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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
Relic 1999, painted porcelain plate, dia. 31 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Relic 1999, painted porcelain plate, dia. 31 cm
Relic, the painted porcelain plate from 1999, is a captivating piece of art that showcases a black and white surreal composition. Wit...
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1990s Surrealist More Art
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Porcelain
$629 Sale Price
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Water 2009, painted porcelain plate, 39х19х2.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Water 2009, painted porcelain plate, 39х19х2.5 cm
Water is a captivating and evocative painted porcelain plate. It combines artistic craftsmanship, a romantic theme, and the allure ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist More Art
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Porcelain
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Guillaume Azoulay Lever de Soleil Limited Edition Etching Hand signed & Numbered
Located in Plainview, NY
This exquisite piece, titled Lever de Soleil by Guillaume Azoulay ( Moroccan-French 1949) , is a limited-edition etching, numbered 26 out of 50 and dated 2016. The etching captures A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art
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Etching
"Sur le Bout de la Langue" [On the Tip of the Tongue]
Located in Astoria, NY
Jacques Brunius (French, 1906-1967), "Sur le Bout de la Langue" [On the Tip of the Tongue], Collage on Board, 1961, signed and dated lower left, gilt trim and ebonized wood frame. Im...
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1960s Surrealist More Art
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Paper, Board
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Hound of the Budgerigars- Original animal surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Hound of the Budgerigars" by Michael Abrams is a delightful a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art
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Canvas, Oil
Top Dog - Original animal surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Top Dog" by Michael Abrams is a contemplative and evocative p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art
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Canvas, Oil
$3,730 Sale Price
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Marguerite - Rare Book Illustrated by Fernand Simeon - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Perfect conditions and uncut. One of the only 19 copies on Japon Imperial including one suite of xilographs on papier de Chine.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$616 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$147 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$164 Sale Price
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Malice - Rare Book Illustrated by Chasles Laborde - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 746 copies including original colored etchings by Chas Laborde. Copy on papier de rives. Perfect conditions.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$534 Sale Price
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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 Soupaul...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
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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Paper
$205 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$616 Sale Price
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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 perf...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
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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Paper
Jacquou le Croquant - Rare Book Illustrated by Louis-Joseph Soulas - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1081 copies. One of only 65 copies on Japan Impérial including original woodcuts by Louis-Joseph Soulas.
Superb copy in perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
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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Paper
$246 Sale Price
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Macao et Cosmage, ou l'experience du Bonheur - Rare Book by Edy Legrand - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Copy on vélin, including many color illustrations by Edy Legrand.
Excellent conditions, with original illustrated cardboard editorial cover (au pochoir).
...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
Revolverate - Rare Book Illustrated by Gian Pietro Lucini - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Revolverate , con una prefazione futurista di F.T. Marinetti. With a Futurist preface by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and an inscription dated 1...
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1890s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$492 Sale Price
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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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Paper
Il Bene Raro - Rare Book illustrated by Hans Richter - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 92 copies plus 10 Artist Proofs, including 6 original etchings numbered and signed by Hans Richter and six poems by Grytzko Mascioni. Original hard creative slipcase on gr...
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1970s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$780 Sale Price
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Fermé la Nuit - Rare Book illustrated by Jules Pascin - 1925
By Jules Pascin
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 400 copies. One of the 350 copies on Pur Fil Lafuma-Navarre paper. Includes 5 original etchings and many illustrations by Jules Pascin. Original paperback cover. Perfect c...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$3,697 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$57 Sale Price
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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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Paper
L'Équipe - Rare Book Illustrated by André Dignimont - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 336 copies illustrated by A. Dignimont. Copy on velin pur film Lafuma. Frontispecie separeted from binding. Very good condition.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$3,943 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$213 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$492 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$534 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$164 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$1,314 Sale Price
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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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Paper
Huit Jours à Seville - Rare Book by Maurice Barraud - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1650 copies. Copy number on Hollande Van Gelder paper. Includes an original litograph by Maurice Barraud on the frontispiece. Seventh volume of the "Ceinture du Monde" col...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$246 Sale Price
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La Scienza delle Medaglie Antiche e Moderne - Rare Book - 1728
Located in Roma, IT
9 Plates which represent different kind of coins. Cover on rigid parchment. Decorations and title of book drawn with ink. A full page b/w etching on first endpaper, and a second smal...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$534 Sale Price
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Le Ranocchie Turchine - Rare Book - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Le Ranocchie Turchine , Edition of 1909, edited by edizioni di "Poesia", Milano : via Senato n°2. with Manifesto del Futurismo. Very good conditions.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$534 Sale Price
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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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Paper
$123 Sale Price
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Fragment en Prose - Rare Book - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Translated in french by Maurice Betz, from the original "Prosafragmente" by Rainer Maria Rilke. Edition of 675 copies. Copy on Outhenin-Chalandre paper. Spine lightly worn, perfect c...
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1910s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$238 Sale Price
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Tableau du Palais - Rare Book Illustrated by Yves Alix - 1920s
By Yves Alix
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 348 copies including 22 lithographs by Yves Alix of which 9 full page.
One of 300 copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre.
Nice volume on parisian Court (judges, attorney...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$328 Sale Price
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Cruautes de la Nuit - Rare Book Illustrated by Giorgio De Chirico - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 532 copies. Copy on Holland de Rives. Good conditions, lightly wore on binding. Edition including an illustration by Giorgio De Chirico representing the portrait of the au...
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
Rien qu'une Femme - Rare Book Illustrated by Maurice Asselin - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
One of 75 copies on Hollande Van Gelder. Including 8 original etchings by Maurice Asselin. Copy in perfect conditions and partially uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$517 Sale Price
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La Guerre sur Mer - Rare Book Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Original work by Rudyard Kipling, translated in french by Etienne Lamy. Little foxing on the original paperback cover. Language: french. Good conditions. Partially uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
$106 Sale Price
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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 an Melancholic" - peafowl bird - edition size 25
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Annemarie Petri - "Interior of an Melancholic".
Surrealism, imaginary cities, fantasy, mirage, etching.
Technique: Etching/monoprint, highest technical level with 8-15 plates.
Edi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art
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Etching, Monoprint
Le Grand Ordinaire - Rare Book Illustrated by Oscar Dominguez - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Le Grand Ordinaire is an original modern very rare book illustrated by Oscar Dominguez (San Cristóbal de La Laguna, 1906 – 1957) and written by André ...
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1940s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
Correspondence by L. Gischia to N. Jacometti - 1954-55
By Léon Gischia
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
Signed Letter by André Masson - 1950 - Surrealism
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
L.A.S. (Lettre Autographe Signée) Autograph Letter Signed by A. Masson to N. Jacometti. Paris, 28th March 1950. In back some autograph greetings by Marie and Dominique, Massons’s children. One page two-sided 24.1 x 16 cm. In 8°. In French. Perfect condition with usual folds of paper.
Thank-you letter: “Grâce à ta gentillesse tu es à la base d’un...
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1950s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue
Etching from 1981.
An unnumbered and unsigned copy in black, outside from signed edition of 60.
Dimensions of sheet: 49.5...
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1980s Surrealist More Art
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Etching, Aquatint
$1,126 Sale Price
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Empreinte Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
13BIS .
Novembre 2022
collage et impression numérique jet d'encre pigmentaire sur papier coton 310g .
numéroté 10/13. et signé au dos par 13bis .
13bis , street artiste collagiste ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art
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Archival Paper
Salvador Dali - Perrier - Poster
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Perrier - Vintage Lithographic Poster
On Golden paper
Signed in the plate
1970
Dimensions: 60 x 42 cm
Reference: Field page 233
Some folding
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1970s Surrealist More Art
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Lithograph
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
The Earth Spirit
By Joseph Karwacki
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Queens, New York, Joseph Karwacki makes drawings that come directly from his experience of living in Queens. His graphic design studies at New York City College of Technology...
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2010s Surrealist More Art
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Mixed Media
Hair #1
By Jessie Laura
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
Every1's a Winner
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
François Xavier lalanne the spider 2003
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
François Xavier lalanne
l'araignée
the spider
lithograph
circa 2003
signed in pencil lower right
limited edition of 75 copies
from the "ordinar...
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Early 2000s Surrealist More Art
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Paper
Frutos Prohibidos
Located in Miami, FL
Ramon Alejandro
Frutos Prohibidos, 2021
Acrylic on Canvas
24 x 30 in
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
Teres de Grand Feu
Located in Missouri, MO
Terres de Grand Feu
Miro Artigas
Galerie Maeght Fine Art Poster Print
30 x 21 inches
31 x 22 inches with frame
Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain...
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20th Century Surrealist More Art
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Color
Price Upon Request
Calder Stabiles
Located in Missouri, MO
Calder Stabiles
Galerie Maeght Fine Art Poster Print
30 x 22 inches
31 x 23 inches with frame
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
One of America's ...
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20th Century Surrealist More Art
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Color
Price Upon Request
Exceptional set of complete works, dedicated, with 8 original endpage drawings
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau
Exceptional copy of the complete works in 9 volumes, dedicated to Jacques Fonson, 8 with original endpage drawings
Half bound in red morocco with gold lettering
8 volum...
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1940s Surrealist More Art
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Gold Leaf
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