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
Rencontre de Ruth et de Booz
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Rencontre de Ruth et de Booz
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled 5 from Hom'mere V - N'ous Portfolio, Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911 - 2002)
Title: Untitled 5
Portfolio: Hom'mere V - N'ous
Date: 1985
Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 29/100
Im...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Lithograph II – Volume IV
By Joan Miró
Located in Austin, TX
Joan Miró
Lithograph II – Volume IV
Color Lithograph
13 x 10.25 in
69/4000
Joan Miró one of the leading artists of the 20th century, was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1893. At the tim...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Balancing Act, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Balancing Act
Year: 1976
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, A...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Signs of The Zodiac, Libra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Signs of the Zodiac is a series of 12 limited edition lithographs by Salvador Dali. This original hand signed lithograph is Libra, the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac and is...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition XI - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Original Lithograph XI is an amazing color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miro for the second volume of his catalog "Mirò Lithographe" This artwork is the last origin...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri Laurens - Ocean - Original Color Linoleum Cut
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Henri Laurens - Ocean - Original Color Linoleum Cut
1938/1959
Medium : Color Linoleum Cut on Montgolfier Canson vellum
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
XXe siècle
Henri Laurens was born in Paris in 1885. Impaired by tuberculosis when he was only 17, he is leg-amputated seven years later. First a stone cutter, he then becomes sculptor. In 1899, he studies drawing. Henry Laurens...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Ruth glaneuse
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Ruth glaneuse
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Noémi et ses belles-filles
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Noémi et ses belles-filles
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Lézard aux Plumes d’Or - LIthograph by Joan Mirò - 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or is a beautiful colored lithograph on mother-of-pearl Japan paper from the series realized by Joan Miró in 1971. Signed on the lower right corner. Printed by...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tamar belle-fille de Juda
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Tamar belle-fille de Juda
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miro "Untitled: from Bague d'aurore Suite"
By Joan Miró
Located in Hinsdale, IL
JOAN MIRO
(1893 –1983)
"Untitled: from the Suite La Bague d’Aurore"
Dupin 136
Color etching and aquatint on Rives paper c. 1957
Signed in pencil, lower right
This impression 38 fro...
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
"Caliban, " Original Color Lithograph by Surrealist Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Caliban" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. It features abstract marks and designs in brown over a background of pink and yellow.
10" x 7 1/2" art
20 1/2" x 18" fram...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract - Surrealist Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Surreal lithograph with light lavender and blue colors, 1982. Titled and numbered on lower left and signed lower right in pencil.
Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fi...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
De trace de pas de trace de…
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower right
Color etching with aquatint
From: Monsour and Matta, Les Damnations, 1966 (11 plates, this one of 7 hors text images)
Edition: 85 portfolios in the re...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Jean Arp (after) - Composition - Pochoir
By Jean Arp
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Arp (after) - Composition - Pochoir
1958
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art revue XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Stencil
Biblia Sacra Man and Woman in the Garden of Pleasure original lithograph Salvado
Located in Paonia, CO
Man and Woman in the Garden of Pleasure is an original lithograph from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Riz...
Category
1660s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fiery Furnace, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Fiery Furnace
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Paper Size: 35 x 26 inc...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Composition V - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Original Lithograph V is a really beautiful color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miro for his catalog "Mirò Lithographe". This artwork is from a series composed by an...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - lithograph by J. Hérold - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled from Le XX Siècle is an original artwork realized by Jacques Hérold in 1974.
Original colored lithograph.
Good conditions. Printed by Mourlot...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Les Revolutions Sceniques du XX Siecles - Lithograph by Joan Mirò
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
"Les Révolutions Scéniques du XX siècle" is an original lithograph realized by Joan Miró in 1975. This is a limited edition.
Bibliography: Joan Miró. Catalogue raisonné des livres i...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fire, Fire Fire The World of Currier & Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Fire, Fire, Fire an original signed limited edition lithograph from the series “The World Of Currier And Ives as interpreted by Salvador Dali” pub...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Behold The Virgin Shall Conceive from Biblia Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Behold The Virgin Shall Conceive is a 1967 colored lithograph signed in the plate from the original gouache and is printed on heavy rag paper From Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Saul Steinberg lithograph, Derrière le miroir
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage Saul Steinberg Lithograph c. 1970 from Derrière le miroir:
Medium & Dimensions: Lithograph in colors. 15 x 22 inches.
Condition: Fold-li...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Mad Dash' original lithograph signed by Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Mad Dash' is a print that exemplifies the work of Joseph Rozman during the 1970s, moving beyond the playful pictographs of the previous decade and morphing into an increasingly surr...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bullfight No. 5 original lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Bullfight No. 5 is a signed limited edition ( 60/300 ) original lithograph by Salvador Dali from the Taureaumachie Suite of five original lithographs. Published by Phyllis Luca...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sara et les Anges
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Sara et les Anges
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Così Fan Tutte - Etching by R.S. Matta - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Original etching with aquatint realized by Sebastián Matta in 1970; hand-signed in pencil lower right margin and numbered lower left margin; edition of 100 prints; perfect conditions...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Jean Arp - Original Etching
By Jean Arp
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Arp - Original Etching
1954
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Sara et Abimelec
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Sara et Abimelec
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pietro Consagra - Composition - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pietro Consagra - Composition - Original Etching
1959
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Zoran Music (after) - Composition - Pochoir
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Zoran Music (after)- Composition - Pochoir
1959
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Job désespéré
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960
Job désespéré
Unsigned
35 x 26 cm
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
ALBUM 21: ONE PLATE
By Joan Miró
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition of 75. Lithograph in colors, on Arches. (M. 1129; see C. books 241).
Artwork in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
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 Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
"Soldier Marionettes" Surrealist Figurative Lithograph
By Donald Sexauer
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative surrealist print of a soldier as a marionette with others suspended in the air behind. A chair is positioned in the back corner with another marionette draped over the cha...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Original Lithograph is a beautiful color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miro for the second volume of his ”Mirò Lithographe III”, composed by an original lithograph fo...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
after Jean Arp - Pochoir
By Jean Arp
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Jean Arp - Pochoir
1957
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Stencil
"Hinting (With Chine Colle), " Etching & Aquatint signed by Molly McKee
By Molly McKee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hinting (With Chine Colle)" is an etching and an aquatint signed by Molly McKee. This complex print starts with a mass of black scribbles that are in the foreground near the upper left. The next piece is a woman's torso. Covered up slightly by the black marks, but still beautiful and graceful. Behind her is a golden rocket shaped object.
Art: 12 x 8.88 in
Frame: 24.88 x 17.5 in
A Milwaukee...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
To have clean hands - XX century, Mixed media print, Figurative, Muted Colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Terres de Grande Feu, Miró-Artigas, " an Original Color Poster by Joan Miró
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
Materials
Lithograph
Mirò Lithographe I - Plate IX - 1972
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Original Lithograph. Not signed. Plate IX from the suite of 11 lithographs realized for the catalogue "Mirò Lithographe I" edited by Graphis Arte, Livorno and Toninelli Arte Moderna,...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Let Us Make Man in our Image and Likeness Dali lithograph Biblia Sacra 1964
Located in Paonia, CO
Let Us Make Man in our Image and Likeness shows God lying on his back facing upwards with his left hand raised, two fingers pointing upwards in the midst of creating man repres...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Les Erophages" Etching & Aquatint with Gold Ink on Paper signed by Andre Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Erophages" is an etching and aquatint with gold ink on Japanese paper signed by Andre Masson. Coming from the corner on the lower left was a boarder of pink with lines and circl...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching, Aquatint
Jean Arp - Original Etching
By Jean Arp
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Arp - Original Etching
1954
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Composition VI - Original Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Composition VI is a beautiful color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miro for the second volume of his catalog ”Mirò Lithographe III. This...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
after Jean Arp - Moustaches et Squelette - Pochoir
By Jean Arp
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Jean Arp
Moustaches et Squelette
Executed in 1957 after the original artwork by the studios from Daniel Jacomet in Paris, France
Pochoir
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art re...
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Stencil, Paper
Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1971
By Joan Miró
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 ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dancing in the Night, Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg, American (1922 - 2005)
Title: Dancing in the Night
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Abstract Composition - Original handsigned lithograph - 100 ex
Located in Paris, FR
Ladislas KIJNO
Abstract Composition (Tribute to Fellini)
Original lithograph
Handsigned
Numbered / 100 ex
On vellum 70 x 50 cm (c. 28 x 20 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tulip, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Tulip
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 35 x 25.75 inches
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
The Watcher
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: The Watcher
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Morning Eye, Magritte-like Surreal Print by Backstrom aka Beck o Jung
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph and collage by Holger Bäckström from 1978. A mixed media collage and lithograph produced by the company Beck & Jung, a collaborative duo between Holger Bäckström and...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
American Trotting Horse No II from Currier & Ives suite by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
American Trotting Horses No. 2 by Salvador Dali has dynamic movement in the two trotting horses with an added giant Dalian insect head in coll...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fragments of a Dream, Abstract Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Fragments of a Dream
Year: 1977
Medium: Serigraph, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 32.5 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 3...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Greenhouse, Surrealist Lithograph by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Greenhouse
Year: 1978
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 32 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 34 in. (66.0...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Piano Player from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Russian (1955 - )
Title: Piano Player from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Year: 1990
Medium: Etching on German Rag paper, signed an...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Wide Window II
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Wide Window II
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Image Size: 24 x 32.5 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 35 in....
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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