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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
TIE Fighter Beatles Large Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
TIE Fighter Beatles by B A T I K Pop art work featuring the Fab Four Paul McCartney , George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon running away from Star Wars TIE fighters chasing...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

1960s Antoni Tàpies lithograph (derriere le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Antoni Tàpies Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 22 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; contains center fold-line as originally issued...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Horses 2, Israel (1966) by Hans Erni - Lithograph 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Lithograph numbered and signed by hand 19/60 edition From Israel collection
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Horses in a Mythological Landscape - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Giorgio de CHIRICO Horses in a Mythological Landscape, c. 1955 Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop) Printed signature in the plate On light vellum 48 x 38 cm (c. 19 x 15 in) V...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Abstract Composition - Signs on Yellow - Lithograph - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition - Signs on Yellow is a lithograph realized by Hans Hartung in 1972. It comes from the portfolio " San Lazzaro et ses Amis. Hommage au fondateur de la revue XX...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Flight Risk" illustrative photography, surrealism, paper airplane motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Flight Risk" is a limited edition photographic print by Andrew Pinkham and is made from archival pigment on cotton rag. This piece measures 20"h x 20"w unframed an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

..sense of water, Figurative Surrealist print, Vibrant colors, Polish art master
Located in Warsaw, PL
Vibrant giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with a sailingship on the left side on the composition and...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Color

Salvador Dali - Flung out like - Original Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Flung out like a Fag-end by the Big- - Original Signed Engraving Handsigned in pencil and Numbered Edition: F195/195 - Printer: Atelier Rigal. - Paper: Rives vellum ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Eight Mortal Sins Complete Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: 8 Mortal Sins Suite Anger Avarice Dalinean Envy Gluttony Lust Pride Sloth MEDIUM: 8 Etchings SIGNED: Each piece is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schne...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Nocturnal Adversary' — Mid-Century Surrealist Abstraction
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Nocturnal Adversary', color serigraph, 1946, edition 50, Ryan 137. Signed in pencil in the image, lower right. Titled, dated, and annotated '6 COLORS EDITION 50' in th...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Jean Arp, Sieben Arpaden - Portfolio of 7 Lithographs, Original Prints
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jean Arp (1886-1966) Arpaden, 1923/1958 Medium: Set of 7 lithographs on paper Dimensions: 38 x 26.5 cm Edition of 180: Not signed, not numbered (as issued) Printed from the original...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Hunters, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Israel Rubinstein, Israeli (1944 - ) - The Hunters, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 350, Image Size: 27 x 35.5 inches, Size: 3...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

A Sunday in Avocadoland
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A Sunday in Avocado Land by celebrated Mexican surrealist Pedro Friedeberg is a visually arresting work that encapsulates the artist’s iconic blend of symbolism, architecture, and dr...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

LA SORCIERE - (The Witch)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KURT SELIGMANN (1900–1962 American, born in Switzerland,) LA SORCIERE - (The Witch) 1934 Etching and aquatint, unsigned ? possibly a proof aside from The ...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition (Spies/Leppien 218), La Ballade du Soldat, Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
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

The Tribe of Benjamin, from: The Jerusalem Windows - Stained Glass Jewish Tribes
Located in London, GB
This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" in the lower right margin It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 150, at the lower left margin. ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La victime de la Fête
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La victime de la Fête Lithograph from 1972. The edition of 187/250. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalog...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Giants - Original etching - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali The giants (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") References: - Field p...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

(after) Marino Marini - "Cavaliers et chevaux" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in Paris in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen. The image measures 5 x 4 inches (130 x 100 mm). N...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

The Vision of The Angel of Cap Creus - The Thumb
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Vision of The Angel of Cap Creus - The Thumb MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: 216/350 MEASUREMENTS: 21.2" x 29.9" YEAR: 1980 FRAMED: Yes, museum quality gold frame...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Faisan
Located in OPOLE, PL
This work will be exhibited at Art on Paper NYC, September 4–7, 2025. – Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Le Faisan Lithograph from 1966. Edition: Epreuve d'artiste XXIV/XXV. Dimension...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Faisan
Le Faisan
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Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Memories from Hampton, Figurative Surrealist print, Portrait, Polish art master
Located in Warsaw, PL
Vibrant giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print with man in a hat with a bird cage. His side face has a cu...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Color

Courtesans, Etching by Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Leonor Fini, Argentine/French (1918–1996) Date: Circa 1970 Color Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 59/280 Image Size: 17 x 14.5 inches Size: 29.5 in. x 21 in. (74.93 ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Alice in Wonderland : Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill - Handsigned Woodcut
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI Alice in Wonderland : The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, 1968 Heliogravure and Woodcut Handsigned on pencil Printed signature in the plate Justificated E.A (artist pro...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Woodcut

Indiscrete Jewels (Les Bijoux Indiscrets) - Original lithograph [Catalog #3]
Located in Paris, IDF
René MAGRITTE Les bijoux indiscrets (Indiscrete jewels), 1975 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot Workshop) Printed signature in the plate Unnumbered as usual (limited edition o...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Feminaire II, Surrealist Etching by André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Feminaire II, Year: 1951, Medium: Etching on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 30, Image Size: 9.75 x 8 inches, Size: 14.25...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Daphnis & Chloé - Original Lithograph - platesigned - numbered
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) (after) - Cycle Daphné & Chloé Original lithograph Print 131/333 copies, from 1985, guaranteed SPADEM, signed in the plate. Numbered in pencil, on Arches vel...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

MATTA - 10 EROTIC ETCHINGS - New School Portfolio
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROBERTO MATTA (Chilean 1911- 2002) NEW SCHOOL PORTFOLIO (1943-5) (Sabatier 1-7, 4 prints not recorded by Sabatier) Portfolio with complete set of 10 etch...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

For Alberti, For Spain! - Etching by Joan Mirò - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
For Alberti, For Spain!  it's an original artwork realized by Joan Mirò in 1975. Etching,  90 x 66 cm.  Hand signed. Edition 50/90. Reference: Dupin 926 Printed on Fabriano paper...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Cabeza Sobre Fondo Verde, Surrealist Etching by Rufino Tamayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rufino Tamayo, Mexican (1899 - 1991) - Cabeza Sobre Fondo Verde, Portfolio: Rufino Tamayo 15 aquafuertes, Year: 1979, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in crayon, Edition: 14/...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Nudes 2, Israel by Hans Erni - Lithograph 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Lithograph numbered and signed by hand 19/60 edition From Israel collection
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Travel : Boat on the Sea - Original etching with aquatint
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre Alechinsky Travel : Boat on the Sea, 1998 Original etching with aquatint Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 63 x 92 cm (c. 25 x 37 in) Authenticated with the blind stamp of chalcog...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Leonor Fini, Sphinx Ariene, rare handsigned print
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. It depicts a mytholog...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Centaurs signed #2/20 Paula Craioveanu Photograph 20x16in in mat 28x20in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
UNDER THE SKIN 5 Surreal Nude, part of my "Under the Skin" series. Printed on Hahnemuhle art photo paper with white borders, size is 20x16in. In mat overall size 28x20in. This par...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

Le Taureau Blanc Plate V, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate V, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publ...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate VI, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate VI, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching BFK Rives, Image Size: 7.75 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publis...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Taureau Blanc Plate IX, Surrealist Etching by Lucien Coutaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Coutaud, French (1904 - 1977) - Le Taureau Blanc Plate IX, Year: 1956, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 8 x 5 inches, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Publis...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Miró, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 155, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeu...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

DALI Saint Mathew from Twelve Apostles suite signed & numbered Lithograph 1977
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lithograph on Arches paper with embossing and gold foil by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali. From the 1977 Twelve Apostles Suite (sometimes ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Gold Leaf

Magritte, Composition, Poèmes 1923-1958, Dix dessins de René Magritte (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Paper Size: 11 x 8.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Poèmes 1923-1958. Dix dessins d...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 102; Mourlot 428-449), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 151-152, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Rhinoceros
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Rhinoceros MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Michelle Broutta, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 97/150 MEASUREMENTS: 35.4" x 25" YEAR: 1971 F...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Miró, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 186, 1970. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, P...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Eld of The World
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: The Eld of The World Medium: Color Etching and Carborundum on Handmade Paper Signed: Hand Signed Edition Number: 81/125 Measurements: 47.12" x 40" F...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Army Of Caine Giant Oversize Pop Art Print Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Army Of Caine by B A T I K Pop art work featuring multiples of Michael Caine in Get Carter mode - possibly his most iconic movie role. Archival pigment pop art print signed & limi...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

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

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Lithograph

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

For Alberti, For Spain! - Etching by Joan Mirò - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
For Alberti, For Spain!  is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò in 1975. Mixed colored etching. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of XXVIII/LX. There ...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Femme Visible
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Femme Visible MEDIUM: original Heliogravure - Etching in the book titled "La Femme Visible" SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali on the frontispie...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ernst, Composition (Monod 2619; Spies/Leppien A19/C), Dent Prompte (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Dent Prompte, Dix poèmes inédits illustrés par Max Ernst, ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Beloved of Jerusalem - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, no signature. Héliogravure  on bot sheets, recto and verso. Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade on the A...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

The City 's Conscience
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The City 's Conscience" 2006 is an original color serigraph by Ukrainian/American artist Anatole Krasnyansky. It is hand signed and numbered 45/495 in black ink by the artist. The artwork size is 24 x 17.5 inches, framed size is 29.5 x 23 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black and gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Anatole Krasnyansky (born in 1930; Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-American artist who has gained prominence by pioneering a new watercolor technique. Krasnyansky added paper texture as a component of his watercolors. With this new process, Krasnyansky added texture and depth to the watercolor medium and expanded its expressive possibilities to a level usually associated with oil painting. Biography He was born in Kiev, growing up and living during the times when Ukraine was a part of the U.S.S.R. Krasnyansky received master's degrees in fine art and architecture. He found that the freedom of expression that he needed in his artwork could not be found within the strictures of the Soviet Union and moved to the United States in 1975. In the U.S., Krasnyansky found valuable use for his knowledge of architecture, design and his imagination. and found success in multiple artistic pursuits. Almost surreal, Krasnyansky’s figures are recognizable form while incorporating elements of his Eastern heritage, the cubist ideas of Picasso and Braque, and as well as American culture. Accomplishments Krasnyansky began working as a scenic artist for ABC and CBS, including the production of two Academy Awards shows. He became a set designer for Universal Studios (credits including The Blues Brothers and Battlestar Galactica...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Cerberus - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Cerberus - Hell, Plate-6 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Good co...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali - Venus in Furs - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Original Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12". Catalogue Raisonné : Field 68-6 (p. 40-41). Salvador Dal...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"L'Entree en scene (The Emergence), " Color Lithograph after Rene Magritte
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"L'Entree en scene (The Emergence)" is a color lithograph after a 1961 original piece by Rene Magritte. A transparent bird flies over the ocean. The body of this bird shows through it a clean light sky with fluffy clouds. The view around the bird is instead the dark night, stars shine at the top of the scene. Clouds blow by and the waves are turbulent. Art: 20.25 x 14.25 in Frame: 31.38 x 25.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London Gallery...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Winter - 21st century, Figurative Surrealist print
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

"Musee De L'Athenee Ed. of 1000, " Original Color Lithograph Poster by Joan Miro
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Musee de L'Athenee" is an original color lithograph poster by Joan Miro. It is from an edition of 1000. It showcases Miro's surreal biomorphic marks and is an advertising poster for...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Mythology The Milky Way
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Mythology The Milky Way MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 30/150 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30"...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Surrealist prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Leonor Fini. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $48 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $916.

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