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Surrealist Figurative 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
Bicéphale - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized by Salvador Dalì to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre". Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968. Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 sp...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Thou art all faire, my love: there is no spot in thee, Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed Dali etching framed in a museum white-gold leaf frame with silk matting and silver bevel. Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Thou art all faire, my love: there is ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Rachel has Stolen the Idols of Her Father - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".  Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve. Printed by Mourlot a...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A dinner - Surrealist print, Limited edition, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered, signed and made on sealed paper. Limited edition of 20. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Archite...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Color, Paper

Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Heaven Canto 15 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 15 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: Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114. Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Booz Awakes - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".  Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve. Printed by Mourlot a...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Papageno 11 original lithograph limited edition painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Papageno original lithograph limited edition painting Original lithograph signed by hand. Perfect state
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Clown Acrobate - Etching & Aquatint by Marc Chagall - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Hand-signed. Edition 13/35 prints, numbered and hand signed in pencil. Image Dimensions : 31 x 24 cm Passepartout included : 70 x 50 cm Ref. Cramer 12. Very good conditions.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Miró, Composition (Cramer 34; Mourlot 226), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 87-88-89. June-July-August, 1956. Published by ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Out of Egypt I Have Called my Son Biblia Sacra Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Out of Egypt I Have Called my Son shows the Holy family departing from Egypt trekking through the desolate landscape of the desert. Joseph is leadin...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Nude with Snail
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude with Snail - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Arp, Constellation, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°13, 1959. Published and printed under the direction of Gualtieri di ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Raven and the Fox - Etching - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
The Raven and the Fox is an artwork realized in 1974. Etching and drypoint with stencil, 1974. Printed by Atelier Rigal. Edition XIV/CXX on Auvergne paper. It belongs to the sui...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 745), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good Condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 195. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Boat (Vaisseau fantome) - Original handsigned etching - (Field #69-7)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Surrealist Boat (Vaisseau fantome), 1969 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered /200 on Rives BFK vellum 58 x 45 cm (c. 23 x 18 in) REFERENCE : - Catalog rai...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Looking Up (left profile of a man looking toward the heavens)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes several spirit-like creatures seeming to wander in an unknown landscape He moves images around on the paper to create ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Spring, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Spring Israel Rubinstein Israeli (1944) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Image Size: 36 x 26.5 inches Size: 39 x 27.5 in. (99.06 x 69.85 cm)
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" - Surreal Lithograph in Ink on Paper (#1/9)
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed and vivid close-up of an eye with a reflection by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). In the reflection of the eye, there is a person seated on the ground with a lar...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 868), Hommage à Miró, 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, Hommage à Miró, XXe Siècle, 1972 in an ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

STEPPIN OUT Signed Lithograph, Stone Men, Barren Landscape, Figurative Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
STEPPIN OUT is a hand drawn original lithograph by the Austrian artist De Es Schwertberger printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. STEPPIN OUT is a highly detailed figurative drawing printed in light sepia brown ink depicting a procession of muscular stone men walking...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"P de Papagayo" contemporary surrealist letter P parrot colorfull engraving
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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Engraving

Le Vermoulu et le Plisse, Surrealist Etching by Hans Bellmer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hans Bellmer, German (1902 - 1975) - Le Vermoulu et le Plisse, Year: 1940, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed in pencil, Image Size: 7 x 9 inches, Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x 38.1 cm)...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali Poseidon ( Neptune ) rare original lithograph poster 1980
Located in Paonia, CO
Poseidon ( Neptune ) is a rare Salvador Dali original lithographic poster published by Arte, Paris 1980 for the exhibition of his suite ” The Mythology ” . This series has 16 i...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jane Dickson Brooke Alexander 1988 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jane Dickson New York 1988: A rare 1980s announcement card published on the occasion of Dickson's exhibition at Brooke Alexander, Inc. from January 9 - February 3, 1988; 59 Wooster S...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Paradies XXVI (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Principio de Incertidumbre de Heisenberg - Etching, Drypoint and Pochoir - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, Drypoint and Pochoir, 1977. Sheet 19 from the series Les Caprices de Goya de Dalì. Printed by J.J.J. Rigal after Goya with drypoint revisions by Dalí in his own hand between 1973 and 1977. Edition 85/200. Red. Michler-Löpsinger 866a (from b). Inscribed Dalì and Goya in pencil and with the artist's signature, title and number on the plate. On bold chamois-colored BFK Rives The Spanish master Francisco Goya created the work “Los Caprichos...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

Saint Raphael from Biblia Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Saint Raphael is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965-1969....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Primo Conti - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary artwork realized by Primo Conti in 1970. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed, dated and numbered on the lower margin Includes frame Edition of 7/90
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The pagoda, from The Hippies
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The pagoda Portfolio: The Hippies Medium: Color etching on Arches wove paper Date: 1969 Edition: 67/145 Frame Size: 31" x 26 1/2" Sheet Size: 26" x 20" I...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

de Chirico, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. Published and printed under the direc...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Personne Seule Etendue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes traditional images of a sun-filled sky, dark shadows cast on water and through leafy trees all under the guise of thre...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude, Horse and Death - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali (after) - New-York: Plaza (poster edition) - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph after an original watercolor by Salvador Dali Title: New-York City : Plaza (pre-text/"avant la lettre" poster edition) Printed Signature, da...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Dent Prompte, Dix poèmes inédits illustrés par Max Ernst, ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

PURGATORY CANTO 8
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

Bicephale - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Bicephale is a modern artwork realized by  Salvador Dalì in 1968 Mixed colored etching. Signed and numbered lower recto. Edition of 29/50  Good conditions except some shadows on ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miró, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 864), Joan Miro Lithographs (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, Joan Miró Lithographs, Volume I, 1972....
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Picasso: A Ticket to Glory
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Picasso: A Ticket to Glory - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ; each etc...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hélion, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. Published and printed under the dire...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Orpheus Orphée - Surrealism Mythology Greek
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered 47 in pencil from the edition of 50, at...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lys from Anamorphoses suite by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Salvador Dali’s Lys ( Anamorphoses ) is one of five lithographs from the suite “Anamorphoses ” published by Jean Schneider, Basil 1972. According to Albert Field when one of these prints is placed flat on a table with a cylindrical mirror...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Les Chantes de Maldoror (Piano) Memory of Music
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: LEs Chantes de Maldoror Memory of Music MEDIUM: Etching Arches paper SIGNED: Not signed PUBLISHER: Albert Skira, Paris MEASUREMENTS: 10" x13" YEAR...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Parabole 2 (Sunshine streams through clouds and trees as three men observe)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes traditional images of a sun-filled sky, dark shadows cast on water and through leafy trees all under the guise of thre...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint

"The Weight" - 1975 Black and White Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Weight" - 1975 Black and White Lithograph on Paper 1975 Black and white surrealist lithograph by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Black linear figures are depicted over a white b...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Les Danseurs à la Lune - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 35 prints. Rare and precious artwork by Chagall, in excellent conditions. Ref. Cat. Cramer, n. 32 Image dimensions : 30.5 x 24 cm
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Les chevaliers du roi Arthur ("The cavaliers of King Arthur"), Etching, Handsign
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Les chevaliers du roi Arthur ("The cavaliers of King Arthur") Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited to 115 copies On vellum ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Listen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Listen" 1998 is an original color lithograph on paper by noted American artist David Hollowell, b.1951. It is hand signed and num...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Magnelli, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°4, Christmas 1938. Published and printed under the dire...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Linocut

The He-Goats Of The Wild She-Goats On The Face Of The Earth Biblia Sacra by Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
The He-Goats Of The Wild She-Goats On The Face Of The Earth shows the angel Gabriel hovering on the left side of a tornado. He has come to help Daniel interpret his vision about ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Inferno: Canto 9 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 9 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Miró, Composition (Cramer 207; Mourlot 1078) XXe Siécle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Révolutions Scéniques Du XXe Siécle, 1975. Published and print...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Original engraving, aquatint, intaglio on archival paper. Signed and dated lower right, 1947. Artist proof. Condition: Good. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Image size 6.75 by 5...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

Salvador Dali - Marguerite - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Marguerite - Original Etching from "Faust" suite Stamped signature, as issued From the standard edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm Edition Argillet, Paris 1969...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Song of Songs - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Song of Songs is an artwork realized by Marc Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sheets. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. Printe...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Horse - Original Etching, 1946
Located in Paris, IDF
Roger Vieillard Surrealist Horse, 1946 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives vellum, 25 x 32,5 cm (c. 9,8 x 12,7 inch) Edition limited to 300 copies (unnumber...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Cerberus - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Cerberus - Hell, Plate-6 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good co...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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