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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
Heaven Canto 3 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 3 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: Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114. Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Hell Canto 29 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 29 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: Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114. Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Heaven Canto 23 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 23 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

Dubuffet, Prairie de Barbe, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 14, 1957. Pub...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Hell 34 : The Appearance of Pluto - Original woodcut - 1963 (Field p 189 à 200)
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 34 - The Appearance of Pluto From the Divine Comedy (Dante) Original woodcut Signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives S...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Magritte, Deux Tourterelles, dans la Chaude Pénombre de Leur Maison (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph in Colours on Vélin d'Arches paper. Edition: 350, plus proofs. Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed in pencil by the printer, Fernand Mourlot. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the suite, Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte, 1968. Published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris; printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1968. Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte comprised twelve coloured lithographs, four of which, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pierreries, La Belle Captive...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Headdress
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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Fellowship (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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Purgatory Canto 2 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 2 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: ...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut, Paper

Leap
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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Dubuffet, Barbe des perplexites, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 14, 1960. Pub...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hell Canto 14 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 14 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: Mic...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Heaven Canto 32 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 32 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

Hell Canto 17 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hell Canto 17 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: Mic...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Purgatory Canto 28 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 28 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: Micheler, R., & Löpsinger, L. (Eds.). (1995). Salvador Dalí Catalogue Raisonné of Prints II Lithographs and Wood Engravings 1956 – 1980. Prestel. pgs 102 -114. Field, A. (1996). The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dalí. The Salvdor Dalí Archives. pgs. 189 – 200. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

Heaven 33 : Prayer of Saint Bernard - Color woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Heaven 33 - Prayer of Saint Bernard Color woodcut with the signature printed in the plate 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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Etching

Heaven Canto 8 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 8 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: Mi...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

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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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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

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

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

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Etching

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

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, The Sixth Heaven of Jupiter (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Year: 1963 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Italian, plus proofs Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200 Size: 13 x 10.25 inches Condition: Excellent Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1960s 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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Gesture (A)
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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

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

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

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí, Ecstatic Visions (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Purgatory Canto 19 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 19 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:...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Heaven Canto 22 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heaven Canto 22 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

Salvador Dali - Nude and Lobster
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude and Lobster - 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 Dalí, The Angel, Paradise: Canto 2 (Field 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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Woodcut

AUTUMN
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. First edition engraving with color. Edition of 150. Sheet size: 14 x 12.25 inches. Image size 10.43 x 7.95 inches. Custom framed as pictured...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Paper

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, The Prin...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Death is something like Cousin Cynthia (Spies/Leppien 13 IV), Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Photogram from a frottage in black in white on photosensitive paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. No...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photogram

Braque, Couverture (Oiseaux), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Composition for Werner Spies (Spies/Leppien 251) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Edition: 2,000. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Published b...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali, The Eagle of Grace (M. & L. 1039-1138; F 189-200)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Hell 2 - Virgil consoles Dante - Original woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 2 - Virgil consoles Dante Original woodcut On paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFERENCES : Field p. 189 à 200 / Michler & Lop...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Lovers, Lithograph by George Tooker 1982
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by American artist George Tooker. His subjects often are depicted naturally as in a photograph, but the images use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, a...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Vase bleue, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 10, 1958. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, La Foret bleue (Spies/Leppien 89D), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Deux Oiseaux (Spies/Leppien 438) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Published a...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

SURREALISTIC PORTRAIT OF DALI SURROUNDED BY BUTTERFLIES
Located in Aventura, FL
Photo lithograph and etching with collage mounted on board from the suite Memories of Surrealism. Hand signed and numbered by Salvador Dali. Sheet size 29.75 x 21.25 inches. Image ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Ernst, Têtes d'Aigles (Spies/Leppien 88A), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Manessier, Croquis, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 20, 1962. Pub...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue No. 38). Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (310 x 237 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ernst, Un chant d'amour (Spies/Leppien 71), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. no. 10, 1958. Pub...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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