Surrealist Animal 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
"Ver voces II" yellow contemporary surrealist serigraphy w/silver leaf
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Nature is a central theme in Alejandra's work, and with this surreal vibrant landscape, we can notice her profound curiosity about the cycles that occur in the natural world that tur...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Salvador Dali Zodiac Surrealist Celestial Astrology Astral Spiritual Cool Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Full Portfolio of 13 Original Lithographs" created by Salvador Dali. In 1967, famed surrealist artist Salvador Dali illustrated a portfolio depicting ...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Ink, Lithograph
Unité, Planche 3 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Le Corbusier Etching Modern Aquatint
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 3" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is ...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
After Pablo Picasso - Peace Dove - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Peace Dove
1961
Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm
Signed and dated in the plate
Edition Succession Picasso, Paris (posthumous reproductive edition)
Editions de l...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall - The Green Horse - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall
Original Lithograph
Title: The Green Horse
1973
Dimensions: 33 x 50 cm
Reference: This lithograph was created for the portfolio "Chagall Monu...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching
Etching made behind a menu in Restautant Duran as a tribute dinner to Salvador Dali and his wife Ga...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Salvador Dali (after) - Roussillon - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph after Salvador Dali
Title: S.N.C.F
Blind stamped signature
Dimensions: 46.5 x 34 cm
Edition: 1700
Numbered in pencil
1969
References : Catalogue raisonne Michler & Lopsi...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Beati Pauperes...Beati Mites...Beati - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Beati pauperes...beati mites...beati is an artwork realized in 1964.
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.
Color lithog...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Wisdom" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 19” x 19” x 1" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. This piece is a Handmade Linocut Print with Gold Leaf on Pearl Paper. A certificate of authenticity will a...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Gold Leaf
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote and Sancho - Original Hand Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Rare Original Etching by Salvador Dali
Title: Don Quixote and Sancho
Signed
Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Edition of 200 on Auvergne
1980
References : Field 68-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 266
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1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: LXIV/C
MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26"
YEAR: 1970
FRAMED...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Salvador Dali - Cherries - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cherries - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned
Edition: EC.d (collaborator edition "d")
Excellent Condition
Refer...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Pegasus
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this etching and engraving with color aquatint. Signed, dated and numbered 132/150 in pencil by Dali. Published by Argillet, Paris. From "Mythologie."
Cat...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Color, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Rhinoceros, Tribute to Albrecht DURER - Signed lithograph poster (Gaspar #1503)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Rhinoceros, Tribute to Albrecht DURER, 1971
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil
Numbered / 300
On Guarro vellum 76 x 56.5 cm (c. 30 x 22 in)
REFERENCE : ...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali signed coloured lithograph 'La Chimère d'Horace', 1970, 189/250
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
La Chimère d'Horace (Field 72-6H; M&L 1270a), 1970/2
Lithograph printed in colours
Signed and numbered in pencil`189/250 Dali’ (lower edge)
24 x 1...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali signed lithograph 'Capricorn from the Zodiac II', 1975, `68/250
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Capricorn from The Zodiac II, 1975
Lithograph
Signed and numbered `68/250 Dali’ (lower edge)
12.3/4 x 9.1/2 in. (32.4 x 24.2 cm.)
Reference: Field ...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peter Saville Vinyl Record Art
By Peter Saville
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Peter Saville vinyl record art 2007:
Off-set print on vinyl record.
Measure: 12 x 12 inches
Excellent condition.
Published by Visionaire Fashion, 2007; unsigned from an edition of ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Offset, Plastic
La Fontaine's Bestiary, The Lion's Court - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
The Lion's Court, 1974
Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal)
Signed in pencil
Limited to 250 copies (Here numbered 183)
On Arches vellum ...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
The horse and the wolf - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
The horse and the wolf, 1974
Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal)
Signed in pencil
Limited to 250 copies (Here numbered 183)
On Arches v...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Divine Comedy Hell Canto 12 Decomposition (2 Pieces)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Divine Comedy Hell Canto 12 Decomposition (2 pieces)
Medium: Woodcut
Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece
Condition: Excellent. This piece has been s...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
La Fontaine's Bestiary, The crow and the fox -Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
The crow and the fox, 1974
Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal)
Signed in pencil
Limited to 250 copies (Here numbered 183)
On Arches vel...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Surrealistic elephant - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
Surrealistic elephant (or Animals Sick of the Plague), 1974
Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal)
Signed in pencil
Limited to 250 copies ...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Surrealistic rhinoceros - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1974
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
Surrealistic Rhinoceros (or Jupiter's Elephant and Monkey), 1974
Original drypoint etching with stencil enhancement (Atelier Rigal)
Signed in pencil
Limited to 250 co...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Leap
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Magritte, Pierreries (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph in Colours on Vélin d'Arches paper. Edition: 350, plus proofs. Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed in pencil by the printer, Fernand Mourlot. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the suite, Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte, 1968. Published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris; printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1968. Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte comprised twelve coloured lithographs, four of which, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pierreries, La Belle Captive...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Magritte, Un Séduisant Navire d'eau de Mer (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph in Colours on Vélin d'Arches paper. Edition: 350, plus proofs. Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed in pencil by the printer, Fernand Mourlot. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the suite, Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte, 1968. Published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris; printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1968. Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte comprised twelve coloured lithographs, four of which, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pierreries, La Belle Captive...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Magritte, Deux Tourterelles, dans la Chaude Pénombre de Leur Maison (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph in Colours on Vélin d'Arches paper. Edition: 350, plus proofs. Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed in pencil by the printer, Fernand Mourlot. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the suite, Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte, 1968. Published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris; printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1968. Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte comprised twelve coloured lithographs, four of which, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pierreries, La Belle Captive...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Headdress
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Metamorphosis Cat (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Fellowship (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Vintage MOMA Francesco Clemente Museum of Modern Art 1986 dream myth poster
Located in New York, NY
This three-part work spanning 10 feet was printed from the plates of Francesco Clemente’s mythological landscape Untitled A on the occasion of the 1986 MoMA, New York show of Clement...
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1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph, Offset
Pout
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Metamorphosis Owl (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
The Nymphs (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Yawn
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Heads and Figures Variations (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Shrug
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Pas du chat (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Heads and Figures Variations (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Nymph Crowns
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Metamorphosis Cat (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Three Dancers (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Three Dancers (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Turn
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Robed Figure
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Faces
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Exclamation (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Psuedo sonnet
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Exclamation (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Duet (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Fellowship (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
The Repose (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Gesture (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Gesture (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Duet (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Coup de pied (B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Coup de pied (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Metamorphosis Owl (A)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Surrealist animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist animal prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal 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, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Leonor Fini, Graham Sutherland, and Max Ernst. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching 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 animal prints, so small editions measuring 5.5 inches across are also available. Prices for animal 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 $60 and tops out at $22,800, while the average work sells for $1,500.