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Surrealist Abstract Prints

SURREALIST STYLE

In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.

Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.

Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.

Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)

The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.

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Style: Surrealist
Ernst, Composition, Cahiers d'Art (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Cahiers d'Art, vol. 24, no. 2, 1949. P...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Divine Comedy Heaven Canto 14 Decomposition (2 pieces)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Divine Comedy Heaven Canto 14 Decomposition (2 pieces) Medium: Woodcut Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece Note: Piece is sold unframed Condition: ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Lam 林飛龍, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 43, 1974. Pub...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Arp, Figurationen—Drei Elemente (Arntz 348), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°19, 1962. Published by Editions XXe Siècle, P...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Arp, Personnages, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°8, 1957. Published by Editions XXe Siècle,...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Manessier, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 4, 1954. Published by ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Magnelli, Papier collé, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 6, 1956. Published by ...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Dubuffet, Personnages I, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 6, 1956. Publ...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Divine Comedy Hell Canto 20 Decomposition (3 Pieces)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Divine Comedy Hell Canto 20 Decomposition (3 pieces) Medium: Woodcut Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece Frame: Not Fra...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Arp, Configuration, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°6, 1956. Published by Editions XXe Siècle, Pa...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Magnelli, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition with centerfold, as issued; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 29, 1967...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Hérold, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 43, 1974. Pub...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition for Werner Spies (Spies/Leppien 251) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Published by M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne; printed by Pierre...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Divine Comedy Hell Canto 31 Decomposition (2 Pieces)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Divine Comedy Hell Canto 31 Decomposition 2 pieces Medium: Woodcut Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece Framed : Not Framed Condition: Excellent. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Cyclopean Make-Up
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Cyclopean Make-Up Portfolio: Imaginations and Objects of the Future Medium: Lithograph with collage Year: 1975 Edition: I-41/250 Sheet Size: 30 1/4" x 22...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lam 林飛龍, Les affinites ambigues, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 21, 1963. Published by Editions XXe...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sutherland, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 38, 1972. Pub...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lapicque, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 43, 1974. Pub...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Dubuffet, Jardin de quitte vite, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 8, 1957. Published by Editions XXe ...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Dubuffet, Prairie de Barbe, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 14, 1957. Pub...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Screen

Miro, Composition, 1977 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph on Vellum Paper. Edition: 5,000. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never frame...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

Dubuffet, Barbe des perplexites, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 14, 1960. Pub...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 1078; Cramer 207) XXe Siécle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Révolutions Scéniques Du XXe Siécle, 1975. Published and printe...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Centre Noeuds" planche #8
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #8 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Death is something like Cousin Cynthia (Spies/Leppien 13 IV), Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Photogram from a frottage in black in white on photosensitive paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: A photogram was a...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Photogram

Arp, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, January 1954. Published and printed under the directi...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Braque, Couverture (Oiseaux), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Published by Editions XXe...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Centre Noeuds" planche #3
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #3 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Untitled 1965 #107A Surrealist - Etching & Aquatint in colors Blue Yellow Black
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Max Ernst "Untitled" 1965 Etching and aquatint in colors, on Arches paper. 7.8 x 5.39 inches Publisher: Georges Visat, Paris. Total edition: 100 copies +EA. Publication: Spies - Lepp...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Ernst, La Foret bleue (Spies/Leppien 89D), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Published by Editions XXe...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 10, 1958. Published by Edition...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

La Dulce Aqua Vita
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: La Dulce Aqua Vita Medium: Carborundum etching on handmade paper Signed: Hand Signed Size: 41 x 48 Inches Framed: 51 x 58 Inches Edition: 23/125 Year: 20...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

"Centre Noeuds" planche #5
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #5, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #6 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Miró, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good Condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 151, published by Derrière le miroir, Paris; printed by Galerie Mae...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

"Centre Noeuds" planche #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #1, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #9
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #9, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #4
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #4, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #7
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #7, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #10
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #10, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It i...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

"Centre Noeuds" planche #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #2, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Miró, Composition (Dupin 40), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. Published and printed under the direc...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Jeremiah Signed Limited Edition 1968 Art Etching
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Alistair Grant Jeremiah - 1968 Print - etching, with Aquatint   16'' x 24'' inches Edition: signed and numbered in pencil 17/50 Alistair Grant was a great and justly-revered experim...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Ernst, Deux Oiseaux (Spies/Leppien 438) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Published and printed by Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1970. MAX ER...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 202D), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, Homage to Max Ernst, 1971. Publ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Jack of Hearts - limited edition porcelain plate made in France
Located in New York, NY
Salvador Dali Jack of Hearts, 1967 Limited Edition Limoges Porcelain Plate. Signature Fired into Plate. Numbered with COA 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 3/10 inches 24.8 × 24.8 × 0.8 cm Edition 35...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Ceramic, Screen, Porcelain

Ernst, Un chant d'amour (Spies/Leppien 71), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 10, 1958. Published by Editions XXe...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Manessier, Croquis, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Published by Editions XXe...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

de Chirico, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with lithograph by the artist, verso. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. ...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Arp, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, January 1954. Published and printed under the directi...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, The Prin...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Ernst, Têtes d'Aigles (Spies/Leppien 88A), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Published by Editions XXe...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

de Chirico, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with lithograph by the artist, verso. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. ...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Zadkine, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. Published and printed under the direc...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Marcoussis, Rimbaud, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Burin etching and engraving on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n° 5-6, 1...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Magnelli, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. Published and printed under the direc...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Ernst, Elektra, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 5-6, 1939. Published b...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Wardell-Power, L'homme calculateur, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching and engraving on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted; lithograph by the artist, verso, as issued. Notes: Extra...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving, Etching

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