of Sir Galahad) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: E.A.
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Woman Holding a Veil - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman Holding a Veil - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies.
Etching
1968 Salvador Dali Hand Signed Art Book
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Bensalem, PA
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Paper
$2,600Sale Price|20% Off
Petite Nus Etching by Salvador Dali, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petite Nus (From Apollinaire) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 86/95 PAPER: Japon Paper ME...
Etching
Salvador Dalí 1970s Surrealist Dated and Signed Work on Paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Salvador Dalí 1970s Surrealist Dated and Signed Work on Paper This significant work on paper is a silkscreen print by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), part of the famous series dedicated ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali etching with drypoint, 1974, signed and inscribed 'EA'
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989) The Sacred Love Of Gala, from After 50 Years of Surrealism (Field 74-8J, M&L 674) Etching with drypoint and extensive hand-colouring, 1974 signed and insc...
Etching
$4,760Sale Price|20% Off
Petites Nus Etching by Salvador Dali, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petites Nus (From Appollinaire) D MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet EDITION NUMBER: 39/95 MEASUREMENTS: 15.2" x 11....
Etching
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching, Signed, 1970, Don Juan: Le Banquet
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Don Juan: Le Banquet Medium: Hand-colored drypoint etching on Japon paper Date: 1970 Edition: LXXXIV/C Frame Size: 30 1/4" x 24 1/2" Sheet Size: 25 3/4" ...
Etching
Parfums Salvador Dali Aphrodite Earclips
By Salvador Dalí
Located in New York, NY
Made of gilt metal, signed Parfums Salvador Dali. Excellent Condition.
Gold Plate, Gilt Metal
$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
$4,600Sale Price|20% Off
L'Alchimie Etching by Salvador Dali, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: L'Alchimie MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Joseph Foret EDITION NUMBER: 31/5 MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 30" YEAR: 1972 FRAME...
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: 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
Salvador Dali etching, signed with monogram, Frere Ogrin l’ermite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) Frère Ogrin l’ermite (Brother Ogrin the Hermit) Drypoint etching in colour From the 1970 Tristan and Iseult series, British book edition, printed o...
Etching
$3,895
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, Andrew (Camelot)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Andrew (Visions of Camelot) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 41/350 Frame Size: 29...
Lithograph
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 Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, The Arrival of Iseult
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Arrival of Iseult Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 12/25 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x...
Engraving
One’s Identity, Signed Surrealist Lithograph and Etching by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
It is referenced in Field as 79-1-B. One’s Identity Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: The Cycles of Life Date: 1977 Lithograph and Etching on Arches, signed and numbered...
Etching, Lithograph
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, The Three Bad Barons
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Three Bad Barons Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 12/125 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x...
Engraving
Salvador Dali - Woman with a Whip - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman with a Whip - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies.
Etching
Salvador Dali - Woman with the Crutch - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman with the Crutch - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies.
Etching
$8,450
Salvador Dali Lithograph Limited Edition Hand Signed -The Immaculate Conception
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Plainview, NY
This captivating lithograph by Salvador Dalí ( Spanish, 1904 -1989) , titled The Immaculate Conception, is an original limited-edition piece, numbered 188 out of 250 and hand-signed ...
Lithograph
Signs of The Zodiac, Libra original lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Libra from Signs of the Zodiac by Salvador Dali is from a series of 12 limited edition lithographs.
Lithograph
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, Brother Ogrin, the Hermit
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Brother Ogrin, the Hermit Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 ...
Engraving
Bicephale Etching by Salvador Dalì, Surrealist, Signed, 1968, 29/50
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Bicephale is a modern artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1968 Mixed colored etching. Signed and numbered lower recto.
Etching
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal
Etching
$6,601
Salvador Dali - Mission Dolores - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Mission Dolores - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching Title: Mission Dolores - San Francisco Drypoint Handsigned Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Edition EA Catalogue ...
Etching
Salvador Dali - City Hall - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - City Hall - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching Title: City Hall - San Francisco Drypoint Handsigned Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Edition EA Catalogue raisonné: Fi...
Etching
Salvador Dali - Magician - Original Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Magician - Original Etching Stamp Signed Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 K / Michler & Lopsinger 305 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born a...
Etching
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
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
Salvador Dali - The Beloved Feeds Among the Lilies - Signed Aquatint
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989) THE BELOVED FEEDS AMONG THE LILIES, 1971 Board for the series "The Song of Songs hymns" Aquatint and dry point on wove paper stencilled and bronze ink golde...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Bicephale Etching by Salvador Dalì, Surrealist, Signed, 1968, 89/95
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Bicephale is an artwork realized bySalvador Dalì in 1968. The artwork is from the suite "Les Amours de Cassandre" Etching with hand coloring on Japanese paper. Hand signed on th...
Etching
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1976, Knight on a Blue Horse
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title:Le Cavalier (Knight on a Blue Horse) Portfolio: 1976 La Jungle Humaine Medium: Lithograph in colors Year: 1976 Edition: CLIV/CCL Frame Size: 24 3/4" x 31 ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dalí Leaving the Level of Anger (Purgatory: Canto 17) Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare signed Salvador Dali based on prints from "Purgatorio" from the suite "La Divine Comédie, illustrations de Dalí" (1959–1964), consisting of 100 woodcuts inspired by Dante Alighi...
Paper
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.
Paper, Lithograph
$3,700
"Without Hope" Surrealist Lithograph in Colors by Salvador Dali, 1969, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Without Hope", Lithograph in Colors on Arches Paper, 1969, from Three Plays by the Marquis de Sade portfolio, published and printed by Shorewood ...
Paper, Lithograph
$4,500
Salvador Dali Enigma of The Rose 1976 Signed Lithograph Visions Surrealiste
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Enigma of The Rose Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper Sheet Size: 29.75" x 21.375" Edition: EA, outside of the edition of 150 Year: 1976 Publisher: Levine...
Paper, Lithograph
$4,500
Salvador Dali The Coronation of Gala from Visions Surrealiste Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Coronation of Gala (The Empress) from Visions Surrealiste Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper Sheet Size: 29.75" x 21.375" Edition: EA, outside of the ...
Paper, Lithograph
$4,500
Salvador Dali The Mystery of Sleep from Visions Surrealiste Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions Surrealiste Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper Sheet Size: 29.75" x 21.375" Edition: EA, outside of the edition...
Paper, Lithograph
$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
$4,500
Salvador Dali Obsession of The Heart from Visions Surrealiste Signed Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Obsession of The Heart (The World) from Visions Surrealiste Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper Sheet Size: 29.75" x 21.375" Edition: EA, outside of the ed...
Paper, Lithograph
St. George and the Dragon Salvador Dali original signed 1947 etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
George and the Dragon by Salvador Dali is an original signed 1947 etching. It is one of 250 on J.
Etching
$5,048
Salvador Dali lithograph, signed & titled in pencil, edition of 300 'Liberation'
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) Liberation: the prisoners are free!
Lithograph
$4,595
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Twelve Apostles, James the Greater
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: James the Greater (Lancelot of the Lake) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 45/350 F...
Lithograph
$5,048
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
$7,500
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit), Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mystery of Sleep (The Hermit) from Visions Surrealiste Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph on arches, signed and numbered in penci...
Lithograph
$3,684
Salvador Dali lithograph, 1973, signed in pencil, numbered, edition of 150
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) From Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel (Field 73-7P; M&L 1406e) Lithograph, 1973 signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50 in roman numerals ...
Lithograph
$3,684
Salvador Dali lithograph, 1973, signed in pencil, numbered, edition of 150
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) From Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel (Field 73-7P; M&L 1406e) Lithograph, 1973 signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50 in roman numerals prin...
Lithograph
$4,000Sale Price|20% Off
Place St. Pierre Etching by Salvador Dali, Surrealist, Hand Signed, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Place St. Pierre MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Graphiques Internationales EDITION NUMBER: 244/350 MEASUREMENTS: 15.5" x ...
Etching
Salvador Dalí’s “The Kingdom” Hand-Signed Framed # I 343/350 Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Morristown, NJ
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989), "The Kingdom", Hand-Signed Limited Edition Lithograph A striking example of Salvador Dalí’s surrealist imagination, "The Kingdom" is a color lith...
Metal
Salvador Dali Portrait Etching, Signed, 1974, Le Portrait de la Fontaine
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Le Portrait de la Fontaine Portfolio: Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Medium: Engraving on Richard de Bas paper Year: 1974 Edition: XII/CXX Framed Size: 36 3...
Etching
Salvador Dali Color Engraving, Signed, 1970, The Cavaliers of King Arthur
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Cavaliers of King Arthur Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 12/125 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
Engraving
SALVADOR DALI, Song of Songs, Léon Amiel 1970, Original Signed Etchings
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Skien, NO
SALVADOR DALI (Spanish, 1904-1989), Song of Songs, New York, Léon Amiel, 1970.
Gold
Salvador Dali - The Lane of the Birches - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Lane of the Birches - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies.
Etching
Salvador Dali etching, signed with monogram, Tristan and the Dragon, 1970
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) Tristan and the Dragon Drypoint etching in colour From the 1970 Tristan and Iseult series, British book edition, printed on Mandeure paper, with ‘A...
Etching
$3,600
Salvador Dali, Le Cerf Malade Signed Etching Engraving, Color Lithograph Pochoir
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
An original signed drypoint etching with color pochoir by Spanish artist Salvador Dali titled "La Cerf Malade", depicting a stag deer, from the Portfolio: Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine.
Color, Drypoint, Etching
$10,500
Bullfight No. 5 original signed limited edition lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Bullfight No. 5 is a signed limited edition ( 4/300 ) original lithograph by Salvador Dali from the Taureaumachie Suite of five original lithographs.
Lithograph
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.)
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