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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Expressionist
Landscape - Woodcut Print on Paper by Mino Maccari - Early 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original woodcut on Ivory paper.
Excellent conditions. Cat. Electa....
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Early 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
"Old Jew from Jaffa" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This Hermann Struck etching was printed in 1919 and published in Berlin by Paul Cassirer. Plate size: 8 x 5 3/4 inches (205 x 145mm). A good impression on w...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
La Voyante - Lithograph by Paul Delvaux - 1974
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Roma, IT
La Voyante is an original contemporary artwork realized by Paul Delvaux in 1974.
Color Lithograph on Arches Paper.
Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 25/75. ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print lithography portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Lopez Garcia (Spain, 1936)
'Mujer de Tomelloso', 1961
lithograph on paper
11.9 x 13.8 in. (30 x 35 cm.)
Edition of 170
Unframed
ID: LOP2001-008
Ha...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Travels of John the Baptist - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Holy Bible - The Travels of John the Baptist is Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani be...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le Faisan
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Le Faisan
Lithograph from 1966.
Edition: Epreuve d'artiste XXIV/XXV.
Dimensions of work: 76 x 59 cm.
Hand signed.
Dimensions of frame: 114 x 87 cm.
R...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
To Ev’ry Captive Soul
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: To Ev'ry Captive Soul
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Salvador Dali Archives with Frank Hunter
EDITION NUMBER: 33/200
MEASUREMENTS:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
Memories from Hampton, Figurative Surrealist print, Portrait, Polish art master
Located in Warsaw, PL
Vibrant giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with man in a hat with a bird cage. His side face has a cu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Color
Le Clairon, 1993, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
By Jean Jansem
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013)
Le Clairon, 1993
Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée EA12/30
Signée en bas à droite
65 x 50 cm / 76 x 56 cm
Bibliographie:
CR Jansem, 2000, n°85
"Ma...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Color Suite from "Les Amours de Cassandre"
Located in Wilton, CT
a rare set of the Color Suite from Les Amours de Cassandre. Paris: Editions Argillet, 1968. [15" x 11"]. 10pp. 10 illustrations. (10 hors text.) General Condition: Fine. Hand colored...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1979 and published in Barcelona by La Poligrafa in an edition of 1000. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 188 mm). Not signed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
La Bataille De L'Argonne - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograp, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1935 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hommage aux Petits Lits Blancs
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE:Hommage aux Petites Lits Blancs
MEDIUM: Lithograph done for Wally Findlay Gallery
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PRINTER: Mourlot Printers
EDITION NUMBER: 87/2...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Motif aus Improvisation 25: The Garden of Love" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Roethel 105. Printed in Paris in 1938 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 3). Image size: 8 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (217 x 220 mm). Sh...
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Surrealist Tete en Profil Lithograph in Color Young Womans Head Hors de Commerce
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Portland, OR
An original French Surrealist lithograph in colors by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), titled "Tete un Profil", 1950.
This wonderful original lithograph by Jean Cocteau depicts a beautiful ...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"The Moon" original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1938 by Teriade for the second issue of the art revue Verve (Volume 1, Number 2). Andre Masson was invited to contribute an origina...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bateau-Mouche au Bouquet (Mourlot 352; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Regar...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Die Prostitution by Josef Fenneker, Weimar silent film poster, Anita Berber 1919
Located in Chicago, IL
Original lithograph of Josef Fenneker’s German Expressionist poster design for the 1919 silent film Die Prostitution starring Anita Berber ...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #10, Ausschnitt aus dem Bilde “Medizin”; multi-color collotype detail from Medicine, one of the faculty paintings for the Uni...
Category
1930s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Icarus (Eolus)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Icarus (Eolus)
Series: The Mythology
Date: 1963
Medium: drypoint
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 18"
Framed Dimensions: 41" x 33" x 2"
Signature: Pen...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Conquest of Cosmos 1 Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos 1 Suite
MEDIUM: 6 color Etchings & Aquatints with embossing
SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine
EDITI...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
Chagall, Naomi and her daughters-in-law (Mourlot 230-277; Cramer 42) (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
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1950s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flordali : Surreal Tree, Fingers & Lips - Original Signed Etching (Field #68-3I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
Flordali : Surreal Tree (Fingers and Lips), 1969
Original Lithograph and Etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /175 copies
On Japan paper 77 x 57 cm (c. 31 x 22.4 inc...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Lithograph
The Ship of Souls - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Ship of Souls is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not signed...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
The Fisherman
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Fisherman
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 44/150
MEASUREMENTS: 39.87" x 23.75"
CONDITION: Excellent
AUTHENTICATION: ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Norfolk Broads by Kate Heiss, Limited edition print, Landscape, Wildlife
By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
The Norfolk Broads [2022]
limited_edition and hand signed by the artist
Oil based inks on 300GSM Somerset Velvet Paper
Edition number 15
Image size:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
"The Dinners". Seven-Panel Dibond number 10/25. Surreal Banquet in a Springtime
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This striking limited edition print by Natasha Lelenco captures the vivid energy of spring, where the explosion of floral motifs sets the stage for a unique psychological study of hu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Metal
pochoir printed on sandpaper
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: stencil print on sandpaper (after the painting). At the height of his period of creative experimentation during the 1930's, Miro executed an abstract painting on sandpaper.
...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 412; Cramer 59), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 147. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare original print on Rives paper)
Texte : Rare lithograph on Rives paper, handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. Leonor Fini was actually the life of the party during the Surrealist movement like Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Jacqueline Lamba and Claude Lalanne. Many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th centuryThis rare lithograph was made after the painting untitled Rogomelec, which was sold by Christie's on october 9th 2024 at GBP 907,200. Created in 1978, Rogomelec is an arresting example of Leonor Fini’s fantastical visions. Within a barren land stands a king dressed in an elaborate coat of peacock feathers. Light glints off his dazzling crown. He is magisterial, imperious, royalty incarnated. The painting shares its title with that of Fini’s third novella, first published in 1979; Rogomelec means ‘he who stones the king’. Written in the first person, the story tells of a traveller in a faraway land, home to a decaying monastery-turned-sanatorium, where monks proffer hallucinatory herbal cures, and culminates in an unsettling discovery during a ritual celebration of the king, the subject of the present work.
Born in Buenos Aires, Fini moved to Trieste as a young child. There, she developed an early interest in Renaissance and Mannerist art – the latter’s influence is evident in the elongated figure of Rogomelec – as well as Gustav Klimt, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the German and French Romantics, artists she discovered while riffling through her uncle’s extensive library. Largely self-taught, she moved to Paris in 1931 where she befriended René Magritte, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Victor Brauner. Through them, Fini grew close with the Surrealists and participated in their exhibitions, including Peggy Guggenheim’s landmark show 31 Women at her eponymous gallery on West 57 Street in New York.
Like her contemporaries, Fini’s paintings too seem wrenched from a dream and across her works she sought to reconcile the world that she experienced with that of her subconscious mind. In Rogomelec, the king’s clothing is meticulous, and the drama of the ensemble was likely influenced by Fini’s work outside the studio. She created sets and costumes for the ballet, stage, and film; collaborated on performances for the Paris Opéra and La Scala in Milan; and conceived of the bottle and packaging for Elsa Schiaparelli’s perfume...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Joel's Prophecy - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Photogravure
l' Hirondelle
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989)
Title: L'Hirondelle
Year: 1973
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered XLVI/CCL in pencil
Paper: Arches watermarked
Image size: 18.5 x 25 inches
paper size: 19 x 25.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Martin Lawrence and Jacques Carpentier...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Henry Moore, "Fantasy", original etching
By Henry Moore
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original etching created by Henry Moore in 1967. This piece is hand signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 on Japon paper. There are also two proofs on...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Sangre de Christos hand-pulled serigraph by Robert Daughters
Located in Paonia, CO
Sangre de Christos is a hand-pulled, limited edition serigraph, no. 39 / 260 and is signed in pencil by the artist. Published by Aspen Mountain Graphic...
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20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Femme Bleue
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Bleue
Lithograph from 1958.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26 cm.
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
First, original edition.
The work is in Excellent cond...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lierre
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Lierre
Lithograph from 1958.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26 cm.
Plate signed.
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
First, original edition.
The work is in Exce...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Construction d'un Temple en Ruine - Plate n. 9 - Etching by Paul Delvaux - 1973
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Roma, IT
Construction d’un temple – Plate n. 9 is a b/w original etching realized in 1972 (as stated on plate on the lower right margin) by Paul Delvaux.
From the collection “ Construction ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Equestrian Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Mihail Chemiakin
Title: Equestrian
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 178/225
Size: 30 x 21 Inches
Mihail Chemiakin is a renowned Russian-born paint...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Tisserand" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was published in Paris in 1898 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Image size: 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (142 x 195 mm). Not signed.
Condit...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite
MEDIUM: 16 Etchings
SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or - Lithograph by Joan Miró - 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
"Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or" is an original lithograph realized by Joan Miró in 1971, and part of the famous homonym series.
Hand signed and numbered, it is an H.C. (out of commerce)...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Moses saves Sephora - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
Miró, Composition (Cramer 83; Mourlot 344), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with bifold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 139-140, 1963. Publ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Plum - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Edition of 340 + proofs
Editor : Jean Schneider, Basel
Handsigned, EA (Epreuv...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Masturbating Woman on Couch" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print - Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #5 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Paradise: Canto 18 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Paradise: Canto 18
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Si...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
L'Aigle Mademoiselle - Etching by H. Bellmer - 1968
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 38 x 28 cm.
Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968.
Copy on Velin d'Arches. Includes passepartout.
Hans Be...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Hell 32 - The Betrayers of their Country - Woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Hell 32 - The Betrayers of their Country
Original woodcut
with the printed signature
1960/63
Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives
Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Paradies XX (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 38). Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (310 x 237 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
All the People, For My People, Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches 300gm paper. Paper Size: 21.8125 x 18.3125 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, For My People, 1992. Published...
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1990s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Paradise: Canto 33 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Paradise: Canto 33
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8"
Sheet Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 6 - Cerberus
Woodcut print from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm
Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris.
The work is in Excelle...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled XX (Le Tricorne)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Untitled XX (Le Tricorne)
Series: Le Tricorne (The Three-Pointed Hat)
Date: 1959
Medium: Wood engraving
Unframed Dimensions: 12.6" x 8.8"
Framed ...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Dove of the Ark - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.