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
Composition X - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Original lithograph X is a superb color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miro for the second volume of his catalog " Mirò Lithograph". This plate is from a series compos...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The War
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The War - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 235
1967
Embossed signature
On Arches Vellum
References : Field 67-10 (p. 34-35)
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Song of Songs : Newlyweds With a Dog - Original Lithograph Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, FR
Theo TOBIASSE
Song of Songs: Newlyweds with a dog
Original lithograph, 2009
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered /150 copies
On vellum size 51 x 35 cm
Very good condition
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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Song of Songs : Woman on the Couch - Original Lithograph Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, FR
Theo TOBIASSE
Song of Songs: Woman on the couch
Original lithograph, 2009
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered /150 copies
On vellum size 51 x 35 cm
Very good condition
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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Magritte Portfolio VI 16 lithographs- 20th Century, Surrealist, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Complete set of 16 color lithographs in a beautiful burgundy board with ties, plate-signed by Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity.
Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Le Séducteur - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1951 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Delivery City - Digital Collage by Chiara Santoro - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Delivery City is a beautiful print on canvas of a digital collage realized in 2021 by the Italian artist Chiara Santoro.
Edition of 10. Hand-signed and numbered.
Isolation as it do...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Rabbit in Hat, Serigraph by Igor Galanin
By Igor Galanin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Igor Galanin
Title: Rabbit in Hat
Date: Circa 1985
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100, AP 30
Paper Size: 40.5 x 30 in...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Screen
“Wasted Youth” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Wasted Youth” Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
From "Rite of Spring" series
In this melancholy seri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
The Death Shadow - Etching by Antoine Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Death Shadow is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo, art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977.
Hand-...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
An apple tree - Figurative Surrealist print, Vibrant colors, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered out of limited edition of 20, signed and made on sealed paper.
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943)
He graduated from the Faculty of Ar...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Color
Salvador Dali - Six Eggs
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Six Eggs - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 390
1967
On Rives Vellum
References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Holiday Situations #8
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
HOLIDAY SITUATIONS,1999, color c-prints on Fuji crystal archive paper, each initialed on verso and inscribed "BAT" sheets 11 ¾ x 11 ¾", printed & published by Muse X, Los Angeles.
(...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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C Print
#1, Tree Huggers from the Future - (Man in Yellow Hazmat Suit in a Poppy field)
Located in London, GB
George McLeod, UNTITLED #1, 2021
Archival Pigment Print
30 x 46
Edition of 10 + 2 AP, Framed; white frame with antireflective art glass (Unframed options are also available)
Other la...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Archival Pigment
THE LAST PRIVATE PERSON - DER LETZIE PRIVATIER
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ANDREAS PAUL WEBER (German 1893-1980)
THE LAST PRIVATE PERSON - DER LETZIE PRIVATIER
Lithograph signed in pencil and with the artist's Clan Press Stamp l...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Growing Feet - Etching by Antoine Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Growing Feet is a black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo , art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977.
Signed in penc...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)
Title: "Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade)"
Portfolio: Nudes
*Signed by Dali in pencil lower right
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Lithograph on white Rives paper
Limited edition: 104/120
Printer: Desjobert, Paris, France
Publisher: E.G.I., Beverly Hills, CA
Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-8-D, page 158
Beautifully framed in handmade real gold-leaf moulding with raw silk matting and gold filet
Framed size: 30.25" x 38.25"
Image size: 20" x 28.25"
Condition: Light toning to sheet in margins and some minor handling creases. Some minor cosmetic wear to framing. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Philadelphia, PA. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Nudes" portfolio of 8 lithographs from original drawings. Printed in light yellow-brown on pale green panel.
Note: We are specialists in Salvador Dali's printmaking oeuvre, having personally worked with his cataloger Albert Field in the 1980's, we unconditionally guarantee all of our examples to be authentic.
Biography:
Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Gold Leaf
Torii
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Torii, 1907-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Giclée
Woman Leaf - Original signed etching - 1969
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador DALI
Woman Leaf, 1969
Original etching
Signed bottom right with the blind stamp signature of the artist
Rare proof in blue
On Japan paper 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
Refer...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
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 V...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Growing Feet - Etching by Mayo - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The Growing Feet is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo , art name of Malliarakis (1905-1990) in 1977.
Signed in pencil on lower right...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Holiday Situations #9
By Charles Long
Located in Surfside, FL
HOLIDAY SITUATIONS,1999, color c-prints on Fuji crystal archive paper, each initialed on verso and inscribed "BAT" sheets 11 ¾ x 11 ¾", printed & published by Muse X, Los Angeles.
(male nude manikin with green sculpture), 1999
in the collection of Harvard University art museum where it is described as an Ink jet digital print
Born in 1958 in Long Branch, New Jersey, Long currently lives and
works in California.Education B.F.A., University of the Arts, Phila,
PA; Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY; M.F.A., Yale
University, New Haven, CT. Since then, the artist has received a
number of honors and awards, most recently the 2008 Award of Merit
Medal for Sculpture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in
New York. He currently teaches as a professor in the Art Department at
the University of California, Riverside.
Long’s work has been the subject of major exhibitions worldwide. His
most important solo presentations include CATALIN at The Contemporary
Austin in Texas (2014), Fountainhead, a public commission in Dallas,
Texas organized by the Nasher Sculpture Center (2013), Pet Sounds at
Madison Square Park in New York City (2012), Seeing Green, a solo
project in conjunction with All of this and nothing: The 6th Hammer
Invitational at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (2011), 100
Pounds of Clay at Orange County Museum of Art in California (2010),
and More Like a Dream Than a Scheme at David Winton Bell Gallery at
Brown University in Rhode Island, which traveled to SITE Santa Fe in
New Mexico (2005). His work has been included in many significant
museum exhibitions such as the 1997 and 2008 Biennials, Whitney Museum
of American Art New York; Open Ends, The Museum of Modern Art; NYC.
Performance Anxiety, MCA, Chicago; Happiness, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo;
Arte Contemporáneo Internaciona, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City;
ART/MUSIC: rock, pop, and techno Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney;
Almost Warm and Fuzzy, Des Moines Art Center, The Shape of Color:
Excursions in Color Field Art, AGO/Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada;
Gone Formalism, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA;
The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden, Washington D.C. Sculpture Center in New York, Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Hirshhorn
Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Institute of
Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, among other
museums.Long's sculptures have explored the abstract autonomous art
object as a psychological investigation into the nature self and
others and have been made from diverse media such as coffee grounds,
rubber and hair from Abraham Lincoln. He has collaborated with pop
musicians such as Stereolab, Mark Mothersbaugh...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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C Print
Washington Square - Surrealist print, Figurative, Landscape, Vibrant colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered out of limited edition of 20, signed and made on sealed paper.
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943)
He gr...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Color
Construction - Handsigned Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Alain LE YAOUANC
Construction
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
On Japan paper, 40,5 x 31,5 cm (c. 15,9 x 12,4 inch)
Excellent condition
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Ernst Fuchs Sphinx in Pharao Surreal Color Etching Vienna Fantastic Realism 1967
By Ernst Fuchs
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Ernst Fuchs
(Austrian, 1930 - 2015)
Sphinx in Pharao
Sheet Nr. 6 from the Folio “Die Sieben Bilder und Sprüche der Sphinx”, published in Autumn of 1967 by Galerie Sydow in Frankfurt, Germany.
• Aquatint Etching
• Ed. 79/99
• Sheet ca. 59 x 41.5 cm
• Plate signed
• Signed & numbered by the artist in pencil
Worldwide shipping is complimentary - There are no additional charges for handling & delivery.
Ernst Fuchs was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
I discovered him through H.R. Giger ‘s work, who himself was greatly inspired by the creations of Fuchs and on several occasions exhibited his friend ‘s art in his museum, the Château St-Germain, Gruyères, Switzerland.
I actually own the original folio box...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, Aquatint, Etching
L'Ospite dei Bagnanti Misteriosi - Lithograph by G. De Chirico - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 90 specimens in arab numbers and 10 specimens in roman numbers.
Edition IV/X.
Hand signed by the artist with pencil.
Ref. Cat. Raisonné "G. de Chirico: Catalogo dell'Ope...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Atomic Era - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Atomic Era - Original Lithograph
Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957
PRINTER : Atelier Mourlot.
SIGNATURE : printed in the image
LIMITED : 19...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Aphrodite
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this Drypoint and aquatint printed in gray and black on cream wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered 20/150 by Dali. Printed by Robbe, Paris. ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
Cybernetic Lobster Telephone (Imagination & Objects), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Cybernetic Lobster Telephone (Imagination & Objects of the Future Portfolio)
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Mixed Media
Kairos - Digital Collage by Chiara Santoro - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right, critical, or opportune moment.
The work symbolises the change of everything around the being at the exact moment he makes a choice.
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Digital
Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950.
The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'arge...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Listen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Listen" 1998 is an original color lithograph on paper by noted American artist David Hollowell, b.1951. It is hand signed and num...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Signed John Baldessari print 1991 (Baldessari Love and Work)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
John Baldessari Love and Work 1991:
Baldessari’s Love & Work 1991, photogravure and color aquatint, features clasped hands clutching surrealistically amidst a black background. Classic, timeless Baldessari imagery that is sure to work well in any setting.
Medium: Color photogravure and aquatint on wove paper. 1991.
Dimensions: 26 x 11.5 inches.
Well-preserved and in very good overall condition. Framed in acrylic plexiglass.
One of the 15 numbered artist's proofs, aside from the general edition of 60.
Signed, inscribed "A.P." and numbered 12/15 in pencil, lower margin.
Published by Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York.
Collections:
MoMa New York
John Baldessari:
It is hard to characterize John Baldessari's varied practice—which includes photomontage, artist’s books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installation—except through his approach of good-humored irreverence. Baldessari is commonly associated with Conceptual or Minimalist art, though he has called this characterization “a little bit boring.” His two-dimensional works often incorporate found images, composed in layers or presented as distinct pieces with an element of surprise, like a brightly colored geometric shape in the place of a face or a starkly printed sardonic caption. Baldessari has demonstrated a lasting interest in language and semantics, articulating these concerns through the use of puns or the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated images and words, as in his 1978 work Blasted Allegories. His self-referencing photomontages and use of text have been sources of inspiration for countless artists, including Cindy Sherman, David Salle, and Barbara Kruger. Baldessari identifies his own artistic lineage, saying, "I would prefer to go to the source with Duchamp rather than credit Warhol as an influence."
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint, Photogravure, Lithograph, Screen
Composition - Original Lithograph by Andrea Preger - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an Original Lithograph realized by Andrea Preger in the 20th Century.
Good conditions except for the sign of humidity that doesn't affect the artwork.
The delicate a...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Souvenir De Voyage - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1961 gouache op paper by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity.
Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Composition - Lithograph by Jean-Pierre Jouffroy - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an Original Lithograph realized by Jean-Pierre Jouffroy in 1963.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Signed, titled and dated by the a...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Caballero, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Caballero
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75/125
Image: 30.25 x 22 inches
Paper Size: 40 x 32 inches
Fram...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Hell 25 - The Centaur (Mythology) - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Hell 25 - The Centaur, 1963
Woodcut
Printed signature in the plate
On BFK Rives vellum
Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne Fie...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Dove of peace - 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 graduat...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Color
Crying Mask with Unicorn, Variant #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Crying Mask with Unicorn" c.1975 is an original color etching with aquatint on wove paper by American surrealist artist Michael Bowen, 1937-2009. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 21.85 x 17.5 inches, sheet size is 30 x 20.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the subject:
Nowhere is the intertwining of metaphysical, biographic and social narratives more evident than in the Café Life series painted in the 1980’s. Though the “series” was done in the 80’s, the pieces really revive the spirit of the Beat café scene, which began in the mid-1950’s and which was so instrumental to the particular spiritual and social vibe of the counter culture. And his Café Life observations continue over his artist life with scenes, such as the ones here, from Los Angles, Bolinas, Mexico and Italy.
About the artist:
Michael Bowen (December 8, 1937 – March 7, 2009) was an American fine artist known as one of the co-founders of the late 20th and 21st century Visionary art movements. His works include paintings on canvas and paper, 92 intaglio etchings based on Jungian psychology, assemblage, bronze sculpture, collage, and handmade art books. An icon of the American Beat Generation and the 1960s counterculture, Bowen is also known for his role in inspiring and organizing the first Human Be-In in San Francisco. Chronicled in books and periodicals reflecting on the turbulent 1960s, Bowen's historical impact on both the literary and visual art worlds is well documented. He remains influential among avant-garde art circles around the world. He started his art career at age 17, when he joined the American installation artist Ed Kienholz in his Los Angeles studio. There he met and joined with other influential Beat Generation artists including Wallace Berman, John Altoon, and Dennis Hopper. Bowen participated in the construction of the Ferus Gallery and Now Gallery created by Ed Kienholz and curated by Walter Hopps. Bowen attended the Chouinard Art Institute for several years during his formative artistic experiences in Los Angeles. In the late 50s and early 60s, Bowen continued his spiritual training and research. He investigated and practiced a variety of occult topics, Eastern philosophies, and mysticism, and his artwork reflected these themes. Bowen is often referred to as a mystic artist. As a lifelong student of the Bhagavad-Gita, Bowen's entire career has emulated the spiritual warrior archetype of Arjuna, fighting for the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. Michael Bowen moved to San Francisco in the late 1950s, and along with fellow artist comrades Arthur Monroe...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Novaturient - Digital Collage by Chiara Santoro - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Novaturient is a beautiful print on canvas of a digital collage realized in 2017 by the Italian artist Chiara Santoro.
Edition of 10. Hand-signed and ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Parthenope
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Parthenope, 1966-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 20.32 x 24 in. (51.6 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Alexander Bridge
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Alexander Bridge, 1906-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 14.86 x 24 in. (37.74 x 61 cm.), edition of 3...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Giclée
Hours of the Day Series, 8am
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day Series, 8am
1975
Etching with aquatint
25 x 36 in.
Edition of 9
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Matsushima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Matsushima, 1964-2020, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 24 x 15.2 in. (61 x 38.6 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Visitors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Visitors, 1948-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 24 x 16.35 in. (61 x 41.5 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Oasis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Oasis, 1908-2020, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 15.7 x 24 in. (40 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Le Bouquet Tout Fait - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1954 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity.
Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Snow Cut - Digital Collage by Chiara Santoro - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Snow Cut - The work is inspired by the classical tradition where a scene of everyday life immersed in a surreal atmosphere is showned. The mighty nature becomes small and the high mo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Artifact
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Artifact, 1914-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 17.2 x 24 in. (47.37 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Kinesis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Kinesis, 1909-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 17.2 x 24 in. (43.7 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, signed and numbered.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Bon Voyage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Bon Voyage, 1930-2020, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 13.4 x 24 in. (34 x 61 cm.), edition of 3 with two APs, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Palazzo Vecchio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, Palazzo Vecchio, 1911-2021, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 24 x 15.9 in. (61 x 40.3 cm.), edition of 3 wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Lava Flow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Rothbart, "Lava Flow," 1963-2020, printed on Epson Cold Press Bright paper with archival ink, 24 x 16.65 in. (61 x 42 cm.), edition of 3 with tw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée
Magritte Portfolio IV 20 lithographs- 20th Century, Surrealist, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Complete set of 20 color lithographs in a beautiful burgundy board with ties, plate-signed by Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity.
Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Canada Suite Signed Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Original serigraph silkscreen prints by German/Canadian expressionist
Yargo de Lucca (1925-2008) from the “Canada Suite” series, a
hand-signed and numbered Inuit-inspired silkscre...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Childhood castles - 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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Color
Anemone per Antipasti, Lithograph by Salvador Dali 1972
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Anemone per Antipasti (Anemone of the Toreador)
Year: 1972
Medium: Lithograph with embossing on heavy Arches paper, signed and num...
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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