ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When it comes to an artist as iconic as Salvador Dalí, it is rare to get to enjoy any firsts. 

What You Need To Know

  • "Reimagining Nature: Dalí’s Floral Fantasies" includes some of Salvador Dalí’s best-loved botanical print suites sourced from The Dalí’ Museum's collection

  • This exhibition features three rarely displayed suites of botanical prints made by Dalí between 1968 and 1972

  • The exhibition will be live at the Salvador Dalí Museum through Oct. 20 

“This is a collection of three suites of floral transformations. Dalí did these is 1968, 69 and 72," said Peter Tush, curator and senior interpreter of the Salvador Dalí Museum. 

After two decades of being tucked away, the fruit and floral prints completed by Dalí between 1968 and 1972 are being displayed together for the first time. 

“It is a different side of Dalí. It is definitely not heavy or scary, it is just like him impulsively responding immediately to what something suggests," said Tush. "I think it just shows the creativity of Dalí’s imagination. His ability to look at something given and completely reimagine it.”

Tush said the pieces highlight some of the most treasured works on paper in the museum's permanent collection. 

Mostly fruits and flowers, he said Dalí reimagines the images in a way true to his style. 

“It is very much like he wants to take the world as given, and turn it into the world of Alice and Wonderland," Tush said. "You know, he wants us to step through the wall into a new universe. That is what these kind of paintings, and certainly the prints, are all about."

The display will be available to view through Oct. 20, and is included in general admission.