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Surrealist Portrait 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
SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American
By Norma Bessouet
Located in Union City, NJ
SELVAGGIA is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the Argentine woman artist Norma Bessouet printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 10% acid free. SELVAGGIA is unframed, in mint condition, full bleed image, hand torn edges, signed in pencil by Ms. Bessouet. Print size - 28.5 x 20.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Norma Bessouet Edition size - 150, plus proofs Year printed - 1986 Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC Bessouet, born in Argentina, schooled in Argentina, London and in Italy, where she was able to look to the works of the Old Masters for inspiration. She refers to the artists of the Italian quattrocento along with Velazquez and El Greco as her muses, and traces of these historic artists shine through in her paintings. Her work is in numerous private and public collections throughout the world. Bessouet's art focused primarily around portraits, domesticity and the female nude. In the original print, SELVAGGIA, Norma Bessouet merges certain Latin American strands of literary magic realism with Surrealism and presents a portrait of an androgynous seated figure, with bald head, serene facial expression, wearing a full length ombre shaded robe, cradling a large, long-beak bird. Ms. Bessouet's sensitive, masterly drawing expresses a fantasy doll...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

La Païva (Hand-colored)
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

James the Lesser (Vicar of Britian)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: James the Lesser (Vicar of Britain) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 41/350 Frame ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait No. 8
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

The Hut / - The head of the hat -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), The Hut, 1967. Lithograph, 32.5 cm x 32.5 (depiction), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower right, dated “[19]67”...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

A ballerina. Limited edition print Surreal Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with a ballerina with doves sitting on her leg. Colors are deep an...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

Washington Square - Surrealist print, Figurative, Landscape, Vibrant colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered out of limited edition of 20, signed and made on sealed paper. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He gr...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

From Portfolio "Twilight" with Karin Szekessy
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul Wunderlich From Portfolio "Twilight" with Karin Szekessy Year: 1971 Medium: Color Lithograph Edition: 125 Size: 33 x 25 in. Publisher: A.A.A., New ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Woman Standing, Surrealist Woodcut by Ponce
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ponce - Woman Standing, Year: 1981, Medium: Woodcut on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 1/15, Image Size: 11.25 x 7 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

3 Friends, Surrealist Etching by Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - 3 Friends, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching on Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 2/50, Image Size...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Portrait No. 14
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Teenager, etching/aquatint, 18x13 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Putrāms graphics artists, works in book and advertising graphics, poster art, creates installations, organizes campaigns, decorates interiors and exhibitions. The artist's work...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Artist. Paper, etching, watercolor, 18x13 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Putrāms graphics artists, works in book and advertising graphics, poster art, creates installations, organizes campaigns, decorates interiors and exhibitions. The artist's work...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

FEMME DÉNUDÉE, Signed Lithograph, Modern Nude Portrait, Pop Art Eroticism
Located in Union City, NJ
FEMME DÉNUDÉE is an original, hand drawn, stone lithograph by the French artist Michel Potier printed in Paris during the 1970's using hand lithography t...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

In Dream - Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
In Dream is a Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1995 . Colored Etching on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower corner: G...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Ecstasy
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Screen

Portrait No. 7
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Adoration
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Screen

Sclaclaviol
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Teacher
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching

Jean Cocteau - Actress - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Actress Signed in the plate Dimensions: 65 x 44 cm Jean Cocteau Writer, artist and film director Jean Cocteau was one of the most influen...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait No. 6
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Portrait No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

A cage - Surrealist print, Limited edition, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered, signed and made on sealed paper. Limited edition of 20. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Archite...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

Portraits after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. Th...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Under the mask of the Venetian girl / - Monstrous Reality -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), Under the mask of the Venetian girl, 1968. Lithograph, 30 cm x 24 (image), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower r...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

Embrace
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Screen

Exclamation
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Screen

Portrait No. 5
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Portrait No. 9
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Portrait No. 4
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Magic of an opera. Limited edition print Surreal Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print presentic an intricate scene on a lake with swans, pegasuses, ball...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

Portrait No. 10
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996) A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

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 Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Remembrance of Noah's Ark
By Konstantin Kalinovich
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed artist proof from ex libris edition of approx. 100. Based on the Biblical story of Noah's Ark Kalinovich (Born in Novokuznetsk, Russia, in 1959) is a Ukrainian printmaker bes...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Pkropopoï (Hand-colored)
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Self Portrait, Surrealist Woodcut by Leonard Baskin 1956
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Baskin Title: Self Portrait - "L.B. AE T. S" Year: 1956 Medium: Woodcut, Signed and Numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 35.5 x 24 inches
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Donna, Surrealist Lithograph by Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - Donna, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph, signed, titled and numbered in color pencil, Edition: 50, Image Size: 25 x...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait de Calderon - Aquatint and Etching attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait de Calderon is a contemporary artwork realized in 1971. Plate n. 1 from the series “Caldéron. La Vie est un Songe". Colored aquatint etching by Bracons and J.J.J. Rigal af...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Little Doll Portrait with Plants on Red Background. Limited Edition 25/25
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This a limited edition high-quality Dibond direct UV Original Print titled "Octombrina 25/25". This piece, like the entire "Fetiches" series, is inspired by the idea of biophilia and...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Metal

Mr. Thirteen (the insignificance of the significant)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Mr. Thirteen" is an etching, engraving and drypoint created in 1995, edition: 12 signed in pencil. The print has an embossed chop in the lower right corner, a capital P in a circl...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Engraving, Drypoint

Jude (Excalibur)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Jude (Excalibur) Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table) Medium: Lithograph Year: 1972 Edition: 41/350 Frame Size: 29 7/8" x 26 ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Man Smoking Cigar From The Midget and the Dwarf Portfolio, Surrealist Lithograph
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Man Smoking Cigar From The Midget and the Dwarf Portfolio, Year: 1960, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Editio...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Harlequin, Surrealist Lithograph by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Harlequin, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 19/20, Image Size: 28.25 x 15.25 inches, Size: 30...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

The Hunchback / - Strange beauty -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), The Hunchback, 1969. Lithograph, 33 cm x 22 (depiction), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower right, dated “[19]6...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

Sclaclaviol (W)
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Trajan - Drypoint Etching attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Trajan is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1973. Black and white drypoin etching. Hand signed on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 216/261. Ref...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

Klévak
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Codependent change of manners. Limited edition print Surreal Established artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with man standing on the road. The road is transforming into a bir...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

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 and folding. Signed in the plate. The artwork is depicted through confident s...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

PUBLIC OUTCRY Signed Lithograph, Man, Tree, Magritte-Style, Surrealism
Located in Union City, NJ
PUBLIC OUTCRY is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the British artist, Michael Hasted printed using hand lithography on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. PUBLIC OUTCRY is a surrealist portrait composition portraying a semi interior scene showing a man in brown trousers standing positioned on stage-like black and white checkered tile...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

A dinner - Surrealist print, Limited edition, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered, signed and made on sealed paper. Limited edition of 20. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Archite...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

The Dirndl Model / - The strangeness of the homeland -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), The Dirndl Model, 1969. Lithograph, 33 cm x 26 (depiction), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower right, dated “[1...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

Oxygeno en Marte - Heliogravure attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oxygeno en Marte is an original contemporary artwork, plate n. 52 from the series "Les Caprices de Goya". Heliogravure with pochoir by J.J.J. Rig...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Le Tête I
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Paper

Surrealist portrait inspired in Da Vinci´s Salvator Mundi. Giclée Print: Chaman
Located in Segovia, ES
¨Shaman¨, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, recreates the theme of ancient automatic machines that told the future. The extraordinary image of Leonardo da Vinci's Salva...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

Le Tête VI
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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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Salvador Dali - The Sacred Love of Gala
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Sacred Love of Gala - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Riga...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Flying dutch - Surrealist print, Limited edition, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered, signed and made on sealed paper. Limited edition of 20. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Archite...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

DEARDORFF Signed Mini Lithograph, Still Life, Retro Camera with Inverted Image
Located in Union City, NJ
DEARDORFF is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniqu...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist portrait prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Rafał Olbiński, Marc Chagall, and Guelfo Bianchini. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist portrait prints, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $220,000, while the average work sells for $1,000.

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