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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
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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Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original litography 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, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Figures 2 - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Figures 2 is an original etching realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1959. The artwork is hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner, and numbered on the lower left corner. In...
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Particular Shapes - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Particular Shapes is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Bruno Capacci in Mid 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Not signe...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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The Circus - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Circus is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Bruno Capacci in Mid 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Not signed. Not N...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Figures 1959 - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Figure 1959 is an original etching realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1959. The artwork is hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner, and numbered (33/60) on the lower left ...
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Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent"...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Hommage to De Chirico - Original Lithograph on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Hommage to De Chirico (Original Italian title: Giorgio De Chirico a Cavallo) is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1978. Origin...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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True and False Masks - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
True and False Masks is an original etching realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1959. The artwork is hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner, and numbered (8/60) on the lowe...
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Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original litography 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, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Composition Of Diodora - Original 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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Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Corrida - Vintage Poster with Etching Etching made behind a menu in Restautant Duran as a tribute dinner to Salvador Dali and his wife Ga...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph Birds, 1964 (BNF, 63) Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Revue Art de France ax 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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Self Portrait with Decorated Hat, Surrealist Etching by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Self Portrait with Decorated Hat, Year: 1928, Medium: Etching on Wove Paper, Edition: 560, Image Size: 8 x 5.75 inches, Size: 19 x 13 in. (48....
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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

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Marc Chagall - The Candlestick - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
The Candlestick, from Jean Leymarie, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (Jerusalem Windows), André Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1962 (see M. 366-72; see C. books ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Cain et Abel
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 "Cain et Abel" Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Robed Figure
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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Heads and Figures Variations (B)
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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"Herramientas y más" contemporary engraving surrealist tools objects
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Erotica Compositions, 3
Located in Astoria, NY
Metka Krasovec (Slovenian, 1941-2018), Three Erotica Lithographs, comprising: "Turn Around, Woman", 1982, signed in pencil lower right, numbered "30/30", dated and inscribed lower le...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

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

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

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cup of Chocolate - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Salvador Dali - The Drawers
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Drawers - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 1967 Embossed signature On Arches Vellum References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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Anne Storno, London Stride, Affordable Art, London Print, Surrealist Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Anne Storno London Stride Limited Edition Print Screenprint on Paper Size of the image: H:39 cm x W:58 cm Size of the paper: H:50 cm x W:70 cm Inspired by Pop art and Surrealist wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

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

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Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Birds - Original Lithograph Birds, 1964 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

Star of the Sea Étoile de mer - German French Star of the Sea
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed by the artist "max ernst" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 200, at the lower left...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Dali Petites Nus (Ronsard) A
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Petites Nus (From Ronsard) A MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet EDITION NUMBER: 32/95 MEASUREMENTS: 15.2" x 11.4" Y...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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The Giant Beliagog, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Giant Beliagog 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" x ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Diane de Poitiers
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Diane de Poitiers MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: LXVI/C MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 25.5" YEAR: 1973 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellen...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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

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Screen

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

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Arnella The Golden Fleece
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Arnella The Golden Fleece MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: XLVII/C MEASUREMENTS: 25.25" x 20" YEAR: 1974 FRAMED: No CONDITI...
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Barricade, Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg Title: Barricade Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 24 x 29 inches Paper Size: 26 in. x 31 in. (66.04 cm x 7...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Hero
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An ex libris print featuring the heroic figure of a man on horseback, in a blend of medieval and fantasy armor, with a vanquished dragon at his feet. Roman Sustov's prints often prov...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

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Ancien Victorieux je te morphose from Hom'mere I (Chaosmos) by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) Title: Ancien Victorieux Je te morphose from Hom'mere (Chaosmos) Year: 1974 Medium: Etching with Aquatint on Arches, Signed and Numbered ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Day Portrait I, Surrealist Etching by Lauren Rothstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lauren Rothstein, American - Day Portrait I, Portfolio: Day Portraits, Year: 1968, Medium: Etching on Italia paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 14, Image Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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The Letter, Surrealist Lithograph by Romas Viesulas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Romas Viesulas (1918 - 1986) - The Letter, Year: 1954, Medium: Lithograph on Basingwerk Parchment paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Image Size: 10.25 x 14.5 inches, Size: 13 ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ghosts of Philadelphia 3, dramatic black & white narrative
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Monotype, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Inferno: Canto 20 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Inferno: Canto 20 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno Medium: Woodblock engraving Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4" Sheet Size: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Around the Green Gravel - Surrealist Screenprint by Chris Van Allsburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
On a striped green lawn, figures in hooded white togas stand in rows, their backs to the viewer. Each holds out their left hand before them and resting on the flat of their palm is a black inkwell with a bright white feather quill sticking out of it. The artist is also responsible for writing and illustrating books like Jumanji and The Polar Express. From the Mother Goose Portfolio, this print is signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Around the Green Gravel Chris Van Allsburg...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

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

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Etching, Aquatint

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

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Lithograph

Dalinean Prophecy
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dalinean Prophecy MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: I 135/250 MEASUREMENTS: 30.25" x 30.25" YEAR: 1975 FRAMED: No CONDITION: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Reference: Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II. Unsigned edition of over 5,000 Condition : Excellent 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...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Decameron L'ange Gabriel on Japon Paper
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Decameron L'ange Gabriel MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel/Pamela Verlog EDITION NUMBER: XIX/X...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Lithograph, Offset

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

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Etching

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

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Hand and Sphere, Surrealist Lithograph by De Es Schwertberger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: De Es Schwertberger (Dieter), Austrian (1942 - ) Title: Hand and Sphere Year: circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 25.25 x 20 inches Size: ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

An Old Jew, from: My Life - Russian French Berlin Jewish Surrealism Mein Leben
Located in London, GB
This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 110, at th...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

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

The Soldier's Ballad - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
The Soldier's Ballad is a contemporary artwork realized by Max Ernst in 1972. Mixed colored lithograph on Arches Paper. Edited by Manus Presse, Stuttgart 1972. Not signed and not ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Night city 2005, paper, etching, 13x16 cm 40/100
Located in Riga, LV
Night city 2005, paper, etching, 13x16 cm 40/100 The artwork depicts a surrealistic green cityscape, showcasing a unique and imaginative interpretation of a nighttime urban scene. ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

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