One of the most recognizable names in 20th-century art, Spanish printmaker, painter, photographer and sculptor Salvador Dalí (1904–89) forged a distinctive approach to dreamlike imagery in his work, a practice buoyed by his bombastic public persona.
Although after moving to Paris in 1929 he collaborated with Surrealists, including Spanish director Luis Buñuel on the film Un Chien Andalou (1929), Dalí was more interested in taking his own route in referencing the style of Old Masters in otherworldly work that was steeped in symbolism. Eggs, eyes, crutches, keys and other recurring motifs reflected on how creativity could open gateways to the unconscious. Now-iconic images, like the dripping clocks in the famed painting The Persistence of Memory (1931) and the Lobster Telephone (1936), a Surrealist object commissioned by British poet and arts patron Edward James, played with expectations for reality and hinted at the subversive thoughts of the psyche.
Dalí brought that same unconventional spirit to his printmaking, which he mainly engaged with between the 1930s and 1970s. His experiments included using a 15th-century musket to fire bullets of printer’s ink at lithography stones, leaving chaotic splatters. He employed a rhinoceros horn filled with bread soaked in ink to produce sloshes on the stones as well as materials such as sea urchins, gravel and eggs, their unpredictable patterns giving the resulting prints a performative feel.
While many of his etchings, engravings, lithographs and woodcuts were stand-alone works of art, he also regularly partnered with publishers on books. For a 1946 edition of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote De La Mancha, Dalí created drawings and watercolors with the Spanish hero tilting at chimerical windmills and riding a horse formed from a tangle of frenetic lines. For a 1969 edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, he made 12 vibrant heliogravures, with the Persistence of Memory clock making an unearthly appearance at the Mad Tea-Party. Dalí’s illustrations gave the recipes for gargantuan towers and chickens splayed like sacrifices in the 1973 Les Dîners de Gala — named for his wife and muse, Gala — a hedonistic eroticism.
These publications brought Dalí’s hypnagogic imagery to a broader audience, yet his later habit of presigning blank paper for his prints led to rampant forgeries in the 1980s and ’90s. Still, this recognition of the power of marketing his work widely while maintaining a distinct vision has paved the way for contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, who similarly merge the uncanny with the commercial.
On 1stDibs, browse a collection of Salvador Dalí prints, including figurative prints, nude prints and other works on paper.
Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Betes Sauvages Dans le Desert MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine EDITION NUMBER: 189/450 MEASUREME...
Etching
Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving on Arches paper Edition: F.122/195, plus proofs Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...
Engraving
Salvador Dali "Expulse Comme un Megot..." Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Expulse Comme un Megot Par Les Magots" [Flung Out Like a Fag-End by The Big Wigs], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir coloring, 1974, from After 50 Ye...
Paper, Drypoint, 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 is pencil signed and has lots of light Colors "Academy of Paris - Dali" refers to the etching L'Académie de Paris (1971) by Salvador Dalí, created to commemorate his admission to the French Academy of Fine Arts. It also refers to the Dali Paris...
Lithograph
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
1970s Salvador Dalí Signed and Dated Original Work on Paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
1970s Salvador Dalí Signed and Dated Work on Paper This wonderful artwork shown is a silkscreen print by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), part of the ...
Lithograph
1960s Salvador Dalí Signed and Dated Work on Paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
1960s Salvador Dalí Signed and Dated Work on Paper The work shown here is a famous piece by Salvador Dalí, taken from the suite dedicated to Wil...
Lithograph
Le Singe et le Léopard, Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Le Singe et le Léopard Year: 1975 Medium: Engraving with pochoir on Arches paper Edition: E.A.; 682, plus proofs Size: 30 x 22.25 inches Cond...
Engraving
Hommage a Picasso (Cannes) (Cote d'Azur) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Surrealist
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Hommage a Picasso (Cannes) (Cote d'Azur)" *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1973 Medium: Original Drypoint Etching on Riv...
Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio
Salvador Dalí, "Le Chateau de Gala", original etching, hand colored, signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí Le Chateau de Gala (Gala's Castle) from After 50 Years of Surrealism Original etching, hand colored 1974 Image size: 15 3/...
Etching
Planetary And Scatologic Vision
By Salvador Dalí
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Planetary and Scatologic Vision Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving with embossing and color lithograph Edition: Numbered...
Engraving, Lithograph
Warriors Dream, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Warriors Dream, Portfolio: Peace in Vietnam, Year: 1973, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 135/300, Size: 16.25 ...
Lithograph
Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid tornado bathtub, Imaginations a...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint, Screen
Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid atomizer anti-shade, ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Transfiguration /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Landscape Etching Face Lips Surreal
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Transfiguration" *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1973 Medium: Original Etching on Auvergne paper Limited edition: 90/10...
Etching, Intaglio
Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cybernetic lobster phone, Imaginatio...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Fusing space-time, Imaginations and Objects...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador Dali "Le Chateau de Gala" Etching, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Le Chateau de Gala" [Gala's Castle], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir coloring on Japan paper, 1974, from After 50 Years of Surrealism, published At...
Washi Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen (Salvador Dalí prints Salvador Dalí Carmen)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Salvador Dalí Whoever Takes Carmen Away Must Pay with His Life 1970 (from Carmen): Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. 25.5 x 19.8 inches (64.8 x 50.5 cm). Good overall vintage ...
Paper, Lithograph
Fire, Fire Fire The World of Currier & Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Fire, Fire, Fire an original signed limited edition lithograph from the series “The World Of Currier And Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali” pub...
Lithograph
Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Paradise intrauterine locomo...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
American Yachting Scene Salvador Dali Currier & Ives series lithograph 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
American Yachting Scene is a vibrant explosion of ocean blue , whitecaps and strong yellow slashes to describe the ships sailing to their destination. There is an insert of a Currier and Ives print of sailing ships that Dali used as his inspiration. This original lithograph is from the series “The World Of Currier...
Lithograph
Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Pneumatic breathing chair, Imagina...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Plage de Cadaques
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Plage de Cadaques MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: Epreuve d'Artiste MEASUREMENTS: 26" x 19.75" YEAR: 1967 FRA...
Etching
Lunettes à hologrammes et ordinateurs pour voir les objets imaginés (F 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Hologram glasses and computers to see ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
The beloved feeds among the lilies (Field 71-17J; M&L 477), Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: The beloved feeds among the lilies (Field 71-17J; M&L 477), from the portfolio, The song of songs of King Solomon Year: 1971 Medium: Etching printed in colours with gilding on...
Engraving
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...
Drypoint, Aquatint
Salvador Dali, The Dawn, from Don Quichotte de la Manche, 1957
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled L'aurore (The Dawn), from the folio Pages choisies de Don Quichotte de la Manche (Selected Pages of Don Quixote of La M...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali Surrealist Etching Engraving Pochoir L'Automobile Da Vinci Hommage
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
Salvador Dali Title: L'automobile (Automobile) 1975 From Portfolio, Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great Inventions) Original Engraving and Etching with Pochoir on Arches paper Edi...
Paper, Etching, Engraving
![Salvador Dali "La Gloria Que Fue Espana" [The Glory That Was Spain]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/salvador-dali-prints-works-on-paper-salvador-dali-la-gloria-que-fue-espana-the-glory-that-was-spain-for-sale/a_28452/a_179836221777303634772/item_135665_catimage_1_master.jpg?width=240)
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Salvador Dali "La Gloria Que Fue Espana" [The Glory That Was Spain]
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "La Gloria Que Fue Espana" [The Glory That Was Spain], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir, 1975, from "An American Portrait 1776-1976", published by At...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, The Linotype - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, The Linotype, 1975 Original etching Signed in pencil Justified trial proof (Essai) On Arches vellum 76 x 56 cm (29.9 x 22 in)...
Etching
Desert Bracelet original lithograph from TIME suite by Salvador Dali 1977
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Desert Bracelet ( Essence of time ) is a signed limited edition ( 58 /250 ) lithograph from the TIME suite by Salvador Dali. Published by Levine and Levine, NY, 1977. The su...
Lithograph
Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Organic garden, Imaginations and Objects of the ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
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. This was printed by Forte and published by Duall Graphics for DALART. It is r...
Etching, Lithograph
Dieu, Le Temps, L'Espace et le Pape (God, Time, Space, and the Pope) /// Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Dieu, Le Temps, L'Espace et le Pape (God, Time, Space, and the Pope)" Portfolio: After 50 Years of Surrealism *Signed by Dali in p...
Etching, Intaglio
Salvador Dali "Grand Inquisitor ..." Etching, 1974
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Le Grand Inquisitor Chasse Le Sauveur" [The Grand Inquisitor Expels the Savior], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir coloring, 1974, from After 50 Year...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
![Salvador Dali "Les Lauriers de Bonheur" [The Laurels of Happiness]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/salvador-dali-prints-works-on-paper-salvador-dali-les-lauriers-de-bonheur-the-laurels-of-happiness-for-sale/a_28452/a_179835321777301957239/item_135646_catimage_1_master.jpg?width=240)
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Salvador Dali "Les Lauriers de Bonheur" [The Laurels of Happiness]
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Astoria, NY
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989), "Les Lauriers de Bonheur" [The Laurels of Happiness], Drypoint Etching with Pochoir, 1974, from "After 50 Years of Surrealism", published by Ateli...
Drypoint, Etching
Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali Changes in Great Masterpieces series
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Le Marriage de la Vierge by Salvador Dali and interpreted from the original Raphael painting is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces...
Lithograph
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda by Salvador Dali 1974 lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces published by Sidney Lucas, ...
Lithograph
Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, The Aeroplane - Original Handsigned Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, The Aeroplane, 1975 Original etching Signed in pencil Justified trial proof (Essai) On Arches vellum 56 x 76 cm (22 x 29.9 in...
Etching
Maquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Maquillage cyclopéen (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cyclopean makeup, Imaginations and Objects of...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda by Salvador Dali 1974 lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces published by Sidney Lucas, 1974. Mas...
Lithograph
Télévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Télévision liquide et gazeuse (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid and carbonated television, Im...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Salvador Dalí -- Place Furstenberg
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Place Furstenberg, 1971 Drypoint etching Hang signed lower right Numbered 55/250 lower left Image size 31.5 x 38.5 cm Sheet size 50 x 64 cm Printed by Moret Publisher...
Etching, Drypoint
Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Dalínean Prophecy, Imaginations and Objects ...
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen