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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
Salvador Dali - The Tournament of Galore - 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 additional suite of 100 aside from the edition of ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Paradis VI (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Star of the Sea Étoile de mer - German French Star of the Sea
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed by the artist "max ernst" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 200, at the lower left...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hell 33 - The Betrayers of their Hosts - woodcut - 1963 (Field p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
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

“Innerbloom” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Innerbloom” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Rite of Spring" series In this melancholy series...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

The New Great Depression 5, 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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Archival Paper, Monotype

Eduardo Naranjo Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed engraving 1984 n2
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'Creación V', 1984 engraving on paper 15 x 20.9 in. (38 x 53 cm.) Edition of 225 ID: NAR1115-002-225 Hand-signed by author
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

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

“Nectar” Surreal Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Nectar” Surreal 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

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

The Unicorn Laser Disintegrates the Horns of Cosmic Rhinoceroses (The Conquest o
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unicorn Laser Disintegrates the Horns of the Cosmic Rhinoceroses from the Conquest of Cosmos suite – 29.5 x 22" image size, signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and annotated lower left. Fr...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Calder, Composition, A Bestiary (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Letterpress printing on spécialement fabriqué Curtis Rag vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.1875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, A Best...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist "Babies DJ" Portrait inspired in Old Masters. Giclée Print
Located in Segovia, ES
Babies DJ. Funny and touching image composed by Spanish artist Pablo de Pinini as a reinterpretation of past masterpieces, in which contemporary or futuristic elements burst in in u...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

Purgatory Canto 28 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 28 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

The Lawyer
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Lawyer MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Dalart N.V. EDITION NUMBER: 130/300 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" YEAR: 1978 FRAMED: No ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Heaven Canto 3 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 3 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

"Aerial 3" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition 1/3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aerial 3" Photography 39" x 39" inch Edition 1/3 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

Pantagruel : Masculine Virility - Original handsigned lithograph (Field #73-7I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali Pantagruel : Masculine Virility, 1973 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered edition of 250 copies on Japan paper with color Dimensions 75.5 x 53.5 cm (...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Mad Tristan - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Mad Tristan - Original Etching Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Edition: 125 1970 Signed in pencil. On Arches Vellum References : Field 70-10 (p. 60-61)
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

Salvador Dali - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Original Handsigned Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm 1967 Signed in pencil EA in Sanguine Jean Sc...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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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 Arrival of Iseult in Boat - Original etching, Handsigned (Field #70-10G)
Located in Paris, IDF
Attributed to Salvador DALI L'arrivée d'Iseult ("The arrival of Iseult"), 1970 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited to 125 unumbered copies On Lana vellum 45 x 32.5 cm R...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

PURGATORY CANTO 13
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

"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

Dan (Twelve Tribes of Israel), 1973
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dan is an etching on paper from Salvador Dalí's "Twelve Tribes of Israel." The image size is 19.62 x 14.37 inches and the framed dimensions are 34.25 x 27.75 inches. From the English...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

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

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Women - 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

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

Cleopatra
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this large color drypoint with strong colors. Signed and numbered 203/325 in pencil by Dali. Catalogue reference: Michler/Löpsinger 820; Field 72-14.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Color, Drypoint

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent"...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract Compositon
Located in OPOLE, PL
André Lanskoy (1903-1976) - Abstract Compositon Lithograph from 1959. Edition of 41/125. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipm...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Museum of Figueras - Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (after) Museum of Figueras Lithograph on vellum Handsigned in pencil Numbered /500 Dated, 1974 69.4 x 49.3 cm (27 x 19.3 in.) REFERENCES : Catalog Michler and Lopsing...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Transhumante, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Fernando de Szyszlo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Transhumante Fernando de Szyszlo, Peruvian (1925–2017) Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 44/80 Size: 42.5 x 28 in. (107.95 x 71.12 cm)
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Purgatory Canto 16 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 16 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:...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Salvador Dali - Kneeling Knight - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Kneeling Knight - 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

LE PROPHETE (MOURLOT 713)
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by Marc Chagall. Mourlot 713. Edition 41/50. Image size 27.25 x 21 inches. Sheet size 32 x 24.25 inches. Frame size approx 39 x 31 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity issued by Gallery Art. 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

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Moon Birth" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 4/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Moon Birth" Photography 31" x 31" in Edition 4/7 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

Salvador Dali - Knight & Death, from "Faust"
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - "Knight & Death" from Faust - Original Etching With embossed signature (from the standard book edition of 731) Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1...
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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

Salvador Dali - Cut Cucumber - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cut Cucumber - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - The Trenches - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Trenches - 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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Marc Chagall - Inspiration - Original Lithograph from "Chagall Lithographe" v. 2
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph from Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II. 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the unsigned edition of 10000 copies without margins Reference: Mourlot 398 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 Theater...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Heaven Canto 8 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 8 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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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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Moses Makes Water Flow from the Rock - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. Not signed nor numbered, as issued. ...
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Etching

Surrealist Woodblock Print Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Magic Red Shoes
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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Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Woodcut

Fegefeuer IV (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

"Vanity Fair (The Face Off) Recto, Camel Cigarette Verso, " by Paolo Garretto
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This double-sided lithograph by Paolo Garretto features a Vanity Fair cover "The Face Off" on the front and a Camel Cigarette ad on the back. It was pu...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Iseult of the White Hands, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Iseult of the White Hands Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Le Paradis XIII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Le Purgatoire VII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Nudes Nude at The Window
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Nudes Nude at The Window MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: E.G.I. EDITION NUMBER: 55/120 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" YEAR: 1970 FRAM...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

Salvador Dali - Woman with a Whip - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman with a Whip - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Fiel...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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