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Surrealist Figurative 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
Exclamation (B)
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Duet (A)
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Heaven Canto 22 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 22 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame. Cataloging: M...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Heaven Canto 8 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 8 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame. Cataloging: Mi...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Salvador Dalí, Departure on the Grand Voyage, Inferno: Canto 1 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine Comedy...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Death is something like Cousin Cynthia (Spies/Leppien 13 IV), Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Photogram from a frottage in black in white on photosensitive paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. No...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photogram

Salvador Dali, The Eagle of Grace (M. & L. 1039-1138; F 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Ernst, Vase bleue, 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. 10, 1958. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lovers, Lithograph by George Tooker 1982
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by American artist George Tooker. His subjects often are depicted naturally as in a photograph, but the images use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, a...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Zadkine, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Linocut on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volum...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

de Chirico, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued, verso. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted; lithograph by the artist, vers...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ernst, Deux Oiseaux (Spies/Leppien 438) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Published a...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Arp, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Woodcut on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volum...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Manessier, Croquis, 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. 20, 1962. Pub...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Dupin 40), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Linocut on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued, verso. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From th...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Hell 2 - Virgil consoles Dante - Original woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 2 - Virgil consoles Dante Original woodcut On paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCES : Field p. 189 à 200 / Michler & Lop...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 38). Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (310 x 237 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Têtes d'Aigles (Spies/Leppien 88A), 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. 20, 1962. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 202D), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued, verso. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, Homa...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Purgatory Canto 19 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 19 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame. Cataloging:...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Ernst, Un chant d'amour (Spies/Leppien 71), 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. 10, 1958. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Magnelli, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Linocut on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volum...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Marcoussis, Rimbaud, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition burin etching and engraving on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. N...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Hell : Charon and the Crossing of the Acheron - woodcut - 1963 [Field #page 189]
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 3 - Charon and the Crossing of the Acheron Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" Printed signature in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Arp, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Woodcut on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volum...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1979 and published in Barcelona by La Poligrafa in an edition of 1000. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 188 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Elektra, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued, verso. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, Hommage a Miro (Mourlot 868), 1972 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with center fold, as issued by the publisher; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volu...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

Wardell-Power, L'homme calculateur, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition etching and engraving on wove paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued, verso. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted; lithograph by th...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Woman, Flowers and Potteries - Lithograph - Numbered / 100
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Marais (1913 - 1998) Woman, Flowers and Potteries Lithograph and offset print Signed with the stamp of the artist Bears also a printed signature in the plate Numbered / 100 On ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome - SIGNATURE : printed in the image - Edition : 1499 - SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4" - RE...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - "Knight & Death" from Faust - Original Etching With embossed signature (from the standard book edition of 731) Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, Meeting of the Forces of Luxury, Paradise:Canto 26 (Field 189-20)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Hélion, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Linocut on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Sièc...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

"Aerial 2" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aerial 2" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Availabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

Marc Chagall - The Green Horse - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph Title: The Green Horse 1973 Dimensions: 33 x 50 cm Reference: This lithograph was created for the portfolio "Chagall Monu...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí, Dante, Paradise: Canto 1 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"Aerial 3" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aerial 3" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, Saint John and Hope, Paradise: Canto 25 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Personaje en Perfil, Surrealist Etching by Rufina Tamayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Surrealist etching by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo of a simple red and blue figure standing in profile against a brown background, gesturing with one red hand to something out of v...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, On Geryon’s Back (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Salvador Dalí (signed), The Avaricious (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Year: 1963 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Italian, plus proofs Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200 Size: 13 x 10.25 inches Condition: Excellent Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Paradise: Canto 33 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Paradise: Canto 33 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8" Sheet Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Lithograph

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 861), 1972 (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 Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

After Pablo Picasso - Women and Dove - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Women and Dove Dimensions: 50 x 40 cm Signed and dated in the plate Edition Succession Picasso, Paris. Editions de la Paix
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, The Splendour of Beatrice, Paradise: Canto 18 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dalí, The Joy of the Blessed, Paradise: Canto 24 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative 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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

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 Figurative Prints

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Etching

Surrealist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist figurative 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 figurative 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, red, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, (after) René Magritte, and Rafał Olbiński. 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 figurative prints, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $48 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $941.

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