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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
The Queen - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre". Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968. Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 specimen on Arches...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonor Fini Title: La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats) Year: 1973 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 1...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Surrealist Dream Lithograph Belgian Master Magritte Pencil Signed by Mourlot
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Rene Magritte (after), Belgian (1898 - 1967) Title: (from les Enfants Trouvés) Les Claires-Voies d'un Jeune Regard Embaument La Fête d'un Vieil Arbre Year of original paintin...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper 1976 surrealist lithograph on paper depicting ascending figures by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). The figures are made up ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Apparition of Christ - Woodcut print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Apparition of Christ - Paradise 14 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limi...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Purgatory, Canto 23 - Gluttony
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 23 - Gluttony Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Exce...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Inferno, Canto 13 - La Fôret des suicidés
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 13 - La Fôret des suicidés Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Italian Surrealist Aquatint Etching Enrico Baj Pop Art Nude Mod Cherubs Angels
Located in Surfside, FL
Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian, limited edition print. Hand signed and numbered in pencil from limited edition of 100 Aquatint etching Image size: cm 39.5 x 29.5, sheet cm 53 x 39 ...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Miró, Composition (Cramer 102; Mourlot 431), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 151-152. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Édit...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

(after) Wifredo Lam - lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in 1953 for the art revue Derrière le Miroir (issue number 52) and published in Paris by Maeght. Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches (378 x 278...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition, Feuilles éparses, Valentin Hugo
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin cuve de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Feuilles éparses, 1965. Published and printed by Louis B...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

The Paradise, Canto 27 - The Gloria Patri
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 27 - The Gloria Patri Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Purgatory, Canto 18 - The Fourth Terrace; Accidia
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 18 - The Fourth Terrace; Accidia Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Woman on Stage - Original handsigned etching - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Hans BELLMER Woman on Stage Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered on 150 copies On Arches vellum 65 x 50 cm (c. 26 c 20in) Excellent condition
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Jean COCTEAU and Raymond MORETTI : The Earth - Original Hansigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Cocteau and Raymond Moretti The Earth And The Sun Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate, handsigned by Raymond Moretti Numbered 1/79 - Very look for proof bearing ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Tauromachie (Bullfight II) #4
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tauromachie (Bullfight II) #4 MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: 126/150 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30"...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Maravillas con Variaciones acrósticas en el Jardín de Miró (Mourlot, 1051-1072)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el Jar...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Divagations
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Divagations Photogravure from 1937. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. Text on the verso. The work is in Excellent condition. ...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Biblia Sacra Original Sin Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Original Sin is an original lithograph from Salvador Dali's five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965-1969. Ref. is the Official Catalog of the Graphic...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Inferno, Canto 31 - Les Géants
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 31 - Les Géants Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Exce...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Paradise, Canto 14 - Apparition du Christ
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 14 - Apparition du Christ Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Inferno, Canto 17 - The Usurers
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Inferno, Canto 17 - The Usurers Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Exc...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Purgatory, Canto 9 - The Dream
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 9 - The Dream Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of work: 33 x 26.2 cm Publisher: Les Heures Claires, Paris. The work is in Exce...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

HOVERING STONE Signed Lithograph, Sci-Fi Landscape, Stone Men, Meditation
Located in Union City, NJ
HOVERING STONE is a hand drawn original lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Les Fondations
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Fondations" c.1980 is an original color lithograph by noted Spanish surrealist artist Arnau Alemany Batalla, 1948-2020. It is ha...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Butterfly suite : Alsace / Strasbourg - Lithograph - Tall size (Field 69-2D)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI, after (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Alsace / Strasbourg, 1969 Lithograph and heliogravure Printed signature in the plate bottom right Tall model, from the 700 unumber...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Photogravure

Sans Titre Original Mixed Media (2)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: Sans Titre Original Mixed Media with Collage Medium: Mixed Media on paper Signed: Hand Signed Measurements: 12" x 17" Framed: 22.5" x 27" Certificate...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media

A Shattering Entrance to the USA
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: A Shattering Entrance to the USA Series: After 50 Years of Surrealism Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint engraving with hand coloring on Arches Unframed D...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Drypoint

Carnets intimes de Braque VIII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque VIII Lithograph from 1955. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. F...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Italian Surrealist Aquatint Etching Enrico Baj Pop Art Nude Mod Cherubs Angels
Located in Surfside, FL
Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian, limited edition print. Hand signed and numbered in pencil from limited edition of 100 Aquatint etching Image size: cm 39.5 x 29.5, sheet cm 53 x 39 ...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

The Guardians - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Guardians - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Song 8 - Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Carnets intimes de Braque III
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque III Lithograph from 1955. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fa...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le cheval de Troie
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval de Troie Lithograph from 1970. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Reference: Field 72-6G ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

(after) Julio Gonzalez - "Personnage barbu" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1957 by Jacomet and published by the Galerie Berggruen for a rare catalogue. Image size: 6 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (173 x 97 mm...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

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

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Lithograph

Ruthven Todd Poem III, Surrealist Etching with Aquatint by Jacques Lipchitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ruthven Todd Poem III Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian (1891–1973) Date: 1947 Etching and Aquatint on laid paper, signed in the plate Image Size: 8.5 x 6.75 inches Size: 15 x 11.5 in. (3...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Le cheval du printemps
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le cheval du printemps Lithograph from 1970. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue. Reference: Field 72...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

6AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Matta, Roberto Title: 6AM from L’Arc Obscur des Heures Series: The Obscure Arc of the Hours (Suite of 10) Date: 1975 Medium: Engraving Unframed Dimensions: 25 x 36 Fram...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Engraving

Miró, Composition (Dupin 1294), Miró Graveur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, miró graveur III. 1973-1975, 1989. Published by Daniel Lelong, éditeu...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Woman and Horse - Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's proof. Very good condition.
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Expo 1969 - Proxima Centauri'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This1969 "Proxima Centauri" exhibition poster represents a significant period in Raysse's career when he was experimenting with new materials and techniques. This era is critical for...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 237; Cramer 39) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From volume, Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges R...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Maravillas con Variaciones acrósticas en el Jardín de Miró (Mourlot, 1051-1072)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el Jar...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Miró Lithographe I - Plate VIII - Lithograph by J. Mirò - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Lithographe I - Plate VIII"  is a lithograph realized by  Joan Miró in 1972. Good conditions. It comes from the set of 11 lithographs realized for the catalogue "Miró Lithogr...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Israeli Modernist Surrealist Etching Cut Pear
Located in Surfside, FL
20.75x14.5 sheet size. 9.5x7.75 image size Shlomo Zafrir is active/lives in Israel, France. Shlomo Zafrir is known for cubist painting. Shlomo Zafrir is a painter and, at the same t...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 222), Histoire Naturelle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Collotype from frottage on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Max Ernst, Histoire Naturelle, 1972. Published and printed by Verla...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lithographie Originale IV (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, FRAMED, 20% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro Lithographie Originale IV (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic) Color Lithograph Year: 1977 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Framed: 18.25 x 15.5 x 1 inches Catalogue Rai...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Fantôme de l'Atelier
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color aquatint, etching and lithograph. With the artist's signature ink stamp and numbered 26/65 in pencil. With the artist's estate ink stamp and sign...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition, (Cramer 198; Mourlot 1042), Joan Miró Lithographs (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Joan Miró Lithographs, Volume II, 1975...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Spanish 1984 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x21 in. n21
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'La creación IV', 1984 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 15 x 20.9 in. (38 x 53 cm.) Edition of 225 Unf...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda by Salvador Dali 1974 lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Velasquez Le Reddition De Breda is one of six graphics from the series Changes in Great Masterpieces published by Sidney Lucas, ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Leonardo Cremonini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Coronation, Surrealist Poster after Theo Tobiasse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Theo Tobiasse, After, French/Israeli (1927 - 2012) - Coronation, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Poster, Image Size: 20.25 x 26.5 inches, Size: 24.75 x 30.5 in. (62.87 x 77.47 cm), Print...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

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