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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.

Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Surrealist
Holiday in Old Town 11/30, paper, etching, soft varnish, 15x19.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Holiday in Old Town 11/30, paper, etching, soft varnish, 15x19.5 cm JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA Born in Latvia, Riga 1968 Education 1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art Scho...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Varnish, Paper, Etching

The Greatest Beauty of Beatrice - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Greatest Beauty of Beatrice - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not s...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Haughty - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Haughty - Purgatory, Plate - 11 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Charon - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Charon, Hell, Plate-3 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good condi...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Earthly Paradise - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Earthly Paradise - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as i...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Dante and Beatrice - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dante and Beatrice - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as iss...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Hard Margins - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Hard Margins - Hell Plate 19, is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. G...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Ghost of Ancestors - The Divine Comedy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Ghost of Ancestors - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as iss...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Farinata - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Farinata - Hell Plate 10 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Erinnyes - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Erinnyes - Hell Plate 11 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"Sanas distancias" Safe distances - figurative, hands, post COVID art
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
During the pandemic, the artist stayed for 4 months in Oaxaca on a beach called San Aguistinillo, where he developed the Sana Distancia (safe distance) c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf

Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and folding. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Lithograph

Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Limbos - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Limbos - Hell Plate -11 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Virgil's Last Words - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Virgil's Last Words is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.27 (...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Gluttony - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Gluttony - Purgatory, Plate- 23 - is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Beatrice and the Triumph of the Saints - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Beatrice and the Triumph of the Saints - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Dante's Dream - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dante's Dream - Purgatory, Plate- 19 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issu...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Vanni Fucci's Prophecy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Vanni Fucci's Prophecy - Hell Plate- 24 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as is...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Crooks - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Crooks, Hell Plate 8 - is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Traitor of Montaperti - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Traitor of Montaperti - Hell, Plate 32 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and stain. The artwork is depicted through confi...
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with slight foxing. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The...
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Golden Age - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Golden Age - Purgatory, Plate 22, is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Al...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

Jonas and the Whale - Drypoint - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Jonas and the whale is an artwork realized in 1975. Drypoint with pochoir on Arches paper, from the Series "Our Historical Heritage". Signed and numbered. Edition SA 51/300. Image 56x40cm - Sheet 66x50.5cm. Ref Michler/Löpsinger 759; Field 75-4 D. Prov. Private Collection France. Very Good condition. Salvador Dalí was an icon of Surrealism, the 20th-century avant-garde movement that sought to release unconscious creative potential through art that featured dreamlike imagery. Dalí's fantastical prints, paintings, sculptures, films, and writing helped cement the movement's identity. Working off psychoanalytic ideas, Dalí rendered fantastical creatures and landscapes that could unsettle and awe. His 1931 canvas The Persistence of Memory...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

The Men Who Eat Each Other - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Men Who Eat Each Other - Hell, Plate - 30 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali - Moshe Dayan - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Moshe Dayan - Original Handsigned Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm 1968 Signed in pencil EA in Sanguine Jean Schneider, Basel References : Fi...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Thieves - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Thieves - Hell, Plate-25 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Goo...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Centaur - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Centaur - Hell, Plate-26 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Goo...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Betrayers of their Hosts - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Betrayers of their Hosts - Hell, Plate-22- Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Hell Plate 29 - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Hell Plate - 29 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Traitors - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Traitors - Hell, Plate- 33 - Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Original Perfection - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Original Perfection - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as is...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Two Crown - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Two Crown - Purgatory, Plate - 26 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issu...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

The Guardian Angels of the Valley - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Guardian Angels of the Valley - Purgatory, Plate - 8 - Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dan...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Falsifiers - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Falsifiers - Hell, Tav- 28, is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Purgatory Song 4 - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Purgatory Song 4 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.4 (as r...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Purgatory - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Purgatory, Plate- 13 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good condi...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

On the Edge of the Seventh Circle - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
On the Edge of the Seventh Circle - Hell, Plate-4- Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Aligh...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Morning city 2005, paper, etching, 14x16 cm, 40/100
Located in Riga, LV
Morning city 2005, paper, etching, 14x16 cm, 40/100 JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA Born in Latvia, Riga 1968 Education 1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art School (Riga). 1987...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Hell - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Hell, Plate 31 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good conditions. ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Angels - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Angels is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Woodcut

Cacciaguida Sees Dante's Exile in God - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Cacciaguida Sees Dante's Exile in God is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as iss...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions with foxing and folding. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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The Blind of Envy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Blind of Envy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.14 (as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

The Divine Wood - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Divine Wood is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.28 (as r...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Portrait after Domenichino - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Domenichino is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions. signed on plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was...
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Portrait - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and stain. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. ...
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Blasphemers - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The blasphemers is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.14 (as ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

The Joy of the Blessed - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Joy of the Blessed is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.2...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Muses - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
The Muses is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions. Signed in the plate. The etching was realized for the anatomy study “JOMBERT, Charles-Antoine (1712-1784) - Méthode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand Art.. enrichie de cent planches representant differentes parties du Corps Humain.. et quelques etudes d`Animaux & de Paysage. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1755” The plates of this important study were mainly dedicated to anatomical studies, physiognomy and proportions, many taken from works by famous artists such as Raphael, Guido Reni and Titian, as well as classical works including the Farnese Hercules and the Medici Venus.
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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