Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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
La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman With Whip
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman with Whip
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITI...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Woman and Sun - Original lithograph, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Perahim (1914-2008)
Woman and Sun, 1974
Original lithograph
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered / 199
On Arches vellum 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 inches)
INFORMATION : From p...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Awakening of the Horseman - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Awakening of the Horseman unfurls a captivating narrative, where a figure shrouded in shadows emerges from the canvas. Amidst an ethereal tapestry of light and shadow, the horseman's...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Transcendent Flow - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Transcendent Flow captures the essence of ethereal movement, as flowing forms transcend their earthly origins. The canvas becomes a testament to metamorphosis, where shapes and color...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Flowing Alloy - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Flowing Alloy captures the dynamic poetry of material in motion, as alloy becomes a liquid cascade. The canvas transforms into a cascade of forms, where each droplet echoes the harmo...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Metallic Flow - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Metallic Flow becomes a symphony of materials and aesthetics, where the fluidity of the metallic takes center stage. The canvas captures the essence of movement, as liquid metal flow...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1963
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a lithograph print realized by Joan Mirò in 1963.
Published on Derriere Le Miroir, Céramiques Monumentales de Miró et Artigas. Printed by Ateliers de Maeght,...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Vintage Poster Modern Art Museum - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Modern Art Museum is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1977.
Good conditions.
Joan Miró (20 April 1893 – 25 December 198...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman Holding Veil
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: La Venus Aux Fourrures Woman Holding Veil
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Planctus David in Mortem Saul - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Planctus David in mortem Saul (" David's Mourning at the death of Saul ") is an artwork realized in 1964.
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediola...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Inferno: Canto 33 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 33
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Max Ernst - Elektra - Lithograph
By Max Ernst
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Max Ernst - Elektra
Lithograph
1939
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Signed in the plate
From XXe siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Les Amours de Cassandre Complete Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Amours de Cassandre Complete Suite
MEDIUM: 10 Etchings
SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER:...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Polished Nexus - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Polished Nexus invites viewers to an intersection of refined beauty, where each texture finds its nexus in polished elegance on the canvas. The play of light becomes a guide, leading...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Chimeric Radiance - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Chimeric Radiance becomes a visual representation of hybrid beauty, where radiance takes on diverse forms. The canvas transforms into a symphony of textures and light, each element a...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Transcendent Brilliance - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Transcendent Brilliance embodies brilliance that ascends earthly confines, painting the canvas with ethereal luminosity. Each detail becomes a testament to the transcendence of light...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Luminous Flux - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Luminous Flux transforms the canvas into a river of luminous currents, where flux and flow become a poetic narrative. The interplay of light and texture crafts an immersive experienc...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Molten Resonance - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Molten Resonance melds fire and artistry into a resonant masterpiece, casting molten hues on the canvas. The fusion of light and form becomes an orchestration of alchemical brillianc...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Ethereal Harmony - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Ethereal Harmony captivates the senses with its symphonic blend of otherworldly elements. The canvas portrays a delicate dance of unity, where harmonious forms intertwine in sublime ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Melted Harmony - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Melted Harmony captures the alchemical dance between elements, where harmony is forged in molten unity. The canvas transforms into a portrait of transformation, as materials meld wit...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Lustrous Reverie - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Lustrous Reverie unfolds as a reverie of luminosity, where textures become a testament to ethereal beauty. The canvas captures the dance of light and shadow, each contour and detail ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Sculpted Luminescence - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Sculpted Luminescence forges an enchanting bond between light and form, as luminescent materials become art's sculptural masterpiece. The canvas transforms into an exploration of dim...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Glistening Cascade - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Glistening Cascade presents a visual symphony of movement, as cascading light shapes into a mesmerizing portrayal. The canvas captures the allure of motion, as glistening forms flow ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Polished Essence - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Polished Essence evokes a sense of distilled beauty, where essence finds form in polished elegance. The canvas becomes a reflection of purity, each detail refined to an immaculate sh...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Luminous Alloy - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Luminous Alloy emerges as a tribute to refined elegance, where alloy transcends its rigidity to embrace luminosity. The canvas captures the alchemical dance, where alloy finds fluid ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Ethereal Fusion - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Ethereal Fusion encapsulates an exquisite symphony of ethereal materials, their essence melding into a harmonious dance. The canvas captures the convergence of otherworldly forces, w...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Dark Liquid - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Liquid Chrome encapsulates a fusion of elegance and futurism, where liquid and chrome unite in a contemporary embrace. The canvas becomes a reflective dance, with chrome's sheen tran...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Lustrous Fusion - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Lustrous Fusion creates a mesmerizing tapestry of textures and reflections, where metal and liquid intertwine in perfect harmony. The canvas becomes a medley of contrasts, as the lus...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Reflective Essence - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Reflective Essence becomes a canvas of captivating dichotomies, where the essence of reflection becomes art. The composition embraces the interplay of light and substance, each refle...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Lustrous Fusion - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Dark Mirage casts an enchanting spell, where the fluidity of silver transforms into an ephemeral vision. The canvas captures the mirage of a liquid silver realm, each shimmering drop...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Fluid Iron - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Fluid Iron melds the ethereal and the substantial, capturing iron's essence in liquid reverie. The canvas becomes a conduit for creative metamorphosis, where iron's steadfast nature ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Metal Elixir - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Metal Elixir encapsulates the alchemical allure of artistry, as liquid and metal converge to craft a captivating narrative. The canvas unveils a transformative elixir, where metallic...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Liquid Alloy - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Liquid Alloy materializes as an exquisite symphony of aesthetics and materials, where the boundaries between liquid and metal are artfully blurred. The canvas becomes a realm of meta...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Metamorphic Dread - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Metamorphic Dread becomes an artistic metamorphosis of suffering, portraying a figure whose very form seems to undergo a transformative journey through anguish. The canvas delves int...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Metallic Stream - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Metallic Stream flows as a masterpiece of dynamic elegance, where metal becomes a liquid symphony. The canvas captures the allure of motion, as metallic substance cascades with a gra...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Curved Desolation - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Curved Desolation becomes an evocative exploration of emotional desolation, depicting a figure whose very form seems to mirror the contours of inner turmoil. The canvas becomes a tes...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Sublime Deviation - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Sublime Deviation captures the essence of artistry that transcends the conventional, exploring the realms of human experience often left unspoken. The canvas becomes a tapestry of ra...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
The Cross of Mars - The Divine Comedy - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Cross of Mars is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri.
Not signed...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Le Cirque Chinois
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Le Cirque Chinois
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 166/175
MEASUREMENTS: 26.25" x 21"
YEAR: 1965
FRAMED: No
CONDITION: Excel...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Magritte's original poster for the 1965 Salon de Mai - Musée d'art Moderne Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Magritte's original poster for the 1965 Salon de Mai is an iconic piece of art that reflects the ingenuity and surrealist aesthetic of renowned Belgian artist René Magritte. Created ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
"The Circus" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Circus" Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Printed on Epson Professional Paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Not framed. Ships in a tube.
Availab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Photographic Paper
Bicephale - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Bicephale is an artwork realized bySalvador Dalì in 1968.
The artwork is from the suite "Les Amours de Cassandre"
Etching with hand coloring on Japanese paper.
Hand signed on th...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The King Is Told of Hamlet’s Story
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The King Is Told of Hamlet’s Story
Series: Hamlet
Date: 1973
Medium: Lithograph on Arches
Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 11.25"
Framed Dimensions: 26...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Digital Iris Print "Stage Theory " Pencil Signed with Initials edition of 15
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
This is for the one print listed here.
Internalized Page Project. color Iris digital prints on paper, each initialed on verso and numbered from edition of 15. printed & published by ...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Sanctus Hieronymus - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Sanctus Hieronymus is an artwork realized in 1964.
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969.
Color lithograph on heavy rag...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Ioessa
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Ioessa
Medium: color etching and aquatint
Edition Number: 78/100
Year: 1972
Publisher: Atelier Georges Visa, Paris
Reference: L'Oeuvre Grave de Matta, e...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Untitled 20 (Les Songes)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Untitled 20 (Les Songes)
Series: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Date: 1973
Medium: Lithograph with color backgrounds
Framed Dimensions: 37.5...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Renaissance
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Renaissance
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Vision Nouvelle
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 15.3" x 22.8"...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Sirene au Dauphin
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Sirene au Dauphin
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 22.5" x 30.5"
YEAR: 1971
FRAMED:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Les Amours Jaunes Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Les Amours Jaunes Suite
MEDIUM: 10 Etchings & color and gold flakes with original portfolio cover
SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBE...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
(after) Marino Marini - "Cheval rouge sur fond vert" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in Paris in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen. The image measures 5 x 3 1/2 inches (130 x 90 mm)...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Stencil
PLATE 5 (FROM EL ULTIMO VIAJE DEL BUQUE FANTASMA)
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Aventura, FL
From El Ultimo Viaje del Buque Fantasma suite made to illustrate the text of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Hand signed and numbered by Wifredo Lam. Published by Polígrafa, Barcelona. From the edition of 99. Frame Size: approx 31 x 39 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Please note the frame has some minor scratches on the molding. No broken or missing parts. Plexi glass covering is new. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Wifredo Lam was an Afro-Cuban artist best known for his unique Surrealist aesthetic that combined European artistic movements with the imagery of his native country. “I responded always to the presence of factors that emanated from our history and our geography, tropical flowers, and black culture,” Lam once said. In one of his most famous paintings, The Jungle (1943), these various influences are melded together, onto a single large-scale canvas. Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, who had been the teacher of famed Surrealist Salvador Dalí. Lam moved to Paris after seeing an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work in Spain. Having arrived in Paris, he introduced himself to Picasso who subsequently showed Lam his collection of primitive artworks...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - 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 Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Karl Eugene Fortess (1907-1993)
Original color lithographs on BFK Rives paper,
1966, Hand signed and numbered 29/36 in pencil,
Sheet size 20.5 x 15 inches.
Karl E. Fortess (1907-1993) was a painter, printmaker and teacher, of Boston, Massachusetts and Woodstock, N.Y. Fortess was born in Antwerp, Belgium on October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works from the territory,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 9, 2003). Trains, trucks, and industrial buildings were what Karl Fortess envisioned when the Public Works of Art Project suggested that he depict “the American Scene.” His work bears the influence of Surrealism, Russsian Constructivist art and Cubism. He was part of a circle of left leaning artists loosley involved with the WPA which included Sol Wilson, Isaac Soyer, Louis Lozowick, Abraham Harriton, Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Nahum Tschacbasov, Morris Shulman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Louis Slobodkin, Adolf Dehn, Le Corbusier and Louis Schanker.
Karl Fortress taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Louisiana State University, Fort Wright College, and Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts. He was a member of the Artists Equity Association, Society of American Graphic Artists, American Association of University Professors, and the British Film Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, was named an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1960 and elected to full Academician in 1971. Fortess taught at many different schools, including Boston University School of Fine Art, where he also created an archive of interviews with more than two hundred and fifty contemporary American painters, sculptors, and graphic artists including many with with artists associated with the Woodstock, N.Y. art community.
Among the interviewees are Kenneth Armitage, Will Barnet, Romare Bearden, George Biddle, James Brooks, Adolph Dehn, Jane Freilicher, Julian Levi, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, Moses Soyer, Dorothy Varian...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Karl Eugene Fortess (1907-1993)
Original color lithographs on BFK Rives paper,
1966, Hand signed and numbered 29/36 in pencil,
Sheet size 20.5 x 15 inches.
Karl E. Fortess (1907-1993) was a painter, printmaker and teacher, of Boston, Massachusetts and Woodstock, N.Y. Fortess was born in Antwerp, Belgium on October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works from the territory,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 9, 2003). Trains, trucks, and industrial buildings were what Karl Fortess envisioned when the Public Works of Art Project suggested that he depict “the American Scene.” His work bears the influence of Surrealism, Russsian Constructivist art and Cubism. He was part of a circle of left leaning artists loosley involved with the WPA which included Sol Wilson, Isaac Soyer, Louis Lozowick, Abraham Harriton, Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Nahum Tschacbasov, Morris Shulman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Louis Slobodkin, Adolf Dehn, Le Corbusier and Louis Schanker.
Karl Fortress taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Louisiana State University, Fort Wright College, and Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts. He was a member of the Artists Equity Association, Society of American Graphic Artists, American Association of University Professors, and the British Film Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, was named an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1960 and elected to full Academician in 1971. Fortess taught at many different schools, including Boston University School of Fine Art, where he also created an archive of interviews with more than two hundred and fifty contemporary American painters, sculptors, and graphic artists including many with with artists associated with the Woodstock, N.Y. art community.
Among the interviewees are Kenneth Armitage, Will Barnet, Romare Bearden, George Biddle, James Brooks, Adolph Dehn, Jane Freilicher, Julian Levi, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, Moses Soyer, Dorothy Varian...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus Mars Cupidon
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Hommage a Albrecht Durer Venus Mars Cupidon
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Vision Nouvelle
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 23" x ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Inferno: Canto 18 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 18
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Statimque Tobias Visum Recepit - Lithograph - 1967- 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Statimque Tobias visum recepit ("And immediately Tobit revovered his sight") is an artwork realized in 1964.
It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediola...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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