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
Marc Chagall - Couple With a Goat - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall
Original Lithograph
Title: Couple With a Goat
1970
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art revue XXè siècle
Reference: Mourlot #608, Cramer, Books, No. 84
Unsigned and unum...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rabbit in Hat, Surrealist Screenprint by Igor Galanin
By Igor Galanin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Igor Galanin
Title: Rabbit in Hat
Date: Circa 1985
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100, AP 30
Paper Size: 40.5 x 30 ...
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1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
$720 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Etching
$1,440
Bald Eagle, Modern Etching and Aquatint by Martin Barooshian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bald Eagle
Martin Barooshian, Armenian/American (1929–2022)
Date: circa 1979
Etching and Aquatint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition of 50/60
Image Size: 14.25 x 14 inche...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Orsa Maggiore, Surrealist Lithograph by Wifredo Lam
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wifredo Lam, Cuban (1902 - 1982)
Title: Orsa Maggiore
Year: 1976
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: X/XXV
Paper Size: 31...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$2,400 Sale Price
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Cat with Flower
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Flower
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
Category
1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
"Chained Beast" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chained Beast" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1967 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham Vivian Sut...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dali, "The Grand Inquisitor Expels the Savior" from After 50 Years of Surrealism
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original etching by Salvador Dali from the "After 50 Years of Surrealism" portfolio, which consists of 12 original etchin...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
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
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Hybrid
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hybrid" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graham Vivian...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Submerged Form
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Submerged Form" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graha...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
El Ultimo Viaje Del Buque Fantasma, Lithograph by Wifredo Lam
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Long Island City, NY
El Ultimo Viaje Del Buque Fantasma by Wifredo Lam, Cuban (1902–1982)
Year: 1976
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of EA XIII/XX
Size: 30 x 21.75 in. (76.2 x 55.25 cm)
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Nymphs (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
Crayfish, Surrealist Lithograph by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Crayfish, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 15/100, Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 ...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
"Ram's Head, Full Face" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ram's Head, Full Face" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham Vi...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reptiles, Surrealist Lithograph by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Reptiles, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 16/100, Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 ...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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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 silkscre...
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20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chevalier Royal de L’Apocalypse
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Chevalier Royal de L'Apocalypse
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 32/100
MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 25.75"
YEAR: 1972
FRAMED: No
COND...
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Emerging Insect
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Emerging Insect" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Grah...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Chauve-Souris in a Looking-Glass against a Window"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chauve-Souris in a Looking-Glass against a Window" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by ren...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
Bird and Mouse
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bird and Mouse" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graha...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Hanging Form, Owl and Bats
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hanging Form, Owl and Bats" 1957 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graham Vivian Sutherland, 1903-1980. It is h...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
"Bird Form" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bird Form" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham Vivian Sutherl...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
"Sheet of Studies" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sheet of Studies, Heads" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
"Sheet of Studies" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sheet of Studies, Organic Forms" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Chauve-Souris" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondence"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chauve-Souris" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1967 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham Vivian Sut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Armadillo" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Armadillo" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1965/1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham Vivian Su...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Parasite, Surrealist Lithograph by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Parasite, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 16/100, Size: 18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 ...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
Bird
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bird" c.1980 is an original etching by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed with initials in pencil by the artist. The artwork siz...
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Late 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
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
Marino Marini - Horse and Rider - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marino Marini - Horse and Rider - Original Lithograph
1963
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph
Birds, 1964
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
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
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
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...
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1970s 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
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
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
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
$1,440
The Lion Eating Straw Like The Ox Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
The Lion Eating Straw Like The Ox refers to the following text...The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like th...
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1960s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Lithograph
Unité, Planche 19 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Bull Cow
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 19" (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
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
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
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
Pas du chat (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 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
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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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Prints
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Paper, Ink, Pencil
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
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1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Les Elus De La Nuit (2B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (2B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
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1980s Surrealist Animal Prints
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Etching
Surrealist composition - Hand-signed lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Surrealist composition, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
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1970s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fantastical character - Hand-signed lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Fantastical character, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Category
1970s 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.