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
Parget in Chaos, Surrealist Etching by Jim McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jim McCormick, American - Parget in Chaos, Year: 1969, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 20, Image Size: 17.75 x 14.75 inches, Size:...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Max Ernst Untitled 1965 #107A Surrealist Etching Aquatint in colors Blue Yellow
By Max Ernst
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Max Ernst
"Untitled" 1965
Etching and aquatint in colors, on Arches paper.
7.8 x 5.39 inches
Publisher: Georges Visat, Paris. Total edition: 100 copies +...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital, Archival Pigment
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...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Stencil, Paper
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
"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
ORSA MAGGIORE #7506
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Aventura, FL
From a set of 6 done in 1975 at Pollenza-Macerata, Nuova Foglia Editrice. Hand signed and numbered by Wifredo Lam. Edition EA of 8. Artwork size 31.5 x 25.5 inches. Framed.
Artw...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$3,712 Sale Price
25% Off
HENRY MOORE Seven Sculpture Ideas I ETCHING AQUATINT & ROULETTE 10 COLORS 1982
By Henry Moore
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Henry Moore
Seven Sculpture Ideas I (Cramer 589)
Etching, aquatint and roulette in 10 colors, 1982, on Arches, signed in pencil.
39/50 From the numbered edition of 50.
Published by ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Untitled XXII, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled XXII
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)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Waiting, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Waiting
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)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled XXVI, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled XXVI
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)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled XXV, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled XXV
Wojtek Kowalczyk, Polish (1960)
Date: 2005
Lithograph, signed in pencil
Size: 13.5 in. x 19.5 in. (34.29 cm x 49.53 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - Stairs and Ladders, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled - Stairs and Ladders
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)
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Arrow, Surrealist Screenprint by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rita Simon's (aka Atirnomis) prints typically relate to visions and dreamlike states. The silkscreen is hand-signed and numbered in pencil.
Arrow
Rita Simon (aka Atirnomis), America...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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
Broken Shell Beach
By Teri Brudnak
Located in Boston, MA
Additional sizes and pricing available upon request.
Artist commentary:
There is an incredible world that exists at the tide line. This piece recalls the mix of broken shells, sea weeds and tiny organisms that wash up...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Dancing in the Night, Surrealist Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg, American (1922 - 2005)
Title: Dancing in the Night
Year: 1978
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 3...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
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)
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
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....
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Reflected Landscape (Blue Moon), Surrealist 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: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP 30
Image Size: 30 x 24...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Digital Iris Print "Classic Anomalies" Pencil Signed with Initials edition of 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project Vol II. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & publis...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Digital Iris Print "Character Exhibition" Pencil Signed w Initials edition of 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project Vol II. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & publis...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Digital Iris Print "Spontaneous Restructuring" Pencil Signed w. Initials ed. 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & published by ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Digital Iris Print "Schizmo Genesis" Pencil Signed with Initials edition of 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & published by ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Digital Iris Print "Heinz Dilemma" Pencil Signed with Initials edition of 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & published by ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
Digital Iris Print "Theatres of the Body " Pencil Signed w Initials ed. of 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & published by ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Digital
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Alexander Archipenko - Les Formes Vivantes - Lithograph on BFK Rives paper -1963
Located in Varese, IT
Alexander Archipenko (1887 - 1964)
Les Formes Vivantes
Lithograph on BFK Rives paper
Edited in 1963
Limited edition of 75 copies
Current copy numbered as: Epreuve d'artiste ( artist ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
The Lady Playing Checkers La Dame aux Damiers - Spanish Abstract Surrealism
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Miró" at the lower right corner.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 75, at the lower left corner...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, from Le Soleil Recerclé - Abstract Art - Surrealism and Dada
By Hans Arp
Located in London, GB
JEAN [HANS] ARP 1886-1966
Strasbourg, France 1886 - 1966 Basel, Switzerland (German/French)
Title: Untitled, from Le Soleil Recerclé, 1962-65 (Black circle small shapes)
Technique:...
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1960s 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
Materials
Aquatint
"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
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Eye On Empire
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this mesmerizing surrealist image, the artist delves into the realms of the subconscious and the juxtaposition of unexpected elements. A colossal eye gazes upon the towering prese...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Pigment
$1,400
Teres de Grand Feu
Located in Missouri, MO
Terres de Grand Feu
Miro Artigas
Galerie Maeght Fine Art Poster Print
30 x 21 inches
31 x 22 inches with frame
Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Color
Price Upon Request
Calder Stabiles
Located in Missouri, MO
Calder Stabiles
Galerie Maeght Fine Art Poster Print
30 x 22 inches
31 x 23 inches with frame
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
One of America's ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Color
Price Upon Request
Lithographier Originale (one plate from Ceramique Murale pour Harvard) (Modern)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro
Lithographier Originale (one plate from Ceramique Murale pour Harvard)
Original Color Lithograph, doublefold
Year: 1961
Size: 14.5x21.6in
Edition: 1,500
Portfolio: DLM 12...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Litografia Original I
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
Litografia Original I
Color Lithograph
Year: 1975
Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches
Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.35
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Centre Noeuds Portfolio, Suite of 10 Aquatint Etchings
Located in Long Island City, NY
These works express the influence of the collective subconscious icons, South American & popular culture, and psycho-sexuality. Their undeniable beauty keeps the eye engaged in visua...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Ma de Proverbis, Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph in colors on Arches paper (with watermark) was created by the artist in 1970. Signed in the stone, (lower right) from the edition of 1000.
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Judgements: Blitz
Located in London, GB
Plate 1 from 'Judgements'.
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 100.
Printed on Arches wove paper by Atelier Georges Visat, Paris.
Published by Blue Moon Gallery, New York.
Plat...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
Aimera bien qui aimera le dernier
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, from the edition of 85.
Printed on Lana wove paper and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
Plate: 42 x 32.7 cm.
(Sabatier 194).
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
Droites Libérées: Plate 9
Located in London, GB
From 'Droites Libérées', a series which illustrated a poem by Henri Michaux.
Signed in pencil, numbered in Roman numerals from XXV.
From the suite on Japon nacré paper (the total e...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
L'Arbre des voyageurs: III - Joan Miró, Lithograph, Surrealist
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
From Tristan Tzara's 'L'Arbre des voyageurs'.
Signed and dated in pencil, a large paper proof. Inscribed 'Pour Henriette, en toute amitié'.
Printed on wove paper and published by E...
Category
1930s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Forbidden Fruit: Eve
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Jolynn Reigeluth
Title : Forbidden Fruit: Eve
Materials : Etching, collage and watercolor
Date : 2018
Dimensions : 19" x 13" in.
Jolynn Reige...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink, Watercolor, Color, Monoprint, Etching
Price Upon Request
Space Eagles
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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Price Upon Request
Joy
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...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Price Upon Request
Music Box
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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
Pillow Machine
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request
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