Surrealist Photography
SURREALIST STYLE
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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
Style: Surrealist
Color: Gray
“Inside Out 1” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Inside Out 1” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
From "Park Drive" series
Brian Ziff is a Los Angeles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
"Modern Traditions 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modern Traditions 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pygmalion and Galatea" 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. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
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Photographic Paper
"Modern Traditions 2" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Modern Traditions 2" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
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Photographic Paper
Man Playing his Favorite Instrument
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated.
Category
1950s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Geometry 2" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry 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.
Availa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Black Moon" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Moon" 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.
Availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
“Emergence 3” Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff
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 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
"Ladybugs" Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ladybugs" 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 Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Adam" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Adam" 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.
Available sizes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"One heart" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"One heart" 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.
Available ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
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Photographic Paper
"Music is Eternal" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Music is Eternal" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Av...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
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Photographic Paper
"Ladybugs" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ladybugs" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Availabl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
“Defiant” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition of 12 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Defiant” (FRAMED) Photography 30" x 24" inch Edition of 12 by Brian Ziff
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
American Dreams - From "Playboy" series.
The no...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition of 7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pygmalion and Galatea" 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. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"One heart" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 3/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"One heart" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 3/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Moon Birth" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 5/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 5/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Available...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Black Moon" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Moon" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Music is Eternal" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Music is Eternal" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Av...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Adam" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Adam" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Available sizes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Nude on the Stairs
By Arthur Tress
Located in London, GB
Silver gelatin print, studio stamp (verso), 19cm x 19cm (print size), (50cm x 40cm in mount), unframed, but contained within archive quality mount.
Tress is one of the most renowned and innovative photographers of his generation. Citing his influences as Hokusai, Frank Lloyd Wright, Picasso, El Lissitzky, Duane Michaels...
Category
1970s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grey Crowned Cranes
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pygmalion and Galatea" Photography 24" x 24" in Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Follow Me" Photography 24" x 35.5" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Follow Me" Photography 24" x 35.5" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Olha Ste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
#1, Tree Huggers from the Future - (Man in Yellow Hazmat Suit in a Poppy field)
Located in London, GB
George McLeod, UNTITLED #1, 2021
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 46
Edition of 10 + 2 AP, Framed; white frame with antireflective art glass (Unframed options are also available)
Other la...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shot spring
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
I did a photo session of a neighbour in my bombed-out office in a studio in Kharkiv. A Russian fighter jet dropped a bomb on March 2 on the roof of this 5-storey building and a neigh...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
C Print
“Red Bull” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Red Bull” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
From "Unbearable Lightness...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
Signed 1963 Robert Indiana print (Robert Indiana prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Indiana ERR 1963:
A rare, sought-after early Robert Indiana print defined by surreal, experimental cinematic-like energy. Hand-signed by Indiana on the lower right.
Medium: Photoengraving and etching on Rives BFK.
Dimensions: 4 1/2x6 inches (including margins).
Very good overall vintage condition.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Artist's Proof 'E'" and "CHI" in pencil, lower margin.
Rare Trial proof, aside from the main edition of 60.
Printed by the artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Further background:
According to Susan Sheehan, Indiana printed only six progressive trial proofs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he learned printmaking from 1949 to 1952, under the supervision of Vera Berdich (inscribed "CHI"). Additionally 13 trial proofs were printed at the Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York (these inscribed "NYC"). The regular edition was printed by Atelier Georges Lablanc, Paris and published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to be included in International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde: America Discovered, Volume 5. The plate used for this print was originally given to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by the R.R. Donnelly Company, printers of Life magazine. Indiana discovered the plate while visiting Berdich at the school and decided to use it in his contribution to the Avant-garde portfolio. Sheehan 29.
Robert Indiana 1991:
"When I went back to the Art Institute of Chicago at that particular time - I think I was judging a show - I learned that Vera Berdich (Indiana's former teacher) was still there and the idea occurred to me, wouldn't it be fun to do a visiting artist etching, and she concurred. There on the floor was a box of copper plates and the images had been defaced on each one. These copper plates had been donated by the R.R. Donnelly Company, which put out Life magazine. I used to work for Donnelly. My only commercial art job was with them doing the little drawing that appear in the Yellow Pages, like lawnmowers and vacuum cleaners and things like that. Anyway, the idea being that the student was supposed to turn the plate over to use the back side and forget about the image on the front. But I found this image of this actress sitting on her bed with her ironing board and decided it was only very lightly defaced, so I asked if I could use it. And the word "Err" was actually added in New York; it was not in the first proofs in Chicago. Two weeks later, I was thumbing through LIFE magazine and there was this actress in the same page..."
About the artist:
Robert Indiana is best known for his iconic “LOVE” image, which has appeared across media including sculptures, prints, and paintings and epitomizes the artist’s graphic, predominantly text-based Pop art practice. Throughout his career, Indiana reimagined the aesthetics of American advertisements...
Category
1960s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Screen, Lithograph, Etching, Black and White, Engraving, Photogravure
Psycho House, 1978
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Jerry Uelsmann. Psycho House, 1978. Image Size; 18.75 x 14.5" (paper size: 20 x 16"). Framed 30 x 27". Signed, dated and titled on print verso including studio stamp.
A pioneer in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Geometry 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Availa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Your Move
By Tom Chambers
Located in Sante Fe, NM
I present unspoken stories which illustrate fleeting moments in time and which are intended to evoke a mood in the viewer. These mythical illustrations might address the fragility of...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Broken Shell Beach
By Teri Brudnak
Located in Boston, MA
Additional sizes and pricing available upon request.
Artist commentary:
There is an incredible world that exists at the tide line. This piece recalls the mix of broken shells, sea weeds and tiny organisms that wash up...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Paper
Biblia Sacra the Family of Ruth Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
The Family of Ruth is a colored lithograph from the gouache original on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965-1969. ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Lithograph
White Pelicans at Dawn
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cactus, Madrid
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and dated.
Toned gelatin silver print
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochro...
Category
1990s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Metaphysical Composition - Photographic Print by Erberto Carboni - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Metaphysical Composition by Erberto Carboni is a photographic print on high quality single coated paper (baryta layer).
On front there are four faint pencil lines that divide the ph...
Category
1940s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Black and White
"Anima Rêveuse" Original Fine Art Photography Edition 2/3 by Alina Karo
By Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Anima Rêveuse"
Aluminum
51” x 40”
Edition 2/3
Comes with COA
VOLLIPSIS series by Alina Karo
The title of the show, Vollipsis, bears a hint of mystery. By merging the meanings ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Metal
Rosemary Ellis Windows XV Silver Gelatin Photograph Black & White Architectural
Located in London, GB
Rosemary Ellis (1910-1988)
Windows XV
Original proof photograph for Windows in the Outlooks and Insights series published by Bodley Head, by Rosemary & Charlotte Ellis.
Silver Gelati...
Category
1970s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jewels Hat Spaceship
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100.
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available.
Mitchell Funk is a "Color Photographer Pioneer". He was color when c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Grey Crowned Cranes
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 18 x 14.5 in., Image size: 13...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Picture of Mountain on String)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 24 x 19 3/4 in., Image size: 19 1/4 x 19in.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Span...
Category
1990s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled - (High heel shoe with Eiffel Tower)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso by Chema Madoz
Paper size: 24 x 19 3/4 in., Image size: 22 3/4 x 18 in.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important co...
Category
1990s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Alina Karo "DNA Revolution" from 7 Deadly Sins series
By Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
"DNA Revolution"
From 7 Deadly Sins series by Alina Karo
Aluminum
36” x 24”
Edition 1/5
Comes with COA
"7 Deadly Sins" series
Now inspired by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Metal
Arco de Libros, Madrid (books)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 1/2 x 15 in.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish...
Category
1990s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marc Lacroix, "Dali with Flowers", original photograph
By Marc Lacroix
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original photograph taken by French photographer, Marc Lacroix in 1971. This image depicts Surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, who Lacroix photographed numerous times. There is a large room at the Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain, that is dedicated to Lacroix where his photographs of Dali are on permanent display. This piece is hand signed and numbered 6/15 from the edition of 15 on glossy Kodak photo...
Category
1970s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Secret 2" Fine art photography 1/3 by Alina Karo
By Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
Secret 2
Aluminum
47” x 40”
Edition 1/3
Comes with COA
VOLLIPSIS series by Alina Karo
The title of the show, Vollipsis, bears a hint of mystery. By merging the meanings of two ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Metal
Alina Karo "Secret 3" Original Fine Art Photography Edition 1/3
By Alina Karo
Located in Culver City, CA
Secret 3
Aluminum
47” x 40”
Edition 1/3
Comes with COA
VOLLIPSIS series by Alina Karo
The title of the show, Vollipsis, bears a hint of mystery. By merging the meanings of two ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Photography
Materials
Metal
Can O' Nudes
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated in black ink on print margin by Alfred Gescheidt
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 9 in.
Category
20th Century Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cuchillo, Madrid (knife-ruler)
By Chema Madoz
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 15
Signed, dated and numbered.
Chema Madoz is one of the most important contemporary Spanish photographers, who is greatly known for his monochromatic, surreal still-life...
Category
1990s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled, from the New Mexico Portfolio
By Van Deren Coke
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 125
Signed and dated in ink on print margin.
Photograph is from The New Mexico Portfolio published in 1976 by the Center of the E...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Statue of Liberty Mooning
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed and dated.
Category
20th Century Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Essence of Dali
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman hand signed and exhibited at the International Center for Photography.
Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
Category
1950s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Great Egrets in the Bayou
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Saddle-Billed Storks
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dali Cyclops
Located in Buffalo, NY
The work offered for sale here is an original vintage silver gelatin print hand created by Halsman and used as the cover proof for the "Dali Mustache Book".
Philippe Halsman was at one point considered the best photo-portraitist in France. He had an incessant interest in faces: “Every face I see seems to hide—and sometimes fleetingly reveal—the mystery of another human being.” Halsman’s photographs of politicians, celebrities, and intellectuals were featured widely in magazines like LIFE and Vogue. His more famous subjects included the likes of Marc Chagall, Le Corbusier, Audrey Hepburn, and Albert Einstein. He also had a 37-year collaboration with Salvador Dalí, which resulted in several famous surrealist series including the “Dalí’s Mustache” portraits...
Category
1950s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Migration
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Fading Beauty
By Drew Tal
Located in New York, NY
With his works included in the permanent collection at the Norton and the New Britain Museum, Drew Tal’s successful career has been nothing but a soaring ascension into the global ar...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Photogram
Untitled #8 (from Unfocused Series)
By Anne K Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Anne K Smith
Title: Untitled #8 (from Unfocused Series)
Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on Museo Silver Rag
Size: 10.5 x 16 inches
Available in sets of 3 (mix and match)
Entire "Unfoc...
Category
2010s Surrealist Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Surrealist photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mitchell Funk, Rosemary Ellis, Brian Ziff, and FPA Francis Pavy Artist. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Photographic Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist photography, so small editions measuring 4.5 inches across are also available. Prices for photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $28,800, while the average work sells for $1,750.