Surrealist Art

Federico Castellon, 'Body and Soul', 1938, lithograph, edition 30, Freundlich 3. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. A fine, richly-inked, atmospheric impression on cr...

Wifredo Lam Wifredo Lam Pastels: vintage Galerie Lelong poster, 1988 Offset lithograph Plate signed on the front 26 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches Unframed, unnumbered Offset lithograph poster...

Jean Pierre Serrier (French, 1934-1989) Oil on canvas painting depicting four figures Hand signed lower right. Measures (frame) 26.5" x 30" wide, and (sight) 18.25." x 22.25" wide. Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 – 1989) was a French painter known for surrealism and absurdist art. Jean-Pierre Serrier was born in Montparnasse, Paris and attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. the son of Louis and Solange Serrier. His father fought in World War II and became a prisoner of war. In 1940, as a six-year-old, he and his mother fled Paris for Corrèze in southwest France. Childhood memories of close escapes from German bombardments would later influence his absurdist philosophy of life. Passionate about drawing, in 1951 he applied and was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art in Paris. He shared an attic apartment in the 16th arrondissement with fellow student Jean-Baptiste Valadié. For income, he decorated shop windows. A trip to Spain provided motifs for early works. His student work might be characterized as art naïf (Naive art). While still a student, he sold a ceramic artwork to the poet and publisher Pierre Seghers, who would later commission drawings from him. He frequented jazz clubs in Saint-Germain des Près, and while listening to Sidney Bechet at the Vieux Colombier, he met his wife, Yvette.One of the last French Surrealist and follower of Nietzsche. His art conveyed the message to all of mankind that we are only human. The other Surrealist to center his art in philosophy was Rene Magritte whose paintings reflect his understanding of Sigmund Freud. He had his first exhibition in 1955, before being sent to Algeria to complete his military service. After graduating in 1955, he was drafted for military service, spent time in Germany and Morocco, and was sent to the front lines of the Algerian War. In 1959 he exhibited works at two Parisian galleries and at Juan-les-Pins on the Côte d'Azur. From 1961, he exhibited annually at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1962, the City of Paris purchased his painting Un dimanche In 1961, Serrier made his first visit to the United States to exhibit at a New York gallery. In 1975 and 1979, he had successful exhibitions in New Orleans, and his work was included in art and news magazines, including Time and Newsweek. Beginning in the 1950s, his works included stylized portraits similar in some ways to the "big eyes" art of Margaret Keane, though it is uncertain that either artist influenced the other. Keane painted children, and so did Serrier, sometimes from life, but Serrier’s models are usually somewhat older, though uniformly slender and with androgynous features. A gallery owner introduced Serrier to American collectors Edgar Garbisch and his wife, Bernice Chrysler (daughter of Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler), who had a particular interest in naïve art; they commissioned a series of portraits from Serrier. At the same time, he met Reine Ausset in Paris, who in 1961 invited him to New York to take part in an exhibition at Galerie Norval on 57th Street. The show also included work by Moïse Kisling, and the exhibition program explicitly linked the two artists, saying that Serrier, who considered Moise Kisling "the Master," had found his own technique, but "the same vision joins the grand Kisling to the young Serrier: plenitude of shapes, sureness of palette, precision in outlines." In the 1960s he began painting slender, young, androgynous figures in groups, set in sparse landscapes with suggestions of the surreal and sometimes wearing costumes of the Commedia dell'arte. In some of these paintings the eyes of the figures are completely black, a motif that would continue in his later work. In 1965, he exhibited at Forest and Reed Gallery in London. Also in 1965, he discovered the small town of Martel, and with his old roommate Jean-Baptiste Valadié purchased a house that they opened as the gallery La Licorne (The Unicorn) in 1967. Responding to the political upheavals of May 1968 in France, and following the advice of Geneva gallery owner Roger Ferrero, Serrier's work became increasingly complex, idiosyncratic, and surreal. Imagery included the Tower of Babel, bodies suspended in space, and crowds of people all dressed alike, with identical features and entirely black eyes. Mannequins, playing cards, nudes, and levitating orbs also figured in the work. In a nod to Magritte, his men sometimes wear bowler hats. Another influence may have been the works of the Franco-Belgian surrealist Gaston Bogaert (1918-2008). Serrier's first major exhibit of these works, in Geneva in 1971, was titled Le Réalisme Fantastique. (Magic Realism) In 1972, he was made a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne, under whose auspices he was invited by the Polish government to exhibit in Warsaw in 1973, as part of a cultural exchange across the Iron Curtain. In 1976, he served on the jury of the Salon d'Automne. In 1975, New Orleans gallery owner Kurt E. Schon brought his work to several cities in the United States. A copiously illustrated monograph in English, Surrealism and the Absurd: Jean Pierre Serrier, was published in 1977. Author Thomas M. Bayer wrote: Serrier's world is one where—to use Friedrich Nietzche's term—the "human herd animal" is being confronted with the overwhelming task of coping with the world, his solitude, and at times, his resignation in the face of its monstrous size and duration. It is a world where the characterless, "blind" man faces the institutions, rules and symbols that made him into the being he now is…But Serrier does not lose himself in this world he portrays. He never forgets the old French tradition, the "black" humor, à la Molière. This classical humor at times is more felt than seen, in a manner that can be terribly funny, because it is horrifying, laughable, poignant and always true. Serrier told a friend, "In each of my paintings there's a message of hope amid the crowd of stereotypical figures. It could be an escaping dirigible, or a nymphet who flees like a deer under the red and blue trees of paradise...

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ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Tiger Lilies MEDIUM: Etching on Heavy Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 91/350 MEASUREMENTS: 21.5" x 30" YEAR: 197...

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Cirque Chinois MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 166/175 MEASUREMENTS: 26.25" x 21" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excel...

color lithograph on Guarro paper , edited in 1974 Limited Edition of 75 copies plus 15 HC Hand signed, dated and numbered in pencil 37/75 in pencil (lower left) Paper size: 69,5 x 52...

Nathan Durfee's "The Power of Flight" is an original oil painting depicts a penguin taking flight from an icy landscape. Artist bio: Nathan Durfee has garnered notoriety for his c...

Framed 40.50 x 30 in The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte...

Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Behold his bed from The Song of Songs of King Solomon from the Portfolio Song of Songs of Solomon Year: 1972 Medium: Color Etching with Gold Dust on Arch...

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Fantoms Le Soupirant MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 51/100 MEASUREMENTS: 14.9" x 11" YEA...

Franz Graw Reclining Female (Surreal, Colorful, Vibrant, Modern) Color Offset Lithograph Year: 2021 Size: 16.53 x 11.73 inches (42 x 29.8 cm) Edition: 100 Signed and numbered in penc...

Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph Frontispiece for André Dunoyer de Segonzac, and Julien Cain. "Humanisme Actif: Mélanges d'Art et de Littérature Offerts à Julien Cain." Paris: H...

Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'La creación IV', 1984 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 15 x 20.9 in. (38 x 53 cm.) Edition of 225 Unf...

From the series "Venus us Fourrures", etching and drypoint with roulette on Japan paper. Image dimension 31x23.5 cm. Edition of 19/145. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Ref. M...

DOCTRINA LUX EST (Knowledge is Light) This work is about love that opens the eyes. About the moment when the fog lifts — and illusion gives way to clear vision. The eye in the sky sy...

Artist: Ralph Steadman Title: Bill Murray Medium: One color silkscreen on White Rising Stonehenge Deckle Edge Paper Size: 22 x 30 Inches Edition: of 250 Year: 2006 Notes: Custom Fra...

The Heretics - Hell  plate 10 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited e...

Artist: Joan Miro (1893-1983) Title: Le Lézard Aux Plumes D'or: Plate I (Mourlot 803; Cramer 148) Year: 1971 Edition: H.C.; 195, plus proofs Inscription: Signed and inscribed ‘H.C.’ ...

Salvador DALI Flordali : Surreal Tree (Fingers and Lips), 1969 Original Lithograph and Etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered 142/175 On Japan paper 77 x 57 cm (c. 31 x 22.4 inch) ...

Size of sheet is ca. 21 x 29 cm (A4) Contemporary figurative giclee print by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Architect...

Jack Zajac, American, born 1929 1964 Etching and aquatint hand printed on Fabriano paper, pencil signed and editioned. Edition Roman Numeral III Image: 12 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (31.9 x 2...

This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1972 album Calder autobiographie. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris by Mourlot and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton project Surréalisme en 1947. Issued in...

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alice in Wonderland MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art EDITION NUMBER: A IX/XL PAPER: Japon Paper MEASUREMENTS: 29.75"...

Marc Chagall (Russian-French-Jewish, 1887 - 1985) was a painter, illustrator, and designer whose work combined modernist experimentation with deep roots in Jewish folk culture and me...

This exquisite heliogravure, titled Sans titre (Untitled), after Leonor Fini, from the album Fruits de la passion, trente-deux variations sur un theme de Leonor Fini (Fruits of Passi...

This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Constellations d'une femme assise (Constellations of a Seated Woman), from the album XXe siecle, Chroniques du jour, 13 rue...

Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Sports Medium: Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Year: 1973 Edition: XXXV/CI Sheet Size: 18 7/8" x 23 7/8" Image Size: 16" x 19" Signature: Hand signe...

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Sculpteur et Modele debout Year: 1933 Medium: Original etching Edition: hand signed in pencil from an edition of 250 on small margins Size: Frame: 27 x 2...

Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...

Lionel Kalish (American B.1931) "A Villa on the Sea", c. 1980 Oil on canvas Hand signed lower right L.Kalish Bark Frameworks Inc. N.Y. label verso 16" x 24" Lionel Kalish born...

Colured lithograph on Arches paper, edited in 1979.
Limited edition of 125 copies , numbered as G 67/125 in lower left corner.
 Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right cor...

Artist: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Title: Convection, Braniff International Airways Flying Colors Collection Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Size: 20 x 26 inc...

Salvador Dali - Don Quichotte - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Atelier Mourlot. SIGNATURE : printed signature in the plate LIMI...

Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Lovers Condemned Series: Tristan et Iseult Date: 1970 Edition: 587 (numbered on justification page only) Medium:...

Kurt Seligmann Little Initiation, 1955 Signed lower right and titled on the reverse Oil on wood panel 17 1/4 x 13 inches Provenance Private Collection, New York Born in Basel, Swi...

Anita Zotkina’s “First Day on Earth” is a 14 x 18 x 0.7 inch oil on canvas painted in 2023. This surreal, symbolic work features a newly hatched emu, perched upon a glowing egg benea...

Tigran Hovumyan Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter Artwork Title: Impression Medium: Original Oil on Linen Dimensions: 45" x 30" x 1" (114 x 76 x 3 cm) Year: 2024 Unframed, Stretched...

Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...

This piece is an original crayon lithograph on transfer paper created by Pablo Picasso in 1959. The zinc in this piece has been re-worked with crayon marks and this composition was u...

Part of Natasha Lelenco’s Fetiches series, this high-quality limited edition Dibond UV print encapsulates the fusion of portraiture and botanical elements that defines her artistic l...

Roy De Forest, American (1930 - 2007) - Dogs at Campfire, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: Shop Proof, Size: 18 x 23 in. (4...

Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...

Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed lower front by Ferjo. Canvas image size 24 x 30 x 1 inches. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of au...

Apparition of the Rose is from Magic Butterfly & the Dream ( Tarot ) suite is an original signed limited ed. 5/250 lithograph by Salvador Dali. Published by Levine and Levine, 1...

This exquisite lithograph by Henry Moore (1898–1986), titled Reclining Figure, from the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe siecle (San Lazzaro and His Friends, Tribute to the Founder of the Journal XXe Siecle), originates from the 1975 edition published by XXe siecle, Paris, and printed by Curwen Studio, London, October 1975. Reclining Figure embodies Moore’s lifelong fascination with the human form in repose—a theme that became central to his sculptural and graphic work. Through elegant contours and balanced abstraction, the composition captures the harmony between body, landscape, and spirit that defined Moore’s artistic vision. Executed as a lithograph on velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 10.5 x 14 inches (26.67 x 35.56 cm). Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the exceptional craftsmanship of the Curwen Studio in London, a distinguished atelier celebrated for its collaborations with the leading modern artists of the postwar period. Artwork Details: Artist: Henry Moore (1898–1986) Title: Reclining Figure, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe siecle, 1975 Medium: Lithograph on velin d'Arches paper Dimensions: 10.5 x 14 inches (26.67 x 35.56 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1975 Publisher: XXe siecle, Paris Printer: Curwen Studio, London Catalogue raisonne references: Moore, Henry, et al. Henry Moore, Catalogue of Graphic Work. Gerald Cramer, 1986, illustration 366. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the album San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe siecle, published by XXe siecle, Paris, October 1975 Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Finished printing in Paris in October 1975. This album has been printed on velin d'Arches in DLXXV numbered examples. The LXXV original examples include a series of VIII original lithographs, signed and numbered by the artists. In addition, LV examples were printed for artists, authors, friends and collaborators of XXe siecle. The typography is from l'Imprimerie Union in Paris; the lithographs of Max Bill, Marc Chagall, Hans Hartung, Braque, Fontana, Magnelli, Picasso, Magritte and Poliakoff were printed by Fernand Mourlot in Paris; those of Alexander Calder and Joan Miro by l'imprimerie Arte in Paris; that of Max Ernst by Pierre Chave in Vence; that of Zao Wou-Ki by ateliers Bellin in Paris; and that of Henry Moore by the Curwen Studio in London. About the Publication: San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage au fondateur de la revue XXe siecle (San Lazzaro and His Friends, Tribute to the Founder of the Journal XXe Siecle), published in 1975 by XXe siecle, Paris, represents one of the most significant collaborative tributes in modern art publishing. Created in honor of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, the visionary editor and founder of the journal XXe Siecle, the folio unites original lithographs by the greatest modern masters—Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Calder, Hartung, Moore, and others. Printed by premier ateliers such as Mourlot, Arte, Bellin, and Curwen, the portfolio celebrates the spirit of artistic collaboration and innovation that defined mid-20th-century modernism. About the Artist: Henry Moore (1898–1986) was a British sculptor, draftsman, and modernist pioneer whose monumental bronzes and organic abstractions revolutionized 20th-century sculpture and made him one of the most influential artists of his time. Renowned for his reclining figures, mother-and-child compositions, and pierced biomorphic forms inspired by nature, Moore transformed traditional carving into a universal language of rhythm, balance, and humanity. Born in Castleford, Yorkshire, he studied at the Leeds School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London, absorbing the influences of classical sculpture, African and Pre-Columbian art, and the radical innovations of the European avant-garde. Inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Cubist fragmentation of form, Joan Miro’s lyrical biomorphism, Wassily Kandinsky’s spiritual abstraction, and Constantin Brancusi’s purity of shape, Moore developed a style rooted in the harmony between mass and void, structure and space. During the interwar years, he became part of an international circle that included Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray—artists who, like Moore, expanded art’s boundaries through abstraction, surrealism, and conceptual experimentation. Like Calder, Moore explored balance and movement; like Giacometti, he sought the spiritual essence of humanity; and like Dali and Duchamp, he challenged perception and redefined modern form. His sculptures, carved in stone or cast in bronze, evoke both ancient and modern sensibilities—forms that appear to breathe with natural vitality while engaging directly with their surrounding landscapes. Moore’s “Shelter Drawings” (1940–41), created during the London Blitz, revealed his deep empathy for the human condition, marking a pivotal moment in his exploration of resilience and vulnerability. By the mid-20th century, Moore’s monumental bronzes had become landmarks around the world, from the Lincoln Center in New York to the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, embodying timeless symbols of endurance, renewal, and unity. His synthesis of organic abstraction and humanism influenced generations of sculptors including Barbara Hepworth, Isamu Noguchi, Eduardo Paolozzi, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, and Rachel Whiteread. Like Kandinsky and Miro, he believed abstraction could transcend culture and time, while like Duchamp and Man Ray, he embraced experimentation as a pathway to new truths. Moore’s works, housed in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate in London, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, continue to define the landscape of modern sculpture for their elegance, power, and emotional depth. Standing alongside Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, Henry Moore remains a cornerstone of modern art—a sculptor whose vision united nature, form, and spirit into a universal language of beauty and meaning. His highest auction record was achieved by Reclining Figure: Festival (1951), which sold for $33.1 million USD at Christie’s, London, on June 30, 2016, reaffirming Henry Moore’s enduring legacy as one of the most visionary, influential, and collectible sculptors in the history of modern art. Henry Moore Reclining Figure...

“Tramp Stamp 2” Nude Photography 24" x 30" inch Edition 1/12 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA s...

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Ramon Santiago, American (1943 - 2001) - Don Quixote, Year: 1969, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, Size: 60 x 42 in. (152.4 x 106.68 cm), Frame Size: 62 x 44 inches

Dessert Landscape, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.

This beautiful surrealist painting by Mauricio comes rolled in a tube and needs to be stretched when received. Signed on the back. In his pieces, Mauricio combines his figurative exp...

Pop surrealist floral portrait printed on Dibond, featuring botanical headwear, caterpillars, and symbolic facial expression in bold yellow and black contrast. Neznakomka (Russian fo...

This striking print is quintessentially Pedro Friedeberg, blending Surrealism, Op Art, and architecture. Its uniqueness comes from the dizzying one-point perspective—a hallmark of hi...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Bleue Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. On the verso there is another Lithograp...

Mary Spain (American, 1934–1983) Janet and Bill, 1970s Oil on canvas Signed middle right, titled verso 26 x 30 inches 32.5 x 36.5 inches, framed Set in a realm of fantasy, Mary Spai...

This superb British 1930's modern art tempera Surrealist painting is by noted interwar artist Blair Hughes-Stanton. Painted in 1939 it is entitled two Figures 1939 verso and may rela...

John Baldessari, Sonnabend Gallery New York 1981: Rare early 1980s John Baldessari exhibition announcement published on the occasion of: "Shape Derived from Subject (Snake): Used as ...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Miro, L'Oiseau solaire, L'Oiseau lunaire, Etincelles (Miro, The Sun Bi...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Personnages (Figures), from the album Miro, Cartones 1959–1965 (Miro, Cardboards 1959–1965), originates from...