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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
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres - Etching and Drypoint attr. to S. Dalì - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Des Rois Pendus aux Arbres (Kings Hanging in the Trees) in an original etching and drypoint realized by S. Dalì in 1973. It is part of the Series "King, I Sha...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Hommage to De Chirico - Original Lithograph on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Hommage to De Chirico is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1978. Original colored Lithograph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Faun - Original Etching on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Faun is an original artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1959. Original Etching on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil by the artist on the lower rig...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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The Giant Beliagog - Drypoint attr. to S. Dalì - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. From the deluxe edition of 25 prints in Roman Numerals aside from the standard edition of 125. (There were 4 similarly-numbered editions in English, German, Italian, an...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 1 (Spring)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the first in a series of 4 prints based. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Salvador Dali - The Trenches - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Trenches - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 Embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Untitled (Gossip)
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Gossip) 1976 Serigraph Ed. Edition of 175 25.75 x 20.5 inches
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Le Viol, Surrealist Lithograph after Rene Magritte
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rene Magritte (after) Title: Le Viol Medium: Lithograph, Ink-Stamped "Magritte" lower right, Signed and Numbered in Pencil by Georgette Magritte, lower...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare II), 1971
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Taming of the Shrew is a print from Salvador Dalí's homage to Shakespeare - "Shakespeare II" from 1971. An etching on paper, the image size is 6.75 x 5 inches and the framed siz...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Psuedo sonnet
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Zajac, American, born 1929 1964 Etching and aquatint hand printed on Fabriano paper, pencil signed and editioned. Edition Roman Numeral III Image: 12 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (31.9 x 2...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Salvador Dali - The Drawers
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Drawers - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 Embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the second in a series of 4 prints. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jane Dickson Brooke Alexander 1988 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jane Dickson New York 1988: A rare 1980s announcement card published on the occasion of Dickson's exhibition at Brooke Alexander, Inc. from January 9 - February 3, 1988; 59 Wooster S...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Ange se Promenant, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Ange se Promenant, Year: 1946, Medium: Etching, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/10, Image Size: 8.75 x 5.5 inches, Size: 13 x...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

2 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) Title: 2 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures Year: 1975 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: XXXI/XXXIII Image Si...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Duet (A)
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Vers un Monde Volage, Surrealist Suit of 10 Etchings by Marcel Gromaire
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcel Gromaire, French (1892 - 1971) - Vers un Monde Volage, Year: 1926, Medium: Suit of 10 Etchings on Arches, each signed in pencil, Edition: 270, Image Size: 6.75 x 5.5 inches,...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Balancing Act, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000) Title: Balancing Act Year: 1976 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, A...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

The Problem With Love
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 35. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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The Tailor, Surrealist Lithograph by George Russin
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Tailor George Russin, American (1910–2010) Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250 Size: 29 x 22 in. (73.66 x 55.88 cm)
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

Faces
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

High Wire, Surrealist Lithograph by George Russin
Located in Long Island City, NY
High Wire George Russin, American (1910–2010) Date: circa 1980 Lithograph, signed in pencil Image Size: 23 x 15.5 inches Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 x 53.34 cm)
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original Etching by Leonor Fini
Located in Paonia, CO
An etching by Leonor Fini depicting a gnarly old man with two youthful angels one sitting at his feet and the other standing close to his right side. This is a signed limited edition etching numbering 62 out of 100. There is also a signature by the artist embossed in the paper just below the pencil signature. The paper is very fibrous and has a couple of inherent creases that are part of the makeup of the fibrous paper. These are to the right of the figures. The edges of the paper are deckled. The paper size is 25.75 x 20 Image size 15.50 x 12.50. This original etching is in very good condition. Argentinian-born artist Leonor Fini (1907-1996) is considered one of the great female artists of the twentieth century. She moved to Paris in the early 1930’s where she spent most of her life and almost immediately formed friendships with Salvador Dali, Cartier- Bresson, Max Ernst and other intellectuals of the time. At twenty five she had her first one person show in Paris and was included in the 1936 pivotal exhibition at MOMA…Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism…..and that same year had an exhibition at a famous avant garde gallery in New York. Although Fini never considered herself a Surrealist she maintained close personal relationships with several members of the group. One can see how their ideology influenced her work but she remained firmly rooted in the tradition of Symbolism, Metaphysics and Italian and German Romanticism Her works can be found in most important collections of modern art around the world. Fini was renowned as a portraitist and as a painter of erotic sexual tensions with a mysterious atmosphere. She was adamant about being independent and not belonging to any one group. She lived life on her own terms and is sometimes referred to as …..the female Dali. She was also involved with designing for fashion and creating elaborate sets for opera and theatre. As a feminist she was definitely ahead of the times. She produced the first erotic male nude...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Jean Cocteau - Actress - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Actress Signed in the plate Dimensions: 65 x 44 cm Jean Cocteau Writer, artist and film director Jean Cocteau was one of the most influen...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hovering Stone, Surrealist Lithograph by De Es Schwertberger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: De Es Schwertberger (Dieter), Austrian (1942 - ) Title: Hovering Stone Year: circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed, numbered, and dedicated in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Le Taureau Blanc VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc VI, Year: 1957, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Description: From the col...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

Clase de Anatomia, Surrealist Etching by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
An etching by Jose Luis Cuevas from 1989. A surrealist scene of figures engaging in an eerie, dream-like setting. In a beautiful hand-carved museum frame. Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Torso and Arm, Surrealist Lithograph by Donald DeMauro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Donald DeMauro, American (1936 - ) - Torso and Arm, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 70, Image Size: 31 x 21 inches, Size: 35.5 x 25 in. (90.17 x 63.5 cm)
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

HOMAGE TO THE MASTERS (MIRO)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reason...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

VIII from Les Marionnettes, Surrealist Gouache and Drypoint by Hans Bellmer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hans Bellmer, German (1902 - 1975) Title: VIII from Les Marionnettes Year: 1969 Medium: Hand-colored Drypoint Etching on Rice Paper, signed in pencil Image Size: 12 x 11 inch...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Rice Paper, Gouache

Earth Is But A Small Ball, Surrealist Etching by Douglas C. Backhaus
Located in Long Island City, NY
Douglas C. Backhaus - Earth Is But A Small Ball, Year: 1978, Medium: Hand colored Etching, signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 2/8, Image Size: 7 x 5 inches, Size:...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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after Jean Arp - Pochoir
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Jean Arp - Pochoir 1957 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Stencil

Duet (B)
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Engraving

Tauramachie Surrealiste The Parrots
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tauramachi Surrealiste The Parrots MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 149/150 MEASUREMENTS: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Billie's Trio, Surrealist Portrait Screenprint by Chaz Guest
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaz Guest, American (1961 - ) Title: Billie's Trio Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 350, AP 35, PP 8 Size: 29 in. x 42.5 in. (73.66...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Anne Storno, London Stride, Affordable Art, London Print, Surrealist Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Anne Storno London Stride Limited Edition Print Screenprint on Paper Size of the image: H:39 cm x W:58 cm Size of the paper: H:50 cm x W:70 cm Inspired by Pop art and Surrealist wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Leonor Fini, rare original silkscreen on Rives paper, circa 1970
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, rare original silkscreen on Rives paper, circa 1970 Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering ar...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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"Le Bouquet tout fait (The Ready-made Bouquet), " Lithograph after Rene Magritte
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Bouquet tout fait (The Ready-made Bouquet)" is a color lithograph after a 1954 original painting by Rene Magritte. A bourgeois "little man" faces away from the viewer looking towards a fall forest. Flora, the goddess of flowers and season of spring, from Sandro Botticelli's "Primavera" is painted on the back of the man. This juxtaposes fall and spring. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.38 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bird Lady 30x26" Framed
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the wor...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Pigment

Surrealist Dream Lithograph Belgian Master Magritte Pencil Signed by Mourlot
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Rene Magritte (after), Belgian (1898 - 1967) Title: (from les Enfants Trouvés) Les Claires-Voies d'un Jeune Regard Embaument La Fête d'un Vieil Arbre Year of original paintin...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Modernist Lithograph Les Deux Personnages by Mihail Chemiakin
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully harmonized and intriguing Mid-Century Modernist Lithograph entitled Les Deux Personnages (The Two Characters) is by the Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin and originate...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Engraving

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

Les Caprices Pinces Princiers (Frank Hunter Authenticated)
Located in Aventura, FL
From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Hand signed by Salvador Dali. Hand numbered 170/395. Frame size approx 29 x ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Lithograph

Grey Oval - Lithograph by Marcello Avenali - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Grey Oval is a lithograph realized by Marcello Avenali between the 1960s and 1970s. It is a composition with female legs and shoes and some abstract figures instead of the body.  Ha...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Tristan et Iseult King Marc
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tristan et Iseult King Marc MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Leon Amiel, New York EDITION NUMBER: Not Numbered ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Les Amours Jaunes Duel with Camelias
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Les Amours Jaunes Duel With Camelias MEDIUM: Etching + Gold Flakes SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: CLXII/CC MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 14.75" Framed:...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Engraving

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

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Lithograph

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is titled "Halemaid" and depicts a surreal figure of a robed woman in yellow red and blue with a Salvador Dali esque quality about it. Published by Edition Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart They published concrete poetry and art books by Mark Boyle, Richard Hamilton, Dorothy Iannone, John Latham, Tom Phillips, Dieter Roth, André Thompkins and Emmett Williams, to name just a few. André Thomkins (1930 - 1985) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, and poet. He attended art-school, taught by Max von Moos, 1947 – 1949 and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France, 1950. From 1952, he lived in Germany and taught at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1971 and 1973. Thomkins painted and drew ironic and fantastic pictures influenced by surrealism and dadaism. Together with Dieter Roth and Daniel Spoerri he prepared works of Eat Art. He also was a writer of palindromes. His friends and collaborators included Daniel Spoerri, Dieter Roth, George Brecht, Richard Hamilton and Karl Gerstner, Thomkins gained a reputation as an ‘artist’s artist’, and is considered one of the most important Swiss artists of the second half of the twentieth century.He died in 1985. His work is currently represented by Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Switzerland. Select group exhibitions: 2018 Kunsthalle Krems, 'Pablo Picasso. Arshile Gorky, Andy Warhol. Sculptures and Works on Paper. Hubert Looser Collection', Krems, Austria 2017 Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, 'Martin Barré, Karl Otto Götz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, André Thomkins', Berlin, Germany 2013 Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, 'Schweizer Avantgarde Kunst nach 1940', Zurich, Switzerland 2009 The Modern Institute, 'Thomas Houseago, Dieter Roth, Andre Thomkins', Glasgow, England Museum of Modern Art, 'Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Collection', NYC 2004 Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, 'Arman, Baumeister, Götz, Graubner, Tàpies, Thomkins', Berlin, Germany 1994 Kunstmuseum Solothurn, 'Eine Schenkung. Grafik von Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Tàpies, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Ben Nicholson, Giacometti, Tinguely, Thomkins', Solothurn, Switzerland 1992 Galerie Littmann, Tinguely zu Ehren. A Tribute to Jean Tinguely. Hommage à Tinguely, Basel, 1988 Museum Ludwig, 'Uebrigens sterben immer die anderen. Marcel Duchamp und die Avantgarde seit 1950', Cologne, Germany 1987 Aargauer Kunsthaus, 'Otto Grimm. Marc-Antoine Fehr. Christoph Gredinger', Aarau, Switzerland Cercle Municipal, 'Art contemporain suisse. Collection de la Banque du Gothard', Luxembourg, 1985 Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 'Livres d'artistes', Paris, France Rathaus, 'Claude Sandoz – Hans Schärer...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Manoah and his Wife, Offering a Sacrifice... - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. Not signed nor numbered, as issued. ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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