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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
Le Retour du Fils Prodigue I
Located in Roma, IT
From the Series “Métamorphoses”, one of the most important graphic works of the founder of the “Metafisica” Movement. Original colour etching numbered and signed by the artist, reali...
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1920s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition avec cheval en movement, original engraving
Located in Belgrade, MT
Roderick Fletcher Mead (American, 1900-1972) was an important painter and printmaker, best known for his surrealist landscapes and figural compositions reminiscent of Pablo Picasso a...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Elephants, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Martin Barooshian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - 2022) - Elephants, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50/60, Image Size: 12 x 1...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Dubuffet, Composition Barbe (Webel 775-779), La Fleur de Barbe (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Phototype on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, La Fleur de Barbe, 1960. Published by Jean Dubu...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Miró, Composition (Cramer 83; Mourlot 345), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 139-140, 1963. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Reine avait Bliaut de Soie - Drypoint Etching attr. to S. Dalì - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Colour-printed drypoint etching, from the print collection of 21 etchings of “Tristan et Iseult”.  Monogrammed "S.D." ”in graphite on lower-right  margin. Italian Edition, Wucua e G...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

La Danse (Red), Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Martin Barooshian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - 2022) - La Danse (Red), Year: circa 1979, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, initialed in the plate and signed in pencil, Image Size: 23...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Spanish signed limited edition original art print engraving 21x15 in. n28
Located in Miami, FL
Andrés Barajas (Spain, 1941) 'Untitled from Portfolio "Los Deseos"', ca.1990-1999 mixed media on paper 20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.) Edition of 200 ID: BAR1017-028-200 Hand-signed by a...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

The Greatest Beauty of Beatrice - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Greatest Beauty of Beatrice - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not s...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Untitled - Lithograph by Dorothea Tanning - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled  is an artwork realized by Dorothea Tanning  in 1974. Colored lithograph. Good conditions. Printed by  Atelier Pierre Chave in Vence, France. This lithograph was realized...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Omega (Poem by George Reamy), Surrealist Etching by Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Omega (Poem by George Reamy) Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902–1971) Date: 1953 Etching and Aquatint, signed, dated and dedicated in pencil Edition of Dedicated Proof Image Size: 14...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Upon This Rock, Surrealist Etching with Aquatint and Poetry by Helen Phillips
Located in Long Island City, NY
Upon This Rock Helen Phillips, American (1913–1995) Date: 1948 Etching and Aquatint on laid paper, signed in the plate Image Size: 9 x 6.75 inches Size: 15 x 11.5 in. (38.1 x 29.21 c...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Vintage Surreal Figurative Etching -- "Metamorphosis"
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical sepia etching titled "Metamorphosis" by Herbert L. Fink (American,1921 - 2006). Signed and dated 1982. Unframed. In mat. Image size: 13"H x 2...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Paper

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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Venus aux Fourrures The Head
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures The Head MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 63/150 MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 11" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent AUTHENTICITY: This piece has been certified by Muse du Surrealisme - Christine Argillet REFERENCE: The Official Catalog of The Works of Salvador Dali by Albert Field page 40...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Casanova : Surrealist Woman on a Crutch - Original etching (Field #67-4 D)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Casanova : Surrealist Woman on a Crutch, 1967 Original etching Signed in the plate On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog r...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Flèche De Zénon - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Numbered: 138/275 Color lithograph after the 1964 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ma fille! Monsieur Cabanel - Drypoint by Félicien Rops - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching Héliogravure and drypoint. Signed with artist's monogram. Hand titled. Second state.  Good condition. Ref. Rouir 905; Exteens 411. 
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1850s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Federico en New York #9 2005 Original Signed Limited Edition Screenprint Spanish
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'Dos odas (Federico en Nueva York)', 2005 silkscreen on paper Image size: 23.8 x 19.9 in. (60.50 x 50.50 cm.) Surface siz...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Miró, Composition (Cramer 112; Mourlot 439-442), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 164-165, 1967. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lewis Carroll's Wunderhorn - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 69 prints. Matting included. Very good condition.
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Glass Tower II from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Russian (1955 - ) Title: Glass Tower II from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990 Year: 1990 Medium: Etching o...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Jean COCTEAU and Raymond MORETTI : A memory - Original Hansigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Cocteau and Raymond Moretti A Memory Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate, handsigned by Raymond Moretti Numbered 1/79 - Very look for proof bearing n°1 On Arches...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris by Mourlot and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton project Surréalisme en 1947. Issued in...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

PINK HOUSE Signed Mini Lithograph, French Country-Style Home, Artist Paintbrush
Located in Union City, NJ
PINK HOUSE is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arche...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Capricho de Goya n°63 - Héliogravure and Pochoir attr. to S. Dalì - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Capricho de Goya n°63 is an original héliogravure and pochoir, realized by Salvador Dalí in 1977, hand-signed and numbered n°125/200. Included a wooden frame. In very good condi...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Stencil

The Painter - b/w Etching - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 33x22.5 cm. Edition of 25 prints, numbered and hand signed. Very good conditions.
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...
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1970s 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

Pull
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 Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, 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

Elkana and Anne - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature. On bot sheets, recto and verso. Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris. Ref. Mourlot,...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Le Tête XI
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 Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Full Moon - Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Full Moon is a Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian Artist Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1978. Colored Etching on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corn...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Clock Serpent - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Fifo Stricker in 1990s. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 25. Excellent condition.
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ernst, Composition, Judith, Tragödie in drei Akten (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Judith, Tragödie in Drei Akten, Lithographien von Max Ernst und Dorothe...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Ballade du Soldat, 34 Lithographies Originales de Max Ernst, 1972. P...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 265; Cramer 62), Derrière le miroir (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, Derrière le miroir, N° 119, 1960. Publishe...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in Paris by Lacourière and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton projec...
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1940s 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

'Salient in February' — Mid 20th-Century Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Salient in February', color serigraph, 1945, edition 40, Ryan 166. Signed in pencil. Titled, dated, and annotated 'ED. 40' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh col...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Painting - Lithograph - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
The Painting from the series The Arts  is a lithograph by Salvador Dalì realized in 1980 . Hand-signed, numbered, edition of 111/249. This artwork is from the serie “The Arts” comp...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Page Blanche - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Numbered: 138/275 Color lithograph after the 1967 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

“Bait and Tackle 1” (FRAMED) Photography 24 x 36 in Edition of 1/7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Bait and Tackle 1” (FRAMED) Photography 24 x 36 in Edition of 1/7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag American Dreams - From "Park Drive" series ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Etching by Eugenio Carmi - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original etching realized in the 1960s by Eugenio Carmi (Genoa, February 17, 1920 - Lugano, February 16, 2016). Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lo...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition (Cramer 99), Le Septieme Chant, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Le septième chant, la mort d'Isidore Ducasse, Jeudi 24 Bove...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Blue Angel - Original Etching on Cardboard by Guelfo Bianchini - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Blue Angel is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1963. Original colored Etching on cardboard. Hand-signed in pencil on th...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition (Cramer 99), Le Septieme Chant, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Le septième chant, la mort d'Isidore Ducasse, Jeudi 24 Bove...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Blue Volcan - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1984
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Volcan is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1984. Mixed colored aquatint and etching. Original title: Der Blaue Vulcan
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Torse Tatoué - Lithograph by André Masson - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
This lithograph is hand signed and numbered. Edition of 75 prints. André Masson (1896-1987) was a French painter, whose style was influenced by Cubism and Surrealism . After traveli...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition (Cramer 97), Une Étoile de Craie, André Masson
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Étoile de Craie, seize lithographies originales par An...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 34; Mourlot 227), Derrière le miroir (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, Derrière le miroir, N° 87-88-89. June-July...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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