Appropriation
A practice central to the world of contemporary art during the 1980s, appropriation refers to the borrowing of familiar objects and images, and applying them to new and unconventional artistic contexts. The rise of consumerism and mass media broadcasting during these years allowed artists to make use of recognisable images from popular culture in their work. The technique has been rendered across several iconic movements such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Pop Art.
Appropriation has been specifically attributed to certain contemporary artists, and some of their works have become globally recognized for their unorthodox and juxtaposing style. From Salvador Dalí's Lobster Telephone, to Andy Warhol's iconic pop art collages to Marcel Duchamp's “readymade" working of a men's urinal, the use of appropriation can certainly be recognized across a variety of contemporary movements.
Today, appropriation remains a popular tool in the contemporary world, and we have curated a selection of artists whose work echoes this striking and innovative practice. Some of our favorites include Annick B. Cuadrado, Jeff Koons and Bertrand Lavier. If you're searching for works which surprise and delight, check out our top picks!
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Anemone per Anti-Pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) from Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
$2,900
Vision de L’ange
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 13.6 x 13.6 inch
$29,611
Port Lligat Au Coucher du Soleil (Port Lligat at Sundown)
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$2,705
Le Femme a Cheval from La Venus aux Fourrures
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.9 cm Print - 15 x 11 inch
$3,500
A La Plage (At the Beach)
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.8 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Print - 20 x 28 x 0.1 inch
$3,713
Le Jument de Compère Pierre
Salvador Dali
Print - 60 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$1,720
Allegory: "Brave Cecile" from Marquis de Sade
Salvador Dali
Print - 65.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$4,579
Venus à la Girafe
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 91 x 56.6 x 0.1 cm Sculpture - 35.8 x 22.3 x 0 inch
$10,084
Plate from 'Tristan and Isolde': Frere Orgin, L'Hermite (Brother Orgin, Hermit)
Salvador Dali
Print - 44 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.3 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$1,424
Femme au Cochon (Woman with pig)
Salvador Dali
Print - 31.8 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$2,254
Femmes Poules (Hen Woman)
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.5 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.2 x 11 x 0 inch
$2,373
The Hell of Cruel Beauties
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$1,424
Le femme cheval from Dalinean Horses
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$3,156
Rose + Drawers from Surrealist Flowers, Florals
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$4,686
The Beloved Feeds Between the Lilies
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 37.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 14.8 x 0 inch
$1,542
Triomphe De L'Amour, Set of 2 Surrealist Lithographs
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch
$12,812
Flordali - Les Fruits : Pamplemousse érotique
Salvador Dali
Print - 56.5 x 37 cm Print - 22.2 x 14.6 inch
$5,339
Le Triomphe from "Triumph of Love"
Salvador Dali
Print - 75 x 55 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 x 0 inch
$5,552
Jonah and the whale, from Our Historical Heritage
Salvador Dali
Print - 50.5 x 66 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.9 x 26 x 0 inch
$3,867
Petites Nus (From Appolinaire) G
Salvador Dali
Print - 38.1 x 27.94 x 2.54 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 1 inch
$7,000
Le Nu à la Guitarre (Serenade)
Salvador Dali
Print - 52 x 71 x 0.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 x 0 inch
$6,952
Fecundity - Bas Relief Silver Sculpture
Salvador Dali
Design - 24 x 18 x 0.1 cm Design - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0 inch
$3,535
Il y a Des Soldats (There are Some Soldiers)
Salvador Dali
Print - 62 x 44 x 0.2 cm Print - 24.4 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
$16,609
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres
Salvador Dali
Print - 61 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 17.3 x 0 inch
$16,609
Nu a la Guitarre (Serenade) from the Nudes Suite
Salvador Dali
Print - 52.1 x 71.1 cm Print - 20.5 x 28 inch
$4,500
L'Alchimiste (The Alchemist)
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.5 x 56.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.1 x 22.2 x 0 inch
$10,618
Homage to Newton
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 35 x 16 x 11 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 6.3 x 4.3 inch
$22,066
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,000
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Salvador Dali
Print - 76 x 54 cm Print - 29.9 x 21.3 inch
$5,000
Man with Butterfly
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 55.5 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture - 21.9 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch
$35,163
Hommage à la mode
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 51 x 27 x 22 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 10.6 x 8.7 inch
$33,312
Place Fürstenberg
Salvador Dali
Print - 51 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 20.1 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Les danseuses nues
Salvador Dali
Print - 32 x 29 x 1 cm Print - 12.6 x 11.4 x 0.4 inch
Price upon request
Dali Martien Muni d'un Double Microscope
Salvador Dali
Print - 99.5 x 69.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 39.2 x 27.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Mounted on the Seventh Terrace
Salvador Dali
Print - 30 x 26 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 10.2 x 0 inch
Sold
C'est là que l'amour se plut à livrer Bataille...
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 53.7 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.1 x 0 inch
Sold
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Salvador Dali
Print - 17.5 x 12.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 6.9 x 4.9 x 0 inch
Sold
Let him kiss me... from Song of Songs of King Solomon
Salvador Dali
Print - 55.9 x 38.1 cm Print - 22 x 15 inch
Sold
Sainte-Lucie - Le triomphe de la lumière
Salvador Dali
Print - 75.5 x 54.3 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.4 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì
Salvador Dali
Print - 45 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12 x 0 inch
Sold
Subia las Escaleras Como si Las Bajara
Salvador Dali
Print - 45.5 x 31.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.9 x 12.4 x 0 inch
Sold
Portrait of Autumn (The Joys of Bacchus)
Salvador Dali
Print - 73.5 x 52.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 28.9 x 20.7 x 0 inch
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Flora Dalinae Self-Portrait
Salvador Dali
Print - 76.2 x 56.5 x 1.5 cm Print - 30 x 22.2 x 0.6 inch
Sold
Helmeted Rider with Butterflies
Salvador Dali
Print - 81 x 61 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.9 x 24 x 0 inch
Sold