Rare Salvador Dalí 1967 Playing Cards for Puiforcat Paris – Surrealist 1st Edition

Exceptional Salvador Dalí Surrealist Playing Cards, a remarkable and highly sought-after artistic card set created in 1967 for the prestigious Parisian silversmith and luxury house Puiforcat.

Conceived by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, this extraordinary deck transforms the traditional French playing card into a surrealist work of art.

Rather than abandoning the classical Paris pattern, Dalí chose to reinterpret it through his own artistic language, constructing the figures from geometric forms, fragmented lines, symbolic elements, and dreamlike compositions while preserving the recognizable structure of traditional playing cards.

The elegant card backs feature the artist's signature, while the luxurious presentation case reflects the collaboration between Dalí and Puiforcat Paris, a house renowned for its exceptional artistic commissions.

Specifications:

• Artist: Salvador Dalí
• Created for: Puiforcat, Paris
• Printer: Draeger
• Year: 1967
• Number of decks: 2 • Card backs: Red and blue
• Style: Surrealist reinterpretation of the French Paris pattern
• Includes: Original presentation case

Condition:

• Complete set.
• Cards remain in excellent condition.
• Original presentation case is present and structurally sound.
• Minor signs of age and storage are visible on the exterior of the case, as shown in the photographs.

🪶 Collector’s Note

The collaboration between Salvador Dalí and Puiforcat represents one of the most unusual artistic interpretations ever applied to a traditional deck of playing cards. While many modern artists have designed tarot decks, very few transformed the classic French playing-card pattern while preserving its historical structure.

Produced in 1967, this 1st edition belongs to a particularly creative period in Dalí's career, during which he expanded his artistic expression into jewelry, furniture, graphic arts, sculpture, advertising, and collectible design.

Unlike mass-market playing cards, this set was conceived as an artistic object rather than a simple gaming accessory. The result is a fascinating encounter between surrealism and one of Europe's oldest visual traditions.

Complete examples accompanied by their original Puiforcat presentation case are becoming increasingly difficult to find, making this an especially desirable acquisition for collectors of Dalí memorabilia, surrealist art, and unusual playing-card designs.