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Art For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Abstract Geometric
He Uttered A Loud Cry and He Breathed His Last from Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
He Uttered A Loud Cry and He Breathed His Last is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite publish...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Surreal harlequin oil on board painting expressionism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Surrealist Harlequin - Oil panel Oil measurements 41x50 cm. Frame measurements 44x53 cm. The painting by Gustavo Úbeda Romer...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled litho
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand signed and numbered lithograph Momen has made a small collection of lithographs in full colours, for these under painting of his large f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Apparition of Saint James - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Apparition of Saint James - Song 26 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Plate n...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

CHRISTMAS TREE Signed Mini Lithograph, Evergreen, Shining Star, Clouds, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
CHRISTMAS TREE is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival A...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Theorbes et Belieres
Located in Wilton, CT
Beautiful example of Roberto Matta's book with 1 full color/ full page engraving and 4 black and white vignettes. On Arches. Signed on the justification page by the author and the ...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving, Aquatint

Apollonius. Proposition 78
Located in Henderson, NV
Apollonius. Proposition 78. 2023. Is an ongoing series working with Apollonius of Perga. Conic Sections geometry.
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Ink

Quantum Memories: Noise A, B, C, 2020, (Set of 3), by Refik Anadol, Digital Art
Located in Zug, CH
At the crossroad between aesthetics, data, design, and computing, this hypnotic set of artworks represent visual interpretations of Google Quantum AI's research data exploring the po...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

C Print, Digital

Untitled (Collective Light Power) by Rico Gatson (abstract geometric lines)
By Rico Gatson
Located in New York, NY
In celebration of Summer for the City, Lincoln Center's ultimate New York festival, the artist Rico Gatson has created a dynamic image of bold colors radiating positive energy. Gatson's concentric circle motif and projecting lines draw inspiration from the giant disco ball shining above Lincoln Center's iconic Revson Fountain, a welcoming beacon at the heart of Josie Robertson Plaza. This archival pigment print is printed on Hahnemühle paper and is signed, dated and numbered in pencil by the artist. It is in excellent condition and comes directly from Lincoln Center Editions...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Filiae Herodiadis Saltatio - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Filiae Herodiadis saltatio is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 19...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Illusión
Located in Natchez, MS
Cuban artist Ernesto Capdevila insists his paintings are rather more like drawings, in technique, than paintings. I'm not sure I completely agree, though I do see his point. In this ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Strophoid
Located in Henderson, NV
Asymptote. 2023. Is an ongoing series working with Neuberg mathematical curvatures.
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Ink

Cliff Hanger
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cliff Hanger is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 2 x 1.75 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray frame...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

HEAVEN CANTO 30
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German. ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

San Fransisco Litho
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand signed and numbered lithograph Momen has made a small collection of lithographs in full colours, for these under painting of his large f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Voces de sombras" pink contemporary surrealist serigraphy w/gold leaf
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Nature is a central theme in Alejandra's work, and with this surreal vibrant landscape, we can notice her profound curiosity about the cycles that occur in the natural world that tur...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Screen

Nude with Snail (Poèmes Secrets d'Apollinaire), 1967
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nude with Snail – 12.5 x 9.5" image size, signed and dated ‘Dalí 67’ lower right and framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame. Micheler-Löpsinger 196; Field 67-10 Plate G From the total ...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Engraving

Screen tondo 2022.7 (round pink green grid art deco painting abstract geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Wood Panel

Battle of the Knights
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Battle of the Knights Series: La Vida es Sueno Date: 1973 Medium: drypoint engraving in sanguine ink Unframed Dimensions: 11" x 14.9" Framed Dimens...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Engraving

Ampersand (&) Abstract Geometric Silkscreen on Handmade Kenzo Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
Screenprint printed in black and white on handmade oatmeal paper. Signed, dated and numbered in white pencil. Date and name lower right, Signed and numbered edition of 85 from ARTISTS PORTFOLIO, a limited edition series of five prints in support of the dance company of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company. The other four artists who contributed were Robert Longo, Keith Haring, William Katz and Gretchen Bender. Bill Katz was born in New York, studied at The Art Students League and with Sebastiano Mineo of New York City. He was the studio assistant to Robert Indiana for more than a decade, initiating and arranging print projects for the artist, including Numbers (1968), with poems by Robert Creeley.For five years he worked and lived in the home that was once occupied by the great American sculptor Gutson Borglum. He also spearheaded the project of the cover artwork at Chanterelle with the full roster of distinguished contributing artists, photographers, musicians, and writers — Marisol, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns and Robert Mapplethorpe. Almost all the images were made specifically for the menus In addition, some of the images were made for one night special events, such as annual benefits held for the Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company. He also Curated for the Fisher Landau Center for Art, Painting and Sculpture, Selections from the collection, which included work by Carl Andre, Willem de Kooning, John Duff, Robert Indiana, Neil Jenney...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Gold Ring
Located in Greenwich, CT
Gold Ring is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 2 x 2 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray frame. Numb...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Isis soutenant Osiris mutile (Les Rois Mages)
Located in Wilton, CT
From the 1960 collaboration Les Rois Mages, this Dali print is on Japon, numbered XXVIII/C, signed in pencil, also in the stone and with a blind stamp.
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Intaglio

Apotheosis of the Virgin Mary - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Apotheosis of the Virgin Mary is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by D...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut

Breakthrough
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Conventional sentiment. Limited edition print Surreal Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with man and a woman standing on the road. The road is transformin...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Color

Green texture 2022 - geometric abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
This hand-painted piece by Lucchetta is part of the op art series where he is able to catch movement with his unique technique. Lucchetta is challenging himself. His precise stable h...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Wood, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard

Le Calumet - Rare Book Illustrated by André Derain - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 760 copies including 60 original b/w and color woodcuts by André Derain. Copy on vélin blanc des Papeteries de Navarre, in perfect conditions with soft editorial cover and...
Category

1920s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper

"Hotel Pierre" contemporary surrealist black and white sun and skulls engraving
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Doubles - Etching by Max Ernst - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 100 pieces. Very good condition Provenance: P. Prouté
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

"Geometry" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry" 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surreal Mountain Lake Landscape, Falling Autumn Leaves
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "O Connor" and painted circa 1945. A panoramic view of an autumn landscape with leafless trees in front of a mountain lake and an olive green sky scattered with ...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Six of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The painting reinterprets the Six of Pentacles tarot card, delving into the concept of gaining material wealth and enjoying one's work. The green hues symboli...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Telluric White - kinetic abstract wall sculpture by J. Margulis
Located in New York, NY
This unique piece by Margulis is one of his latest body of works. Margulis’ utmost concern is the creation of geometric shapes conceived mostly by changing the perspective of the vie...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Letters. Figurative Surrealist print, Vibrant colors, Polish art master
Located in Warsaw, PL
Vibrant giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with man and a woman standing near a tree grabbing letter ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Color

And He Was Baptised from Biblia Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
And He Was Baptised is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965-1...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Man 's World" Photography 35" x 28" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Man 's World" Photography 35" x 28" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Olha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Resurrection - Lithography - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Resurrection is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Signe...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Unicorn Laser Disintegrates the Horns of Cosmic Rhinoceroses (The Conquest o
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unicorn Laser Disintegrates the Horns of the Cosmic Rhinoceroses from the Conquest of Cosmos suite – 29.5 x 22" image size, signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and annotated lower left. Fr...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Drypoint

Lesus Flagellatus - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Lesus flagellatus is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Sign...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

King Lear
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: King Lear Series: Much Ado About Shakespeare Date: 1968 Medium: original drypoint engravings Unframed Dimensions: 17.72" x 12.6" Framed Dimensions:...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving, Drypoint

Cain and Abel - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Cain and Abel  is an artwork from the Series "The Bible", by Marc Chagall in 1960. Mixed colored lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

In My Hands Are Galaxies
Located in Detroit, MI
Pigments handcrafted with found materials.
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Watercolor

TAGGED TREE Hand Drawn Signed Lithograph, Green Tree, Blue Sea and Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
TAGGED TREE is a rarely seen, hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on ...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large Flask
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Large Flask Series: Dali Illustre Casanova Date: 1967 Medium: drypoint with added watercolor Unframed Dimensions: 14.75" x 11" Framed Dimensions: ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint

"P de Papagayo" contemporary surrealist letter P parrot colorfull engraving
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving

Miss World First Class Pretty (Deluxe signed edition of 1 Cent Life Portfolio)
Located in New York, NY
Karel Appel Miss World First Class Pretty (Deluxe hand signed edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio, from the estate of artist Robert Indiana), 1964 Lithograph splayed across two sheets on wove paper (Hand signed by Karel Appel) Pencil signed on the lower right front; numbered 85/100 on the portfolio colophon Frame included Floated and framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass., bearing the colophon with the edition number page on the back Measurements: Frame: 20.25 x 27 x 1.25 inches Print: 16 x 23 inches This lithograph was part of the complete portfolio acquired from the estate of Pop Artist Robert Indiana, who also contributed a work to the portfolio. Documented prints from the hand signed edition of 100 rarely appear on the market. This is one of them. The work is pencil signed by Karel Appel on the front and all of the prints are unnumbered, as the complete portfolio is numbered on the colophon page - a copy of which is included for provenance. (There was also an unsigned edition of 2000) Chinese American artist and writer Walasse Ting, in collaboration with Sam Francis, assembled a group of the most significant Pop and Abstract Expressionist artists in America, including Andy Warhol, along with the European COBRA artists to create the definitive artistic portfolio of lithographs with accompanying text by Walasse Ting. The Deluxe edition, which features hand signed prints, was published in a limited edition of only 100. This is one of them. Of the 100, editions numbered 60-100, or 40 portfolios, were reserved exclusively for Artists & Collaborators. This hand signed Karel Appel lithograph...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Poetry of the bird, surrealist drawing, 1948
Located in PARIS, FR
Joséphine Beaudouin (1909-2005) Poetry of the Bird, surrealist painting, 1948 Oil on canvas Signed "Joséphine Beaudouin" and dated "1948" lower left 13,7 x 10,6 inch Born in Albi in 1909, Josephine Beaudouin (née Cals) showed an early interest in drawing. At the age of twelve, she moved to Paris where her mother, Jeanne Ramel-Cals, ran a literary salon that was frequented by art world figures such as Ambroise Vollard. In 1925, while her first drawings appeared in the magazine Crapouillot, the young artist entered the School of Decorative Arts where she studied fresco painting. She married the architect Eugène Beaudouin in 1928, with whom she traveled throughout Europe. Beaudouin, a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, designed a series of buildings that were precursors of modern architecture in France (Clichy, Maison du Peuple; Antony, Résidence universitaire Jean Zay). Josephine Beaudouin exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, the Salon des Tuileries, the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs. The work of the one that Jean Cocteau described as "bewitching" is full of mystery. Her work bears the stamp of an extraordinary personality. Indeed, Josephine Beaudouin developed a penchant for dreams at a very early age and took refuge in the works illustrated by Gustave Doré. Her technical virtuosity and overflowing imagination were praised by the critics of her time who unanimously greeted her Marmorées (ill.1). Named by René Barotte, these are paintings made on marble slabs from 1955. The artist exploits the infinite resources of the veins of this support which inspires him poetic compositions with unusual subjects. Marked by surrealism, she returns to the fantastic by delivering a prodigious creation of the mind made of dreamed cities and trompe-l'oeil. The 1948 painting that we propose probably represents a red-billed chough. The bird is a recurring theme in the work of Josephine Beaudouin, as in her life. An avid ornithologist, she kept an aviary in her Parisian home where many island birds were kept. She also built up a collection of stuffed birds. Still on this theme, the writer Claude Aveline (1901-1992), author of the poem L'Oiseau-Qui-N'Existe-Pas, invited several visual artists to freely interpret what this bird could be. The first series of works was produced between 1956 and 1963. In 1957, Joséphine Beaudouin delivered a work with a pen of great finesse, now preserved at the Centre Pompidou (ill.2). Several renowned artists also responded to the invitation of the poet such as Jean Cocteau and Ossip Zadkine. The precision of the graphics of our painting testifies to an attentive observation of the anatomy of the birds. The artist paints with great delicacy: the technique is impeccable, the drawing is careful, the material is smooth, the details are represented with great finesse and mastery. Bibliography : Fernand Pouillon...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Zodiaque - Etching by Max Ernst - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
" Zodiaque " is an etching realized by Max Ernst in 1971. This print is hand signed and numbered. This is an edition of 100 prints. Reference: Catalogue Spies n. 144. Originally a ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

New York City Plaza (Plaza Fountain)
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: New York City Plaza (Plaza Fountain) MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 101/125 MEASUREMENTS: 30" x 22" YEAR: 1964 FRAMED: No C...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Original Weltcup Slalom Damen vintage downhill ski poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original ski poster for the World Cup Slalom Damen (Women's) Feb/. 1987. Linen backed. Original vintage winter sport alpine ski event poster for the Women's Slalom World Cup 198...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Offset

Nude in the Woods (Large, Fine, Original Gordy)
Located in New Orleans, LA
An original marker-and-ink painting by one of New Orleans' most iconic artists, Robert Gordy. His works are at the Met, the Whitney and other major museums around the world. He was ...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Permanent Marker

PURGATORY CANTO 7
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German. ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Woodcut, Paper

Historical Document - Hunter Thompson
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Ralph Steadman Title: Historical Document - Hunter Thompson Medium: One color silkscreen on White Rising Stonehenge Deckle Edge Paper Size: 13 x 22 Inches Edition: of 300 Ye...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Silk, Screen

Composition - from "Festin" - Etching by Max Ernst - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
" Composition - from 'Festin' " is an original hand-signed, numbered, and dated lithograph realized by  Max Ernst  in 1974. This is an edition of 79 prints. It presents excellent. co...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Dreaming Under a Cactus Tree and Arizona Wildlife (Set of 2)
Located in Wilton, CT
Dreaming Under a Cactus Tree, lithograph in colors, on wove paper, circa 1977, signed in pencil, numbered 49/125; together with Arizona Wild Life numbered 118/125, lithograph in colo...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Le combat des poissons "Pencil study with annotations , cm. 30 x 20 1940 ca
Located in Torino, IT
André Masson ( 1896-1987) Pencil study with annotations on the right side, acquired by the previous owner from Luis Masson son of Andrè Masson
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Torse Tatoué - Lithograph by André Masson - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
This lithograph is hand signed and numbered. Edition of 75 prints. André Masson (1896-1987) was a French painter, whose style was influenced by Cubism and Surrealism . After traveli...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Noli me Tangere - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Noli me Tangere is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Signed...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

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