Salvador Dalí -- Stillness of Time from Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Stillness of Time from Time, 1976 Lithograph Hand signed lower right Numbered X/CXXV Sheet size: 75.5 x 54 cm Publisher: Levine & Levine, New York Reference: Fiel...
Lithograph
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 (60 /250 ) lithograph from the TIME suite by Salvador Dali.
Lithograph
Barometer Woman original lithograph from the TIME suite by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paonia, CO
Barometer Woman is a signed limited edition ( 61 /250 ) lithograph from the TIME suite by Salvador Dali. Published by Levine and Levine, NY, 1977.
Lithograph
Salvador Dali -- The Frozen Watches of Space-Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali The Frozen Watches of Space-Time, 1974 From 'The Conquest of the Cosmos' portfolio.
Etching, Lithograph
Nobility Of Time, Bronze Sculpture, Incised Signature, Edition of 350
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture with three different patinas. Conceived in 1977 and first cast in 1984. Incised Salvador Dali signature on top of the base. Stamp numbered 264/350 on the back ed...
Paper, Lithograph
Unavailable
H 40 in W 30 in
Salvador Dali American Clock Time Hand Signed Color Lithograph Surreal Artwork
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Salvador Dali Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale here ...
Lithograph
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H 21 in W 29.75 in
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.
Lithograph
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H 38.25 in W 30 in
Stillness of Time (Tree Clock), Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
—Salvador Dalí. Stillness of Time (Tree Clock) by Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Time Date: 1976 Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 219/25...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 29.93 in W 21.26 in
Time : Barometer Woman - Original Handsigned Lithograph - 1976
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Time : Barometer Woman Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Justified EA On Arches vellum 76 x 54 cm (c. 30 x 22 in) References : Field #76-1C, Michler & Lopsinge...
Lithograph
Time Stillness of Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Time Stillness of Time MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine, New York EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS...
Lithograph
Time Stillness of Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Time Stillness of Time MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine, New York EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 21" x 29.5" Fra...
Lithograph
Time Stillness of Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Time Stillness of Time MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine, New York EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 29.5" x...
Lithograph
Melting Space-Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Salvador Dali Melting Space-Time Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Title: Melting Space-Time Portfolio: Imaginations and Objects of the Future Year: 1975 Editi...
Lithograph
Time American Clock
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Time American Clock MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: J 1/250 MEASUREMENTS: 21" x 29.75" YEAR: 1976 FRAMED: No CONDITION...
Lithograph
"American Clock" from the "Time" Suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist print of a clock that has similar features to the Statue of Liberty hanging from a tree done in red, white, blue, and yellow by Salvador Dali from his "Time" suite. Editio...
Lithograph
"Barometer Woman" from the "Time" suite
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist print of a woman made out of a barometer done in yellow and gold tones by Salvador Dali from his "Time" suite. Edition 29/200. Signed in lower right corner. Hung in a silv...
Lithograph
The Gelatinous Watches of Space and Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Naples, Florida
Drypoint in colors with chromolithography and embossing on paper From La Conquête du Cosmos Signed in pencil (lower right) and numbered from the edition of 19...
Paper, Drypoint, Lithograph
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H 30.75 in W 27 in
Melting Space-Time, from Imaginations and Objects of the Future
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Melting Space-Time Portfolio: Imaginations and Objects of the Future Medium: Lithograph on Rives paper Year: 1975 Edition: I-19/250 Sheet Size: 30 3/4" x...
Lithograph
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H 29.93 in W 21.26 in
Time : American Clock, Timeless Statue - Handsigned Lithograph - 1976
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Time : American Clock, Timeless Statue Stone lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 250 On Arches vellum 76 x 54 cm (c. 30 x 22 in) References : Field #76-1B, Mi...
Lithograph
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H 21.26 in W 29.93 in
Time, Molt Clock : Desert Watch - Lithograph Handsigned #Field76-1
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Desert Watch Original lithograph, 1976 Handsigned in pencil Artist proof (EA) aside the edition of 300 On Arches vellum, size 54 x 76 cm (c. 21 x 30 in) REFERENCE : ...
Lithograph
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H 25.6 in W 18.9 in
Vitraux : Without Time (Molt Clocks) - Original Lithograph Signed (Field #74-5L)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI The Vitraux : Without Time, 1973 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered edition of 250 copies On Arches vellum, 65 x 48 cm (c. 25.6 x 18.9 inch) Referen...
Lithograph
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H 29.25 in W 21 in
TEAR OF TIME (Melting Clock)Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Union City, NJ
TEAR OF TIME (Melting Clock) is a limited edition color lithograph by the Modern master Salvador Dali, after an original Salvador Dali gouache painting from 1931 - The Persistence of...
Lithograph
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H 29.25 in W 21 in
TEAR OF TIME Melting Clock, Hand Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealism
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Union City, NJ
TEAR OF TIME, Melting Clock, is an original limited edition color lithograph by the Modern master Salvador Dali, after an original Salvador Dali gouache painting from 1931 - The Pers...
Lithograph
Time American Clock
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Time American Clock MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine, New York EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: Paper 21" x 2...
Lithograph
Face Of Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lithograph Signed Lower Right
Lithograph
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H 33 in W 22 in
Salvador Dali Color Lithograph Hand Signed Time And Space Surreal Clock Artwork
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Bloomington, MN
Salvador Dali Color Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed well below the retail of $11,250.00 with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting...
Lithograph
Melting Space-Time.
By Salvador Dalí
Located in London, London
DALI, Salvador. Melting Space-Time. Merrill Chase, Chicago 1975-76.
Handmade Paper, Etching, Lithograph, Screen
$2,924Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.6 in W 18.9 in D 0.04 in
The Divine Word, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1973, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La parola divina (The Divine Word) Lithograph from 1973. Editon 104/250 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65 x 48 cm Publisher: Carpentier. Printe...
Lithograph
$1,827
H 15.16 in W 11.23 in D 0.04 in
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
$5,480
H 31.5 in W 24.02 in D 0.99 in
Salvador Dalí -- Athene from the series "Mythologie"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí "Athene" from the series "Mythologie". 1965 Coloured etching, Signed and dated low right Edition number: 111/150 Literature Michler & Löpsinger cat. 130. Plat...
Etching
Salvador Dali -- Hommage to Leonardo da Vinci
By Salvador Dalí
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Hommage to Leonardo da Vinci, 1975 Hand signed lower right Numbered 288/450 Sheet size 76 x 56 cm Printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris Published by Transworld Art, New York...
Engraving
$1,713
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Salvador Dali - Venus in Furs - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field 68-6 (p. 40-41). Salvador Dal...
Etching
$3,427
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - Apparition de Dulcinée - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Apparition de Dulcinée - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 SIGNATURE : printed in the image LIMITED : 197 copies. SIZE : 41 x 33 cm REFERENCES : Field 57...
Lithograph
$3,427
H 16.15 in W 13 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - The Vision - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Vision - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Detruit. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : 233 copies. SIZE : 41 x 33 cm REFERENCES ...
Lithograph
Salvador Dali "The Old Faust"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Old Faust Series: Faust Date: 1969 Medium: drypoint Framed Dimensions: 22.5" x 18.5" Signature: Pencil signed Edition: 49/145 Literature: Al...
Drypoint
$2,513
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 1.19 in
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
$3,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.75 in W 21.25 in
Memories of Surrealism Dressed in The Nude in The Surrealist Fashion
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Dressed in The Nude in The Surrealist Fashion MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMB...
Etching
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.5 in W 27.25 in
Conquest of Cosmos Frozen Watches of Space Time
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos Frozen Watches of Space Time MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 105/195 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 39.5" x 27.25" Fra...
Etching
$7,500
H 29 in W 21 in
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
$15,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.7 in W 15 in
The Woman in The Cosmos Dominating The World: Surrealist Lithograph, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Woman in The Cosmos Dominating The World MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean-Paul Lorriaux EDITION NUMBER: 115/150 MEASURE...
Lithograph
$5,254
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) – Lithograph with drypoint etching Auvergne paper
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph with drypoint etching on Auvergne paper from the series 'Flordali (Les Fruits)', edited in 1969. Limited edition, numbered as LXXXI/CL in lower left corner. Hand-sig...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Lithograph
Salvador Dali "Untitled 20 (Les Songes)"
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Untitled 20 (Les Songes) Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel Date: 1973 Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds Unframed Dimensions: 25....
Lithograph
$11,423
H 16.15 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Ballon. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : 197 copies. EDITION : Number 136 SIZE ...
Lithograph
Christ
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Christ MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 62/125 MEASUREMENTS: 25.5" x 19.75" YEAR: 1964 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent RE...
Etching
$16,500
H 32.5 in W 34.5 in D 2 in
A Superb, Large Horse Racing Painting by Joseph Lorusso, "And They're Off..."
By Joseph Lorusso
Located in Chicago, IL
"And They're Off..." A Superb, Large Horse Racing Themed Painting by Famed American Realist Artist, Joseph Lorusso (Born 1966). Artwork size: 24 x 26 inches; oil on panel (framed...
Oil, Panel
$67,641
H 46 in W 59 in
A British Man O’War in distress on a rocky coast in a storm
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Johann c. van der Hagen (1676-c.1745) A British Man O’War in distress on a rocky coast in a storm Signed 'J. vanderhagen' lower right Oil on canvas Canvas size - 38 1/2 x 51 in Frame...
Oil
$5,903Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.5 in W 9.25 in D 4.5 in
Rare English Victorian Silver Cigar Compendium on Wheels, 1884
By Walter Thornhill & Co 1
Located in Bath, GB
An example we have never seen in ever before making it a particularly rare, fun and special piece. Made from solid English sterling silver, it is fixed with four castors on the un...
Sterling Silver
$19,500
H 31 in W 33 in
19th century English portrait of a White/grey hunter in a stable
By Charles Towne
Located in Woodbury, CT
English 19th century portrait of a White / Grey hunter in a stable. Charles Towne was born in Wigan in 1763. He was trained as a coach painter, and by the age of 17 was set up in t...
Oil, Canvas
$22,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.9 in W 22.3 in
Flora Dalinae Viola Cogitans Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 7/200, 1968
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Flora Dalinae Viola Cogitans/Self Portrait Pansy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 7/200 MEASUREMENTS: 29.9" x 22.3" YEAR: 1968 ...
Etching
Early 20th Century Tubular Gold Chased Guilloche Enamel Cigar Holder
By Fabergé
Located in Basildon, GB
Russian made gold and enamel cigar tube, circa 1900 - 1910, in red and white enamel with applied diamonds and ruby decoration. The piece is stamped with the work master's initials AH...
Multi-gemstone, Gold
$20,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.25 in W 22 in
Flora Dalinae Lilium Musicum Etching, Surrealist, Signed, 1968, 26/200
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Flora Dalinae Lilium Musicum MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 26/200 MEASUREMENTS: 30.25" x 22" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDITI...
Etching
$32,795
H 44.49 in W 41.15 in D 25.01 in
Orchestral Interchangeable Antique Music Box on Table, Ducommun Girod, c. 1870
Located in London, GB
A magnificent drum, bell, and castanet orchestral music box with six interchangeable cylinders on matching table, made by Ducommun Girod in Geneva, Switzerland c. 1870. The mechani...
Brass, Stainless Steel
Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...
Velvet, Glass, Wood
$11,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 29.75 in W 21.25 in
Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Flower Girl Etching Signed 1971
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Surrealist Flower Girl MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XXX/XL MEASUREME...
Etching
$17,500
H 0.75 in Dm 7.75 in
'Profil de Jacqueline' Ceramic Convex Madoura Pottery Wall Plaque A. Ramie 383
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Portland, OR
Important, original, Pablo Picasso (1882-1973) ceramic plaque "Profil de Jacqueline", Madoura pottery 1956. The artwork was executed in 1956; this work is from the edition of 500, co...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.75 in W 27 in
Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Merrill Chase,...
Etching
$10,568Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.45 in W 30.71 in D 0.04 in
Une de Mai Lithograph by Salvador Dali, Surrealist, 1972
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Une de Mai Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 49/150. Dimensions of work: 120.5 x 78 cm Publisher: Edition Waintrop, Paris. Reference: Michler/Löps...
Lithograph
$103,953
H 22.05 in W 14.97 in D 0.04 in
Hercules Subduing the Hydra, Surrealist Gouache & Pen, 1978, Signed
By Salvador Dalí
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Hercules Subduing the Hydra Gouache and ballpoint pen from 1978. Dimensions of sheet: 56 x 38.3 cm Dimensions in frame: 86 x 68 cm Hand signed. This ...
Gouache, Ballpoint Pen
$375,000
H 24 in W 20 in
The Discus Thrower, Collier's Magazine Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Signed Lower Right The Discus Thrower, The American Victory at Athens, Collier's Weekly magazine cover, June 9, 1906 LITERATURE: L.S. Cutler and J.G. Cutler, J.C. ...
Oil
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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