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
Dalila Cuts Sanson's Hair - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
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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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Séducteur - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1951 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Army Of Caine Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
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
Hölle XXI (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
Materials
Woodcut
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Hölle XI (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
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Femmes Surrealiste - Surrealistic Woman
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Femmes Surrealiste - Surrealistic Woman
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 23/150
MEASUREMENTS: 25.6" x 19.6"
YEAR: 1974
FRAME...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Zachary's Vision - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
$179 Sale Price
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"Acupuntura Neoecléctica" contemporary figurative patterns human figure 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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Paper, Ink
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
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Fegefeuer XXIX (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
Materials
Woodcut
$956 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Etching
Lovers with Red Horse - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Corneille
Located in Paris, IDF
Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010)
Lovers with Red Horse, 1989
Original color lithograph
Signed and dated in pencil
Artist proof (personal copy of the artist)
On vellum, 53 x 73 cm (c....
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Astrology: The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Corneille
Located in Paris, IDF
Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010)
Astrology: The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, 1989
Original color lithograph
Signed and dated in pencil
Authenticated artist's proof
On vellum, 86.5 x 5...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
Materials
Lithograph
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Masque De La Mort
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Salvador Dali
Masque De La Mort
1975
Etching Aquatint
26 x 19 3/4 in.
Edition of 240
Pencil signed and numbered; certified authentic by Frank Hunter of the Sa...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Beach - Surrealism Belgian
By Paul Delvaux
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colour is hand signed by the artist in pencil "P. Delvaux" at the lower right margin.
It is also inscribed in pencil “H.C.” an Hors Commerce [out of trade...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Miró, Composition (Mourlot 457), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 155, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeu...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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Le Paradis XVII (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
$796 Sale Price
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L’épervier au dessus du torrent, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 20.50 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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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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Lithograph
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Paradiso, Canto VI (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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The Envious of Purgatory "The Divine Comedy" - Woodcut attr. to S. Dali- 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Envious of Purgatory - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighie...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Fegefeuer II (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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$956 Sale Price
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Adam, Eve and the Forbidden Fruit - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
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
$584 Sale Price
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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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Lithograph
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The Hippies The Woman With Garter
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Hippies Woman With Garter
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: X/C
MEASUREMENTS: 25.6" x 20"
Framed: 36" x 31"
YEAR: 1969
CON...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Vers un Monde Volage II, Suite of Surrealist Etchings by Marcel Gromaire
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcel Gromaire, French (1892 - 1971) - Vers un Monde Volage II, Year: 1926, Medium: Suit of 10 Etchings on thin laid paper with gilt edges, Edition: 270, Image Size: 6.75 x 5.5 inc...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
"Invisibility Hat" Figurative Photography 31" x 31" in Ed. 2/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Invisibility Hat" Figurative Photography 31" x 31" in Ed. 2/7 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
Inferno, Canto XXVII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Paradies XXI (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...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$956 Sale Price
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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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,116 Sale Price
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Amos' Prophecy - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
$76 Sale Price
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Le Purgatoire XVII (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
$796 Sale Price
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Divine Impenetrability - Woodcut attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Divine Impenetrability from the Series "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri is woodcut print realized in 1963.
Good conditions. Not signed, as issued.
Plate n.22 (as reported on...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$305 Sale Price
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Solomon's Vision - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
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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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
'On Stage' — Mid-Century Surrealism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ian Hugo, 'On Stage', from the portfolio 'Ten Engravings'. engraving, 1946, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '22/50' in pencil. A fine impression, with delicate overall plate tone, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (3 5/8 to 4 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack EDITIONS', in the bottom right margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches (149 x 98 mm); sheet size 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (384 x 283 mm).
Ian Hugo originally created "Ten Engravings" in 1945, and the portfolio included a foreword by his partner and collaborator, Anais Nin. In 1978, Hugo republished the portfolio with Madeleine-Claude Jobrack, an American master printmaker who studied under Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, and with Johnny Friedlaender. When Jobrack returned to the United States she managed the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio in New York before opening her own printing studio, Madeleine-Claude Jobrak Editions.
“The sign of the true artist is one who creates a complete universe, invents new plants, new animals, new figures to transfer to us a new vision of the universe in which dream and reality fuse. Ian Hugo's plants have eyes, the birds have the delicacy of dragonflies, their feathers have the shape of fans. Humor is apparent in every gesture. He uses a fine spider web to give a feeling of flight, speed, lightness. The body of a woman reveals the structure of a leaf, a plant. Wings are moving in a world unified by mythological themes. This is an animated world, humorous and levitating, elusive and decorative, which by its unique forms and shapes gives us the sensation of a rebirth, a liberation from the usual, the familiar, a visit to a new planet.”
—Anais Nin, from the forward to the portfolio ‘Ten Engravings’
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ian Hugo was born Hugh Parker Guiler in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 15, 1898. His childhood was spent in Puerto Rico—a "tropical paradise," the memory of which stayed with him and surfaced in both his engravings and his films. He attended school in Scotland and graduated from Columbia University where he studied economics and literature.
Hugo was working with the National City Bank when he met and married author Anais Nin in 1923. The couple moved to Paris the following year, where Nin's diary and Guiler's artistic aspirations flowered. Guiler feared his business associates would not understand his interests in art and music, let alone those of his wife, so he began a second, creative life as Ian Hugo. Ian and Anais moved to New York in 1939. The following year he took up engraving and etching, working at Stanley William Hayter’s experimental printmaking workshop Atelier 17, established at the New School for Social Research.
Hugo began producing surreal images often used to illustrate Nin's books. For Nin, his unwavering love and financial support were indispensable—Hugo was the "fixed center, core... my home, my refuge" (Sept. 16, 1937, Nearer the Moon, The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1937-!939). Fictionalized portraits of Higo and Nin appear in Philip Kaufman's 1990 film drama of a literary love triangle, Henry & June.
Inspired by comments that viewers saw motion in his engravings, Hugo took up filmmaking. He asked the avant-garde filmmaker Sasha Hammid for instruction but was told, "Use the camera yourself, make your own mistakes, make your own style." Hugo embarked on an exploration of the film medium as a vehicle to delve into his dreams, his unconscious, and his memories. Without a specific plan, He would collect resonant images, then reorder or superimpose them, seeking a sense of self-connection through the poetic juxtapositions he created. These intuitive explorations resembled the mystical evocations of his engravings, which he described in 1946 as "hieroglyphs of a language in which our unconscious is trying to convey important, urgent messages."
In the underwater world of his film ‘Bells of Atlantis,’ the light originates from the world above the surface; it is otherworldly, out of place, yet essential. In ‘Jazz of Lights,’ the street lights of Times Square become in Nin's words, "an ephemeral flow of sensations." This flow that she also calls "phantasmagorical" had a crucial impact on Stan Brakhage, who said that without Jazz of Lights (1954), "there would have been no Anticipation of the Night" his autobiographical film which ushered in a new era of experimental modernist filmmaking.
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