Salvador Dalí

Spanish · 1904–1989 · Painter, Printmaker

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise… (Wikipedia)

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Chinois (from the Le cirque series), 1965
Etching
14¼ h x 20½ w in (36 x 52 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Mar 6, 2025 · Lot 109
$1,270≈ £986≈ €1,176Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
L'enfer des beautés cruelles (from the Le Décameron portfolio), 1972
Drypoint
6⅝ h x 4¾ w in (17 x 12 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Mar 6, 2025 · Lot 114
$1,905≈ £1,478≈ €1,765Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Le chêne et le roseau (from the Le Bestiaire de La Fontaine Dalinisé portfolio), 1974
Etching · Paper
22⅝ h x 15½ w in (57 x 39 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Mar 6, 2025 · Lot 115
$1,122≈ £871≈ €1,039Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $700–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
La cuillère aux béquilles (from the Les dîners de Gala portfolio), 1971
etched copper plate · Panel
2⅞ h x 9½ w x ⅛ d in (7 x 24 x 0 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Mar 6, 2025 · Lot 116
$1,080≈ £838≈ €1,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Setze jutges mengen fetge d'un penjat (from the Les Caprices de Goya de Dalí portfolio), 1977
Photograph
9⅛ h x 6⅝ w in (23 x 17 cm)
Toomey & Co. · Mar 6, 2025 · Lot 117
$1,397≈ £1,084≈ €1,294Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Bicephale
Etching
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Mar 1, 2025 · Lot 378
$1,024≈ £813≈ €984Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
Reuben (12 Tribes Of Israel)
Etching
Palm Beach Modern Auctions · Mar 1, 2025 · Lot 381
$2,304≈ £1,828≈ €2,213Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Palm Beach Modern Auctions ↗
The Celestial Staircase
Lithograph · ed. EA
Everard Auctions & Appraisals · Feb 26, 2025 · Lot 497
$425≈ £336≈ €405HammerSign up free to seeEst. $200–300View at Everard Auctions & Appraisals ↗
Hell Canto 32
Woodcut / linocut · Paper · ed. 137/150
sight: approx 12.5"h, 9"w
Austin Auction Gallery · Feb 23, 2025 · Lot 2023
$2,000≈ £1,582≈ €1,911HammerSign up free to seeEst. $200–400View at Austin Auction Gallery ↗
Deux Fatrasies/ Don Quixote
Etching · Paper
sight: approx 13.25"h, 10.25"w
Austin Auction Gallery · Feb 23, 2025 · Lot 2024
$1,400≈ £1,107≈ €1,338HammerSign up free to seeEst. $150–250View at Austin Auction Gallery ↗

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Salvador Dalí signature

2,012 catalogued lots by Salvador Dalí record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (60% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right461
in the plate106
in the margin77
along the bottom56
lower left44
on the reverse13

Form

signed1,691
signed in pencil271
signed and dated40
monogrammed4
initialled3
with seals2

Signed lower right, in pencil, "Dali"; numbered lower left, in pencil, "MC/MM" — Portrait of Katarina Kornel, Artmark, Sep 24, 2026
Signed lower right, in pencil, "Dali"; Editioned lower left, in pencil, "MLII/MM" — Scenography for the production "Romeo and Juliet", Artmark, Sep 24, 2026
Signed lower right, in pencil, "Dali"; editioned lower left, in pencil, "CC/MM" — The Disintegration of the "Persistence of Memory", Artmark, Sep 24, 2026

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About Salvador Dalí

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol, known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work.

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In museum collections

Saint-Georges et le Dragon de Salvador Dalí, 1984
Château de Pommard · Public domain
The Spectre of Sex-Appeal, 1934
Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation · Public domain

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