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In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.

Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.

Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.

Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)

The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.

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Style: Surrealist
Beach Proposal, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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The scene depicts a beach where anthropomorphic rabbits are enjoying a sunny day. In the foreground, a bunny sits gracefully on the sandy shore while another kn...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Madame de la Rombiere - Rare Book Illustrated by Simeon - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 450 copies including original etchings by Simeon. Copy on velin de Rivés. Very good conditions and partially uncut.
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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La ritirata del Friuli - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
La ritirata del Friuli - note di un ufficiale della Seconda Armata. Diary of the author Ardengo Soffici (Rignano sull'Arno,1879 – Vittoria Apuana, 1964), during his participation in ...
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Scoperte e Massacri, Scritti...- Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Volume on the art by Ardengo Soffici (Rignano sull'Arno,1879 – Vittoria Apuana,1964). The texts are mainly a collection of art critics first published by Soffici on the italian magaz...
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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L'Uva e la Croce - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
L'Uva e la Croce, autoritratto d'artista italiano nel quadro del suo tempo. Autobiographical work by Ardengo Soffici (Rignano sull'Arno,1879 – Vittoria Apuana,1964), in which the aut...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Medardo Rosso - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Original edition including 42 illustrations of the works by the artist. Famous critical essay by Ardengo Soffici on one of the main sculptores of his age, Medardo Rosso (Torino, 1858...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Elegia dell'Ambra - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 600 copies. One of the 100 copies out of commerce, with the original signature of the author. Includes some original xylographies on the cover, on the frontispiece and on ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Les Dernières Nuits de Paris - Rare Book Illustrated by Philippe Soupault - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 500 copies. Copy on papier Velin du Marais paper. Language: french. Soft editorial cover, almost perfect conditions. Uncut. Philippe Soupault was born in 1897 and died in ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Fermina Marquez - Rare Book Illustrated by Chasles Laborde - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 364 copies including 14 original engravings by Chas Laborde. One of the rare copies on paper from Holland. Original editorial softcover.Copy in perfect conditions.The firs...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Notes d'Art - Rare Book Illustrated by André Toulet - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1000 copies. One of 100 copies numbered by Roman numerals on Japon paper. Language: french. Little foxing on cover, perfect conditions inside. Uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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L'Inflation Sentimentale - Rare Book Illustrated by Chasles Laborde - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 140 copies including 21 original watercolors by Charles Laborde. Copy on Hollande Van Gelder paper. Lightly damaged on binding. Inside perfect conditions. Very rare and p...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Où Boivent les Loups - Rare Book Illustrated by Tristan Tzara - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1010 copies. Copy on Alfa paper. Language: french. Superb copy in perfect conditions, as new. Uncut.
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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Hélene & Touglas - Rare Book Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1220 copies. Copy on velin d'Annonay, including original etching by J. Laboureur. Very good, little brown on cover.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Supplément au voyage de... - Rare Book Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville, ou dialogue entre A et B sur l'inconvénient d'attacher des idées morales à certaines actions physiques qui n'en comportent pas. Edition of 315 c...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Chansons Madécasses - Rare Book Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 412 copies including 30 original colored vignettes by J. E. Laboureur. Copy on Jute naturel. Light flowering in the last pages. Very good conditions, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Comment les Blancs Sont d'Ancien Noirs - Rare Book by A. Latour - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 500 copies. Copy on papier velin. Very good conditions.
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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Tableau de Grands Magasins - Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Emile Laboureu - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 334 copies. Copy number 2 on Velin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Includes 12 original etchings by Jean Emile Laboureur. Partially uncut. Perfect conditions. 
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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La Mye du Roi - Rare Book Illustrated by Léon Lebègue - 1902
Located in Roma, IT
La Mye du Roi - conte dròlatique manuscrit et enluminé par Léon Lébegue. Edition of 245 copies including original hand-colored illustrations by Léon Lebègue. Copy on vergé à la form...
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Early 1900s Surrealist More Art

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Tableau de la Mode - Rare Book by Marcel Vertès - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 342 copies including 21 etchings and 11 lithographs by Marcel Vertés. Perfect conditions. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Il Poema Africano della Divisione “28 Ottobre” - Rare Book - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed dedication by the author on frontispiece to Paola Masino (Pisa 1908 - Roma 1989), famous italian writer. Original editorial soft cover. Excellent conditions and partially...
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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Uccidiamo il Chiaro di Luna - Rare Book - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Third futurist manifesto (wrongly believed to be the second), appeared for the first time with this title on the literary magazine directed by F.T. Marinetti "Poesia", anno V, n.7-8-...
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Connaissance de la Déesse - Rare Book - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1060 copies on Navarre verge including a lithograph representing the author on the frontispiece of Edouard Vuillard. Very good conditions and partially uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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La Main Enchantée - Rare Book by Jean Gabriel Daragnès - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 426 copies including original engravings by Daragnés. Copy on Japon Imperial (one of the only 60 on this paper). Perfect conditions. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Les Amies - Rare Book by Jean Gabriel Daragnès - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 280 copies. Copy on papier d'Arches, including 6 original woodcuts by Daragnès. Hard cover on marble cardboard. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Un Coup d'Œil sur l'Ame... - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1035 copies including a portrait of the author (engraving on copper) by Léonarde Tsuguharu Foujita. Near perfect conditions, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Vanikoro - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 530 copies including a portrait of the author by Leonard Foujita. Copy on Madagascar. Near perfect condition, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Jeux Olympiques - Rare Book Illustrated by L.T. Foujita - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 816 copies on vélin simili curve des papeteries Navarre, including a portrait of the author by Foujita. Very good conditions, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Rien que la terre - Rare Book Illustrated by Demetrios Galanis - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 206 copies including 11 original engravings by Demetrios Galanis and one original frontispiece. Copy on reservede to Librairie Champion. Includes a printsuite and an origi...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Ces Messieurs-Dames... - Rare Book Illustrated by André Dignimont - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 150 copies including original b/w and colored illustrations by Dignimont.  Comments by Francis Carco. Second book in which Carco introduces an artist after the first dedic...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Serge Lifar. Le Destin du... - Rare Book by Andre Schaikevith - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1.200 copies including reproductions of 25 drawings by Pablo Picasso and black and white photographs. One of 200 copies "HC" out of commerce, on papier vergé teinté Arjoma...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Le Jeune Homme - Rare Book - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 785 copies. Copy on papier du Madagascar. Near perfect conditions. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Ecumes de la Mer - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Aubert - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 800. Copy on velin simili cuve Navarre paper. On frontispiece it includes a portrait of the author by Pablo Picasso, engraved by G. Aubert. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Le Roi de la Vie - Rare Book by Philippe Soupault - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 620 copies including a portrait of the author by Alexeieff on frontispiece. Copy on Velin Lafuma paper. Language: french. Perfect conditions. Uncut. Philippe Soupault was ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Les Jeux du demi-jour - Rare Book by Vertès - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 600 copies including 12 original lithographs by Vertès. Original editorial soft cover with original jacket printed on pink cardboard. Copy on Vélin Pur Fil Lafuma with e...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Mitsou ou Comment l'Esprit vient aux Filles - Rare Book - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1300 copies on Vélin du Marais.  Excellent Condition. Partially Uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Ondine - Rare Book - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 540 copies. Copy on Alfa. Original editorial soft cover, perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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L'Enfant - Rare Book - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1000 copies. Copy on Japon Imperial, one of 60 copies. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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La Laurier d’Apollon - Rare Book - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 145 copies. One of the only 40 copies on Velin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Language: french. First edition. Perfect conditions. Uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Zoo - Rare Book by Gus Bofa - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Copy n. 30/1150, on Hollande paper, with b/w lithographies and suite on BFK Rives paper. Superb copy in perfect conditions. Including the complete suite by Gus Bofa.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Chez les Toubibs - Rare Book by Gus Bofa - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Text and illustrations by Gus Bofa. Plates and spine partially missing and restored. Inside excellent conditions and partially uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Deux Fragments d'une Histoire Universelle - Rare Book by Jean Bruller - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 395 including 17 original coloured etchings by Jean Bruller. Copy on velin de Rives. Very good conditions.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Des Riens... - Rare Book by Carlègle - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 507 copies including 66 illustrations by Carlègle, colored "au pochoir". Extremely rare and precious copy on Japon Imperial (one of 37 of the commercial edition), includin...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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La Patience de Griseledis - Rare Book Illustrated by P.A. Moras - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1000 copies. One of the only 50 copies on Japon Imperial paper, including a suite of 15 woodcut prints on China paper. Includes also original black and white and colored w...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Falourdin - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Aubert - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 793 copies. Copy on Velin Navarre paper. Includes a portrait of the author by Raoul Dufy, engraved by G. Aubert. Language: french. Binding and cover lightly worn. Partiall...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Le Bar de l'Amour - Rare Book by Philippe Soupault - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 230 copies. Copy on Pur Fil Lafuma paper. Includes the "Cahier de la Rédaction" titled "Feuilleuts" and "Jacques Rivière". Language: french. Original soft cover. Very good...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Humoristiques - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Aubert - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Edition n.10 of 693 copies. Copy on velin navarre including portrait of the author by Alberto Savinio and engraved on wood by G. Aubert. Partially uncut, very good conditions.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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La Belle Journée - Rare Book Illustrated by Chas Laborde - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1345 copies. Copy on velin Lafuma. Edition including original etchings by Chas Laborde. Perfect conditions, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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La Mort de Philae - Rare Book Illustrated by Pierre Loti - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 990 copies. Copy on vergé d'Arches, soft editorial cover with some very minor stains. Inside near perfect conditions. Edition tirée à 990 exemplaires. Imprimé sur papier ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Joseph Bernard - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Aubert - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 215 copies on pur fil Lafuma paper. Includes a portrait of the artist on china paper, engraved and signed by G. Aubert. Includes also reproduction of the artist's works on...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Nebula, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Miranda Gamel depicts an ethereal being with a glowing crown and wings. Star nebulas and light beams surround her in lustrous prismatic hues. The nude fi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Venus, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by the classical painting, The Birth of Venus, artist Miranda Gamel shows a surrealist portrayal. The subject stands beautifully with long wavy hair and glistening eyes under a turquoise moon...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Her Transformation, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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Artist Miranda Gamel shares a dreamy portrait of a woman with a neon pink crown surrounded by glowing butterflies. Miranda portrays the subject with illuminated...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Journal d’un Fantome - Rare Book Illustrated by Various Artists - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Journal d’un Fantome is an original modern rare book written by Philipppe Soupault (Chaville, 1897 – Paris, 1990) and illustrated by Various Artists (Brauner, Masson and Labisse) in ...
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1940s Surrealist More Art

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Annemarie Petri - "Interior of an Ecologist" - goshawk bird - edition size 25
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Annemarie Petri - "Interior of an Ecologist". Surrealism, imaginary cities, fantasy, mirage, etching. Technique: Etching/monoprint, highest technical level with 8-15 plates. Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Etching, Monoprint

Annemarie Petri - "Interior of a Logopedist" - parrot bird - edition size 25
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Annemarie Petri - "Interior of a Logopedist". Surrealism, imaginary cities, fantasy, mirage, etching. Technique: Etching/monoprint, highest technical level with 8-15 plates. Editi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Etching, Monoprint

Correspondence by L. Gischia to N. Jacometti - 1954-55
Located in Roma, IT
This Correspondence by Léon Gischia to Nesto Jacometti, written in French, between 1954-55, is composed of 3 items, prefectly readable and in excellent conditions, except for holes...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Permanent Marker

Kazimir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jessie Laura was born in Lima, Peru. She creates analog collages, using art to examine her everyday reality. "My work explores the workings of the mind. Nature, structure, paradoxe...
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2010s Surrealist More Art

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Mixed Media

Down the Hatch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michele Luger addresses the unknown, the hidden away, and deep feelings of nostalgia, for a place or time you've never lived. In her collage work, she explores the ways in which we mask...
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2010s Surrealist More Art

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Mixed Media

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