Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973
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Salvador Dalí: Tea Time - L'heure du thé - Original etching - 1973

This poetic color etching by Salvador Dalí from 1973 unfolds a still, yet unsettling scene between ritual and dream. Time, movement, and emptiness merge into an open pictorial space of great suggestive power. As a rare Épreuve d'Artiste proof, the work possesses a special connection to the creative process and is highly valued by collectors.

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artist

Salvador Dalí

Technology & Printing Processes

Original etching - color etching

Details

Year:1973

Size in cm:39.5 x 49 image
Size in cm:56.5 x 67.3 sheets

Condition: Excellent !

Special features

Edition:300 copies - plus some EA copies

Note:Here is one of the few and sought-after Épreuve d'Artiste (Artist Proof) copies!

Signature:Hand signature "Dalí" in pencil at the bottom right!

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Information about the work

Image description

A wide, bright plain stretches to the distant horizon, crisscrossed by fine lines that structure the space like an invisible grid. In the center, delicate, almost ethereal figures stride through the landscape, some with outstretched arms, others resting or seated. Clocks hang suspended in the air, held by fine threads, while small fragments and objects lie seemingly randomly scattered across the ground. Soft beige and cream tones dominate the foreground, above which stretches a pale sky with subdued shades of blue and gray. Everything appears light, ethereal, and yet imbued with a quiet tension, as if time itself has been momentarily suspended.

Artistic context

Tea Time – L'heure du théCreated in 1973, this print was part of a period in which Dalí revisited and condensed his iconic motif of time into graphic form. The color etching allowed him a precise interplay of line, plane, and delicate application of color, making the fragile balance between reality and imagination particularly evident. The floating clocks allude to Dalí's lifelong interest in time, transience, and perception, without being bound to a specific narrative. As an Épreuve d'Artiste, this print belongs to a small group of deluxe proofs traditionally produced outside the regular edition. The artist's signature and excellent condition underscore the work's particular significance within Dalí's graphic oeuvre of the 1970s.

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) is considered one of the most famous, flamboyant, and consistent representatives of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Catalonia, he displayed exceptional drawing talent from an early age and studied at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. Even at a young age, he combined technical virtuosity with a pronounced penchant for provocation, staging, and self-stylization—qualities that made him world-famous not only as an artist but also as a public figure.

In the 1920s, Dalí joined the Surrealist movement around André Breton in Paris. His work draws on psychoanalytic theories, particularly the writings of Sigmund Freud, as well as on personal obsessions, anxieties, and desires. Recurring themes include time and transience, sexuality, death, power, religion, and identity. Despite the often irrational subject matter, Dalí's works are characterized by an exceptionally precise, almost photorealistic painting style—a deliberate contrast between form and content.

Gala, his muse, wife, and manager, played a central role in Dalí's life and art, appearing in numerous works as an ideal figure, projection, and symbol. After World War II, Dalí increasingly turned to religious, scientific, and mythological themes, integrating influences from physics, atomic theory, and Renaissance art into his work.

Besides paintings, Dalí created an extensive body of graphic work, sculptures, stage designs, films, jewelry designs, and literary texts. His graphic works made his visual world accessible to a wider international audience and contributed significantly to his global fame.

Salvador Dalí understood art as a radical expression of inner realities – as a play between control and madness, precision and dream. His work remains iconic, instantly recognizable, and of unbroken fascination. As a boundary-crosser between genius, provocateur, and perfect craftsman, Dalí created an oeuvre that profoundly influenced Surrealism and continues to captivate collectors, art lovers, and viewers worldwide.