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Art For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Hudson River School
Untitled
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Matta, Roberto Title: Untitled Series: The Obscure Arc of the Hours Date: 1975 Medium: Engraving Framed Dimensions: 33" x 40" Signature: Signed Edition: 33/33 ...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Color

Acecho
By Gonzalo Morales
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on Canvas, Signed Dated 2013 14 x 18 Inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Cahiers d'art, Surrealist Composition 1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cahiers d'art, Surrealist Composition 1 Pochoir, 1934 Unsigned as issued in Cahier's edition Published in Cahier's d'art, 1934 Unsigned Edition of 1200 There was also a pencil signed...
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1930s Surrealist Art

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Stencil

"Hombre contemplando la luna" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as the frontispiece of the deluxe edition of Rober...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Aquatint

YiJian Wang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Caprice 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Caprice 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 15 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: YiJian Wang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Ladybirds Trees
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...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

"Moon Birth 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth 2" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Photographic Paper

Jamestown, Virginia Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
John A Mooney is a Virginian artist who has been known to paint trompe loeil and landscape paintings. Born in Buffalo, New York, John A. Mooney (1843-1918) traveled to Georgia to enl...
Category

Early 20th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ocean Landscape of Sailing off the Coast
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This coastal landscape is done by the famed painted William Frederick De Haas (1830-1880). This painting shows two men in a canoe paddling off the cliff shore in the foreground with ...
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19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sunset Boating Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Paul Weber was a German born artist that painted beautiful American Landscapes. He exhibited his works in New England, specifically Philadelphia and Boston. After his famed period of...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Canvas, Oil

Livestock Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, a luminary of 19th-century Belgian art, wielded his brush with unparalleled mastery, capturing the timeless allure of pastoral landscapes and noble anim...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Sedet Sola Civitas - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Holy Bible -  Sedet sola civitas is Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 an...
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1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"I Love You Anna" Photography 24" x 16" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"I Love You Anna" Photography 24" x 16" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Inter Filios Dei Affuit Etiam Satan - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Holy Bible -  Inter Filios Dei Affuit Etiam Satan is Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolan...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"Dancing Love" contemporary ethereal nude figures in green and blue water
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Dancing Love" is a contemporary painting of ethereal nude figures in green and blue water. Astone brought professional dancers into her studio and let them improvise as she painted ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dante purifié - Engraving - 150 copies
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Dante purifié (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Signature printed in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") References: - Fie...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Eggs
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Etching and aquatint. Artist's Proof. Edition of 90 prints. Image Dimensions : 48 x 62 cm
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Still-life with Sun Rise
Located in Denver, CO
A cheeky still-life with a wry surprise, "Still-life with Sun Rise" is a work by Kevin Sloan that turns heads. A butterfly lands lightly on the stem of an orange accompanied by a se...
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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Aerial 2" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aerial 2" 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 Art

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Photographic Paper

“Emergence 3” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Emergence 3” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Park Drive" series The notion ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Moon Birth" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth" 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Photographic Paper

“Walkie Talkie” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Walkie Talkie” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Park Drive" series
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Render to Caesar, Surreal Scene with Classical Greek Scupture and Garden
Located in Chicago, IL
Taken from a statue of Julius Caesar by French sculptor Nicolas Coustou from 1669, artist John Hrehov places his copy in an elaborate labyrinth of greenery. The classical elements of sculpture, ionic column and greek temple are tied together by a bright green and blue palette in this perfectly balanced surreal scene. This piece is floated in a white wooden frame measuring 38h x 32w x 2d inches. John Hrehov Render to Caesar oil on canvas 36h x 30w in 91.44h x 76.20w cm JHR025 John Hrehov Education 1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Solo Exhibitions 2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN. 2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. 2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street...
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2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Permafrost” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Permafrost” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Rite of Spring" series In this melancholy series...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Joie de Vivre, " Mixed-Media Kite, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. In this kite entitled "Joie de Vivre," Thompson creates a delicate composition from antique wallpaper...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Muslin, Wood, Paper

“Pollen” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Pollen” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Rite of Spring" series In this melancholy series, we...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
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1920s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Illustration Board

“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff “Has Found Out Thy Bed” (2016) Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag 20” X 30” inch ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

The Creation of Earth and Sea Animals - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Creation of Earthly and Sea Animals is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 an...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press. Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - "Original Lithography VII" - color lithography - mourlot 863
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Joan Miró - "Original Lithography VII". Lithograph in colors from Litografo (Volume I) Spanish edition from 1972. Catalogue of works: Mourlot 863. Slight book fold in the centre of the paper. Miró's development of a new pictorial language led to a consistent restriction to the primary colours black, green, yellow, blue and red, which he implemented in the series of paintings "Constellations" (1940/41) with lines, spots and areas of colour. Like Pablo Picasso and Franz Marc, Miró also worked with graphics and primarily produced etchings and lithographs. Produced in large editions, the artist believed that everyone should be able to afford a print by Miró...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

DRAG QUEEN Original Lithograph, Surreal Pencil Portrait, Cabaret-Berlin style
Located in Union City, NJ
DRAG QUEEN is a superbly executed hand drawn, original lithograph printed from a lithographic stone using traditional hand printmaking techniques on archival paper 100% acid free. DRAG QUEEN portrays a pencil drawing of a seated man wearing a scallop edge black slip dress, dark stockings, pom pom mules/slides, holding a small black purse. He looks straight out toward the viewer with one eye open, one closed as he pokes the eye of a mysterious man looking up from the bottom of the composition. Very intriguing, Cabaret-Berlin style, surreal portrait that was hand printed in Paris France during the early 1970's. Artist is unknown.... Paper size: 12.75 x 9.5 inches, unframed, unsigned Printers Proof, hand torn edges, fine impression, excellent condition. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. In modern times, drag queens are associated with gay men and gay culture, but people of other genders and sexual identities...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Highlands - Hudson River from West Point by Thomas B. Pope (American, 1834-1891)
Located in New York, NY
Painted by Hudson River School artist Thomas Benjamin Pope (1834–1891), "Highlands - Hudson River from West Point Looking North" is oil on canvas ...
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19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Oil, Board

Salvador Dalí­, Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3), Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on Fabriano hand-made, rag, cream laid paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3....
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­, Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3), Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on Fabriano hand-made, rag, cream laid paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3....
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­, Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3), Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on Fabriano hand-made, rag, cream laid paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3....
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Late Hudson River School Oil on canvass
Located in Exton, PA
Nice late 19th century oil painting on canvass showing a forest interior with stream. Definitely done in the style of the Hudson River School, but with elements of impressionist and ...
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Art

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Oil

Joan Ponç - UNTITLED Etching. Spanish Surrealism Contemporary Art Purple
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Ponç - SIN TÍTULO 1 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Etching on paper Edition number: 70/75 Size: 56 x 76 cm Condition: In perfect conditions and never framed Observations: Etchin...
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1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Engraving, Etching

René Magritte - LE BEAU MONDE- Limited Lithograph Surrealism French Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE BEAU MONDE, 1962 (THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 154/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: In very goo...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró ( 1893 – 1983 ) – hand-signed Lithograph on Guarro paper – 1973
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph on Guarro wove paper , edited in 1973 Limited edition of 75 copies Hand signed by Joan Miró in pencil in the lower right margin , paper size: : 88 x 61 cm framed siz...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). This is the whimsical and striking surrealist composition, created by Rene Magritte for the cover of the December 1946 issue of "View", devote...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­, Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3), Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on Fabriano hand-made, rag, cream laid paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3....
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Sculpture Garden (Contretemps)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture Garden (Contretemps) (1988), 2024. Giclée print on Hahnemühle paper with archival ink, 16.7 x 24 in. (42.5 x 61 cm.). Edition: 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Giclée

Salvador Dalí­, Composition (Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3), Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on Fabriano hand-made, rag, cream laid paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler/Löpsinger 1600; Field 69-3....
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Feminist Surrealist French Abstract Apres Mondrian Oil Painting Myriam Bat Yosef
Located in Surfside, FL
Myriam Bat-Yosef Surrealist abstract oil painting in colorful abstract patterned rectangles and shades Hand signed and dated 1984. Miniature design letter also signed. Myriam Bat-Y...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Oil

"Retablo No. 5 (An Attic of Records)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive pa...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Found Objects, Paper

Iesus Flagellatus - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Lesus Flagellatus is 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...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"Retablo No. 4 (Blackbird)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive pa...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

Don Quichotte with the Mirror - Original etching, Handsigned - Field #80-1 I
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI (1904-1989) Don Quichotte with the Mirror, (le Miroir de la Chevalerie), 1980 Original etching with aquatint Signed in pencil Numbered / 125 On Arches vellum 76 x 56....
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Aquatint

1970's Mod Surrealist Day Glo Fluorescent Acrylic Painting J. James Akston
Located in Surfside, FL
J. James Akston Surrealism, Village scene (Mexico) Acrylic on Board Frame: 15 X 18 Image: 9 X 12 Joseph James Akston was a Polish American sculptor, painter, known for surrealist ab...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Acrylic

Don't Touch Me - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Don't Touch Me is 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 an...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

The Famine - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Famine is 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 and da...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Et Posuerunt Eum in Monumento - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Et Posuerunt Eum in Monumento is 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 1...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

De Cruce Deposito - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
De Cruce Deposito is 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...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Abraham, Pater Multarem Gentium is 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...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Passion - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Passion is 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 and dated...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Mulier Amicta Sole - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Mulier Amicta Sole is 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...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Apparuerunt Illis Dispertitae Linguae - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Apparuerunt Illis Dispertitae Linguae is Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 19...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

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