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Figurative Prints For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Post-Impressionist
"Voces de sombras" pink contemporary surrealist serigraphy w/gold 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 Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Dragones musicales I" contemporary surrealist dragons piano black and white
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Inkjet, Digital

"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 Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Terre des nébuleuses" by Max Ernst, Blue, Fog, Surrealism
Located in Köln, DE
Etching and aquatint in colours (colour variation) by Max Ernst. "Terre des nébuleuses", 1965 38 x 27,5 cm Copy essai 1/1
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Serie "Eye(s)" Bleu
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 6
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Double
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 7
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Esui Libae
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 7
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Reclining Nude', California Post-Impressionist, de Young Museum, Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'W.Georgetti', and created circa 1950. Born in Italy, this California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of one. Georgetti first worked as a merchant seaman to support his art studies and traveled all over the world accumulating sketches, many of which he later worked up into paintings. He made frequent visits to France, where he was influenced by the Post-Impressionists and, particularly, by the Nabis. An innovative theorist, Georgetti was the originator of the style known as California Fauvism. He exhibited widely and with success, both at exhibitions and at one-man shows (Oakland Art Gallery, 1942-44; Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC, 1944; Maxwell Galleries, 1940’s; de Young Museum...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Monotype, Paper, Crayon

Ambassadeurs Aristide Bruant in his cabaret by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in New York, NY
This lithographic poster illustrates Aristide Bruant who was a famous performer and cabaret owner in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Lautrec, seizing on Bruant's trademark cos...
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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 Figurative Prints

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Ink, Lithograph

The Creation of Earth and Sea Animals - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Creation of Earthly and Sea Animals is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 an...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf, Silver

Salvador Dali - Fight Before la Dame - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare deluxe suite aside from the standard edition) Cat...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Lily 2" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lily 2" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 1/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

“Inside Out 2” (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
Inside Out 2” (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition of 7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams -...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

L'Ange du 7e ciel - Etching - 150 copies
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali L'Ange du 7e ciel (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") References: - ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Cíclopes" Cyclops - surrealist geometric print, perspective, optic illusion
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the “ManoChair”: a sculpture/chair designed to sit on the palm, using the fingers as backrests and armrests. Friedeberg began to study architecture but did not finish his studies. He began to produce designs that went against the conventional forms of the 1950s, some as incredible as houses with artichoke roofs. His work caught the attention of Mathías Goeritz who encouraged him to continue his career as an artist. Friedeberg became part of a group of Mexican surrealist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf

“Nectar” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Nectar” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"Serenata equinofrebígua II" Equinefebrifuge serenade, surrealist horses, zebras
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Silver

“Inner Space” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Inner Space” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

“Red Bull” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Red Bull” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

“Your Joy is My Low” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Your Joy is My Low” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

"Geometry 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geometry 1" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Availa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

La Femme du Gouverneur Gronde sa Fille - From the series “Les Ames Mortes”
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate. Edition of 335 prints. Plate n. 67 from the series : “Les Ames Mortes”. Cat. Matignon n.77 p.59 Image Dimensions : 27.6 x 21.3 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Don't Touch Me From biblia Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Don’t touch Me by Salvador Dali from Biblia Sacra is a colored lithograph from the gouache original on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite publi...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Dante purifié - Engraving - 150 copies
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali Dante purifié (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Signature printed in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") References: - Fie...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

LOWEST $ DIB Post Impressionist “LE HAVRE” Lithograph 1930 Figures and Seascrape
Located in New York, NY
Here I have the lowest authentic priced Raphl Dufy Le Havre for sale! Originally purchased purchased from Sotheby’s I’m 1984 for approx $3500, I have attached a photo of receipt ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Window - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 76.5 x 57 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8 Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born as the son of a prestigious notary in the small town of Figueras in Northern Spain. His talent as an artist showed at an early age and Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali received his first drawing lessons when he was ten years old. His art teachers were a then well known Spanish impressionist painter, Ramon Pichot and later an art professor at the Municipal Drawing School. In 1923 his father bought his son his first printing press. Dali began to study art at the Royal Academy of Art in Madrid. He was expelled twice and never took the final examinations. His opinion was that he was more qualified than those who should have examined him. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Head of Veal - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Head of Veal - Original Etching Embossed signature From the edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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 Figurative Prints

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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 Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

HELL CANTO 19
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German. ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

JEREMY GEDDES - EDIFICE, Limited Surrealism Rocket Australian Artist Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JEREMY GEDDES - EDIFICE Date of creation: 2023 Medium: Giclée on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper Edition: 549 Size: 61 x 81 cm Condition: In mint conditions, brand new and never framed G...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Giclée, Digital Pigment

Surrealist Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Andre Masson (French) Title: Surrealist Woman Year: 1970 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 146/200 in pencil Image size: 24 x 18.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall - The Candlestick - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
The Candlestick, from Jean Leymarie, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (Jerusalem Windows), André Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1962 (see M. 366-72; see C. books ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vision of Paris, Lithograph from Mourlot Lithographe I
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Vision of Paris Portfolio: Mourlot Lithographe I Medium: Lithograph Year: 1960 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 22" x 19" Image Size: 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" Sh...
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1960s Fauvist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Charlotte and Amalia by Lélia Pissarro - Etching
Located in London, GB
Charlotte and Amalia by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Etching 22.7 x 27.5 cm (9 x 10 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower left, Lélia Pissarro Numbered lower right, 2/15 Artist biography: Born in P...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Heaven Canto 4 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 4 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame. Cataloging: Mi...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

HELL CANTO 1
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German. ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

'On Voit cette Reine...' Colour Lithograph from ‘L’Arte d’Aimer d’Ovide’
Located in Toronto, CA
Artist proof from Salvador Dalí's series of prints 'L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide' published in 1978 in Paris. Signed on the plate and in pencil on the paper with handwritten edition number ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Iesus a Satana tentatur - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Iesus a Satana tentatur ("Jesus tempted by Satan") is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani betwe...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Maximino Javier Mexican artist original hand signed silkscreen surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
"Maximino Javier (Mexico, 1948) 'Bajada de emergencia (serie Tamayo Total)', 2023 silkscreen on paper Canson 320 g. 20.3 x 28.2 in. (51.5 x 71.5 cm.) Edition of 100 Unframed ID: JAV-...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Cotton, Paper, Screen

Dream Passage
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dream Passage MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 190/300 MEASUREMENTS: Lithograph: 29.5" x 21.6" Framed: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

René Magritte - DÉCALCOMANIE, 1966 Limited ed. Lithograph. Surrealism French
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - DÉCALCOMANIE, 1966 (DECALCOMANIA) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 141/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: In mint conditions...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

René Magritte - LE BEAU MONDE- Limited Lithograph Surrealism French Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE BEAU MONDE, 1962 (THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 154/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: In very goo...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Boy and puppy
Located in Belgrade, MT
Madeline Luka (French 1894-1989) was a self taught painter known for her landscapes, portraits, nudes and still lifes. She typically portrayed her family and close friends set within...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Laid Up
Located in London, GB
Silkscreen in colours on Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White 410gsm paper. Edition of 35.
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Salvador Dali “Nightmare of Moses” Lithograph, Signed Edition
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Lithograph with etching is from the “Moses and Monotheism” suite published by the Salvador Dali Archives. Provenance: Sims Reed Gallery, London, UK | Russeck ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU... Limited Surrealism French Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU LES MYSTÈRES DE L'HORIZON, 1965 Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 131/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: N...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hell 33 - The Betrayers of their Hosts - woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 33 - The Betrayers of their Hosts woodcut Printed signature in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") R...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Marc Chagall - Homage to Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1969 From the revue XXe Siecle, edition of 12,000 Unsigned, as issued Dimensions: 32 x 24 Condition : Excellent Reference: Mourlot 572 Marc Chagall (born in 1887) Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. The Village Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work. At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well. Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged. The Beehive Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period. Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come. War, Peace and Revolution In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos. To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia. In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good. Flight After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion. With the eruption of World War II, Chagall and his family moved to the Loire region before moving farther south to Marseilles following the invasion of France. They found a more certain refuge when, in 1941, Chagall’s name was added by the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City to a list of artists and intellectuals deemed most at risk from the Nazis’ anti-Jewish campaign. Chagall and his family would be among the more than 2,000 who received visas and escaped this way. Haunted Harbors Arriving in New York City in June 1941, Chagall discovered that he was already a well-known artist there and, despite a language barrier, soon became a part of the exiled European artist community. The following year he was commissioned by choreographer Léonide Massine to design sets and costumes for the ballet Aleko, based on Alexander Pushkin’s “The Gypsies” and set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But even as he settled into the safety of his temporary home, Chagall’s thoughts were frequently consumed by the fate befalling the Jews of Europe and the destruction of Russia, as paintings such as The Yellow Crucifixion...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marquet, Composition, Présence de Marquet (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Présence de Marquet, 1962. Pu...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"The Kiss" from Song of Songs of Solomon
Located in Wilton, CT
From Song of Songs of Solomon, this is a beautiful print in perfect condition and framed in a conservators frame. It has vivid colors and stands out wonderfully.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Intaglio

Salvador Dalí, Arrival at the Empyrean (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 24
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Divine Comedy Purgatory Canto 24 MEDIUM: Woodblock SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 139/150 MEASUREMENTS: 9" x 13.5" FRAME: No CONDITION: Exce...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dalí, Dante Re-awakes, La Divine Comédie (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Year: 1963 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Salvador Dali, In the Hands of Antaeus (M. & L. 1039-1138; F. 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Marino Marini - Knight - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marino Marini - Knight - Original Lithograph 1968 Dimensions: 32 x 48 cm From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Decorating with Figurative Art Prints and Works on Paper

Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.

Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.

Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.

Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.

Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.

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