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
La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonor Fini
Title: La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
Year: 1973
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 1...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat in Heels
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Heels
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Creature
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Creature
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hatted Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Hatted Cats
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Friends
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Friends
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Arabesque
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Arabesque
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats in Bed
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats in Bed
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats in Chairs
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats in Chairs
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Millefleurs Unicorn, Kate Willows, LImited Edition Print, Fantasy Animal Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Millefleurs Unicorn by Kate Willows [2019]
limited edition
Ink and pencil on paper
Edition of 50
Image size: H:20 cm x W:30 cm
Sold Unframed
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Cat in Striped Dress
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Striped Dress
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Unicorn in Field, Surrealist Etching by Douglas C. Backhaus
Located in Long Island City, NY
Douglas C. Backhaus - Unicorn in Field, Year: 1978, Medium: Hand colored Etching, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 11 x 13.75 inches, Size: 15 x 17.75 i...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
The Outfit
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
The Outfit
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bejeweled Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Bejeweled Cats
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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....
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$1,440
Cat with Staff
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Staff
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lounging Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Lounging Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Saint Martin
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Saint Martin
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Berggruen, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: Epreuve d'artiste
MEASUREMENTS:...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Seahorse Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Seahorse Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat with Hat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Hat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats and Blindfold
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats and Blindfold
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) The Geese (in french : les oies), 2004
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) The Geese (in french : les oies), 2004
This extremely rare print by François Xavier Lalanne depicts three geese. It is an edition of only 10 copi...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Marino Marini - Rider - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marino Marini - Rider - Original Lithograph
1955
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Jaguares II" Jaguars, contemporary, surrealist print, nature, green, Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This print is a series of 60, and it has a silver leaf on the moons. This edition is special in its color since the artist doesn't usually work with a green palette but this piece wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver
Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI
Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine
1974
Hand signed by Dali
Edition: /250
The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 in...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5"
YEAR: 1974...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Autumn afternoons - Hand-signed numbered lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Pendant les après-midi d'automne, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Condition: Excellent condition
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"East River Dance" original lithograph signed pop art ocean clown fish cityscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"East River Dance" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 77/275, in the lower left corner wi...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Ink
Salvador Dalì (1904-1989) - The Elephant and Jupiter's Monkey - Drypoint etching
Located in Varese, IT
Rare deluxe issue printed on extremely fine Japanese paper (hand colored in stencil).
Limited edition, numbered 235/250 in lower left corner.
Signed in pencil by artist in lower rig...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching
Sky Bird, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Title: Sky Bird, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper
Size: 20 x 26 inche...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Beastie, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Title: Beastie, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper
Size: 20 x 26 inches...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, Canada Suite
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscreen...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Canada Suite Signed Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscreen...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ma fortune - Hand-signed numbered lithograph by Leonor Fini, Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Ma fortune, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Condition: Excellent condition
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Celestial Hippocampus (Ed. 88/140)
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Scar by China Miéville is a novel which has been a part of my life for many years, and has travelled as my companion through since adolescence. I've attempted to depict the Avan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
$144 Sale Price
20% Off
Salvador Dali - The Oak and the Reed - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI
The Oak and the Reed (La chêne et le roseau) from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine
1974
Hand signed by Dali
Edition: /250
Conditions: A small tear defect has been restaured...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Red Cat Twins
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Red Cat Twins
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
François Xavier Lalanne, bird on lillies, 2006
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Natural history - François-Xavier Lalanne
Etching
Numbered out of 70 and signed F.X.L. in pencil
Robert and Lydie Dutrou editors 2006.
Paper size: 40x33cm
Work size: 16x19.5cm
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone) /// Salvador Dali Surrealism Modern Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone)"
Portfolio: Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great Inventions)
*Signe...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Intaglio
If Ever I should...
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered etching by Donald J. Handel, executed mid‑20th century, possibly part of a larger thematic portfolio. His work often combines allegorical subject matter with tech...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Le Canard, 2004
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Le Canard, 2004
Original print (aquatint and soft varnish) hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne and untitle...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Salvador Dali etching, signed with monogram, Tristan and the Dragon, 1970
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989)
Tristan and the Dragon
Drypoint etching in colour
From the 1970 Tristan and Iseult series, British book edition, printed on Mandeure paper, with ‘A...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dalí, "Le Cerf Malade" from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine, engraving
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original engraving with color added by pochoir by Salvador Dali. It is from Dali's suite of 12 original engravings entitled "Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine", which he c...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
El Jardin de las Delicias, by Maximino Javier
Located in Palm Springs, CA
El Jardín de las Delicias by Maximino Javier was created in 1970. This date places it within a significant period of artistic exploration, reflecting the cultural and social themes p...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
$400 Sale Price
42% Off
SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American
By Norma Bessouet
Located in Union City, NJ
SELVAGGIA is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the Argentine woman artist Norma Bessouet printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 10% acid free. SELVAGGIA is unframed, in mint condition, full bleed image, hand torn edges, signed in pencil by Ms. Bessouet.
Print size - 28.5 x 20.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Norma Bessouet
Edition size - 150, plus proofs
Year printed - 1986
Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC
Bessouet, born in Argentina, schooled in Argentina, London and in Italy, where she was able to look to the works of the Old Masters for inspiration. She refers to the artists of the Italian quattrocento along with Velazquez and El Greco as her muses, and traces of these historic artists shine through in her paintings. Her work is in numerous private and public collections throughout the world. Bessouet's art focused primarily around portraits, domesticity and the female nude.
In the original print, SELVAGGIA, Norma Bessouet merges certain Latin American strands of literary magic realism with Surrealism and presents a portrait of an androgynous seated figure, with bald head, serene facial expression, wearing a full length ombre shaded robe, cradling a large, long-beak bird. Ms. Bessouet's sensitive, masterly drawing expresses a fantasy doll...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cynocephalus
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cynocephalus" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graham ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lurçat, noblesses européennes, huit dessins à la plume (after)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Aux Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1933; printed by F. Duval, February 20, 1933. Notes: Fr...
Category
1930s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Fish, Surrealist Etching by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rita Simon (aka Atirnomis), American (1938 - ) - Fish, Year: 1972, Medium: Etching, signed and dated in the plate, Size: 24 x 30.5 in. (60.96 x 77.47 cm)
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Harry Bunce, Fallen, Limited Edition Silkscreen Print, Conservation Art
By Harry Bunce
Located in Deddington, GB
Harry Bunce
Love Wars Series, Fallen
Limited Edition Hand Pulled Silkscreen
Image Size: H 49cm x W 69.5cm x D 0.1cm
Mounted Size: H 59cm x W 80cm x 0.5cm
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Les Elus De La Nuit (11B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (11B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Caducee de Mars Alimente par la Boule de feu de Jupiter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989)
Title: Le Caducee de Mars Alimente par la Boule de feu de Jupiter
Year: 1974
Medium: Etching with embossing and color lithograph...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Lithograph
Three Organic Forms
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Three Organic Forms" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original lithograph on Arches paper by renown Bri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Frontpiece to a Bestiary" From the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Frontpiece to a Bestiary" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Blue Bird, Squash - Lithograph and Stencil
By Paul Klee
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul KLEE (after)
Blue, Bird, Squash
Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet process)
Signed in the board
On vellum 50 x 38.2 cm (19.6 x 14.9 in)
INFORMATION : This lithograph was edited i...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
The Flyer - Etching on Paper by Marcel Chirnoaga - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
The Flyer is an original artwork realized in 1969 by Marcel Chirnoaga.
Black and white etching.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
Numbered and titled on the lower l...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
Rara Avis II, Surrealist Screenprint by Rita Simon
By Rita Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rita Simon (aka Atirnomis), American (1938 - ) - Rara Avis II, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 32 x 24 inches, Size: 35 ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Surrealist Horse and Rider - Handsigned lithograph
By Frédéric Bouché
Located in Paris, IDF
Frederic BOUCHE
Surrealist Horse and Rider
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 125 copies
On Japan paper 65 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20 in)
Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterfly suite : Auvergne - lithograph - Tall size, 1969
Located in Paris, IDF
after Salvador DALI (1904-1969)
France : Auvergne, 1969
Lithograph and heliogravure
Printed signature in the plate bottom right
Tall model, from the 700 unumbered edition
Printed in...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Magritte, Un Séduisant Navire d'eau de Mer (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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. Good 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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
20% Off
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.