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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
Tribute to da Vinci : Oil Catalytic Cracker - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Tribute to da Vinci : Oil Catalytic Cracker, 1975 Original etching with stencil Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 450 On Arches vellum 57 x 76 cm REFERENCE : - Catal...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - King Marc
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - King Marc - 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

Souvenir De Voyage - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1961 gouache op paper by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity. Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Purgatory 19 - Dante's Dream - woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 19 - Dante's Dream Woodcut on paper Signature printed in the image 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

"Vacunación univeresal" Universal vaccination - contemporary surrealist print
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is a radial artist who throughout his career has always been at the forefront, as in the Renaissance and pre-Raphaelite art of the 19th century...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Gold Leaf

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

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Paper, Color

'Forest Woman' — Mid-Century Surrealism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ian Hugo, 'Forest Woman', engraving, 1945, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '5/50' in pencil. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack E...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Seven Sculpture Ideas I - ETCHING, AQUATINT and ROULETTE in TEN COLORS
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Seven Sculpture Ideas I (Cramer 589) Etching, aquatint and roulette in 10 colors, 1982, on Arches, signed in pencil. 39/50 From the numbered edition of 50. Published by The Raymond ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Daphnis and Chloè - Lithograph after Marc Chagall - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Daphnis and Chloè is an original lithograph after Marc Chagall realized for the illustrated book "A même la pierre", Fernand Mourlot Lithographe, Pierre Bordas & Fils, Paris 1982. E...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Rider and the Deer - Handsigned Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Rider and the Deer - Handsigned Engraving 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 3...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Visage, Surreal Lithograph by Andre Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) Title: Visage Year: circa 1960 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 97/200 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

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

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Paper, Color

Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) in Wilson-Lincoln System (Schwarz, 344)
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) in Wilson-Lincoln System (Schwarz, 344), 1967 Lenticular print on thin white board. Hand signed by Marcel Duc...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Board, Lenticular, Plastic, Mixed Media, Pencil

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Untitled 1983 Image: 5 x 7 cm Mount: 15.5 x 17.0 cm Peter Forster (1934 – 2021) was an English wood engraver, artist and printmaker, making illustrations for The Folio Society...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Wood, Engraving

Olympia, Laurel Wreath - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, FR
Paul WUNDERLICH Olympia, Laurel Wreath Lithograph Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 Excellent c...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Magritte Portfolio VI 16 lithographs- 20th Century, Surrealist, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Complete set of 16 color lithographs in a beautiful burgundy board with ties, plate-signed by Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity. Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing plate. Size is of the full sheet. André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist. Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussels. He began his study of art at the age of eleven at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris. He fought for France during World War I and was seriously injured. His early works display an interest in cubism. He later became associated with surrealism, and he was one of the most enthusiastic employers of automatic drawing, making a number of automatic works in pen and ink. Masson would often force himself to work under strict conditions, for example, after long periods of time without food or sleep, or under the influence of drugs. He believed forcing himself into a reduced state of consciousness would help his art be free from rational control, and hence get closer to the workings of his subconscious mind. Masson experimented with altered states of consciousness with artists such as Antonin Artaud, Michel Leiris, Joan Miro, Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, and Georges Malkine, who were neighbors of his studio in Paris. From around 1926 he experimented by throwing sand and glue onto canvas and making oil paintings based around the shapes that formed. By the end of the 1920s, however, he was finding automatic drawing rather restricting, and he left the surrealist movement and turned instead to a more structured style, often producing works with a violent or erotic theme, and making a number of paintings in reaction to the Spanish Civil War (he associated once more with the surrealists at the end of the 1930s). Under the German occupation of France during World War II, his work was condemned by the Nazis as degenerate. With the assistance of Varian Fry in Marseille, Masson escaped the Nazi regime on a ship to the French island of Martinique from where he went on to the United States. Upon arrival in New York City, U.S. customs officials inspecting Masson's luggage found a cache of his erotic drawings. Denouncing them as pornographic, they ripped them up before the artist's eyes. Living in New Preston, Connecticut his work became an important influence on American abstract expressionists, In particular Arshile Gorky drew on it, as did Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Following the war, he returned to France and settled in Aix-en-Provence where he painted a number of landscapes. Masson drew the cover of the first issue of Georges Bataille's review, Acéphale, in 1936, and participated in all its issues until 1939. His brother-in-law, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

THE LAST PRIVATE PERSON - DER LETZIE PRIVATIER
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ANDREAS PAUL WEBER (German 1893-1980) THE LAST PRIVATE PERSON - DER LETZIE PRIVATIER Lithograph signed in pencil and with the artist's Clan Press Stamp l...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio, 1989, by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) Title: Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio Year: 1989 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Editio...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Washington Square - Surrealist print, Figurative, Landscape, Vibrant colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered out of limited edition of 20, signed and made on sealed paper. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He gr...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color

Couple nus
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph printed in black on pale green background. Signed and numbered LXXXIII/CXX in pencil. Printed by Desjobert, Paris.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Color, Lithograph

Wenn wir nicht haben was wir mögen
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Cotton, Paper, Screen

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

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Etching

Hell 11 : At the Edge of the Seventh Circle - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 11 - At the Edge of the Seventh Circle From the Divine Comedy (Dante) Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Much Ado About Shakespeare : Merchant of Venice - Original Signed Etching
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Much Ado About Shakespeare : Merchant of Venice, 1968 Original etching in sanguine Handsigned Justified EA /18 On Rives vellum 38 x 2...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Growing Feet - Etching by Antoine Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Growing Feet is a black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo , art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977. Signed in penc...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Piccarda Donati - Woodcut attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Piccarda Donati, from the Series "The Divine Comedy", is a woodcut realized in 1963. Good conditions. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.3 (as reported on the back of the artwork), tha...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Vintage Mirò Exhibition Poster Galerie Maeght - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Mirò Exhibition Poster is an original offset print realized for the sculptures' exhibition of the surrealist artist Joan Mirò at the Galerie Mae...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Salvador Dali - The Oak and the Reed - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI The Oak and the Reed (La chêne et le roseau) from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 Conditions: A small tear defect has been restaured...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Purgatory: Canto 7 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Purgatory: Canto 7 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8" Sheet Size...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Death Shadow - Etching by Antoine Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Death Shadow is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo, art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977. Hand-...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Adveniat Regnuum Tuum - Lithograph attr. to Salvador Dalí­ - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Adveniat Regnuum Tuum is a lithograph by Salvador Dalí (1904 – 1989), from the volume "Pater Noster" published by Rizzoli Editore, Milan, 1964. Signed and dated "1964" on plate on t...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI Le Cerf Malade from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 inch paper Refer...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Henri Laurens - Ocean - Original Color Linoleum Cut
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Henri Laurens - Ocean - Original Color Linoleum Cut 1938/1959 Medium : Color Linoleum Cut on Montgolfier Canson vellum Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm XXe siècle Henri Laurens was born in Paris in 1885. Impaired by tuberculosis when he was only 17, he is leg-amputated seven years later. First a stone cutter, he then becomes sculptor. In 1899, he studies drawing. Henry Laurens...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

LA SORCIERE - (The Witch)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KURT SELIGMANN (1900–1962 American, born in Switzerland,) LA SORCIERE - (The Witch) 1934 Etching and aquatint, unsigned ? possibly a proof aside from The ...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Arbre-Homme (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ferdinand Springer, 'Arbre-Homme', engraving, 1945, edition 23. Signed and numbered '23/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on heavy, b...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

"Bonjour" by Max Ernst, Good Day, Surrealism, Light Colors, Figurative
Located in Köln, DE
Etching in colours by Max Ernst. "Bonjour", 1966 66,5 x 50,1 cm Copy 7/99 Edition of 111 copies (approx.)
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Frontispiece of "Chagall Lithographe III, " M 578, " Original Color Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Frontispiece of "Chagall Lithographe III," M 578" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall. The verso of this lithograph reads "This work could not have been brought to completion ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A cruise - XXI century, Figurative Surrealist print, Marine, Waterscape, Ship
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered out of limited edition of 20, signed and made on sealed paper. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Ar...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color

“Wasted Youth” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Wasted Youth” 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 seri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Night Owl
By Timothy Cummings
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Etching of 26
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Marc Chagall - La Vache Bleue (Blue Cow) - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph La Vache Bleue (The Blue Cow) From the unsigned, unnumbered lithograph printed in the literary review XXe Siecle 1967 See Mourlot 488 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Publisher: G. di San Lazzaro. 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, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good. Flight After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research. Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion. With the eruption of World War II, Chagall and his family moved to the Loire region before moving farther south to Marseilles following the invasion of France. They found a more certain refuge when, in 1941, Chagall’s name was added by the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City to a list of artists and intellectuals deemed most at risk from the Nazis’ anti-Jewish campaign. Chagall and his family would be among the more than 2,000 who received visas and escaped this way. Haunted Harbors Arriving in New York City in June 1941, Chagall discovered that he was already a well-known artist there and, despite a language barrier, soon became a part of the exiled European artist community. The following year he was commissioned by choreographer Léonide Massine to design sets and costumes for the ballet Aleko, based on Alexander Pushkin’s “The Gypsies” and set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. But even as he settled into the safety of his temporary home, Chagall’s thoughts were frequently consumed by the fate befalling the Jews of Europe and the destruction of Russia, as paintings such as The Yellow Crucifixion...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Much Ado About Shakespeare : Troilus and Cressida - Original Signed Etching
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI Much Ado About Shakespeare : Troilus and Cressida, 1968 Original etching in sanguine Handsigned Justified EA /18 On Rives vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch) REFERENC...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Death Shadow - Etching by Antoine Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Death Shadow is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo, art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977. Hand-...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

“Inner Space” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Inner Space” 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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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

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

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Paper, Color

Salvador Dali (after) - Paris - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph after Salvador Dali Title: S.N.C.F Stamp Signed Dali Dimensions: 46.5 x 34 cm Edition: /1700 1969 References : Catalogue raisonne Michler & Lopsinger Ref. 1222-1228
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi - Lithograph by G. De Chirico - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 90 specimens in arab numbers and 10 specimens in roman numbers. Edition IV/X. Hand signed by the artist with pencil. Ref. Cat. Raisonné "G. de Chirico: Catalogo dell'Ope...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

I am my beloved from The Song of Songs of King Solomon by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: I am my beloved from The Song of Songs of King Solomon from the Portfolio Song of Songs of Solomon Year:...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Moderna Museet ( the Red Model ) Oct -Nov ’67 original poster by Magritte framed
Located in Paonia, CO
Moderna Museet ( the Red Model ) Oct -Nov ’67 is an original poster for an exhibit of works by renowned surrealist painter, Rene Magritte ( 1898 – 1967 ). It was held at the Moder...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Paper, Color

Mysterious Table - Lithograph by Roger Chapelain-Midy - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Mysterious Table is a colored lithograph realized by the artist Roger Chapelain-Midy in 1973. Certificate label on the rear. Numbered, Edition 9/100. Original print in good conditi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jean Arp - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Arp - Original Etching 1954 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Growing Feet - Etching by Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Growing Feet is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo , art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977. Signed in pencil on lower right...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Les Songes Drolatiques - Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Hand-Signed Lithograph by Salvador Dali Japan Paper Title: Pantagruel's Dreams Signed in Pencil by Salvador Dali Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: EA 1973 References : Field 73-7 (p. 1...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ten of Staves from Lyle Stuart Tarot Print Suite
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Ten of Staves from Lyle Stuart Tarot Print Suite [Intended for a James Bond Movie] Year: 1978 Medium: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L'Ange Gabriel - Etching attr. to Salvador Dalí­ - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
L'Ange Gabriel is an etching and aquatint realized in 1972. The artwork represents an episode of a novel included in Boccaccio's Decameron. Limited edition number 48/125 prints on ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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