Surrealist Animal 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
Cat Duo
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Duo
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat in Heels
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Heels
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Celestial Hippocampus (Ed. 88/140)
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Scar by China Miéville is a novel which has been a part of my life for many years, and has travelled as my companion through since adolescence. I've attempted to depict the Avan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Horses 2, Israel (1966) by Hans Erni - Lithograph 50x70 cm
By Hans Erni
Located in Geneva, CH
Lithograph numbered and signed by hand
19/60 edition
From Israel collection
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Regal Cat with her Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Regal Cat with her Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miro Le Chien Aboyant a La Lune
By Joan Miró
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: Le Chien Aboyant a La Lune "Barking Dog"
Portfolio: Verve Vol VII No. 27-28
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1953
Edition: 6000
Framed Size: 21 1/2" x 28 1/4
Sheet S...
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Robed Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Robed Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Performing Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Performing Cats
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat in Striped Dress
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Striped Dress
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Friends
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Friends
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Robed and Hatted Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Regal Cat with her Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat with Flower
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Flower
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat with a Knife
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with a Knife
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat on the Rings
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat on the Rings
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats Dot and Swirl
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats Dot and Swirl
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Twins
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Twins
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats and Blindfold
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats and Blindfold
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Creature
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Creature
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats and Hammock
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats and Hammock
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red Cat Twins
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Red Cat Twins
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Robed Cat Trio
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Robed Cat Trio
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat in Dress
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Dress
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mid-Century Modern Lithograph in Colors by Marino Marini, Italy, circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant and iconic lithograph in colors was realized by the acclaimed Italian artist Marino Marini, circa 1970. A contemporary of Jean Arp, Alexa...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Cat Arabesque
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Arabesque
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Four Cats in a Bed
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Four Cats in a Bed
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats in Bed
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats in Bed
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lounging Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Lounging Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Les Elus De La Nuit (2B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (2B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Les Elus De La Nuit (11B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (11B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Cats in Chairs
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats in Chairs
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats at Play
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats at Play
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jester Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Jester Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bejeweled Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Bejeweled Cats
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seahorse Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Seahorse Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat on a Rug
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat on a Rug
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Outfit
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
The Outfit
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat with Staff
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Staff
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tip-Toe Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Tip-Toe Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat with Hat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Hat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A seagull named Jonathan 1973. Paper, linocut, 32x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
"A seagull named Jonathan" is a linocut print artwork created in 1973. The artwork is made on paper and measures 32x30 cm. Linocut is a printmaking technique in which the image is ca...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Perro Herido (Wounded Dog)” from 90th Anniversary Suite Lithograph Ed. 22/110
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract surrealist lithograph of a dog wounded by an arrow. This work is from his 90th anniversary suite, the last prints Tamayo completed, before passing on. Signed and editioned a...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
ELK FIGHT Signed Lithograph, Surrealist Group, Panic Movement, Arrabal, Topor
Located in Union City, NJ
ELK FIGHT is a hand drawn, stone lithograph by the French artist Chrisitian Zeimert printed in Paris France c.1974 using hand lithography techniques on archival Rives BFK printmaking paper, 100% acid free. ELK FIGHT presents a surreal, close-up portrait of a two male elk head-butting with a group of books between their opposing heads. Visible on the books spines are the names of members belonging to the 1960s Panic Movement group.
Print size - 13 x 15.25 in., unframed, very good condition, pencil signed printers proof, inscribed H.C. with personal dedication to the master printer "Joseph", edition size unknown
Image size - 8.25 x 10.5 in.
Year - c.1974
Christian Zeimer (1934 - 2020) was a French painter, the son of an upholsterer and designer who also worked as a salesman and Le Bon Marché. After he left the École Boulle, he learned how to engrave on jewelry. He then studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, where he studied under the painter Marcel Gromaire.
A libertarian and anarchist, he worked alongside Fernando Arrabal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Olivier O. Olivier, and Roland Topor and participated in the Panic Movement in the 1960s. He contributed to the newspaper Le Fou Parle and the magazine Hara-Kiri. Alongside Henri Cueco, Jacques Jouet, Hervé Le...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI
Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine
1974
Hand signed by Dali
Edition: /250
The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 in...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
St Georges et le Dragon, Surrealist Etching by Salvador Dali 1974
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali was a Spanish painter, printmaker, and sculptor heralded as the father of surrealism. This piece features the fabled story of Saint George gallantly slaying a dragon. T...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Stencil, Etching
Horses in a Mythological Landscape - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Giorgio de CHIRICO
Horses in a Mythological Landscape, c. 1955
Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On light vellum 48 x 38 cm (c. 19 x 15 in)
V...
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Stencil, Lithograph
Cybernetic Lobster Telephone (Imagination & Objects), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Cybernetic Lobster Telephone (Imagination & Objects of the Future Portfolio)
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Mixed Media
Untitled, Canada Suite
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscre...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Canada Suite Signed Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscre...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dancing Griffin - Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, FR
Jean COCTEAU
Dancing Griffin
Lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum : 50 x 36 cm (c. 20 x 14 in)
Bears the stamp of the artist
Excellent condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Monkey Pursued by an Elephant for a Flight of Hat
By Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976)
Title: Monkey Pursued by an Elephant for a Flight of Hat
Year: 1974
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 78/99
Image Siz...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali Engraving Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone)"
Portfolio: Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great Inventions)
*Signe...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Etching, Engraving
A Tire d'Aile
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "A Tire d'Aile" 1986 is an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by French artist Jean Solombre, 1948-2005. It is hand...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Large Surrealist Photo Realist Silkscreen Lithograph Print Swan Dreams
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1953, Frederick Phillips studied Fine Art at Burslem College of Art when Arthur Berry was Head of the Fine Art (Painting) ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Salvador Dali, American Trotting Horses No. 2, Lithograph with collage
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: American Trotting Horses No. 2
Date: 1971
Portfolio: Currier & Ives as Interpreted by Salvador Dali
Medium: Litho...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
Salvador Dali (after) - Auvergne - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph after an original gouache by Salvador Dali for the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer
Title: S.N.C.F. (Butterfly Suite)
Embossed signature
Dimensions: 46.5 x 24 cm
Edit...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Oiseaux Souterrains, Modern Lithograph by Max Ernst
By Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976)
Title: Oiseaux Souterrains
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 99
Image Size: 13.5 x 24.5 inc...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Night Owl
By Timothy Cummings
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Etching of 26
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Surrealist animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist animal prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Leonor Fini, Graham Sutherland, and Max Ernst. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist animal prints, so small editions measuring 5.5 inches across are also available. Prices for animal prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $60 and tops out at $22,800, while the average work sells for $1,500.