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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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Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Army Of Caine by B A T I K Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role. Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Surrealist Carborundum Etching, Homage a Rodin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a portfolio Hommage A Rodin. It included a lithograph by Henry Moore, Ossip Zadkine, Berto Lardera, an etching by Robert Couturier and an etching...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Inferno: Canto 11 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 11 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Sator - Original Etching Stamp Signed 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

Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Reference: Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II. Unsigned edition of over 5,000 Condition : Excellent 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...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

“Protect Your Heart” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Protect Your Heart” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From the "Aequinoctium" series Brian Ziff is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Suspended Sentence
Located in Greenwich, CT
Suspended Sentence is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 1.5 x 2 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and numbered lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray f...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Dalí­, "Le Creuset philosophal" from Alchimie des Philosophes, mixed media
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí­ "Le Creuset philosophal" from Alchimie des Philosophes Mixed media, from original gouache by Dalí­, printed with lithography, etching and sil...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Lithograph

LE CHEVALET AUX FLEURS (MOURLOT 838)
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Lithograph in colors on wove paper. Mourlot 838. Sheet size 30.25 x 20 inches. Image size 22.5 x 14.75 inches. Frame size approx 36.5 x 26.5 inches. Edition 34/50. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985) was an artist whose work anticipated the dream-like imagery of Surrealism. Over the course of his career, Chagall developed the poetic, amorphous, and deeply personal visual language evident in paintings like I and the Village...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Comique Trippe XVI, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Comique Trippe XVI by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002) Date: 1974 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 56/60 Image Size: 12.25 x 17.25 inches Size: 16.25 x 20.5 in....
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Frère Ogrin, l'hermite (Brother Ogrin, the Hermit) /// Surrealism Salvador Dali
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Frère Ogrin, l'hermite (Brother Ogrin, the Hermit)" Portfolio: Tristan et Iseult *Monogram signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1970 Medium: Original Engraving on Mandeure paper Limited edition: 101/125 Printer: Atelier Rigal, Paris, France Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York, NY and Paris, France Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-10-K, page 60; "Dali: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924-1980" - Michler/Löpsinger No. 416, page 183-184 Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding with 100% cotton rag matting, gold filet, and 99% UV protective Museum Glass Framed size: 28" x 22.25" Sheet size (folded): 18" x 12.75" Sheet size (unfolded): 18" x 25.5" Image size: 15.75" x 10.5" Condition: One tiny tear upper left. Some faint spots lower left. It is otherwise a strong impression is excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Indianapolis, IN; acquired from Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Baltimore, MD retaining their original gallery label on verso. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Tristan et Iseult" portfolio of 21 color engravings. Leon Amiel chop mark/blind stamp lower left. These engravings from the "Tristan et Iseult" portfolio were printed on folded sheets with their respective text descriptions as issued. We are specialists in Salvador Dali's printmaking oeuvre, having personally worked with his cataloger Albert Field in the 1980's, we unconditionally guarantee all of our examples to be authentic. Biography: Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Intaglio

Faust Chevalier a Genou
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Faust Chevalier a Genou MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 9/95 MEASUREMENTS: 15.3" x 11.4" YEAR: 1969 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Ex...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

HEAVEN CANTO 12
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

The Pied Piper from Hamelin, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Pied Piper from Hamlin, Israel Rubinstein, Israeli (1944) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250 Size: 32 in. x 37 in. (81...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Real 3" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Real 3" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

RENÉ MAGRITTE Le Maître d'École - 1955 Limited edition Lithograph - Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
LE MAÎTRE D'ÉCOLE, 1955 (THE SCHOOLMASTER) Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition: 275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Observations: Lithograph on BFK Rives paper plat...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Inferno: Canto 29 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 29 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Magritte, Composition, Poèmes 1923-1958, Dix dessins de René Magritte (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Paper Size: 11 x 8.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Poèmes 1923-1958. Dix dessins d...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Anne Storno, Water Baby, Affordable Art, Colourful Art Limited Edition Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Anne Storno Water Baby A limited edition of 30. Image Size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Paper Size: H60cm x W60cm Sold Unframed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

The Path to Wisdom (The Banker) (Drawer), hand signed lithograph
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by Salvador Dali. Edition E 193/350. From the Retrospective Suite. Published by Levine and Levine Publishers, New York for DALART. Sheet size 29.375 x 21.5 inches. Image size 22.5 x 16.75 inches. Catalogue Raisonné: Field 78-10, pp. 183. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) was a renowned Surrealist artist known for his enigmatic paintings of dreamscapes and religious themes. The Persistence of Memory (1931), arguably his best known work, visually manifests the strangeness of time, showing clocks melting in an idyllic landscape. “One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams,” he once reflected. Born Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain, he displayed a great aptitude for the visual arts as a teenager. Three years after his first exhibition at the age of 14, he enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. At school, he emulated many contemporary styles but also the works of Johannes Vermeer and Diego Velázquez. During his visits to Paris in the late 1920s, he was introduced to the Surrealist movement by René Magritte and Joan Miró. Though the concept of Surrealism was new to him, Dalí was already well versed in the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud. Dabbling in various projects throughout his long career, in 1942 he published the book The Secret...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Hommage à Julien Cain - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph Frontispiece for André Dunoyer de Segonzac, and Julien Cain. "Humanisme Actif: Mélanges d'Art et de Littérature Offerts à Julien Cain." Paris: H...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Wine Casks - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Delorme. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : Total edition of 233 SIZE : 41 x 33 cm ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Inferno: Canto 4 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 4 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 13...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

After the Party, Abstract Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg, American (1922 - 2005) Title: After the Party Year: 1977 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Im...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

The Journey to India, Etching by Jan Peter Tripp
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Journey to India Jan Peter Tripp German (1945) Date: 1986 Etching, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil Edition of 46/300 Image Size: 15 x 18 inches Size: 21.5 x 24.5 in...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

La vierge d'Israel
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 "La vierge d'Israël" Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

HEAVEN CANTO 4
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

The Three Bad Barons - Original Etching Handsigned (Field #70-10 O)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI The Three Bad Barons, 1970 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 75 On Japan paper 66.5 x 51 cm (c. 26.19 x 20.08 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog raisonne ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Lost Trace / - The Holy Night as a real dream -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ernst Fuchs (1930 Vienna - 2015 ibid), The Lost Trace, 1972. Vernis mou and aquatint etching, 46.8 x 36.4 cm (plate), 66 x 50 cm (sheet), 69.5 x 53.5 cm (frame), WVZ Hartmann no. 185...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Nude Couples - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude Couples - Original Handsigned Lithograph Dimensions: 52 x 65 cm 1970 Signed in pencil and numbered Edition : /CXX References : Field 70-8
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Print Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Celebration Cake Foot
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Mixed Media, Woodcut, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

La Danse de la Mort, Suite of 8 Aquatint Etchings by Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) Title: La Danse de la Mort - Planche 1-8 Year: 1972 Medium: Suite of 8 Aquatint Etchings, Each Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 41/...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Purgatory: Canto 21 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Purgatory: Canto 21 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Siz...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Inferno: Canto 25 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 25 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Photographic Paper

The Judgement of Paris original E.A. etching by Salvador Dali Mythology Suite
Located in Paonia, CO
The Judgement of Paris ( Three Graces ) is an original limited edition Epreuve d'Artiste ( EA ) etching on Rives BFK by Salvador Dali from the Mythology Suite. ( ref: Field 63-3.I / Michler & Lopsinger 123 ). Salvador Dalí’s mythology...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

PLATE 5 (FROM EL ULTIMO VIAJE DEL BUQUE FANTASMA)
Located in Aventura, FL
From El Ultimo Viaje del Buque Fantasma suite made to illustrate the text of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Hand signed and numbered by Wifredo Lam. Published by Polígrafa, Barcelona. From the edition of 99. Frame Size: approx 31 x 39 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Please note the frame has some minor scratches on the molding. No broken or missing parts. Plexi glass covering is new. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Wifredo Lam was an Afro-Cuban artist best known for his unique Surrealist aesthetic that combined European artistic movements with the imagery of his native country. “I responded always to the presence of factors that emanated from our history and our geography, tropical flowers, and black culture,” Lam once said. In one of his most famous paintings, The Jungle (1943), these various influences are melded together, onto a single large-scale canvas. Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, who had been the teacher of famed Surrealist Salvador Dalí. Lam moved to Paris after seeing an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work in Spain. Having arrived in Paris, he introduced himself to Picasso who subsequently showed Lam his collection of primitive artworks...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Sator from "Faust"
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Sator, from "Faust" Original Etching Embossed signature From the edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 K / Michler & Lopsinger 305 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 became the artist's surrealist trademarks. His great craftsmanship allowed him to execute his paintings in a nearly photo-realistic style. No wonder that the artist was a great admirer of the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael. Salvador Dali and Gala. Meeting Gala was the most important event in the artist's life and decisive for his future career. She was a Russian immigrant and ten years older than Dali. When he met her, she was married to Paul Eluard. Gala decided to stay with Dali. She became his companion, his muse, his sexual partner, his model in numerous art works and his business manager. For him she was everything. Most of all Gala was a stabilizing factor in his life. And she managed his success in the 1930s with exhibitions in Europe and the United States. Gala was legally divorced from her husband in 1932. In 1934 Dali and Gala were married in a civil ceremony...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - City Hall - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - City Hall - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching Title: City Hall - San Francisco Drypoint Handsigned Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Edition EA Catalogue raisonné: Fi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall - Green River - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph Double-page spread from the 1974 book "Chagall" by André Pieyre de Mandiargues. Unsigned, edition of approximately 10,000 Published by Maeght 1974 D...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Freud with a Snail Head (Plate G), 1974
Located in Greenwich, CT
Freud with a Snail Head – signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and numbered A 11/195 lower left, from the edition of 462 (there were also 35 'A' Roman, 195 'F' Arabic,...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Stencil

The Divine Love of Gala (Plate J), 1974
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Divine Love of Gala – signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and numbered A 11/195 lower left, from the edition of 462 (there were also 35 'A' Roman, 195 'F' Arabic, and 35 'F' Roman, plus 2 additional suites on japon). Framed in an ornate gold-tone moulding. Cataloging: Micheler-Löpsinger 674; Field 74-8 Plate J Dalí’s series of colored etchings After Fifty Years of Surrealism reflects on the artist’s long...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Stencil

"Omniverso" Omniverse - contemporary, surrealist, graphic, geometric sun print
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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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Digital

Salvador Dali - Nude at the Fountain
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude at the Fountain - 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

Paradise: Canto 27 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Paradise: Canto 27 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Si...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Venus de la Constellaciones con Picador - Attr. to S.Dalì - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Venus de la Constellaciones con Picador is an Contemporary Artwork realized in 1975. Etching and Drypoint on Rives Paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right: Dalì; inscribed EA in pencil on the lower left. One of the 25 Artist's Proof aside of the edition of 75 specimens on Rives Paper. The edition was composed of other 75+25 proofs on Arches paper, 75x25 proofs on Lana Paper, 75+25 proofs on Richard de Bas and 75+25 proofs on Japanese paper. The work was dedicated to Luis Romero...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Coucou Bazar at the Grand Palais, Paris, 1973 original poster by Jean Dubuffet
Located in New York, NY
Jean Dubuffet Coucou Bazar at the Grand Palais, Paris, 1973 original poster by Jean Dubuffet, 1973 Offset typeset lithograph and lithograph Bears publishers' stamp on the back, unsig...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Inferno: Canto 19 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 19 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

"Moon Birth 3" Black & White Photography 16" x 16" in Ed of 24 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth 3" Black & White Photography 16" x 16" in Ed of 24 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

"Paris and Helen of Troy" signed etching by Salvador Dali. Edition 430 of 1000.
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Paris and Helen of Troy" framed etching by Salvador Dali printed on Arches paper. Hand-numbered 430/1000 on lower left front corner. Hand-signed o...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Les Songes Drolatiques - Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Hand-Signed Lithograph by Salvador Dali This edition is on Japan Paper Title: Pantagruel's Dreams Signed in Pencil by Salvador Dali Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: EA 1973 References...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Heaven Canto 22 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 22 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: M...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

"Aerial 3" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aerial 3" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. Available...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

The Angel - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
The Angel is an original modern Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1984. Original colored etching on paper. Hand-signed lower right corner. Limited ed...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Life - Original Lithograph by Man Ray - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Life is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by Man Ray (1890 – 1976) in 1964, as part of the suite of illustrations for the volume "The Absolute Real", by the same Man Ray and ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Symbols Devil
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Symbols Devil MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: EGI/Vanguard Studios (Beverly Hills) EDITION NUMBER: 26/150 MEASUREMENTS: 16" x 16" ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

“Emergence 2” (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Emergence 2” (FRAMED) Photography 24" x 36" inch Edition 1/7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Park Drive" series The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

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

The Great Depression 3, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Monotype, Archival Paper

Jean Cocteau - Europe's Construction - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Europe's Construction Printed signature in the stone Dimensions: 33 x 46 cm Edition: 200 Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Sciaky ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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