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
LES SUPRENES DE MAILLAISE LILIPUTIENS
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Surrealist Composition with Bird in Profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Engraving, aquatint and mixed intaglio
Signed, dated and annotated "AP"
References And Exhibitions:
Tschacbasov was a Russian/Amiercan artist who was widely exhibited and collecte...
Category
1940s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio
Salvador Dali - Flung out like - Original Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Flung out like a Fag-end by the Big- - Original Signed Engraving
Handsigned in pencil and Numbered
Edition: F195/195
- Printer: Atelier Rigal.
- Paper: Rives vellum ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor Expels the Savior
Handsigned in pencil and Numbered
Edition: F195/195
- Printer: Atelier Rigal.
- Paper: Ri...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
HAMLET SUITE
Located in Aventura, FL
This rare 10 piece series from 1973 is Dali's interpretation of Shakespeare's drama Hamlet. Dali paid homage to Shakespeare in several other works but this suite is considered to be ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper, Engraving, Aquatint
Gaspara Stampa, Woodcut Print by Italo Scango
By Italo Scanga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Italo Scanga, Italian (1932 - 2001)
Title: Gaspara Stampa
Year: 1982
Medium: Woodcut on Japon, Signed and numbered in Pencil
Edition: 20
Paper Size: 30.5 x 20.5 inches [77.47...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Théo Tobiasse - A Man Talking About Mornings - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Théo Tobiasse
Title: Un Homme Raconte les Matins
Signed and Numbered
Dimensions: 57 x 76 cm
Information : Edition of 175
Condition : Excellent
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Norma - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Surrealist Print, Opera
Located in Warsaw, PL
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943)
He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1981 he emigrated to the United S...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Color
Original Etching by Leonor Fini
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 Portrait Prints
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Etching
"Portrait of an Irishman, " Woodcut Print on Rice Paper, circa 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Salvador Dali - Freud with a Snail's Head - Original Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Freud with a Snail's Head - Original Signed Engraving
Handsigned in pencil and Numbered
Edition: F195/195
- Printer: Atelier Rigal.
- Paper: Rives vellum ; each etch...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
Femme au bouquet de fleurs (Lady with Flower Bouquet)
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
This vintage color lithograph on paper is after a watercolor by Marc Chagall titled Femme au bouquet de fleurs (Lady with Flower Bouquet). Signed on ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HENRY IV
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the Shakespeare II suite. Color etching on B.F.K Rives paper. Image size: 6.75 x 4.75 inches; paper size: 17.75 x 12.5 inches. Published ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
VISION PLANETAIRE ET SCATOLOGIC
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Sheet size: 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Image size: 29.5 ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving, 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...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
LE LEGACY
Located in Aventura, FL
From Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha. Edition: 73/300. Authenticated by Albert Field on verso. Sheet size: 29.875 x 22.125 inches. Image Size: 15.75 x 17.5 inches. Frame size...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching, Paper
"Mabuse, " Woodcut Print on Rice Paper, circa 1950 by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Rice Paper
JEREMIAH
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Sheet size: 26 x 19.8. Edition: of 400. All reasonable offers will b...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Intaglio, Etching
"Le Philosophe au Papillon from Je Reve (I Dream) Portfolio, " signed by Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Philosophe au Papillon" is an original color lithograph from the Je Reve portfolio by surrealist artist Andre Masson. The artist signed the piece i...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall (after) - Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Marc Chagall
Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965.
Printed signature
Dimensions:...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
MIGHTY TREE I Signed Stone Lithograph, Tree Portrait, Surreal Botanical Drawing
By Hanna Kay
Located in Union City, NJ
MIGHTY TREE I is an original limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed in black ink from a hand drawn lithography stone using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper 100% acid free. MIGHTY TREE I is a naturalistic tree portrait expressed as a three panel, horizontally placed composition. The tree is meticulously drawn using highly detailed pencil markings which create the intricate foliage crown, massive trunk, and multi-fingered roots. MIGHTY TREE I is truly an imaginative, surreal botanical drawing of an uprooted age-old tree existing from another time.
Superb quality, hand crafted original lithograph, very fine impression.
Print size - 21 x 29 inches, unframed, very good condition, pencil signed by Hanna Kay...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Lady Dulcinea from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: The Lady Dulcinea from Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha
Year: 1981
Medium: Etching on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
Santa Claus Greeting Card - original etching - signed in pencil - 1968
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI
Santa Claus, 1968
Original Etching
Handsigned in the internal page
Limited to 300 copies
On Arches vellum 24 x 16 cm (c. 10 x 6"1/2)
REFERENCES : Field 68-11, p. 77 /...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
Alice in Wonderland, Surreal Etching by Hans Bellmer
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hans Bellmer, German (1902 - 1975)
Title: untitled 3
Year: circa 1972
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: EA 12/20
Image Size: 12 x 10.5 inches
Size: 26 i...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
MUSEUM OF GENIUS AND WHIM from "After 50 Years of Surrealism"
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Signed and authenticated by Frank Hunter on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition: F EA on L...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
THE CADUSEUS OF MARS NOURISHED BY THE BALL OF FIRE OF JUPITER
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Authenticated by Albert Field on verso. Sheet siz...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Lithograph
Le Matin (Buisson 56.64), Lithograph by Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886 - 1968)
Title: Le Matin (Buisson 56.64)
Year: circa 1956
Medium: Lithograph, signed in...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
L'ARBE DE VIE (THE TREE OF LIFE)
Located in Aventura, FL
From Le Paradis Terrestre (Paradise Lost). Hand signed and numbered from the edition of 225, and inscribed 'Lana' in pencil. Published by Editions de Francony. Authenticated on verso...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper, Engraving
Viktorija Pashuta "Fashion Marie Antoinette" Original Fine Art Print
Located in Culver City, CA
Viktorija Pashuta "VOGUE Fashion" photography
Original Fashion Photograph from the Series CASABLANCA by an award-winning fashion photographer Vikto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Color
Viktorija Pashuta "Smoking Lady" Original Fine Art Print
Located in Culver City, CA
Viktorija Pashuta "Smoking Lady" photography
Original Fashion Photograph from the Series TRANSPARENT MIRRORS by an award-winning fashion photograph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Color
Nursing Mother, Lithograph by Leonard Tsugouhara Foujita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Tsugouharu Foujita (Japanese, 1886 - 1968)
Title: Nursing Mother
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Lithograph, signed in ink
Size...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
On a horizon. 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 man standing on the road. The road is transforming into a bir...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Paper
Sailing ship - Figurative Surrealist print, Vibrant colors, Polish art master
Located in Warsaw, PL
Vibrant giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative print with boy and a sailing ship in the foreground and with landscape in the...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Color, Paper
The Future Looks Bright - Sky Edition (Ed. 1/30)
By Kunstrasen
Located in Dallas, TX
The Future Looks Bright - Sky Edition
Hand-Finished Screenprint
Size: 29 x 21 inches (73.6 x 53.3 cm)
Limited Edition of out 30
352 Gsm pap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Screen
PUBLIC OUTCRY Signed Lithograph, Surrealist Scene Man, Tree, Checkered Tiles
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
Materials
Lithograph
AARON ET LE CHANDELIER (SORLIER 238)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching with hand coloring on Arches paper. Hand initialed “M.Ch.” and numbered by Marc Chagall. From La Bible. Sorlier, 238. Edition 92/100. Image size 11.5 x 9.5 inches. Sheet size 21 x 15.25 inches. Frame size approx 28 x 22 inches. Published by Tériade, Paris.
Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985) was an artist whose work anticipated the dream-like imagery of Surrealism. Over the course of his career, Chagall developed the poetic, amorphous, and deeply personal visual language evident in paintings like I and the Village (1911). “When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it—a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand as a final test,” he said. “If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper, Etching
Castles of imagination - Surrealist print, Limited edition, Established 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
Personaje en gris
Located in New York, NY
Rufino Tamayo
Personaje en gris, 1980
etching, edition of 99 + 15 AP
29 7/8 x 22 in. / 75.9 x 55.9 cm
$7,000
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
Peacock - 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
Materials
Color, Paper
A clown - XXI century, Figurative Surrealist print, Birds, Animals, Vertical
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.
Size of paper: ca 100 x 70 cm ( ca 39 x 20 inch)
Dimensions of imprinted part: ca 60 x 40 cm ( ca 23 x 15 inch)
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper, Color
Love
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist: Akio Takamori
Title: Love
Date: 2008
Medium: Archival ink jet and hand lithography
Dimensions: 24 x 31.5 inches
Editions: 45
Akio Takamori’s evolution as an artist began as...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Printer's Ink, Archival Ink, Color, Inkjet, Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Dix Recettes d’Immortalite - Original Signed Artworks
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali, Dix Recettes d'Immortalité
Very Good Condition
Audouin-Descharnes, Paris, 1973
Reference: M. & L. 567-577, Field 73-20
The complete set of 11 signed, numbered and not...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Fruits With Holes - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Fruits With Holes - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste)
Excellent Condition
Reference...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome
- SIGNATURE : printed in the image
- LIMITED : 1499
- SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4"
- RE...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Wild Blackberries
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Framed Salvador Dali's Lithograph
Wild Blackberries
1970
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste)
Excellent Co...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) aside from the edition of 200.
Paper :...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned
Edition: XIV/XXXV
Lithograph with drypoint in colours, 1...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
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