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Surrealist Art

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
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20th Century Surrealist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Surrealist Landscape Oil on canvas 'R. Lee Glenn' verso 30 x 24.25 inches 31.75 x 26.75 inches, framed Surrealism aims to revolutionize human experience. It balances a rational visi...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Oil

Alphabet Pour Adultes (Alphabet For Adults) Silkscreen, lithograph Signed Framed
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray Alphabet Pour Adultes (Alphabet For Adults), 1970 Silkscreen in colors and lithograph on paper mounted on wood veneer mounted on card stock. Hand Signed. Numbered. Dated. Ha...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media, Pencil, Lithograph, Screen

The Spilt, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A surrealist painting captures the tension between prey and predator. In the foreground, a rabbit stands wary while a fox snarls nearby. Others of their kind sc...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

Nick Knight Vinyl Record Art
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Nick Knight vinyl record art 2007: Off-set print on vinyl record. Unsigned. Measure: 12 x 12 inches Excellent condition Published by Visionaire Fashion, 2...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Art

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Offset

Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Photogravure

"Black Cloud 2" Nude Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black Cloud 2" Nude Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Photographic Paper

Salvador Dali - Return, O Shulamite
Located in London, GB
Original Etching from the series ‘The Song of the Songs of King Solomon’ in colours with stencil on Arches wove paper. signed and numbered by the artist 57.1 x 38 cm - sheet size 66...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Centre Noeuds (Sabatier 393), Roberto Matta
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Roberto Matta (1912-2002) Title: Centre Noeuds (Sabatier 393) Year: 1974 Edition: 38/125, plus proofs Medium: Etching on Arches paper Size: 23.875 x 17.5 inches Inscription: ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght-Lithograph/Offset after J. Mirò-1978
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 –...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Offset

"Balcony"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Balcony is a surrealist silk artwork where architecture, dream logic, and human emotion merge into a single theatrical tableau. A monumental spiral structure—part shell, part celesti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Silk

Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid tornado bathtub, Imaginations a...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint, Screen

Le Cavalier Triomphant
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Le Cavalier Triomphant Drypint etching on chromolithograph, embossed from 1973. The edition epruve d'artiste. Countersigned by the editor. Additionall...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

"Swan with Open Wings", Surreal, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
"Swan with Open Wings" is a 14 x 18 x 0.7 inch original oil painting on canvas by Anita Zotkina. The surreal composition glows with radiant blue, turquoise, violet, purple, pink, and...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Wedgewood" by Ben Schonzeit (Photorealist, Surreal, Still life, Flowers, Tulip)
Located in New York, NY
b. 1942, Brooklyn, NY A pioneer in the SoHo art scene of the 1960s and one of the leaders of the Photorealist movement of the 1970s, Ben Schonzeit is best know for his still life pa...
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1990s Surrealist Art

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Screen

The Evelation of Julia Filament ΓÇô 15-11-21, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil
Located in Yardley, PA
Meeting Julia It is time for the elevation of Julia Filament. Sunday 7th November I finally met her again and we went to the Singer Laren Museum. She is a fine artist, graphic des...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Pencil

Femme Bleue
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Bleue Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. First, original edition. The work is ...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Femme Bleue
Femme Bleue
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Wisdom Trumps Violence - Surreal Oil Painting with a Leopard, an Owl, and a Man
Located in Chicago, IL
Toying (e.g., rider on toy horse) with violent threats is not wise. The sounds (e.g., horn) of violence (e.g., spear and leopard) will never overtake wisdom (e.g., owl and pearl). This masterfully painted surrealist artwork draws in the viewer with its extraordinary detail. The artwork is framed. Christopher A. Klein Wisdom Trumps...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Linen, Oil

Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Unité, Planche 16 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Abstract
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 16" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

The Absolute Real - Lithograph by Man Ray - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Absolute Real is a lithograph realized by Man Ray in 1964. Hand-singed in pencil by the Artist. Lithograph in Red Ink, 1964. Published by Schwarz, the lithograph is part of th...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Untitled (Nails), Surrealist Lithograph by Man Ray
Located in Long Island City, NY
Man Ray, American (1890 - 1976) - Untitled (Nails), Portfolio: L'Emerveille Marveilleux, Hommage a Joan Miro, Year: 1973, Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed and numbered in penci...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

The Hippies Flower Woman at The Piano
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Hippies Flower Woman at The Piano MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 19/145 MEASUREMENTS: Paper - 20" x 25.6" ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Zodiac II Leo - Año 1975
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado a lápiz por el artista en la parte inferior y con el tiraje, este en concreto es un E/A (epreuve d'artiste) Se presenta enmarcado con su marco original de la época (he puest...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Engraving

The Blasphemers - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The blasphemers 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. Plate n.14 (as ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Antique American School Surreal Interior Scene Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 30 by 35 inches overall and 25 by 30 painting alone.In excellent original condition. Handsomely fram...
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1930s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Joan Miro, Lithograph I, from Lithographs I, 1972
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Lithograph I, from the album Joan Miro Lithographs, Volume I, originates from the 1972 edition published by Tudor Publishin...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Spheres and Cubes - Geometric Surrealist Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Spheres and Cubes - Geometric Surrealist Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Bright and lively surrealist landscape by Randy Dunham (American, b. 1961). Six spheres float above a minimalist landscape with mountains and a body of still water. Some of the spheres are transparent and others are opaque, with three cubes partially obscuring the transparent ones. There are streams of water hitting the shapes and splashing into the body of water below. Signed and dated "Randy Dunham © Nov 04" in the lower left corner. No frame. Canvas size: 36"H x 48"W Randy Dunham (American, b. 1961) was born in Troy New York...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Shakespeare II Timon of Athens
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Shakespeare II Timon of Athens MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art/Loinel Praeger/Berggruen EDITION NUMBER: 155/250 MEAS...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

All is Found, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A child in a red-and-white striped shirt sleeps peacefully among vibrant yellow sunflowers. Their face merges effortlessly with the petals, creating a dreamlike...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

The Narrowing Down of Molly Hinglebottom, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A girl with a yellow Gerbera daisy for a head holds an orange refrigerator with human limbs in one hand and a cupcake topped with a telephone on the other. This...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

Four of Swords by Salvador Dalí
Located in New Orleans, LA
Salvador Dalí 1904-1989 Spanish Four of Swords Signed “Dalí” (lower center) Gouache on photographic background Representing a unique blend of spiritualism and Surrealism, this go...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Gouache, Photographic Paper

Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Women - Original Etching Embossed signature From the edition of 731 Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm 1969 References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

"Orange, wrestlers"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting is part of the cycle of works, Come and See, It was invented when I was a student at an art college. Studying the work of Michelangelo, I was inspired by his fresco in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"The Horseman" (2024) by Morgan Cameron, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “The Horseman” (2024) is an oil painting on panel that depicts a surreal portrait of the headless horseman on his steed in the bright moonlight. About th...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Panel

Carlos Almaraz, Los Angeles Olympics lithograph Deluxe hand signed Edition w/COA
By Carlos Almaraz
Located in New York, NY
Carlos Almaraz Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (with COA from Olympic Committee), 1982 Offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper, accompanied by COA from Olympic Committee. Signed i...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Offset

CLOSE CALL Signed Lithograph, Surreal Mini Landscape, Cliff, Antique Key
Located in Union City, NJ
CLOSE CALL 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 Art

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Lithograph

Cowboy Shooters
Located in Toronto, Ontario
With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, as comical as it is otherworldly, Marcel Dzama is one of Canada's most internationally successful artists. Dzama's works ar...
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1990s Surrealist Art

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Ink, Mixed Media

"Soulcollector" By Mariska Karto, Original Surrealist Photography
Located in Denver, CO
"Soulcollector" is a striking gothic surrealist painting by acclaimed realist painter Mariska Karto, created with oil paint, photo paper, and an aluminum plate. Mariska was born i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Metal

Divine Comedy
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dalí’s Divine Comedy is a series of 100 color wood engravings, each corresponding to a canto from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem. Created between 1960 and 1964, these engraving...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978) - Coloured lithograph on paper - 1970
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on paper, edited in 1970.
 Limited edition of 90 copies, numbered as 27/90 in lower left corner. 
Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right corner. Pape...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Individual Etchings: Notre Dame de Paris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali Individual Etchings: Notre Dame de Paris, Published 1969 Medium: E.A. Copper Etching on Japon Artwork Size: 20 x 25 in Framed Size: 33.75 x 28.75 in This work is...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Fauvist Still Life with Flowers - Original Oil on Canvas, SIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Antonio GUANSE (1926-2008) Still Life with Flowers, 1962 Oil on canvas panel Signed lower right Countersigned and dated on the back On panel, 37 x 45 cm (14.5 x 17.7 in) visible Pre...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Oil

A Walk in Fantasy, Abstract Figures and Plants, Surreal Painting in Vivid Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Paper

Nu à l'éventail - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
This wonderful original etching with drypoint  was realized by Marc Chagall  in 1924. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It's an artist pro...
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1920s Surrealist Art

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Etching

"Rhino Friend", Surreal, Dreamlike, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “Rhino Friend” is a 20 x 24 x 0.7 inch oil on canvas painting that celebrates imagination, innocence, and the bond between humans and animals. In this dreamlike compo...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Salvador Dali - Argus - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Argus - from "Mythologie" Original Etching Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm 1962 Editor: Pierre Argillet Edition: /150 Handsigned and numbered On Arches Paper References : Fiel...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Rene Magritte, The Indiscreet Jewels, from XXe Siecle, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Rene Magritte (1898–1967), titled Les Bijoux indiscrets (The Indiscreet Jewels), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXVe Annee N°22, Noel 1963, o...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Man Ray, Rayograph, from Electa Editrice, 1980 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Man Ray (1890–1976), titled Rayograph, originates from the 1980 folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios. Published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, and printed by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, 1980. This image exemplifies Man Ray’s pioneering “rayograph” technique—a cameraless photographic process in which objects were placed directly onto photosensitive paper and exposed to light, creating luminous abstract compositions that fused chance, intuition, and surrealist invention. Through this groundbreaking process, Man Ray transformed photography into pure visual poetry, redefining its potential as a form of modern art. Executed as a heliogravure on velin paper, this work measures 15.75 x 11.75 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano. Artwork Details: Artist: After Man Ray (1890–1976) Title: Rayograph Medium: Heliogravure on velin paper Dimensions: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (40.01 x 29.84 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1980 Publisher: Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano Printer: Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the folio Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolios, published and printed by Gruppo Editoriale Electra, Milano, 1980 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from Italian), Limited edition of M examples, drawn in heliogravure on special paper, designed specifically for the Portfolios Electa. Gruppo Editoriale Electra/Milan. Printed in Italy. About the Publication: The Man Ray, Electa Editrice Portfolio (1980) was published by Gruppo Editoriale Electra in Milan as part of the distinguished Electa Portfolios series, which celebrated the masters of 20th-century photography through the artisanal process of heliogravure printing. This edition was dedicated to Man Ray’s seminal body of photographic work from 1920 to 1934—an era in which he redefined modern image-making through technical invention, surrealist experimentation, and intellectual daring. Produced in collaboration with leading photographic historians and Italian master printers, the portfolio was printed on specially manufactured velin paper designed exclusively for the Electa Portfolios, ensuring tonal precision and textural depth true to the artist’s originals. The publication represents one of the most refined posthumous tributes to Man Ray’s legacy, combining Italian craftsmanship with avant-garde vision to preserve the luminous complexity of his photographs. Created with the same devotion to innovation and elegance that characterized Man Ray’s own practice, this edition remains an important intersection of fine art publishing and modernist history. About the Artist: Man Ray (1890–1976) was an American-born painter, sculptor, photographer, filmmaker, and conceptual visionary whose radical imagination and technical innovation transformed modern art and established him as one of the leading figures of the 20th century. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, he became a central force in both the Dada and Surrealist movements, defying artistic boundaries and redefining the relationship between art, technology, and the unconscious. After early involvement in New York’s avant-garde with Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray moved to Paris in 1921, where he joined a revolutionary circle of artists including Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Duchamp. There, he pioneered the “rayograph,” or photogram—a cameraless photographic technique that used light and shadow to create ethereal abstract compositions—and produced some of the most iconic images in art history, including Le Violon d’Ingres (1924) and Noire et Blanche (1926). His photography, distinguished by its fusion of elegance, surrealism, and psychological depth, captured the essence of modernist Paris and immortalized creative icons such as Kiki de Montparnasse, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce. At the same time, Man Ray’s experimental films, including Le Retour a la Raison (1923) and L’Etoile de mer (1928), and his sculptural works like The Gift (1921) and Object to Be Destroyed (1923), expanded the possibilities of art itself, transforming ordinary objects into symbols of mystery and desire. His conceptual approach—viewing art as an idea rather than an object—anticipated later movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, profoundly influencing artists like Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Joseph Beuys, as well as photographers Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Cindy Sherman, and Richard Avedon. Even in exile during World War II, while working in Los Angeles, he continued to innovate, blending Surrealist fantasy with the luminosity of the California landscape before returning to Paris, where he spent his final decades refining his poetic, intellectual, and sensuous vision. Exhibited in major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou, Man Ray’s work remains foundational to modern art history—bridging painting, photography, film, and sculpture in a body of work that continues to shape the language of visual culture. Standing alongside Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray endures as one of the most original and influential artists of the modern era. His highest auction record was achieved by Noire et Blanche (1926), which sold for 3.13 million USD at Christie’s, Paris, on November 9, 2017, confirming his status as a timeless innovator whose genius continues to inspire artists, collectors, and dreamers worldwide. Man Ray Rayograph...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"The Protectors", Surreal, Wolf, Nature, Blue, Grey, Green, Oil Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina's “The Protectors” (24 x 20 x 0.7 inches, oil on canvas) is a symbolic painting that explores themes of resilience and guardianship in a modern world of contrasts. A lu...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Macbeth, Surrealist Screenprint by Jean Michel Folon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean Michel Folon, Belgian (1934 - 2005) Title: Macbeth Year: circa 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: EA XV/XX Image Size: 28 x 21.5 inches Siz...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Screen

The Occasion
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport and are unforgettable. Taylor's images are built, layer by layer and object by object, through a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Pigment

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 Art

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 222), Histoire Naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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 Art

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Lithograph

Rene Magritte, A Bombardon Releases its Bouquet of Flames, 1968 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Rene Magritte (1898–1967), titled Un Bombardon Libere son Bouquet de Flammes (A Bombardon Releases its Bouquet of Flames), from the folio Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte (The Found Children of Magritte), 1968, originates from the edition published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, on November 20, 1968. The work embodies Magrittes sustained inquiry into semiotics and visual epistemology, translating his characteristic strategies of displacement, symbolic inversion, and conceptual ambiguity into an image that operates as both a poetic metaphor and a philosophical proposition concerning the instability of meaning. Executed as a lithograph on grand velin dArches paper, this work measures 17.5 x 23.5 inches (44.5 x 59.7 cm). Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed by Fernand Mourlot, Editeur. The edition exemplifies the technical mastery of the Mourlot atelier. Artwork Details: Artist: After Rene Magritte (1898–1967) Title: Un Bombardon Libere son Bouquet de Flammes (A Bombardon Releases its Bouquet of Flames), from the folio Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte (The Found Children of Magritte) Medium: Lithograph on grand velin dArches paper Dimensions: 17.5 x 23.5 inches (44.5 x 59.7 cm) Inscription: Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed by Fernand Mourlot, Editeur Date: 1968 Publisher: A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue Raisonne: Magritte, Rene, et al. Rene Magritte: Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. 3. Menil Foundation; Philip Wilson Publishers; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Rizzoli International, 1992, nos. 791–792 and 1056; vol. 5, p. 218, Bibliography entry 68.28. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the folio Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte, 1968 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Finished printing in Paris on November 20, 1968, on the presses of Mourlot, for the lithographs. The unpublished text by Louis Scutenaire was composed in Elzevir Casion corps 28 and printed by Fequet et Baudier, typographers. The unpublished compositions numbered from I to IV were specially made by Rene Magritte for this album. The compositions of the Enchanted Domain, are the renderings of the eight paintings of the mural of the Casino de Knokke. They were printed with the benevolent authorization of Mr. Gustave J. Nellens. Justification of the draw, this album was taken from CCCL examples on grand velin dArches numbered from I to CCCL, plus a few examples for collaborators and assistants. About the Publication: Les Enfants Trouves de Magritte (The Found Children of Magritte), published in 1968 by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris, represents one of the most significant late life print projects devoted to Rene Magrittes work. Conceived as both a literary and visual tribute, the folio pairs texts by the Belgian writer Louis Scutenaire, Magrittes close friend and fellow Surrealist, with lithographic interpretations produced at the Mourlot atelier, the premier lithographic workshop of twentieth century France. The album includes compositions by Magritte alongside lithographic renderings of the celebrated Enchanted Domain mural from the Casino de Knokke, printed with the authorization of Gustave J. Nellens, who commissioned the original mural. Issued in a single edition of CCCL examples on grand velin dArches, the folio stands as a testament to the collaboration between artist, writer, publisher, and master printer, and remains one of the most culturally important Surrealist print albums of the post war era. About the Artist: Rene Magritte (1898–1967) was a Belgian Surrealist painter whose visionary, intellectual, and poetic imagery redefined twentieth century art and forever changed how the world perceives reality and illusion. Celebrated for his calm precision and thought provoking juxtapositions of ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts, Magritte used painting as a philosophical tool, transforming the everyday into visual paradoxes that challenged the boundaries between what is seen and what is known. Born in Lessines, Belgium, and trained at the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts in Brussels, he absorbed early influences from Cubism, Futurism, and Symbolism before embracing Surrealism, where he found his true voice. In Paris, he became part of the avant garde circle that included Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—all artists whose radical ideas helped him forge his distinctive synthesis of logic and mystery. Unlike Dalis dream...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

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Located in Denver, CO
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Located in Long Island City, NY
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Located in Plainview, NY
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Located in Roma, IT
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Located in Hollywood, FL
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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1950s Surrealist Art

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