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
Federico en New York #5 2005 Original Signed Limited Edition Screenprint Spanish
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944)
'En la cabaña del Farmer (Federico en Nueva York)', 2005
silkscreen on paper
Image size: 23.8 x 19.9 in. (60.50 x 50.50 cm.)
Surface size: 30.8 x 24.9 i...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Screen
"Elefantes III" elephants, surrealist, black and white pattern, gold leaf
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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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Gold Leaf
La Folie des Grandeurs II -20th Century, Surrealist, Lithogr, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1948 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Pylades Loved Ermione - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Pylades Loved Ermione is a woodcut print on Arches Paper realized in 1978 to illustrated "L'Art d'Aimer" (The Art of Love) by Ovid.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Dali's Drysta...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Consummatum Est! - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Consummatum est! is an artwork realized in 1964.
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.
Color lithograph on heavy rag p...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Noah's Cloak - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Salvation of Jerusalem - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Vision of Ezekiel - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Jeremiah in the Pit - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Jerusalem was Taken by Nebuchadnezzar as the... - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
A Scientist Studying Orion - Original etching handsigned and numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre-Yves Tremois
A scientist studied Orion
Original etching, 1970
Handsigned by the artist
Numbered / XXIV copies (total edition of 90 + XXIV)
Size 57 x 45 cm (c. 22,4 x 17,7 in)...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Avaricious - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Avaricious - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Song 7- Hell - 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.7 (as reported on the back of the artwork) that depicts a scene from Hell.
Good conditions.
Limited edition of 2900, realized by Unione Editoriale, Italy.Ref. Michler-Lopsinger no. 1039/1138, pp.102/114. Prov. Private Collection Rome, Italy.
Between 1951 and 1960, Dali was invited by the Italian government to commemorate the birth of Dante Alighieri, Italy’s most famous poet, by producing a series of illustrations for a full-text Deluxe edition of Dante’s masterpiece, the "Divine Comedy". However, in 1958 a new government was elected in Italy, which objected the idea of entrusting the illustration of the "Divine Comedy" to a foreign artist. As a result, Dali decided to offer the project to the French publisher, Joseph Forêt and the publication was completed on November 23rd, 1963. Dalí painted...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Miró, Composition (Mourlot 457), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 155, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeu...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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
Rachel and Jacobs - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Rachel and Jacobs is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s.
Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Lithograph on both sheets.
Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome
- SIGNATURE : printed in the image
- Edition : 1499
- SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4"
- RE...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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
Spanish signed limited edition original art print engraving 21x15 in. n18
Located in Miami, FL
Andrés Barajas (Spain, 1941)
'Untitled from Portfolio "Los Deseos"', ca.1990-1999
mixed media on paper
20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.)
Edition of 200
ID: BAR1017-018-200
Hand-signed by a...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Engraving, Screen
Spanish signed limited edition original art print engraving 21x15 in. n21
Located in Miami, FL
Andrés Barajas (Spain, 1941)
'Untitled from Portfolio "Los Deseos"', ca.1990-1999
mixed media on paper
20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.)
Edition of 200
ID: B...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Engraving, Screen
Spanish signed limited edition original art print engraving 21x15 in. n25
Located in Miami, FL
Andrés Barajas (Spain, 1941)
'Untitled from Portfolio "Los Deseos"', ca.1990-1999
mixed media on paper
20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.)
Edition of 200
ID: BAR1017-025-200
Hand-signed by a...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Engraving, Screen
Vivaldi, Summer
By Jürgen Görg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vivaldi, Summer" 1993 in an original etching with hand coloring by noted German artist Jurgen Gorg, b.1951. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered E.A. III/X in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 15.5 x 12.5 inches, framed size is 29 x 18 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with light grey matting, silver color bevel and red/brown fillet.
The artwork and matting are in excellent condition, the frame have some scratches and dents, it will be replaced by a new similar or better silver frame when sold before shipping. This will bring the over all condition to excellent.
About the artist:
Born in 1951 in Dernbach, West Germany, Jurgen Gorg has established himself as a master craftsman and consummate artist. His etchings and lithographs reflect his innate talent and imagination. He studied visual arts first, in Koblenz, Germany and later, at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.
Gorg began his professional career in 1977 as an artist and printmaker and by 1980, was awarded a special painting prize by the district of Rheinland-Pfalz. In 1985, a catalog raisonne was published of Gorg's creations. Gorg's work follows a strong tradition of figurative art with erotic overtones.
He interprets his subject matter loosely, keeping his figures open and emphasizing motion through line and contour. A foreword in a book on Gorg's work captures his artistic sensibility: "The predominant subject is the human body: it is the body of a young, slim, beautiful person. The face remains vague, the gestures are those of free motion...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Dent Prompte, Dix poèmes inédits illustrés par Max Ernst, ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Crouch
By Leonor Fini
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
Interior with figure - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1971
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Roma, IT
Interior with figure is an original print realized by the famous artist Hans Bellmer in 1971.
Mixed colored etching.
Good conditions, except for some foxings and little stains.
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
Numbered on the lower left. Edition 56/150.
Includes frame: 70 x 1.5 x 53.5 cm
The artwork represents a Surrealist composition typical of Bellmer's style: the artist is known for his project on mutated body forms of dolls and their unusual poses. Here, a "disarticulation" on the background of a room is represented. Bellmer believed indeed art could stimulate desire in the viewer, and he played with his objects to explore how an artificial figure of a girl could create authentic passion, desire, or fantasy.
Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 - 24 February 1975) was a German artist, well-known for the life-size pubescent female dolls...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Rebecca at the Well - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Dream of Jacob - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Meeting of Rachel and Jacob - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Moses' Blessing Over Joshua - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Creation of Man - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Abraham Mourning for the Death of Sarah - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Two Girls at the Well - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
God Appears to Moses in the Burning Bush - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Moses and the Serpent - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Lot and his Daughters- Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Aphrodite - Héliogravure and Drypoint attr. to Salvador Dali - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
S. Dalì, "Aphrodite", Heliogravure and dry-point. Paris, Argillet. 1963-65.
Image dimensions 49,2 x 39,7 cm.
Beautiful Proof on vélin filigrané “Arches”, full margins, not signed....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint
Le Temps Menacant - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Numbered: 138/275
Color lithograph after the 1929 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275.
The lithograph features the dry...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
A Black Devil - Engraving - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
A Black Devil (1960)
Heliogravure reworked with drypoint
Printed signature in the plate
On BFK Rives Vellum paper
Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
References:
- Fie...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
LE COUPLE FROM SONGES (CRAMER 112)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Color etching with aquatint on Rives paper. From Songes portfolio. Hand signed and numbered by Marc Chagall. Cramer 112. Published by Éditions Gérald Cramer, Geneva. Printed by Lacou...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Table-Woman - Lithograph by Alexandre Zlotnik - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Table-Woman is a print artwork realized by Russian artist Alexandre Zlotnik in 1973.
Lithograph print on paper.
Hand-signed and numbered by pencil on the lower, edition of 150 prin...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Horse Rider - Lithograph by Alexandre Zlotnik - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Horse Rider is a print artwork realized by Russian artist Alexandre Zlotnik in 1973.
Lithograph print on paper.
Hand-signed and numbered by pencil on the lower, edition of 150 prin...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Naomi and her Dughters-in-law - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Heaven Canto 24 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 24 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame.
Cataloging:
M...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Woodcut
Federico en New York #3 2005 Original Signed Limited Edition Screenprint Spanish
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944)
'Calles y sueños (Federico en Nueva York)', 2005
silkscreen on paper
Image size: 23.8 x 19.9 in. (60.50 x 50.50 cm.)
Surface size: 30.8 x 24.9 in. (78 x...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Federico en New York #4 2005 Original Signed Limited Edition Screenprint Spanish
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944)
'Poemas del Lago Eden Mills (Federico en Nueva York)', 2005
silkscreen on paper
Image size: 23.8 x 19.9 in. (60.50 x 50.50 cm.)
Surface size: 30.8 x 24....
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Screen
Good Luck with Your Art-istry (Hand Signed Card)
Located in New York, NY
William T. Wiley
Good Luck with Your Art-istry (Hand Signed Card), 2002
Offset lithograph invitation card.
Hand signed in green ink with inscription "Good Luck with your ART istry" ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph, Offset
Bill, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Bill
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Linocut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°4, 1938. Published and printed under the direction of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, éditeur, Paris, by Société Internationale d'Art XXe siècle, Paris. Excerpted from the academic article, “Promoting Original Prints, The Role of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro and XXe Siècle” by Valerie Holman, published in PRINT QUARTERLY, XXXIII, 2016, 2, Until recently very little has been written on the Italian author and art publisher Gualtieri di San Lazzaro (1904-75), yet for 50 years he chronicled the life and work of contemporary artists, produced monographs of exceptional quality, and disseminated original prints by modern painters and sculptors through his best-known periodical, XXe Siècle. Although still a relatively unfamiliar figure in the United Kingdom, San Lazzaro is one of the half-dozen great art publishers of the mid-twentieth century who, together with his exemplar, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), and those of his own generation, Christian Zervos (1889-1970), Tériade (1889-1983) and Albert Skira (1904-73), chose to base himself in Paris, seeing it throughout his life as the centre of the art world….XXe Siècle, an illustrated periodical, was launched in 1938 and printed in editions of approximately 2,000, each issue containing both photographs and four-colour separation reproductions across a wide spectrum of visual imagery ranging from masterpieces of Western painting to popular prints from the Far East. Its large format, lively design, and close integration of text and image, were immediately striking, but its most innovative feature, introduced at the suggestion of Hans Arp (1886-1966), was the inclusion of original prints by contemporary artists in every issue. With obvious appeal for collectors, XXe Siècle was also designed to introduce a wider, international public to contemporary painting and sculpture through good quality colour reproductions and the immediacy of original prints. Comparable in price to Cahiers d'Art, early issues of XXe Siècle sold out rapidly. While San Lazzaro's own aesthetic preferences tended towards lyric abstraction, he made clear that XXe Siècle was non-partisan [publication ceased during World War II]….in 1951, San Lazzaro relaunched XXe Siècle with thematic issues that were materials based, or centred on a topic of current interest in the visual arts, particularly in Europe: concepts of space, matter, monochrome, mark-making and the sign.' A defining feature of the new series was Italy's artistic dialogue with France for, while San Laz-zaro had originally concentrated on Paris-based painters and sculptors, his aim was to create an international network, to make known the work of French artists in Italy and Italian artists in France, and subsequently extend this bilateral axis to the English-speak-ing world. The artists represented in No. I by an original print were all best known as sculptors: Arp, Laurens, Henry Moore (1898-186) and Marino Marini, San Lazzaro not only sought to show readers the full range of an artist's work, but to encourage the production of prints, a stimulus much appreciated, for example, by Magnelli…. Suffering from failing health, in 1968 San Lazzaro lost overall control of XXe Siècle to Léon Amiel, a printer-publisher who had provided financial backing and helped with distribution in America." Thematic issues now ceased and were replaced by a 'panorama' of the year, but San Lazzaro was still active as a publisher of books and albums of prints….Shortly after his death, San Lazzaro himself was the subject of two exhibitions: 'Omaggio a XXe Siècle' in Milan in December 1974 centred on graphic work by those artists closest to him late in life, while 'San Laz-zaro et ses Amis' at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1975 featured work by all those whose work he had promoted for more than 50 years: Arp, Calder (1898-1976), Capogrossi, Chagall, Sonia Delau-nay, Dubuffet, Estève, Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Gili-oli (1911-77), Magnelli, Marini, Miró, Moore and Poliakoff. This exhibition was seen by one of his closest colleagues as an indirect portrait of San Lazzaro, a complex man whose modesty and reserve masked his unremitting drive to extend international appreciation of contemporary art, and to bring the reading public closer to its making through the medium of print.
MAX BILL (1908-1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer. Bill is widely considered the single most decisive influence on Swiss graphic design beginning in the 1950s with his theoretical writing and progressive work. His connection to the days of the Modern Movement gave him special authority. As an industrial designer, his work is characterized by a clarity of design and precise proportions. Examples are the elegant clocks and watches designed for Junghans, a long-term client. Among Bill's most notable product designs is the "Ulmer Hocker...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°10, 1958. Published and printed under the direction of Gualt...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
Materials
Etching
Portrait de Calderon - Aquatint and Etching attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait de Calderon is a contemporary artwork realized in 1971.
Plate n. 1 from the series “Caldéron. La Vie est un Songe".
Colored aquatint etching by Bracons and J.J.J. Rigal af...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Jona and the Marine Monster - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
Héliogravure on bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade on the A...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Dubuffet, Jardin de quitte vite, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°8, 1957. Published and printed under the direction of Gualti...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Hotel Pierre" contemporary surrealist black and white sun and skulls engraving
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work.
The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Joseph Recognized by his Brothers - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Jacob Weeping - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Joseph is Attacked and Robbed by his Brothers - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Josue and the Stone of Sichem - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Joshua and the Vanquished Kings - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Divine Comedy, The liars - Etching - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
The liars (1960)
Heliogravure reworked with drypoint
Printed signature in the plate
On BFK Rives Vellum paper
Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
References:
- Field p...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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