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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
Woman and Bird in Front of the Moon, from: Laurel's No. 1 - Spanish Surrealism
Located in London, GB
This original etching and aquatint is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Miró 1947" at the lower right. It is also hand numbered in pencil from t...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Divine Figure - Etching - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Divine Figure is a modern artwork realized by an italian Artist in 1978 Black and white etching Hand signed, numbered and dated on the lower margin Includes frame Edition of 2/12
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Les trois barons felons ("The three bad barons"), Original etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Les trois barons felons ("The three bad barons") Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited to 115 copies On vellum Rives 45 ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

La reine avait bliaut de sole ("The queen with silk tunic"), Etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI La reine avait bliaut de sole ("The queen with silk tunic") Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited to 115 copies On vellum Rives 45 x 32.5 cm This etching is...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Iseult et Branguine ("Iseult and Branguine"), Etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Iseult et Branguine ("Iseult and Branguine") Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited to 115 copies On vellum Rives 45 x 32.5 cm This etching is part of serie ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Surrealist Man Portrait Old Masters Style Giclée Print: The hipster with his fly
Located in Segovia, ES
The hipster with his fly. Surreal portrait of a hipster accompanied by a fly. Once again, the mix of classical and modern elements ironically reflects the author's vision of contempo...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) the bat - 2003
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Techniques : woodcut on paper, hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition Dimensions of the paper : 38 x 28 cm (14,96 x 11 inches) Dimensions of the pri...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Le Diable en Enfer, 1972 (Le Decameron, Plate C)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Diable en Enfer from Dalí's Le Décameron portfolio is a drypoint etching with color on paper, signed Dalí lower right and numbered 17/150 lower left. From the Swedish edition of 1...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Mid Century Modern Limited Edition Etching - La Ballade des Dames Hors du Temps
Located in ludlow, GB
Mid Century Modern Limited Edition Etching from "La Ballade des Dames Hors du Temps". This Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Etching with Aquatint - a Proof aside from the Edition....
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Le Prince Iris, " Surrealist Lithograph From "Je Reve" Portfolio
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Prince Iris" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. The artist signed the piece lower right in pencil and wrote the edition number, H.C. XXV/X...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The View of St. Peter and Tiber in Rome - Etching by Nazareno Gattamela - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
The View of St. Peter and Tiber in Rome  is a black and white etching realized by  Nazareno Gattamelata  in the 1970s. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right margin:  Gattamel...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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

Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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

Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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

Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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

"La race blanche (The White Race), " Lithograph after Painting by Rene Magritte
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La race blanche (The White Race)" is a color lithograph after the original 1937 painting by Rene Magritte. A female figure is made out of a mix of body parts. An eye sits on top of an ear, which is on top of a mouth, then two noses. Two breasts lying on a stomach; two arms come from the breasts. Legs are tucked under the stomach. This figure is on a sand dune next to the ocean. Art: 26.5 x 19.63 in Frame: 40.88 x 33.88 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...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Theo Tobiasse Danse Pantomime Silkscreen
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Danse Pantomime 1982 pencil signed, limited edition silkscreen 112/150 Theo Tobiasse was born in Israel in 1927 to Lithuanian parents. Due to financial ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Screen

"The Circus" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Ed. 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Circus" Black & White Photography 24" x 24" in Ed. 2/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

Surrealist Portrait . Giclée Print Based On Saint John The Baptist By Da Vinci.
Located in Segovia, ES
Rock Star. Based on the portrait of Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci. Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition of 7. Di...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

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

Max Ernst - Abstract Birds - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph Birds, 1962 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Knights of King Arthur
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Knights of King Arthur - Original Etching Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Edition: 125 1970 Signed in pencil. On Arches Vellum References : Fiel...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - The Crown - Original Etching on Silk
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Crown- from "Les Amours de Cassandre" Original Etching From the suite on Silk made for editions 9 to 34 Dimensions: 38,5 x ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Max Ernst - Composition - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Composition - Original Lithograph 1958 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm XXe siècle Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Max Ernst was born in Bruhl, a place near Cologne, in Germany. He was raised in a strict Catholic family, and both of his parents were disciplinarians who were dedicated to training their children into God-fearing and talented individuals. Although his father was deaf, Ernst learned so much from him, particularly when it comes to painting. In fact, much of his early years were lived under the inspiration of his father who was also a teacher. He was the one who introduced painting to Ernst at an early age. In 1914, Ernst attended the University of Bonn where he studied philosophy. However, he eventually dropped out of school because he was more interested in the arts. He claimed that his primary sources of interest included anything that had something to do with painting. Moreover, he became fascinated with psychology, among other subjects in school. Primarily, Ernst's love for painting was the main reason why he became deeply interested with this craft and decided to pursue it later on in his life. During his early years, he became familiar with the works of some of the greatest artists of all time including Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. He was also drawn to themes such as fantasy and dream imagery, which were among the common subjects of the works of Giorgio de Chirico. During World War I, Ernst was forced to join the German Army, and he became a part of the artillery division that exposed him greatly to the drama of warfare. A soldier in the War, Ernst emerged deeply traumatized and highly critical of western culture. These charged sentiments directly fed into his vision of the modern world as irrational, an idea that became the basis of his artwork. Ernst's artistic vision, along with his humor and verve come through strongly in his Dada and Surrealists works; Ernst was a pioneer of both movements. It was Ernst's memories of the war and his childhood that helps him create absurd, yet interesting scenes in his artworks. Soon, he took his passion for the arts seriously when he returned to Germany after the war. With Jean Arp, a poet and artist, Ernst formed a group for artists in Cologne. He also developed a close relationship with fellow artists in Paris who propagated Avant-Garde artworks. In 1919, Ernst started creating some of his first collages, where he made use of various materials including illustrated catalogs and some manuals that produced a somewhat futuristic image. His unique masterpieces allowed Ernst to create his very own world of dreams and fantasy, which eventually helped heal his personal issues and trauma. In addition to painting and creating collages, Ernst also edited some journals. He also made a few sculptures that were rather queer in appearance. In 1920s, influenced by the writings of psychologist Sigmund Freud, the literary, intellectual, and artistic movement called Surrealism sought a revolution against the constraints of the rational mind; and by extension, they saw the rules of a society as oppressive. Surrealism also embraces a Marxist ideology that demands an orthodox approach to history as a product of the material interaction of collective interests, and many renown Surrealism artists later on became 20th century Counterculture symbols such as Marxist Che Guevara. In 1922 Ernst moved to Paris, where the surrealists were gathering around Andre Breton. In 1923 Ernst finished Men Shall Know Nothing of This, known as the first Surrealist painting. Ernst was one of the first artists who apply The Interpretation of Dreams by Freud to investigate his deep psyche in order to explore the source of his own creativity. While turning inwards unto himself, Ernst was also tapping into the universal unconscious with its common dream imagery. Despite his strange styles, Ernst gained quite a reputation that earned him some followers throughout his life. He even helped shape the trend of American art during the mid-century, thanks to his brilliant and extraordinary ideas that were unlike those of other artists during his time. Ernst also became friends with Peggy Guggenheim, which inspired him to develop close ties with the abstract expressionists. When Ernst lived in Sedona, he became deeply fascinated with the Southwest Native American navajo art. In fact, the technique used in this artwork inspired him and paved the way for him to create paintings that depicted this style. Thus, Ernst became a main figure of this art technique, including the rituals and spiritual traditions included in this form of art. Pollock, aside from the other younger generations of abstract expressionists, was also inspired by sand painting of the Southwest...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Kneeling Knight - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Kneeling Knight - Original Etching Stamp Signed Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Lunar Poet - Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Lunar Poet  is a Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by  Guelfo Bianchini  (Ancona, 1937) in 1978 . Colored Etching on paper.  Hand-signed  in pencil on the lower right corner: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Etching

Miró, Composition (Cramer 239; Mourlot 890), Derrière le Miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 203, 1973. Publi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Basilisk - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Basilisk is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981. Mixed colored aquatint and etching. 
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Surrealist "Babies DJ" Portrait inspired in Old Masters. Giclée Print
Located in Segovia, ES
Babies DJ. Funny and touching image composed by Spanish artist Pablo de Pinini as a reinterpretation of past masterpieces, in which contemporary or futuristic elements burst in in u...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Giclée, Canvas

Ezra Teaches the People - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Ezra Teaches the People is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sheets. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithogra...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Actéon -2005
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Actéon, 2005 Techniques : aquatint and soft varnish on paper, hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition Dimensions ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper

The Prophecy of Joel - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Prophecy of Joel is an artwork realized by Marc 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

Acrobate - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Acrobate  is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sheets. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithographs. Printed b...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Zechariah's Candlestick - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Zechariah's Candlestick  is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sides. Edition of 6500 unsigned lithogra...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Two Daughters of Laban - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
The Two Daughters of Laban is an artwork realized by March Chagall, 1960s. Lithograph on brown-toned paper, no signature. Lithograph on both sheets. Edition of 6500 unsigned litho...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

And You Child, the Prophet of the Most High - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
And You Child, the Prophet of the Most High is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani be...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - The Fall of Lancelot - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Handsigned Etching From La Quête du Graal Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Handsigned Edition: 38/100 (from the rare Suite) Catalogue raisonné: Michler-Löpsinger 778-...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Lesus Flagellatus - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Lesus flagellatus is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Sign...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Venus, Mars and Cupidon - Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Venus, Mars and Cupidon - Handsigned Etching Title: Venus, Mars and Cupidon Dimensions: 76 X 56 cm From the Homage to Dürer Numbered: EA, Epreuve d'Artiste Rives ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Woodcut

The Tree of Punishment - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Tree of Punishment -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 24 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante A...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Max Ernst - Elektra - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Elektra Lithograph 1939 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Signed in the plate From XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Girl on an Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, Girl in an Armchair c.1980 is an original color lithograph by Italian/Israeli artist Mario Doretti, born 1929. It is Hand signed and numbered 157/200 in pencil by the a...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Art Deco - Surreal Baby Among the Stars in a Theater
Located in Miami, FL
In most of Nora's work, she combines realism and fantasy. Here, the viewer's position is the back of a theater. In front, there are four raised hands, cheering a monumental image of a sleeping wrapped infant resting on a crescent moon and surrounded by two stars. The infant is floating above the seats and centered in the middle theater curtain...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Monotype

Jean Arp (after) - Composition - Pochoir
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Arp (after) - Composition - Pochoir 1958 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art revue XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Stencil

"Black Moon" Figurative Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Moon" Figurative Photography 39" x 39" in Edition of 3 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

Quis ascendet in montem Domini? - Lithograph - 1967/69
Located in Roma, IT
Quis ascendet in montem Domini? ("Who will go up from the mountain of the Lord?") 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 paper. Signed and dated on plate on the lower right margin. Perfect conditions. Prov. Private Collection, Southern France The artwork represents a standing figure with a golden and black mantle. The title of the artwork is taken from the Psalm 23...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Leo Quasi Bos Comedens Paleas - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Leo quasi Bos comedens paleas ( The Lion eating straw like the Ox ) is an artwork realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani betwe...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Jeu des Acrobates, original lithograph from "Chagall Lithographe II"
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm As published in Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II. Unsigned, as issued, from the edition of several thousand Condition : Excellent Reference: Mourlot/Gauss 401 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...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealistic Albrecht Dürer's self-portrait Old Masters Style. Giclée Print
Located in Segovia, ES
"Superstar", inspired by Albrecht Dürer's self-portrait at the age of 28. Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition of 7. Dimension...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

Confession - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Confession 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.32 (as report...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

Surrealist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

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