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Art For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Conceptual
Tete de Veau (Calf's Head) - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Tete de Veau (Calf's Head) is an artwork realized in 1968/69, from the Series "Faust" (La Nuit de Walpurgis). Etching, Drypoint, Watercolor and Roulette on Japon Paper. Hand signed...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Paper, Watercolor

A Conceptually Alternative Watercolor Cyanotype, "Propulsive Molt"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 10" x 10" Conceptually Alternative Watercolor Cyanotype Mounted on Wood Panel by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchas...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Watercolor

A Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype on Fabriano Artistico Paper, "Jack-o-lantern"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 6" x 6" Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype on Fabriano Artistico Paper Mounted on Wood Panel by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of auth...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Companion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery) About Artist Afeez Aregbede...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

A Conceptually Surreal Watercolor on Cyanotype, "Pink Oyster Mushroom, Jelly..."
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 5" x 5" Conceptually Surreal Watercolor on Cyanotype Mounted on Wood Panel by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase o...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Paper

Deep Down - 2023, surrealistic oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
In a continuation of the idea that originally inspired her massive "Milky Way" painting, Astone creates figures floating in an ethereal deep sea. Being a native of Italy, Astone is f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Canvas

Surrealist King
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Surrealist King Series: Memories of Surrealism Date: 1971 Medium: Lithograph with Etching Framed Dimensions: 37.25" x 28.75" Signature: Pencil Si...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

Chinatown Portfolio #6, 97/250
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Chryssa (Greek, born 1933) Chinatown Portfolio #6 Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint on wove paper Signed in pencil and numbered 97/250 Edition: 250 Dimension: 38 1/4 x 31 1/4i...
Category

1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Couple with Bird and Bouquet, Large Surrealist Oil Painting by Ramon Santiago
Located in Long Island City, NY
A romantic painting of a couple with bouquet and bird by Rochester-born artist, Ramon Santiago. This circular oil on canvas painting is signed and dated 1971.
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Original signed & inscribed drawing of a woman (bound in hardback monograph)
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Botero Original drawing of a woman, 1997 Ink on paper drawing on paper held on first front end page of "Botero" - hardback monograph with dust jacket The unique, original dr...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Permanent Marker, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Marie Curie
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Marie Curie Series: Medicine and Science Date: 1970 Medium: drypoint Framed Dimensions: 20.25" x 17.5" Signature: Pencil signed Edition: /125 Li...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving, Drypoint

Chinatown
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Chinatown Series: San Francisco Date: 1970 Medium: Drypoint with lithographed color Framed Dimensions: 33" x 27" Signature: Pencil signed Edition...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Drypoint

Tauramachi Surrealiste Bullfight with Drawer
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tauramachi Surrealiste Bullfight with Drawer MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 101/150 MEASUR...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

La Chambre
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this large and scarce etching. 1969. Signed and numbered 8/50 in pencil. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Catalogue reference: Jacob 29
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

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

Artist Comments
As part of her Rodeo Tarot series, artist Rachel Srinivasan reinterprets the pentacles suit, adorned with galloping horses on the edges. Three white bison for...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Serenity
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Ferjo Title: Serenity Size: 30 x 40 Inches Medium: Giclee on Canvas Edition: AP Year: 2003 Notes: Hand Signed on Front. Stretched. Gallery COA Included. Custom Framed...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Art

Materials

Giclée, Canvas

Untitled Portrait - Stainless Steel & Quartz Sculpture by Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank never received a professional artistic education yet specialized in electronics. Now, in...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

An Alternative Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper, "Cultivation of Silence"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 39x39 Alternative Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper by artist Annalise Neal. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery....
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Mission Dolores
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Mission Dolores Series: San Francisco Date: 1970 Medium: Drypoint with lithographed color Framed Dimensions: 33" x 27" Signature: Pencil signed E...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint, Lithograph

The Knight - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1972 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original black and white etching on ivory-colored cardboard. Hand-si...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

MORNING MIST Signed Mini Lithograph Surreal Forest Landscape Fog, Pine Trees
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING MIST is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techn...
Category

1990s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Self-Portrait Sundial
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Self-Portrait Sundial MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 103/150 MEASUREMENTS: 22.25" x 18" YEAR: 1966 CONDITION: Excellent ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Surreal Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype, "Nimble Articulation"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 8" x 10" Surreal Bleached and Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag Paper by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Watercolor

Birds, Cibachrome Photograph Print, Signed Conceptual Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a proof print. signed and marked bat (for bon a tirer or good to print) This is a single print from 1998 Birds. Suite of eight Cibachromes. Edition of fifteen. 10″ × 10″. Muse [X] Editions. Brenda Zlamany has shown widely in the United States and Europe. Her work has been reproduced in The New York Times Magazine, Artforum, Flashart, Art in America, Art and Antiques, and The New Yorker. She was born in New York City in 1959. 1976 - 77 Yale College Before College Program, New Haven, Conn. 1981 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. (BA) Stanley William Hayter s Atelier 17, Paris. Tyler School of Art, Rome. 1984 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine. Select Museums: Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution; the National Museum, Gdansk; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent. Select Collections: Cincinnati Art Museum; Deutsche Bank; the Museum of Modern Art, Houston; the Neuberger Museum of Art; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art; the World Bank; the Yale University Art Gallery. Select Commissions the World Bank, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center the New York Times Magazine (Marian Anderson for an article by Jessye Norman, Osama bin Laden for the September 11, 2005, cover, Jeffrey Dahmer) Select Grants and Awards: Fulbright Fellowship (2011), Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant (2006–07), New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowship in Painting (1994). MacDowell Colony (1995, 1992, 1986) Yaddo (1997). For many years, Brenda Zlamany has painted portraits of other artists, including Chuck Close, Alex Katz, and David Hockney. She has also been a subject for them; as she puts it, “we are professional posers.” Recently, however, she has worked to paint portraits of those whose gaze is more internal—monks and nomads in Tibet, aboriginal people in Taiwan—creating large bodies of portraits that investigate the limits of the genre. She returned, with her daughter, to Hockney’s studio in 2014, not only to sit for him but to paint him once again. Her practice involves the long sittings and intense looking required of traditional portrait-making. Muse X Editions. An (now defunct) LA based innovative publisher of limited-edition prints, Muse X has launched its first group of prints and is just beginning to make itself known to artists, curators, dealers and collectors. Among works just off the press are otherworldly landscapes by Barbara Kasten and Oliver Wasow, a sizzling sunset by Peter Alexander, abstract compositions by Pauline Stella Sanchez and Jennifer Steinkamp, text and photo combinations by Bill Barminski and Nancy...
Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print

A Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype, "Saltwater Gradient, var.4"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 8" x 6" Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Platinum Rag Paper and Mounted on Wood Panel by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be pro...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Photographic Film

Saint Martin
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Saint Martin MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Berggruen, Paris EDITION NUMBER: Epreuve d'artiste MEASUREMENTS:...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Rhinoceros
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Rhinoceros MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Michelle Broutta, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 97/150 MEASUREMENTS: 35.4" x 25" YEAR: 1971 F...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Original Dora Maar, (Picasso's muse) fine ink drawing of travellers, 1998
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of travellers before a citadel by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right ...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Chevalier à Genou (Kneeling Knight) - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Chevalier à Genou (Kneeling Knight) is an artwork realized in 1968/69, from the Series "Faust" (La Nuit de Walpurgis). Etching, Drypoint, Watercolor a...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching

A Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype, "Emptiness is Form 7"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 16" diameter Conceptually Alternative Cyanotype executed on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Film

A Conceptually Surreal Alternative Photographic Print, "San Diego/Tonto Nati..."
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 8" x 8" Conceptually Surreal Alternative Photographic Print mounted on wood executed by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

A Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype, "Saltwater Gradient, var. 3"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 8" x 6" Surreal Watercolor and Cyanotype executed on Hahnmuhle Platinum Rag Paper and Mounted on Wood Panel by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity wil...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Watercolor

Conceptual House Shovel Wall Sculpture Wood Metal Tape Grey White Neutral Unique
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Booth is a visionary conceptual sculpture artist known for his haunting and thought-provoking creations. His work takes viewers on a journey into the shadows of the human psyc...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Steel

Her Green Robe
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The heart of this artwork features a woman seated gracefully on her bed, a place of comfort and solace. Her posture exudes a sense of tranquility and introspection, as she gazes into...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ring of fire", Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locati...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled - Etching by Johnny Friedlaender - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Johnny Friedlaender 1970s. Etching on wove paper. Signed and numbered. Edition of 135 copies. Good conditons
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Magritte's original poster for the 1965 Salon de Mai - Musée d'art Moderne Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Magritte's original poster for the 1965 Salon de Mai is an iconic piece of art that reflects the ingenuity and surrealist aesthetic of renowned Belgian artist René Magritte. Created ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Under the Parasol Pine
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Under the Parasol Pine Series: Tristan et Iseult Date: 1970 Medium: drypoint printed in color Framed Dimensions: 25.5" x 20" Signature: Pencil s...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Apricot Knight
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Apricot knight Series: Flors Dali (The Fruits) Date: 1969 Medium: Lithograph with original drypoint remarques Unframed Dimensions: 29.92" x 22.05" ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Drypoint

SONG OF PRAISE Hand Drawn Lithograph, Tree Portrait, Night Sky, Crescent Moon
Located in Union City, NJ
SONG OF PRAISE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the British artist, Michael Hasted printed using hand lithography on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. S...
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Poems Secrets The Beach at Sete
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Poems Secrets The Beach at Sete MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 114/145 MEASUREMENTS: 11" ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Dan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Dan Series: Twelve Tribes of Israel Date: 1972 Medium: original drypoint with stenciled color Framed Dimensions: 33" x 27.25" Signature: Pencil s...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Stencil, Drypoint

Happy Day
Located in Natchez, MS
Cavagnaro again toys with anthropomorphism. This work is a playful mirror, as the artist encourages the viewer to see themselves in the subject.
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Album Rhinoceros
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Album Rhinoceros MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 14" x 11" YEAR: 1968 FRAM...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Poster for Svayambh at the Royal Academy, London (hand signed by Anish Kapoor)
Located in New York, NY
Anish Kapoor Poster for Svayambh at the Royal Academy, London (hand signed by Anish Kapoor), 2009 Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed by Anish Kapoor on the lower right front 21 ×...
Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

FlorDali/Les Fruits Fruit With Holes
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Fruit With Holes MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION N...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Original Dora Maar, (Picasso's muse) fine ink drawing of herbs, 1998
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of herbs by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by striking pho...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

CREATION Hand Drawn Lithograph, Cupped Pair of Hands, Light Glow, Meditation
Located in Union City, NJ
CREATION is a hand drawn original lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. CREATION is a highly detailed, surreal hand portrait drawing depicting a pair of cupped hands made of stone, seemingly emitting a glow of light. CREATION with its glowing effect expressed from the center evokes a sense of mystery that captivates the viewer into another world of meditative, spiritual consciousness. Print size - 21.5 x 29.5 in., unframed, excellent condition, rare unsigned trial proof aside from the printed edition of 100, printers legend stamped on verso, fine impression, completely hand drawn lithograph by DE ES Schwertberger Year printed - 1979, printed by master printer Joseph Kleineman at JK Fine Art Editions Co., NYC DE ES (DE ES Schwertberger) - Popular Viennese Fantastic Realist artist was born in 1942 in Gresten, Lower Austria, as Dieter Schwertberger. He studied the painting technique of the Old Masters in Vienna under Ernst Fuchs and has been an independent artist since 1962. DE ES lived three years in Switzerland and twelve years in New York City. The painter has been known under the name DE ES since 1972. He currently lives in Vienna. The artist considers himself to be a seeker, who shows what he has found through “the language of the images”. His message of “meaning and transformation” finds clear and intense expression in his paintings through a precise use of space, light and texture. De Es' was the featured artist for Omni magazine...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dalinean Horses Horace’s Chimera
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dalinean Horses Horace's Chimera MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Simeon Wajntraub & Jacques Carpentier EDITION NUMBER: 170/250 M...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Harmonious Resonance - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Harmonious Resonance captures the essence of unity, where resonant forms intertwine in luminous harmony on the canvas. Light and shadow become harmonious partners, crafting an enchan...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Digital

A Conceptual Surrealist Oil Painting, "Time Piece"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 36x19 Conceptual Surrealist Oil Painting executed by artist Annalise Neal. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery. Annalise Neil...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil

Daum Montre Molle Sculpture
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Daum Montre Molle Sculpture Designed by Salvador Dali for Daum MEDIUM: pate de verde glass and bronze sculpture. Pate de ve...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Glass

untitled, color abstract, original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is part of my private collection of 20th Century artists that were part of the School of Paris era. This piece is original and signed by Pelayo and numbered.
Category

Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Paint, Acrylic, Lithograph

Conspiration
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original painting by artist Airom
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Oil

City 6, Framed Silkscreen by Kimura 1968
Located in Long Island City, NY
"City 6" is an original 1968 hand-signed and numbered (9/45) screenprint by Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - 2014), nicely framed. Image measures 15 x 22 inches. The artist has sp...
Category

1960s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

(after) Julio Gonzalez - "Tete sur fond rouille" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1957 by Jacomet and published by the Galerie Berggruen for a rare catalogue. Image size: 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (133 x 98 mm...
Category

1950s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

"Ballet" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ballet" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available siz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Place St-Pierre
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Place St. Pierre MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Graphiques Internationales EDITION NUMBER: 244/350 MEASUREMENTS: 15.5" x ...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

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