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
Mysterious Interior - Lithograph by Roger Chapelain-Midy - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Mysterious Interior is a colored lithograph realized by the artist Roger Chapelain-Midy in 1973.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition 80...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950.
The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris.
In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Traitor of Montaperti - Original Woodcut Print attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Traitor of Montaperti from the Series "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri is an original woodcut print by Salvador Dalì, realized in 1963.
Good conditions. Not signed.
Plate...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Die Schatten der Sonnenuhr
Located in Kansas City, MO
Reiner Schwarz
"Die Schatten der Sonnenuhr"
Year: 1972
Medium: Color Lithograph
Edition: 80
Size: 25.98 x 19.68 in.
Signed, numbered and titled
After fleeing and expelling from Sile...
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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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Etching
Beatrice and Rachele "The Divine Comedy" - Woodcut attr. to Salvador Dali- 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Beatrice and Rachele from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Song 32 - Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" b...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Judith - Lithograph by Dorothea Tanning - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Judith is a lithograph on Arches paper realized by Dorothea Tanning in 1972.
Belongs to the suite "Judith". Limited edition of 500.
Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
Godd condit...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Aida, Lithograph by Paul Wunderlich
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Wunderlich, German (1927 - 2010)
Title: Aida
Year: 1978
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150/250
Size: 29 x 21.5 inches
Frame Size: 39 x 30.5 ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Statimque Tobias Visum Recepit - Lithograph - 1967- 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Statimque Tobias visum recepit ("And immediately Tobit revovered his sight") is an artwork realized in 1964.
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediola...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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
Poems Secrets War 1914-1918
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Poems Secrets War 1914-1918
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: 108/145
MEASUREMENTS: 11" x 15...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Dante from The Series "The Divine Comedy" - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dante Alighieri and Matelda -from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Song 29 - Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Angel - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
The Angel is an original modern Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1984.
Original colored etching on paper.
Hand-signed lower right corner. Limited ed...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Rest - Lithograph by Roger Chapelain-Midy - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Mysterious Scale is a colored lithograph realized by the artist Roger Chapelain-Midy in 1975.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left.
Original pri...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
L’Auge II - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1925
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph, 1925.
Image Dimensions: 30 x 24 cm
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100 prints.
Shipped from Italy.
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Licet Tributum Dare Caesari? - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Licet tributum dare Caesari? 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 ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Jean - Lithograph by Dorothea Tanning - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Jean is a lithograph on Arches paper realized by Dorothea Tanning in 1972.
Belongs to the suite "Judith". Limited edition of 500.
Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
Good conditio...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Artist proof, aquatint, mixed intaglio engraving by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Pencil signed and dated lower right, 1947. Artist Proof. Condition: good; slight...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio
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
Beatrice and the Triumph of the Saints - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Beatrice and the Triumph of the Saints - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Velasquez Les Menines by Salvador Dali 1974 Lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Velasquez Les Menines is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces published by Sidney Lucas, 1974. Master Dali has given us a...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Payaso (Blue), Lithograph by Alejandro Colunga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alejandro Colunga, Mexican (1948 - )
Title: Payaso (Blue)
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 60, AP
Size: 22.5 x 32 in. (57.15 x ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Sculpture - Lithograph - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
The Sculpture is a lithograph realized in 1980, from the series The Arts.
cm. 70x50.
Signed in the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 57/249.
This artwork is from the serie “The Arts” composed by seven litographs derived from seven drawings made by Salvador Dalì...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Through the Window - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1972
By Max Ernst
Located in Roma, IT
Through the Window is a lithograph on Arches paper realized by Max Ernst in 1972.
Belongs to the suite "Judith". Limited edition of 500.
Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued.
Godd c...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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
Salvador Dali - The Black Knight - 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 additional suite of 100 aside from the edition of ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Pirueta de Plátano - Drypoint and Collotype by S.Dalì - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Pirueta de Plátano is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1977.
Dry point and collotype, Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin.
Numbered on the lower left margin....
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
The Mount of Geryon - The Divine Comedy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Mount of Geryon - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not signed, as is...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Falsifiers - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Falsifiers - Hell, Tav- 28, is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not signed, as issued.
Good...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
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
The Cycles of Life Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Cycles of Life 3 Piece Suite
Vigor of Youth
One's Identity
Reflection
MEDIUM: 3 Etchings
SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 182...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Golden Age - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Golden Age - Purgatory, Plate 22, is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Al...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Dante's Dream - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dante's Dream - Purgatory, Plate- 19 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not signed, as issu...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Vanni Fucci's Prophecy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Vanni Fucci's Prophecy - Hell Plate- 24 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not signed, as is...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Untitled 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Roger Chapelain Midy (French, 1904-1992)
Title: Untitled 1
Year : Circa 1975
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Unknown
Paper: Silk paper
Image size: 18 x 25.25 inche...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Virgil Comforts Dante - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Virgil Comforts Dante - Hell, Plate-2- Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Chronology of Cacciaguida - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Chronology of Cacciaguida 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...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Souls of Contumacy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Souls of Contumacy 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.3 (as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
In the Stream of Anger - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
In the Stream of Anger 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.1...
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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
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
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1750s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Piccarda Donati - The Divine Comedy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Piccarda Donati - 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
Three women. 9/50., Paper, etching, 23x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Three women. 9/50., Paper, etching, 23x58 cm
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Mysterious Table - Lithograph by Roger Chapelain-Midy - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Mysterious Table is a colored lithograph realized by the artist Roger Chapelain-Midy in 1973.
Certificate label on the rear. Numbered, Edition 9/100.
Original print in good conditi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Cacciaguida's History Lessons - The Divine Comedy - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Cacciaguida's History Lessons - 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 sig...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Rat in the sky - XX century, Mixed media print, Figurative, Nude
Located in Warsaw, PL
Copy III of X.
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the gra...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Paper, Mixed Media
Le Concile d'Amour, Modern Etching by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two women dancing holding hands in a circle as religious figures and another nude look on the scene is the subject of this etching print by Leonor Fini. The work is an illustration of the themes of a satirical play with the same title Le Concile d’Amour...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Arrival of Iseult, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: The Arrival of Iseult
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
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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Etching
Juan Valle Alvarado Confesar para Maria Burga, Etching by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017)
Title: Juan Valle Alvarado Confesar para Maria Burga from the Intolerance Portfolio
Year: 1989
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and nu...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Etching
Man with pipe - Original Lithograph by A. Clavé - 1958
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Roma, IT
This original lithograph is hand signed, numbered and dated by the artist Antoni Clavè.
This original print is from an edition of 25 prints.
B/W lithograph on ivory laid paper " BFK...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Starry Sky - Lithograph by Roger Chapelain-Midy - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Starry Sky is an Original Litograph realized by Roger Chapelain-Midy in 1962.
The beautiful artwork is in good condition.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Roge...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Six Nudes, Modern Art Etching by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonor Fini
Title: Six Nudes
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Etching, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: 110/150
Size: 12 x 15.5 in. (30.48 x 39.37 cm)
Frame Size: 22 x 26 inches
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
SOFAFIGUR
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Etching and aquatint on lana paper. Image size 19.3 x 14.9 in. Frame size approx 29 x 25 in. Edition of 95. Certificate of authenticity includ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper, Aquatint
The Tyrants - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Tyrants from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Song 12 Hell is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighi...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
"Soldier Marionettes" Surrealist Figurative Lithograph
By Donald Sexauer
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative surrealist print of a soldier as a marionette with others suspended in the air behind. A chair is positioned in the back corner with another marionette draped over the cha...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Infinite Beauty of Beatrice - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Infinite Beauty of Beatrice - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963.
Good conditions. Not signed, as issued.
Plate n.29 (as reported on the ba...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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