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
The Stag Reflected in the Water - Etching - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
The Stag Reflected in the Water is an artwork realized in 1974.
Etching and drypoint with stencil.
Printed by Atelier Rigal.
Edition XIV/CXX on Auvergne paper.
It belongs to the...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
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
La Grande Parade des Chats etching by Surrealist Leonor Fini Cats Hats French
By Leonor Fini
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hand signed and editioned etching by Leonor Fini from her "Parade des Chats " Cat Parade Series.
This is an E.A or an edition of the artist.
This piece comes in an ar...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Cat Twins
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Twins
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Armadillo, Surrealist Lithograph by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Armadillo, Year: circa 1962, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 150, Image Size: 10 x 16 inches, Size: ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali "Untitled III (Le Tricorne)"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Untitled III (Le Tricorne)
Series: Le Tricorne (The Three-Pointed Hat)
Date: 1959
Medium: Wood engraving
Unframed Dimensions: 12.6" x 8.8"
Framed...
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
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
Performing Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Performing Cats
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali "Untitled XII (Le Tricorne)"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Untitled XII (Le Tricorne)
Series: Le Tricorne (The Three-Pointed Hat)
Date: 1959
Medium: Wood engraving
Unframed Dimensions: 12.6" x 8.8"
Framed...
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Joan Miró, The Dog Barking at the Moon
By Joan Miró
Located in Torino, IT
JOAN MIRÓ, Montroig 1893- Palma de Mallorca 1983
Le chien aboyant à la lune, 1952
Original color lithograph, signed on plate. (mm.353x531)
Bibliography, catalog raisonné: Mourlot I....
Category
1950s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Robed Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Robed Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
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
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
Warthog, Drypoint Etching by Leonard Baskin, 1969
Located in Long Island City, NY
This drypoint etching was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This etc...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Robed Cat Trio
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Robed Cat Trio
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Cat on a Rug
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat on a Rug
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
L'Ouraboros, Surrealist Lithograph on Parchment by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dalí's Ouroboros is more naturalistic than his other prints in Alchimie des Philosophes, and its features are similar to an eel or sea serpent. It is cut into many pieces, though the...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Parchment Paper, Lithograph
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Les Spitz, 2004
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Les Spitz, 2004
Original print (etching) hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne and untitled "Les Spitz" ("The Spitz"), in perfect cond...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
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
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
Tip-Toe Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Tip-Toe Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Oiseaux Souterrains, Signed Modern Bird Lithograph by Max Ernst
By Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976)
Title: Oiseaux Souterrains
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 99
Image Size: 13.5 x 24.5 inc...
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Vaca que no da leche (Cow That Does Not Give Milk)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This surrealist etching by Mexican artist Teódulo Rómulo depicts a fantastical cow adorned with geometric and textural motifs, blending human and animal features in a signature fusio...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Apocalyptische Reiter (Apocalyptic Rider)
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Apocalyptische Reiter (Apocalyptic Rider)
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 166/175
MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30"
YEAR: 1974
CONDITIO...
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
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
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
Jester Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Jester Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Robed and Hatted Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Regal Cat with her Cat
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat on the Rings
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat on the Rings
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cats and Hammock
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats and Hammock
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
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
"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
Max Ernst - Abstract Birds - Original Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph
Birds, 1962
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Francois-Xavier Lalanne PIG
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) The pig (in french : le cochon), 2004
This extremely rare print by François Xavier Lalanne depicts a pig, more precisely a sow and her babies. It...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
"Divagaciones espontáneas" contemporary screenprint surrealist zebra and pyramid
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
During the pandemic, the artist stayed for 4 months in Oaxaca on a beach called San Aguistinillo, where he developed the Sana Distancia (safe distance) collection, he created each da...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper, Ink
Dalí, La Batalla de Tetuán, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, Hommage à Dalí, 1980. Publ...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Max Ernst - Elektra - Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Elektra
Lithograph
1939
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Signed in the plate
From XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1930s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
Owl, Surrealist Poster after Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, After, Spanish (1904 - 1989) - Owl, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Poster, Size: 20 x 12 in. (50.8 x 30.48 cm), Frame Size: 25 x 17 inches
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Offset
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
Centaure, Hommage à Picasso, Surrealist Lithograph by César Baldaccini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cesar Baldaccini, French (1921 - 1998) - Centaure, Hommage a Picasso, Year: 1985, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 99/99, Size: 11.75 x 15.75 in. (29.8...
Category
1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Contemporary Botanical Portrait. Original Print on Dibond 24/25. Luckily Alive
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This limited-edition Dibond UV print belongs to Natasha Lelenco’s Fetiches series, an artistic exploration of portraiture intertwined with organic motifs. Numbered 24 of 25, each pri...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Metal
'Anabel & Millicent', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A mid-century, stone lithograph titled 'Anabel & Millicent' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and with certification of authenticity stamped verso. Accom...
Category
1930s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Cat, Bird and Pink Woman - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Corneille
Located in Paris, IDF
Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010)
Cat, Bird and Pink Woman, 1994
Original color lithograph
Signed and dated in pencil
Authenticated artist's proof / 20
On vellum, 66 x 50 cm (c. 26 x ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Edward', Woman Artist, PAFA, Art Students League, Smithsonian, Art Deco Figural
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A color, stone lithograph titled 'Edward' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) stamped verso with certification of authenticity. A crisp and fresh image from 'Nura's Childre...
Category
1940s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Lurçat, noblesses européennes, huit dessins à la plume (after)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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
A Tire d'Aile
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "A Tire d'Aile" 1986 is an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by French artist Jean Solombre, 1948-2005. It is hand...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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
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.