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
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....
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Lithograph IV - Volume III
By Joan Miró
Located in Austin, TX
This original color lithograph by Joan Miró was printed 1969 and measures 12.63" by 9.5". From the unsigned edition of approximately 5,000.
Joan Miró one of the leading artists of ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Eschantos 31, Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Eschantos 31
Year: 1978
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, 30 AP
Size: 26 in. x 33.5 in. (...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Screen
Abstract Tulip, 1979 by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000)
Title: Abstract Tulip
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Paper Size: 35 x 26 inches (88...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Screen
Actors, Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Actors
Year: 1977
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 36 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 38 in. (66.04 cm...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Rusted Room, Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Rusted Room
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 23.5 inches x 37 inches
Paper S...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Screen
"Four Terrorist Trapped in a Bullring" Edition 2 of 20
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist abstract print of four figures that are in a bullring with other onlookers. In the image, there are paper airplanes flying around the scene. The first two terrorists are i...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist "Seas of Tranquility # 3" Print
By Honey Beeman
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist print with pastel tones. Edition 6 of 10 prints. Print is titled and signed by the artist. Framed in a wooden frame with a white matte.
Dimensions without frame: H 23 in x W 29.5 in.
Artist Biography: Honey also known as Melinda Beeman graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, this celebrated California artist has been exhibiting since 1973. After graduation with a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Melinda spent a year in London studying print making. Since her return, she has exhibited her unique original hand-made prints throughout the United States and Europe. Melinda Beeman's art has also been featured in several international publications, including Art News, Performing Arts Magazine and Art in America. In 2000, she formed and developed the Marfa Studio Arts foundation. She has also taught at the University of Houston. Now she lives with her partner in Marfa raising and milking goats.
Her work has been in the collections of, IBM Corporation, Chemical Bank, Bankers Trust, Crystal Energy...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Condition" Seasons Wheel Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white lithograph with surrealist men positioned in a wheel formation that represent the different seasons in a year. Winter is represented by bare trees and scarfs. Fall is...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Barricade, Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Barricade
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 24 x 29 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 31 in. (66.04 cm x 7...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Screen
Guatemala, Lithograph by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Guatemala
Year: circa 1978
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 19 x 26 inches
Paper Size: 22 in. x 30 in....
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wide Window I, Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Wide Window I
Year: 1977
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 24 x 33 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 35 in. (66.04 cm...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Toward the Furnace, Surrealist Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Toward the Furnace
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 32 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 35 in...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ballet, Screenprint by John Hulterberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Ballet
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 22 x 29 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 33.5 in. (66.04 cm x 85.09 cm)
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Henri Laurens - Character - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marino Marini - Character - Original Lithograph
1951
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sinking Ship, Abstract Print by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg
Title: Sinking Ship
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 24 x 24.5 inches
Paper Size: 26 in. x 26.5 in....
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Screen
Theater from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Russian (1955 - )
Title: Theater from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Year: 1990
Medium: Etching on German Rag paper, signed and num...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
POEMES: GRAVURES V
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodcut on Japon Nacré paper. Hand signed and numbered (of 26) by the artist. From a total edition of 238: 26 on Japon Nacré numbered 1-26, 200 on Rives numbered 27-226, 12 on Rives...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Sculptural Objects, " Original Color Lithograph signed by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sculptural Objects" is an original color lithograph by Henry Moore. The artist signed the piece lower right. This is from an edition of 3,000. It features abstract, biomorphic figur...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lys from Anamorphoses suite by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Salvador Dali’s Lys ( Anamorphoses ) is one of five lithographs from the suite “Anamorphoses ” published by Jean Schneider, Basil 1972. According to Albert Field when one of these prints is placed flat on a table with a cylindrical mirror...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Morning Bell, 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 Bo ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
Metamorphoses
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 copies (14/50).
Image Dimensions : 22 x 30.5 cm
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Bones And Chrysalids
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 60 prints.
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
The Angel Drove Out The Fiery Flame Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali 1964
Located in Paonia, CO
The Angel Drove Out The Fiery Flame is based on passages from the Book of Daniel and depicts the fiery furnace in tones of grey. When three men refuse to bow down to a statue of the ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Amours Legendaires
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 30x25 cm.
Limited edition of 30 prints, numbered and hand signed. Excellent conditions.
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Reflected Landscape (Blue Moon), Screenprint by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rita Simon, American (1938 - )
Title: Reflected Landscape AKA Blue Moon
Year: 1979
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 30
Image Size: 30 x 24 ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Screen
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
Materials
Lithograph
"Musee De L'Athenee Ed. of 1000, " Original Color Lithograph Poster by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Musee de L'Athenee" is an original color lithograph poster by Joan Miro. It is from an edition of 1000. It showcases Miro's surreal biomorphic marks and is an advertising poster for...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Unité, Planche 8 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Abstract
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 8" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Portrait - Etching by P. Delvaux
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 35 prints.
During his career, Paul Delvaux was inspired by different movements, and one of these was the Surrealism.
Although he was not an official member o...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Tabula A from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Russian (1955 - )
Title: Tabula A from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Year: 1990
Medium: Etching on German Rag paper, signed and nu...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Femme
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 copies (31/50).
Image Dimensions : 20.5 x 26.5 cm
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Abstract Composition
By Henri Goetz
Located in Roma, IT
This original black and white etching is hand-signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 50 prints. It's a very beautiful example of surrealist artwo...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
"Knife and Fork" - Surreal Landscape of Cutlery in the Clouds
Located in Soquel, CA
"Knife & Fork", a whimsical surreal etching of cutlery hanging in the clouds by Elizabeth Quandt (American, 1922-1994). Titled lower left and signed lo...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Les Deux Taureaux et une Grenouille - Etching by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints.
From the series “Les Fables de La Fontaine”.
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1920s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Glass Tower II from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Russian (1955 - )
Title: Glass Tower II from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Year: 1990
Medium: Etching o...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Rodeo - Original Etching by A. Masson
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 prints.
Image Dimensions : 20 x 25 cm
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Unité, Planche 15 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Abstract
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 15" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
"Hommage a Picasso, " Etching by Stefan Wewerka, 1972
By Stefan Wewerka
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stefan Wewerka, German (1928 - 2013)
Title: Hommage a Picasso
Year: 1972
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 52/90
Image Size: 15 x 19 inches
Size: 22 x 3...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Blow Your Mind
Located in Yardley, PA
The artwork is an original digital composition in which the artist experiments with the collage-like capabilities of computer graphics, composing directly with the computer. The prin...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Digital, Archival Pigment
Les fermières libertines
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 prints. Perfect conditions.
Image Dimensions : 20 x 32 cm
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Les Deux Vaches - Original Etching by J. Friedlaender - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 50 prints.
Image Dimensions : 42 x 55 cm
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Lost in Blindfulness
Located in Yardley, PA
The artwork is an original digital composition in which the artist experiments with the collage-like capabilities of computer graphics, composing directly with the computer. The prin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment, Digital
Cirque du Soleil n.33
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Mixed technique and collage on cardboard. Passepartout included.
This artwork is from the series "Cirque du Soleil" that the Italian arti...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
L'eau est Mana, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: L'eau est Mana
Year: 1974
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Size: 21.5 x 30 inches (54.61 x 76.2 cm)
Frame...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Cirque du Soleil n.41
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Mixed technique and collage on cardboard. Passepartout included.
This artwork is from the series "Cirque du Soleil" that the Italian arti...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Mixed Media
10PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: 10 PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
Year: 1975
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 125, XXXIII
Image S...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Unité, Planche 16 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Abstract
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 16" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Andromède
By André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 50 prints. Original Prints.
Publisher : Paris, Galerie Louis Leiris
Image Dimensions : 21 x 26 cm
This artwork is shipp...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
"Untitled, for "XXe Siècle (20th C.)" Magazine #21 Original Color Lithograph
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Untitled, for "XXe Siècle (20th C.)" magazine is an original color lithograph by Latin American artist Wifredo Lam. It depicts a variety of surreal and abstract lines and figures in ...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Explusion, Abstract Aquatint Etching by Donald Newman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Newman
Title: Expulsion
Year: 1982
Medium: Etching, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 3/25
Paper Size: 38 x 29.25 Inches [96.52 x 74.92 cm]
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Temptation, Abstract Aquatint Etching by Donald Newman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Newman
Title: Temptation
Year: 1982
Medium: Etching, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 25
Paper Size: 38 x 29.25 Inches [96.52 x 74.92 cm]
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Poly-Quad-Pod, " Original Color Collagraph signed by Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Poly-Quad-Pod" is an original color collagraph signed, titled, and numbered in the lower part of the print. This piece is edition 9/10 and is by the artist Joseph Rozman. It depicts...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Color
Not You Again, Abstract Woodcut by Suzanne Caporael
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Suzanne Caporael, American (1949 - )
Title: Not You Again
Year: 1988
Medium: Woodcut, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 4/36
Image Size: 33 x 27 inches
Size: 45 x 34 in....
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
From Miroir du Poète Album
By André Masson
Located in New York, NY
Color aquatint on black backround from Miroir du Poete, published by Louis Broder, Paris, 1960. II/VI of 6 on japon of a total edition of 66. Signed and numbered in pencil by the art...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Aquatint
One Little Stage
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintin...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Etching
Yves Laloy Geometrically Composition, Untitled
By Yves Laloy
Located in Berlin, DE
Colored serigraph on cardboard, about 1970. By Yves Laloy ( 1920-1999 ), French. Signed lower right: Y. Laloy
Sheet dimensions: 16.54 x 23.74 in ( 42 x 60,3 cm ). Unframed
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist abstract prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including (after) Joan Miró, Holger Bäckström, Joan Miró, and John Hultberg. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Mixed Media 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 abstract prints, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract prints 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 $88 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $947.
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