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Art For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Conceptual
Queen Iseult and Her Daughter, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Queen Iseult and Her Daughter Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 60/125 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

3 Dimensional Sculptural Surrealist Acrylic on Board. 'Swimfest'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century acrylic on plywood board sculptural painting by British artist Derek Carruthers. The work is not signed but was acquired along with a collection of the artist’s wor...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Birds Eating Men
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

BUBBLE Signed Lithograph Surreal Landscape Vintage Drafting Tool, Blue Sky, Sand
Located in Union City, NJ
BUBBLE is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches pa...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dali Divina Comedia engraving painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI. Engraving of the series LA DIVIDA COMEDIA 4/100 SIGNED IN PENCIL DALÍ, Salvador (Figueras, Gerona, 1904-1989). During its early years, Dal...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Virgo, from Signs of the Zodiac
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Virgo Portfolio: Signs of the Zodiac Medium: Lithograph Year: 1967 Edition: 97/250 Frame Size: 32 5/8" x 25 1/8" Sheet Size: 29 1/2" x 22" Signature: Han...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Guardians signed #2/20 Paula Craioveanu Photograph 20x16in in mat 28x20in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
UNDER THE SKIN 5 Surreal Nude, part of my "Under the Skin" series. Printed on Hahnemuhle art photo paper with white borders, size is 20x16in. In mat overall size 28x20in. This par...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Grand Palais" Modern Abstract Geometric Surrealist Lithograph Edition 36/50
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful abstract lithograph by famous Surrealist artist Joan Miro. The work was created in conjunction with an exhibition that he had at the Grand Palais in Paris, France in ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Purgatory Canto 25 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 25 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:...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

THE LADY DULCINEA
Located in Aventura, FL
From Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha. Etching and aquatint on Japon paper. Edition AP 23/50. Sheet size 29.875 x 22.125 inches. Image Size 15.75 x 17.5 inches. Frame size ap...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Paper

"I Love You Anna" Photography 31" x 47" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"I Love You Anna" Photography 31" x 47" inch Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Av...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surrealist Gouache on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour and gouache on paper painting titled 'Siamese Slaves' by British artist Derek Carruthers, signed to the bottom right and to the reverse and dated 2008 and titled. A colo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"The Sun" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1938 by Teriade for the second issue of the art revue Verve (Volume 1, Number 2). Andre Masson was invited to contribute an origina...
Category

1930s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

BIG HORN Signed Lithograph, Surreal Mini Landscape, French Horn, Rocky Shore
Located in Union City, NJ
BIG HORN is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches ...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Fungo Atomico" (Atomic Mushroom) Surrealist Landscape
By Luigi Pretin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist painting of a white structure in a barren desert titled "Fungo Atomico" by Italian surrealist painter Luigi Pretin, circa 1976. Signed and dated in lower right corner as w...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò. Mixed colored lithograph. The poster was realized in occasion of the exhibition of the arti...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tout se Tient - Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't  se tient is an Artwork realized in 1975, by Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (Santiago, Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, Italy, 2002). Colored Lithograph on paper. The ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Hippies The Woman With Garter
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Hippies Woman With Garter MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: X/C MEASUREMENTS: 25.6" x 20" Framed: 36" x 31" YEAR: 1969 CON...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

CLIFF-HANGER Signed Mini Lithograph, Surreal Landscape Seashell, Waterfall Ledge
Located in Union City, NJ
CLIFF-HANGER is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arc...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Désert fabuleux from dahlia, from Neuf Paysages
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Désert fabuleux from dahlia Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 63/80 Frame Size: 26 1/4" x 26 1/4" Sheet Size: 19 7/8" x 19 1/2...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Island Life - Animal Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A chicken, a fish, a surfer,an anthurium and a bay, all held in some loving hands is our beautiful Island. Island Life - Animal Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman This masterp...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Woodcut

Paysage avec figures-soleil from sun, from Neuf Paysages
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Paysage avec figures-soleil from sun Portfolio: Neuf Paysages Medium: Etching Year: 1980 Edition: 62/80 Sheet Size: 19 7/8" x 19 1/2" Image Size: 15" x 1...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Schadenfreude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Iceberg (1997), 2024. Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 24 x 17.3 in. (61 x 44 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Giclée

WEDDING Signed Mini Lithograph, Cathedral Church, Gold Rings, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
WEDDING is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches ...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Change and Growth 1
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the thing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Purgatory Canto 12 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 12 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:...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Native ( f) - Portrait Painting - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Portrait of a Native Polynesian woman poses with a tropical headdress of flowers and leaves. She watches the surf crashing on the beach on her beloved island. A matching ( male) pain...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil

Voyage To India, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Travel is in your heart, and she beckons you to follow. Original oil painting by artist, painted live at i3 Arts Fest Art Car Ball in Pershing Square Los Angeles. :: Painting :: Surr...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA(Jack of Swords) Signed Lithograph on Japon Paper, Red
Located in Union City, NJ
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA(Jack of Swords) Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper, signed in pencil Print size: 29.5 x 21 Year published: 1979 Edition: I-C (100 Roman Numeral) Japon Publi...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Heaven Canto 29 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 29 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: Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114. Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

SAFETY PIN CLOUD Signed Mini Lithograph, Surreal Waterscape, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
SAFETY PIN CLOUD is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Body full of salt and pink water, lagoon, pop art, surreal photography.
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 50 x 50 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Antique Toys" Priscilla Roberts, Magic Realism, Surrealism, Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Priscilla Roberts Antique Toys Signed lower left; identified through gallery label affixed to backing Oil on board 20 x 24 inches Provenance: Grand ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Salvador Dalí, The Sixth Heaven of Jupiter, Paradise: Canto 20) (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...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Luna, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Wild, bright and bold, Luna's gaze of daydreaming wonder. Original oil painting of Heather Ireland's Surrealism series. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

AQUEDUCT Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Roman Architecture, Arcade
Located in Union City, NJ
AQUEDUCT is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

For Alberti, For Spain! - Etching by Joan Mirò - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
For Alberti, For Spain!  it's an artwork realized by Joan Mirò in 1975. Etching,  90 x 66 cm.  Hand signed. Edition 45/90. Reference: Dupin 926 Printed on Fabriano paper, Printed...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Twin Towers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Twin Towers (1988), 2024. Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 24 x 15 in. (61 x 38 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Giclée

Dalí­, Caligula, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 40 x 60 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Dalí­, Bucéphale, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sans Titre
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sans Titre" 1968, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numbered 30/...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Happiness - Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Painting, Vibrant colors, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST MARTA RYNKIEWICZ is a Polish contemporary artist (born in 1983). She studied painting with Professor Henryk Czenik and graphic arts with Professor Jerzy Krechowic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

DREAM PASSAGE Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealist Female Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
DREAM PASSAGE is a limited edition color lithograph by the Modern master Salvador Dali, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Djinn- Original contemporary surrealistic seascape landscape painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Djinn" by Hallie Packard is an original seascape painting that transports viewers into a dreamlike realm where reality blends with fantasy. With bold colors and imaginative imagery,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dubuffet, Personnages II, 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...
Category

1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali signed coloured lithograph 'La Chimère d'Horace', 1970, 189/250
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) La Chimère d'Horace (Field 72-6H; M&L 1270a), 1970/2 Lithograph printed in colours Signed and numbered in pencil`189/250 Dali’ (lower edge) 24 x 1...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Flight Risk" illustrative photography, surrealism, paper airplane motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Flight Risk" is a limited edition photographic print by Andrew Pinkham and is made from archival pigment on cotton rag. This piece measures 20"h x 20"w unframed an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Rag Paper

Cascade. Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Once again Berlin gifts us a different aspect of his art. Within Cascade he is able to echo and reference simultaneously several of the Great Masters and also include his own unique ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dalí­, Saint-Georges, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Ark
Located in Bayonne, NJ
A small but very intricate painting by a Ukrainian artist, Vachagan Narazyan. This oil on linen painting was acquired from Tamara Tumasian gallery in Kharkiv in 2008. It is in excell...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Some Night in Spring- Original surrealistic floral wildlife painting-modern art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Some Night in Spring" by Hallie Packard is an original painting that transports viewers into a whimsical world where elements of nature intertwine with dreamlike imagery. With a sur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dalí­, Le Cheval de Triomphe, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Breathing Pneumatic Armchair (Michler/Löpsinger 82; Field 75-11E), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Breathing Pneumatic Armchair (Michler/Löpsinger 82; Field 75-11E), Imagination & Objects of the Future Portfolio Year: 1975 Medium: Drypoint,...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint

Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 4 Etching & Collage Spanish Contemporary Conceptualism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 4 Date of creation: 1991 Medium: Etching and collage on paper Edition: 75 Size: 98 x 69 cm Condition: In very good conditions and never framed Observations: Etching and collage on paper signed by the artist and numbered edition of 75. As the result of his own experiences, training and life lived, comes out the art of Andres Nagel. Unclassifiable in a particular style, there are many who tried to tag his work as oneiric or surrealist. Even he has been labelled as a Pop artist, by the use of newspapers on his collages, like it happens on this print. According to Nagel, all these attempts of caging the artists are vane, as "even though art is being sold as if, it is not for mass consumerism". This is, the viewer must let go, think and open his or her mind to what is being seen, and mass culture is just the opposite of that. ABOUT THE ARTIST Andrés Nagel Tejada is a Spanish painter, sculptor and printmaker born in San Sebastian in 1947. Nagel completed his studies in architecture in 1972 in Pamplona. During this time as a student he began to work in engraving techniques. Since then he starts to travel to other European countries and the north of Africa. The Spanish scene at that time was dominated by abstraction and already had international recognition thanks to artists such as Chillida and Tapies, but Andres Nagel, who didn't feel identified with these trends did tune with the artistic movements that found in other countries such as Italy, Switzerland and Germany and soon opted for figurative art. A controversial artist, he rose to prominence with some of his works at the beginning of his career. In the mid 70's Nagel started to show his works in many exhibitions, both collectively and individually. Noteworthy among these events, his participation in the exhibition "New Spanish Painting" on Hastings Gallery in New York that introduced him to the American public. In 1978 also participates in a very important exhibition that pays tribute to the work of Joan Miró in Mallorca. During the 80's the artist works in numerous international exhibitions in cities like Varna, Dortmund, Bonn, Basel or Baghdad. In 1988 the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao exhibits the graphic work of Nagel, in this show a catalogue raisonné is edited. In 1989 he began his collaboration with the gallery Tasende California and participates in many American art fairs. Thereafter Andrés Nagel travels the world and his work is present in several countries including Mexico, Japan, Singapore, China, France, Canada, Germany or Italy. In 2003 Nagel inaugurates in Amorebieta (Vizcaya) a bronze sculpture of eight meters high that he entitles "La patata" (the potato). Unparalleled defender of the intellectual property, the transfer of this work for urban reasons is considered by Nagel as an insult to his work, leading him to sue the city council. In 2009 re-litigated against a porcelain company that, according to the artist, plagiarizes his designs and get benefits from them without his consent. Andrés Nagel's work can be defined within the postmodern figuration...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Etching

Dalí­, La Licorne, Les Chevaux de Dali (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in Colors on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Les Chevaux de Dali. Publ...
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1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Deborah
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell and got back up again." I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. “The peasantry ceased, they ceas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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