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
Sans titre II (Cramer 160; Mourlot 858), Joan Miró Lithographs
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miró. Joan Miró,...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Salvador Dali Museum Lucas Collection 1985 St. Petersburg Fla. Poster
Located in Paonia, CO
Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg Florida 1985 poster is advertising the exhibition of the collection of the original Salvador Dali paintings owned by the Sidney and Phyllis Lucas ...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Color
The Knight - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1972 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original black and white etching on ivory-colored cardboard.
Hand-si...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
$230 Sale Price
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Iseult of the White Hands, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Iseult of the White Hands
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
Jeremiah Signed Limited Edition 1968 Art Etching
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Alistair Grant
Jeremiah - 1968
Print - etching, with Aquatint 16'' x 24'' inches
Edition: signed and numbered in pencil 17/50
Alistair Grant was a great and justly-revered experim...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Locomotion paradisiaque intra-utérine (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Paradise intrauterine locomo...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
Ernst, Composition, Judith, Tragödie in drei Akten (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
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
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Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or - Lithograph by Joan Miró - 1967
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or is a beautiful and rare color lithograph on parchment, realized in 1967 by the Spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró (Montroing, 1893 - Mallorca, 1983).
Num...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Flying Elements - Handsigned Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Alain LE YAOUANC
Flying Elements
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
On Arches vellum, 76 x 56 cm (c. 30.4 x 22,4 inch)
Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Fauteuil à respirer pneumatique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Pneumatic breathing chair, Imagina...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen
$4,400 Sale Price
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Lithograph I (1256), Surrealist Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - Lithograph I (1256), Year: 1975, Medium: Lithograph, Size: 12 x 9.5 in. (30.48 x 24.13 cm), Frame Size: 22 x 18 inches, Printer: Mourlot, Pari...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
'Evening' —Mid-Century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon, 'Evening', color serigraph, 1958, edition 25, Ryan 71. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed. 25' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; the...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$680 Sale Price
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'Kindergarten' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Kindergarten', color lithograph, 1945, edition 12. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '99' and '5/12' in pen. A fine, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, coated off-white wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1/2 to 1 1/2 inch), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 13 1/2 x 7 9/16 inches (343 x 192 mm); sheet size 17 x 12 1/4 inches (432 x 311 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan.
Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller, and Anne Ryan as New York members and Francine Felsenthal of Chicago. The Brooklyn Museum mounted a show of Vanguard artists' work in 1946, which subsequently toured several other institutions in the United States.
Faro's visionary graphics from the 1940s are a sophisticated blend of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and Indian Space...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
UNDER THE SKIN 3 signed #20/20 by Paula Craioveanu Surreal Nude Photography
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Under the Skin #3. Surreal Nude, part of my "Under the Skin" series.
Printed on Hahnemuhle art photo paper with white borders, size is 12.5x12.5in.This particular one is signed and...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Sans titre IV (Cramer 230; Mourlot 1116), Joan Miró Lithographs
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miró. Joan Miró,...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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'Hold that Tiger' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Hold that Tiger', color lithograph, 1945, edition 16. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '91' and '15/16' in pen. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, coated, off-white wove paper; the full sheet with margins (13/16 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 14 x 9 3/8 inches (356 x 239 mm); sheet size 17 x 11 1/4 inches (432 x 285 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan.
Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller, and Anne Ryan as New York members and Francine Felsenthal of Chicago. The Brooklyn Museum mounted a show of Vanguard artists' work in 1946, which subsequently toured several other institutions in the United States.
Faro's visionary graphics from the 1940s are a sophisticated blend of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and Indian Space...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$520 Sale Price
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Alistair Grant Wailing Women Signed 1968 Limited Edition Art Etching
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Alistair Grant
Wailing Women - 1968
Print - etching, with Aquatint 16'' x 24'' inches
Edition: signed and marked in pencil 36/50
image size = 8.75 x 13.5"
Unframed in Excellent Con...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Andre Masson, The Labyrinth, from XXe Siecle, 1969
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Le Labyrinthe (The Labyrinth), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXXIe Annee No. 32, Juin 1969, originates from...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Oval Dove of Peace Abstract Carborundum etching with embossing, Signed/N, Frame
By Max Papart
Located in New York, NY
Max Papart
Oval Dove, 1982
Carborundum Etching on embossed paper
Hand signed and numbered 26/135 by the artist on the front
Vintage frame included
Elegant carborundum etching on embo...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching, Graphite
Roberto Matta, The Lovers of the Thermocouple, from XXe siecle, 1977
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Roberto Matta (1911–2002), titled Les Amants du Thermocouple (The Lovers of the Thermocouple), from the album XXe Siecle, numero special hors abonnement,...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Andre Masson, The Lovers, from XXe siecle, 1977
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Les Amants (The Lovers), from the album XXe Siecle, numero special hors abonnement, Hommage a Dorothea Tanning, originat...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie
Year: 1974
Medium: Engraving on Arches paper
Edition: F.122/195, plus proofs
Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Signed an...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Engraving
$8,400 Sale Price
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Surrealist Woodblock Print Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Green Birds
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Mixed Media
French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Composition X - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Original lithograph X is a superb color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miro for the second volume of his catalog " Mirò Lithograph". This plate is from a series compos...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Crying Eye
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Alistair Grant
Crying Eye - 1968
Print - etching, with Aquatint 16'' x 24'' inches
Edition: signed and numbered in pencil 45/50
Alistair Grant was a great and justly-revered exp...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
$640 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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Miró, Composition (Dupin 1291), Miró Graveur (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, miró graveur II. 1961-1973, 1989. Published by Daniel Lelong, éditeur...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Woodcut
$716 Sale Price
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Les Chiens Ont Soif XII, Surrealist Lithograph by Max Ernst
By Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976) - Les Chiens Ont Soif XII, Portfolio: Les Chiens Ont Soif, Year: 1964, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 165/320, Size: 17 x 24.5 in. (43.18 x 62.23 c...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Attire le gai venin (Une Saison en Enfer)Season in Hell
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Attire le gai venin (Une Saison en Enfer)Season in Hell
Medium: Original Etching & Acquatint on Arches Paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition Number: 92/10...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Wenn wir nicht haben
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This is a striking, surrealist work by Italian-Mexican artist Pedro Friedeberg, blending architectural drawing, Op Art, and whimsy. Its uniqueness lies in the impossible perspective,...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Digital
Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, The Giants, from Derriere le miroir, 1963
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Les geants (The Giants), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 139–140, originates from the 1963 edition published by Maeg...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Sans titre VI (Cramer 198; Mourlot 1043), Joan Miró Lithographs
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miró. Joan Miró,...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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10PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Surrealist Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - 10PM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Year: 1975, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 89/125, Image Size: 1...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Sans titre XI (Cramer 198; Mourlot 1047), Joan Miró Lithographs
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miró. Joan Miró,...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
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Signed surrealist lithograph by German artist Horst Antes, 1966- 68
By Horst Antes
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Horst Antes (German, 1936)
Zwi Fusse (Two feet)
Signed ‘Antes’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘profe’ (lower right)
Executed in 1966 – 1968
Lithograph
22.3/4 x 28 in. (57.8 x 71.2 cm.) ...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dame au Jules, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Dame au Jules, Year: 1968, Medium: Etching on Japon, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/50, Image Size: 10.5 x 8.25 inches, Size: 15 ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Joan Miro, The Great Figure, from Derriere le miroir, 1970
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Le Grand Personnage (The Great Figure), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 186, originates from the 1970 edition publis...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Miró, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 125-126, 1961. Publ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$1,436 Sale Price
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Time American Clock
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Time American Clock
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine, New York
EDITION NUMBER: EA
ME...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Magritte at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan, Italy, Offset lithograph poster
Located in New York, NY
René Magritte
Magritte at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan, Italy, ca. 1980
Offset lithograph lettering and silkscreen poster on thin wove paper
...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph, Offset, Screen
Composition avec cheval en movement, original engraving
Located in Belgrade, MT
Roderick Fletcher Mead (American, 1900-1972) was an important painter and printmaker, best known for his surrealist landscapes and figural compositions reminiscent of Pablo Picasso a...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Engraving
$636 Sale Price
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La Mélodie Acide - 14 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
La Mélodie Acide - 14
Color lithograph
Year: 1980
Edition: 1500
Artist Dry Stamp lower right,
Annotated "H.C" (hors commerce) in pencil lower left
Size: 8.2 × 6.6 on 12.9...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Untitled (Two Birds) - Etching by Max Ernst - 1972
By Max Ernst
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on Japan paper, realized in 1972 and published by Georges Visat, Paris.
Edition of 100.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Sheet a little browned, except for...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Joan Miro, Black Figure on Blue Background, Composition with Chemical Formulas
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Figure noire sur fond bleu et Composition avec formules chimiques (Black Figure on Blue Background and Composition with Che...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Joan Miro, Handprints on Blue-Green and Yellow Background, 1956
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Empreintes de mains sur fond bleu-vert et jaune (Handprints on Blue-Green and Yellow Background), from the folio Derriere l...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Japan 1966 Exhibition Poster Lithograph
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Height: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)
SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Asturias I, Surrealist Etching by Juliana Seraphim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Juliana Seraphim, Palestinian (1934 - ) - Asturias I, Year: Circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist and Miguel Asturias, Edition: 200, Image Size:...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1950
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 29–30, originates from the 1950 edition published by Maeght E...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Lithographie Originale V (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, FRAMED, ~20% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro
Lithographie Originale V (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic)
Color Lithograph
Year: 1977
Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches
Framed: 18.25 x 15.5 x 1 inches
Catalogue Rais...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
$544 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Stars and Dancers, from Derriere le miroir, 1956 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Astres et Danseurs (Stars and Dancers), from the folio Derriere le miroir, 10 Ans d'Edition 1946–1956, No. 92–93, originate...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Etching
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Joan Miro, Composition on Grey Background, from Derriere le miroir, 1965
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Composition sur fond gris (Composition on Grey Background), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 151–152, originates from the 1965 edition published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1965. This evocative composition demonstrates Miro’s mastery of balance and spontaneity, where abstract forms dance across a muted field of grey, creating a poetic interplay between movement, color, and space.
Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 15 x 11 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the superb craftsmanship of Mourlot Freres, Paris.
Artwork Details:
Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983)
Title: Composition sur fond gris (Composition on Grey Background), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 151–152
Medium: Lithograph on velin paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.94 cm)
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1965
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris
Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris
Catalogue raisonne reference:
Cramer, Patrick, and Isabelle Monod-Fontaine. Joan Miro: Catalogue Raisonne des Livres Illustres. Patrick Cramer Editeur, Geneva, 1989, no. 102;
Mourlot, Fernand, and Joan Miro. Miro Lithographe III: 1964–1969. Andre Sauret, Paris, 1977, nos. 428–449.
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 151–152, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1965
Notes:
This issue of "Behind the Mirror," for which Joan Miro executed 26 plates of original lithographs, includes a luxury edition printed on Rives velin and limited to CL examples, numbered and signed by the artist.
About the Publication:
Derriere le miroir (Behind the Mirror) was one of the most important art publications of the 20th century, created and published by Maeght Editeur in Paris from 1946 to 1982. Founded by the visionary art dealer and publisher Aime Maeght, the series served as both an exhibition catalogue and a work of art in its own right, uniting original lithographs by leading modern and contemporary artists with critical essays, poetry, and design of the highest quality. Printed by master lithographers such as Mourlot Freres and Arte, Derriere le miroir became synonymous with the artistic vanguard of postwar Europe. Each issue was devoted to a single artist or theme and published to accompany exhibitions at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, featuring works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, and Alberto Giacometti, among others. The publication reflected Maeght’s belief that art should be both accessible and elevated—an ideal realized through its luxurious production values, meticulous printing, and collaboration with the greatest creative minds of its time.
About the Artist:
Joan Miro (1893–1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose visionary imagination and lyrical abstraction made him one of the most influential and beloved artists of the 20th century. Born in Barcelona, Miro drew inspiration from Catalan folk art, Romanesque frescoes, and the luminous landscapes of Mont-roig del Camp, developing a deep connection to nature that infused his work with vitality and symbolism. After formal training at the Escola d'Art in Barcelona, he absorbed the lessons of Post-Impressionism and Cubism before moving to Paris in the early 1920s, where he became a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. There, Miro forged a personal visual language of biomorphic shapes, floating symbols, and radiant color harmonies that reflected both spontaneity and spiritual depth. In creative dialogue with peers such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, he helped revolutionize modern art by dissolving the boundaries between abstraction and dream imagery. Miro's inventive approach extended far beyond painting, embracing sculpture, ceramics, and monumental public commissions that redefined how art could interact with space and emotion. His expressive freedom and gestural abstraction profoundly influenced later artists including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Antoni Tapies, and Joan Mitchell, inspiring generations who sought to merge instinct, color, and imagination. Today, Miro's work remains a cornerstone of modernism, prized by collectors and celebrated in major museums worldwide. His highest auction record was achieved by Peinture (Etoile Bleue) (1927), which sold for £23,561,250 (approximately $37 million) at Sotheby's, London, on June 19, 2012.
Joan Miro Composition...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
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Composition, Poèmes insoumis, André Masson
By André Masson
Located in Southampton, NY
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
$956 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Nocturnal, from Derriere le miroir, 1953
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Nocturne (Nocturnal), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 57–59, originates from the 1953 edition published by Maeght Ed...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
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Queen Iseult and Her Daughter, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Queen Iseult and Her Daughter
Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult
Medium: Color engraving
Year: 1970
Edition: XII/XXV
Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4"
Sheet Size:...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Engraving
"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
La Mélodie Acide - 7 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
La Mélodie Acide - 7
Color lithograph
Year: 1980
Edition: 1500
Artist Dry Stamp lower right,
Annotated "H.C" (hors commerce) in pencil lower left
Size: 8.2 × 6.6 on 12.9 ...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
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