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Salvador Dalí — Caring for a Surrealist Watch from Memories of Surrealism
Salvador Dalí

Caring for a Surrealist Watch from Memories of Surrealism

1971

This 1971 work demonstrates Dalí's mastery of mixed printmaking techniques, combining drypoint etching with color lithography on fine Japan paper. The piece revisits the artist's iconic melting timepiece motif from his earlier paintings, offering a reflective meditation on his own surrealist legacy through the intimate, tactile medium of printmaking.

Medium
Drypoints over lithographs in colors, on Japan paper
Dimensions
Edition
Edition of 250 of 250
Signed
Yes

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Salvador Dalí, Caring for a Surrealist Watch from Memories of Surrealism, 1971

This 1971 work demonstrates Dalí's mastery of mixed printmaking techniques, combining drypoint etching with color lithography on fine Japan paper. The piece revisits the artist's iconic melting timepiece motif from his earlier paintings, offering a reflective meditation on his own surrealist legacy through the intimate, tactile medium of printmaking.

Medium
Drypoints over lithographs in colors, on Japan paper
Dimensions
75.88250000000001 x 53.34 cm
Year
1971
Edition
of 250
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hamilton Selway, Los Angeles, CA

Related themes

Surrealism, Print, Twentieth Century, Dreamlike, Whimsical, Object, Colorful, Lithograph, Spanish, Drypoint

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo