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Surrealist Abstract Prints

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.

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Style: Surrealist
Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Fight with Morhoult, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Fight with Morhoult Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Currier & Ives Fire! Fire! Fire!
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Currier & Ives Fire! Fire! Fire! MEDIUM: Lithograph + Collage SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Phyllis Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 106/250 MEASU...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Terres de Grande Feu, Miró-Artigas, " an Original Color Poster by Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Terres de Grande Feu" is an original color lithograph poster by Joan Miró for Galerie Maeght Paris. Poster produced for the exhibition of 43 ceramic pieces,...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 103; Mourlot 382-383), Miró Cartones 1956-1965 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Miró: Cartones, 1959-1965, October - November 1965, 196...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled - IV, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled - IV Wojtek Kowalczyk, Polish (1960) Date: 2005 Lithograph, signed in pencil Size: 19.5 in. x 13.5 in. (49.53 cm x 34.29 cm)
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Leonardo Cremonini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Composition is an original artwork realized by Max Ernst in 1974. Original colored lithograph. Very Good conditions. Printed by Atelier Pierre Chave in Vence, France. This li...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled - Etching by Johnny Friedlaender - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Johnny Friedlaender , 1970s. Etching on wove paper. Signed and numbered. Edition of 135 copies.
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Joachim Ferrer
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Dark Lemur - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dark Lemur is an Etching realized by Leo Guida in 1972s. Good condition, Hand signed, dated with pencil. Artist sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techn...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Miró Lithographe I - Plate VIII - Lithograph by J. Mirò - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Lithographe I - Plate VIII"  is a lithograph realized by  Joan Miró  in 1972.  Good conditions. It comes from the set of 11 lithographs realized for the catalogue "Miró Litho...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition, Judith, Tragödie in drei Akten (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Judith, Tragödie in Drei Akten, Lithographien von Max Ernst und Dorothe...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lam 林飛龍, Oiseau du possible, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°52, 1979. Published and printed under the direction of Gualt...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 99), Le Septieme Chant, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Le septième chant, la mort d'Isidore Ducasse, Jeudi 24 Bove...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Le Retour du Fils Prodigue I
Located in Roma, IT
From the Series “Métamorphoses”, one of the most important graphic works of the founder of the “Metafisica” Movement. Original colour etching numbered and signed by the artist, reali...
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1920s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 99), Le Septieme Chant, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Le septième chant, la mort d'Isidore Ducasse, Jeudi 24 Bove...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Composition (Cramer 99), Le Septieme Chant, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Le septième chant, la mort d'Isidore Ducasse, Jeudi 24 Bove...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Poêmes insoumis, 1963. Published by Marc Barbezat, Paris; ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 3
Located in Roma, IT
This is an original drypoint realized by Joan Miró in 1975. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right and numbered on the lower left. Edition of 75 prints. It represents an abstract s...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Drypoint

Brother Ogrin, the Hermit, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Brother Ogrin, the Hermit Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

The Camp of King Marc, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Camp of King Marc Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4"...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Miró, Composition (Cramer 112; Mourlot 439-442), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 164-165, 1967. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Centre Noeuds" planche #3
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #3 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Enrico Baj
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ruth glaneuse
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 Ruth glaneuse Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 297), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 128, 1961. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lam 林飛龍, Double personnages, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°52, 1979. Published and printed under the direction of Gualt...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition, Judith, Tragödie in drei Akten (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Judith, Tragödie in Drei Akten, Lithographien von Max Ernst und Dorothe...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°10, 1958. Published and printed under the direction of Gualt...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Gilles Aillaud
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 125-126, 1961. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeu...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Eggs
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Etching and aquatint. Artist's Proof. Edition of 90 prints. Image Dimensions : 48 x 62 cm
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Cesare Peverelli
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 83; Mourlot 345), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 139-140, 1963. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 103; Mourlot 382-383), Miró Cartones 1956-1965 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Miró: Cartones, 1959-1965, October - November 1965, 196...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 69; Dupin 292; Mourlot 286-294) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From folio, Miró 1959-1960, 1961. Published by Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York; pr...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 33.5 x 47.5 cm. Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or is a beautiful color lithograph on tissue paper, realized in 1971 by the Spanish Surrealist artist, Joan Mirò (Montroing ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 69; Dupin 292; Mourlot 286-294) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From folio, Miró 1959-1960, 1961. Published by Pierre M...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 145; Mourlot, 738-740), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 193-194. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur,...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 265; Cramer 62), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 119, 1960. Publishe...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Centre Noeuds" planche #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #6 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Marcel Delmotte
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, François Lunven
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Miró as Sculptor (Cramer 225; Mourlot 940) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Guarro vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by Ediciones Polígrafa, S.A., Barcelona; printed by La Polígrafa, ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pour Ida Chagall et Franz Meyer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pour Ida Chagall et Franz Meyer is a rare colored Lithograph realized in the 1970s by Joan Mirò (1893-1983). Signed in the plate on the lower right and inscribed pour Ida Chagall et...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled - Etching by Johnny Friedlaender - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an artwork realized by Johnny Friedlaender, 1970s. Etching on wove paper. Signed and numbered. Edition of 135 copies. Good conditions!
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Miró, Star Head (Mourlot 303), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with bifold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 128, 1961. Published by Aimé Ma...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Triangular Sunset Situation" - Surrealist Colored Lithograph #15/16 1978
Located in Soquel, CA
"Triangular Sunset Situation" - Surrealist Colored Etching #15/16, 1978 Surrealist landscape with creatures by James C. Crabb (American, b. 1947). There is a low horizon, with objects that resemble mushrooms, coral, and trees growing from the ground. In the sky, there are other objects and creatures, some of which are recognizable as biological. Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge: Triangular Sunset Situation 15/16 J Crabb...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

Original poster - Vintage Offset Poster by R.S. Matta
Located in Roma, IT
Original poster, colored lithograph on paper. Signed on plate on lower margin at the center. Good condition, except for some foxing and stains on the left margin. Roberto Sebastián...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Yellow and Green (Mourlot 298, 300), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 128, 1961. Published by Aim...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Dupin 1294), Miró Graveur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, miró graveur III. 1973-1975, 1989. Published by Daniel Lelong, éditeu...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

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