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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
Frontières Humaines - Rare Book - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 2108 copies. Copy on Velin Alfa Lafuma paper. Original paperback cover. Binding partially unglued. Very good conditions. Uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Les Epingles - Rare Book Illustrated by Apollinaire - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 835 copies, Copy on Lafuma paper. Includes an original frontespiece by Alexeieff. Language: french. Perfect conditions. Uncut.
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Paris la Nuit. Les Plaisirs de la Capitale - Rare Book by Louis Aragon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Paris la Nuit. Les Plaisirs de la Capitale, ses bas fonds et ses jardins secrets. Considerations by Louis Aragon on different aspects of Paris, seen from...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

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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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

Charles Pequin - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Aubert - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 215 copies including b/w reproductions of artworks by Charles Pequin and a portrait of the artist by G. Aubert. Copy on papier pur fil. Copy in good conditions. Partially...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

François Xavier Lalanne, bird on lillies, 2006
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Natural history - François-Xavier Lalanne Etching Numbered out of 70 and signed F.X.L. in pencil Robert and Lydie Dutrou editors 2006. Paper size: 40x33cm Work size: 16x19.5cm
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Early 2000s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Chroessi Schnell - "Surreal Maps" - surrealist abstract forms of a dream
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Chroessi Schnell - "Surreal Maps". Surrealism, abstract forms, dream universe. They are Alienations of the maps of "Münsterland" where my mother was born and grew up as a farmers d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Paper

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

The Gem Tree, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Wood and Wire Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
The Gem Tree, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture 26" x 31" x 19" (HxWxD) Wood, Wire, Crystal Beads Artist Todd McCollister has created a 3D surreali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Wire

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

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

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

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

"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 More Art

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Muslin, Wood, Paper

"Grand Chèvre-cou" Poem-object MUSEUM piece
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau. ( 1889-1963 ) Grand Chèvre - Cou . " Poem -Objet " Signed Jean Cocteau at the base ; incised and dated Jean Cocteau 58. marked and numbered Edition originale de jean Co...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Ceramic

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

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

Exceptional set of complete works, dedicated, with 8 original endpage drawings
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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