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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
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

Lithographs II (1045), Surrealist Lithography by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"LarA 008". Light Gray Mistical ArchitecturalTinted Sculpture Bust in Cement
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"LarA 008" is a light gray cement bust from the LarA series by Spanish sculptor José Perozo, created in 2024. The sculpture presents a fusion of human form and urban structure, where...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Concrete

" Le Miroir Magique " . Musée FABRE .
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean HUGO ( 1894 - 1984 ) " Le miroir Magique " . PARIS .Jeanne Buchet .1927. Musée FABRE . Montpellier . portefeuille de 20 lithographies coloriées sur pochoir par Jean saudé d'apré...
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1920s Surrealist Art

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Archival Paper

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condition,...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Board

René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU... Limited Surrealism French Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU LES MYSTÈRES DE L'HORIZON, 1965 Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 131/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: N...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Blue Bird, Squash - Lithograph and Stencil
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul KLEE (after) Blue, Bird, Squash Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet process) Signed in the board On vellum 50 x 38.2 cm (19.6 x 14.9 in) INFORMATION : This lithograph was edited i...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Watercolor, Lithograph

2 part invitation forming a 3-D Dodecahedron Hand signed by Mark Ryden at Kasmin
Located in New York, NY
Mark Ryden 2 part invitation forming a 3-D Dodecahedron (hand signed by Mark Ryden), 2016 Offset lithograph invitation Hand signed by Mark Ryden 6 1/2 in diameter Ingeniously desig...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker

Dali - De Draeger - Portfolio Luxury edition - 1968
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Dali -De Draeger, Portfolio by Max Gérard Luxury edition inside special packaged box bearing a cover with “soft melting pocket watch” and bronze medal of “L'Unicorne Dyonisiaque” minted and numbered by Monnaie de Paris...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Bronze

Le Vitrail
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Vitrail MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: XCVII/C MEASUREMENTS: 15" x 10.4" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excellent ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Platypus Conundrum
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original painting by artist Airom
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Oil

Platypus Conundrum
Platypus Conundrum
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Surrealist Still Life - Original Oil on Canvas, Handsigned
By Roland Bierge
Located in Paris, IDF
Roland Bierge Surrealist Still Life, 1968 Original Oil on canvas Handsigned on the lower right corner Signed, dated and titled on the back On canvas 54 x 70 cm (c. 22 x 28 in) Pres...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Oil

Salvador Dali - The Beach
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Beach At Sete - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 235 Editor : Argillet 1967 embossed signature On Arches Vellum From the series : Poemes Secrets P...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

No.119 - black and white surreal double exp. photography, limited edition of 15
Located in London, GB
No.119 captures a phantom ascent in the desert, blending surrealism with the raw textures of nature. Created using double exposure on 4x5 large format film, this haunting black-and-w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Photographic Film, Giclée

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 Art

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Lithograph

pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir. Printed at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet in 1958 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 10) published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (315 x...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

La Licorne (The Unicorn), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
A woman with flowing gold hair kneels before a unicorn. The horse theme was frequently used by Dali throughout his career. The horse is seen as a symbol of beauty and elegance as wel...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

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

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

Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Fountain Pink Poodle
Located in Norfolk, GB
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 takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you and you decide to follow. Artwork Details: Isabel Rock , 'Just another Day in Paradise', mixed media on best archival paper, 85cm x 140cm, unframed, 2022 In Rock's own words, 'It was just another day in Paradise for the Pink Poodle People of the Everlasting Fountain of Eternal Joy. Since every day was Paradise it was just another normal day filled with love, ecstasy and wonder. It started slowly at first, things began to appear in paradise, strange objects that the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with. Some had sharp edges, others were so and smelt strange, bad strange. Some things glittered and shone. Every day more of these objects would arrive in Paradise. ' If this happens every day then soon Paradise will be full of these strange objects. Some of them are nice but many are bad and smelly. One day there will be no Paradise, only bad, sharp and smelly things.' But the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with the objects and every day more arrived.' Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821 photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown About Isabel Rock and her work: Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations. Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Carnival Figures Colorful
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed verso, dated 1999 Title: Carnival Figures Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 26.5 x 37 inches canvas: ...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Oil

Apparition of Christ - Woodcut print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Apparition of Christ - Paradise 14 is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limi...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Winged Demon - Original Stamp-Signed Etching Stamp signed by Dali Edition of 294 copies. Paper : Arches vellum. Dimensions : 16x12"....
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

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

"Honfleur Street" (2024) By Christopher Clark, Cityscape, Oil & Acrylic
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's "Honfleur Street" is an original, handmade oil & acrylic painting that depicts an abstracted cityscape bustling with people and the sun brightly reflecting off of...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Dell' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Dell' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Oil

Bull - Still Life (Surreal, Colorful, Vibrant, Modern) (26% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Franz Graw Bull Color Offset Lithograph Year: 2023 Size: 11.81 x 15.74 inches (30 x 40 cm) Edition: 100 Signed and numbered in pencil COA provided Franz Graw (b. 1964) is a Düsseld...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Le Nu à la Jarretière, from The Hippies
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Salvador Dali Le Nu à la Jarretière, from The Hippies Etching with hand coloring on Japon Signed in pencil and embossed signature to lower right Edition V/C to lower left Published ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Companion oil on canvas painting surrealist european art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Companion (Compañera) Artist: Félix Ferreras Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 28.7 x 23.6 inches Framing: Unframed Description The artwork Companion (Compañera) by Félix Ferr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Opposite of sentimental... . Limited edition print, Surreal, Established artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Size of sheet is ca. 21 x 29 cm (A4) Contemporary figurative giclee print by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Print is signed, numbered and has a stamp of an artist's atelier. It comes...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Color

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 Art

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Lithograph

Surrealist Lady - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Léonor FINI (1907-1996) Surrealist lady Original etching, 1973 Hand signed in pencil Numbered /275 copies On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in) Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

The Magicians L'Illusioniste
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Magicians L'Illusioniste MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 68/100 MEASUREMENTS: Paper: 1...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Safety Pin Cloud
Located in Greenwich, CT
Safety Pin Cloud is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 3 x 3 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray fram...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Paper, Lithograph

TAGGED TREE Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Tree, Water, Sky, Surrealism
Located in Union City, NJ
TAGGED TREE is a rarely seen, hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on ...
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1990s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Lithographs II (1043), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Surrealist Garden - Vertical Psychedelic Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Garden - Vertical Psychedelic Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant, playful composition by Marilyn Collins (American, 20h Century). Several striped, spherical objects ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

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 Art

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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 Art

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Lithograph

Ball Game (Triptych)
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
It is important to note that this work consists of three separate canvases, each one of 70x70x2. They make up a work of 210x70x2. The scene depicted is purely imaginary, where two wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil, Linen

Amours légendaires, Surrealist Etching by André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Amours légendaires, Year: 1959, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 7/30, Image Size: 11.75 x 9.75 inches, Frame Size: 2...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Idols - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Idols is a lithograph on Arches paper realized by Max Ernst in 1972. Belongs to the suite "Judith". Limited edition of 500. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Godd conditions. T...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Animal Capers, ca. 1970 . Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned. Minor staining evident in detail photos Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively. In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery. During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic. A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe. Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content. Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Ink, Archival Paper

Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare original print on Rives paper) Texte : Rare lithograph on Rives paper, handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. Leonor Fini was actually the life of the party during the Surrealist movement like Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Jacqueline Lamba and Claude Lalanne. Many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th centuryThis rare lithograph was made after the painting untitled Rogomelec, which was sold by Christie's on october 9th 2024 at GBP 907,200. Created in 1978, Rogomelec is an arresting example of Leonor Fini’s fantastical visions. Within a barren land stands a king dressed in an elaborate coat of peacock feathers. Light glints off his dazzling crown. He is magisterial, imperious, royalty incarnated. The painting shares its title with that of Fini’s third novella, first published in 1979; Rogomelec means ‘he who stones the king’. Written in the first person, the story tells of a traveller in a faraway land, home to a decaying monastery-turned-sanatorium, where monks proffer hallucinatory herbal cures, and culminates in an unsettling discovery during a ritual celebration of the king, the subject of the present work. Born in Buenos Aires, Fini moved to Trieste as a young child. There, she developed an early interest in Renaissance and Mannerist art – the latter’s influence is evident in the elongated figure of Rogomelec – as well as Gustav Klimt, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the German and French Romantics, artists she discovered while riffling through her uncle’s extensive library. Largely self-taught, she moved to Paris in 1931 where she befriended René Magritte, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Victor Brauner. Through them, Fini grew close with the Surrealists and participated in their exhibitions, including Peggy Guggenheim’s landmark show 31 Women at her eponymous gallery on West 57 Street in New York. Like her contemporaries, Fini’s paintings too seem wrenched from a dream and across her works she sought to reconcile the world that she experienced with that of her subconscious mind. In Rogomelec, the king’s clothing is meticulous, and the drama of the ensemble was likely influenced by Fini’s work outside the studio. She created sets and costumes for the ballet, stage, and film; collaborated on performances for the Paris Opéra and La Scala in Milan; and conceived of the bottle and packaging for Elsa Schiaparelli’s perfume...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Paper

Planetary And Scatologic Vision
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Planetary and Scatologic Vision Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving with embossing and color lithograph Edition: Numbered...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

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Engraving, Lithograph

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

pochoir printed on sandpaper
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: stencil print on sandpaper (after the painting). At the height of his period of creative experimentation during the 1930's, Miro executed an abstract painting on sandpaper. ...
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1930s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

'Hold that Tiger' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Hold that Tiger', color lithograph, 1945, edition 16. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '91' and '15/16' in pen. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, coated, off-white wove paper; the full sheet with margins (13/16 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 14 x 9 3/8 inches (356 x 239 mm); sheet size 17 x 11 1/4 inches (432 x 285 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller, and Anne Ryan as New York members and Francine Felsenthal of Chicago. The Brooklyn Museum mounted a show of Vanguard artists' work in 1946, which subsequently toured several other institutions in the United States. Faro's visionary graphics from the 1940s are a sophisticated blend of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and Indian Space...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Le Cheval (The Horse) — Mid-Century Cubism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Léopold Survage, 'Le Cheval' (The Horse), color etching, edition 60, 1953. Signed and numbered '46/60' in pencil. Initialed in the plate, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impressi...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Don't Hurt Me
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Linen

Suspended Thought
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The board dimensions measure approximately 32" x 26", with frame it measures approximately 40" ...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Board, Oil

Suspended Thought
Suspended Thought
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Ba Ba Ba Ma Tri dom
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Lithograph

The Moon. Paris. Limited edition print Surreal Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary colorful figurative surrealistic print on paper by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. This print shows a woman sitting on chair with her feet on a Moon. There is parisian arc...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Color

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XII
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XII Lithograph from 1973. Edition 6/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpen...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Erotic Grapefruit - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Erotic Grapefruit - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) Excellent Condition Reference...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Venus aux Fourrures Complete Suite MEDIUM: 16 Etchings SIGNED: Each etching is Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching

Defender (dog, hunter, pet black Lab, man, animal, surrealist painting, american
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This poignant painting by Rudolf Kosow presents us with a remarkable visual allegory rich with surrealistic influences. The canvas is occupied by a colossal, detailed black labrador ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Magritte, La Belle Captive (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph in Colours on Vélin d'Arches paper. Edition: 350, plus proofs. Signed in the plate by the artist; hand signed in pencil by the printer, Fernand Mourlot. Good Condition; ne...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Cherries - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cherries - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm Sheet: 75 x 56 cm Handsigned Edition: EC.d (collaborator edition "d") Excellent Condition Refer...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

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