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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
Miró, Personnages (Cramer 103; Mourlot 382-383), Cartones (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 8.687 x 12.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Signs of The Zodiac, Libra original lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Libra from Signs of the Zodiac by Salvador Dali is from a series of 12 limited edition lithographs. This original hand signed lithograph is Libra, the seventh astrological sign ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

The Human Condition, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This piece blends collaged pages from an old novel with translucent oil glazes as a background. The subjects—a primate, a tennis ball, and a shoe—are rendered in opaque and calm tones. The piece delves into the human condition...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Mixed Media

Butterfly suite : Roussillon - Original lithograph - Tall size, 1969
Located in Paris, IDF
After Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Roussillon, 1969 Lithograph and heliogravure Printed signature in the plate bottom right Tall model, from the 700 unumbered edition...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Photogravure, Lithograph

Face and Flowers
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Etching

"Paysage linéaire" by José Gerson - Watercolor on paper 69x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Watercolor

Once In A Lifetime
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Once In A Lifetime" c. 2000 is a giclee print by noted Israeli artist David Najar, born 1962. It is hand signed and numbered P....
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Giclée

Venus, Mars and Cupid
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Venus, Mars and Cupid Medium: Engraving with stencil color on Rives paper Year: 1971 Edition: 81/150 Sheet Size: 29 5/8" x 22" Image Size: 22 3/4" x 15" ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Coloso, Surrealist Lithograph by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - ) Title: Coloso Year: 1988 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 (Roman Numerals) Paper Size: 35 x 27 i...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Elephant
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

Elephant
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Hell 5 : Minos - Woodcut - 1963 [Field #page 189]
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 5 - Minos Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the printed signature 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Triumph of The Sea
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Triumph of The Sea MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Sidney Lucas, New York EDITION NUMBER: 12...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Bide Your Time - 21st Century, Surrealism, Figurative, Women, Africa, Globe
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Bor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Butterfly suite : Roussillon - Heliogravure - 1969 (Field #69-2 E)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Roussillon, 1969 Heliogravure / Photogravure after an original design by Dali Blind stamp signature bottom right Numbered / 1700 copies Printed in Draeger workshop On vellum 53,5 x 37 cm (c. 21 x 15 in) References : - Catalog raisonné Field 69-2 E - Catalog raisonné Michler & Lopsinger 1227 - Catalog raisonné Sahli 130 Information : This artwork was edited by J...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Photogravure

Le Cirque Chinois
Located in Hollywood, FL
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...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Miró, Joan Miró Fotoscop (Cramer 209; Mourlot 938) (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Guarro vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by Galerie Börjeson, Malmö; printed by La Polígrafa, Barcelona, 19...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"Hemerocallis III" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Pink & White Day Lily
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Hemerocallis III" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a pink and white day lily. About the Artist: Sybiline is a Canadian artis...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Panel

Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper Surrealist composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). A man dressed in a su...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Paper, India Ink, Pen, Pencil

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

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Lithograph

Le Cheval du Printemps, Signed Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
A close portrait of a horse wearing a laurel crown with the rays of the sun emanating from behind its head. The horse theme was frequently used by Dali throughout his career. The hor...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Silu Niu Animal Original Acrylic On Canvas "Waitting - Blue"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Waitting - Blue Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Acrylic

"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999) Study for Ladders, 1948 Gouache on paper 17 x 13 inches Signed lower left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Gouache

American Trotting Horse No II from Currier & Ives suite by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
American Trotting Horses No. 2 by Salvador Dali has dynamic movement in the two trotting horses with an added giant Dalian insect head in coll...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Lady Godiva
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Lady Godiva Lithograph from 1970. Edition of 187/256. Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm Publisher: Simeon Wajntraub. On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in t...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Phenomenon II (oil painting surrealist cat paws men vintage clothing nostalgia)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
People encounter a domestic animal that is commonplace and familiar, but the disproportionate scale creates fascination, fright and this perspective renders the human speechless. Similar to the satirical novel "Gulliver's Travels", people are confronted with an inexplicable encounter and do not know how to react to it. Is the situation perplexing because a dog is huge, just taking a nap and does not notice the people around it, or are humans too tiny and do not recognize their "absurd" existence? keywords; surrealism, animals, cat, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, cat paw
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Electra (Spies/Leppien 21A), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Ernst, Max, et al. Max Ernst : G...
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1930s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"Les affinites ambigues" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1963 for the art revue XXe Siecle and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (312 x 235 mm). Not signed.
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Surrealist Carom Billards large and bold abstracted mid century modern games oil
By Guy Bourdin
Located in Norwich, GB
If Carom Billards is your game, this is the ultimate painting for you. If it is not, you will simply marvel at the artist's playfulness, adventurousness and style. Large and bold, the artwork includes a Margritte-esque surrealist figure with a bowler hat, grattage - note the intricate herringbone structure of the background - and sculptural fissure of the red ball to represent the end grain. The result is breathtaking. If you want a focal point for a room, this one is for you. Guy Bourdin, the ground breaking fashion and advertising photographer, specialised in fascinating narratives, dramatic effects with intense color saturation, hyper-realism and cropped compositions. He often incorporated fantastical elements, vivid colors, and bold compositions into his images, creating a captivating, dreamlike atmosphere Bourdin's style was influenced by his background in surrealism and painting...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Roi, je t’attends a Babylone Des Rois Pendus aux Arbes...
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Roi, je t'attends a Babylone Des Rois Pendus aux Arbes... MEDIUM: Etching on parchemin (peau de mouton) SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: HC 1 ME...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade) /// Salvador Dali Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Le Nu à la Guitarre (The Nude on the Guitar) (Serenade)" Portfolio: Nudes *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Year: 1970 Medium: Original Lithograph on white Rives paper Limited edition: 104/120 Printer: Desjobert, Paris, France Publisher: E.G.I., Beverly Hills, CA Reference: "The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali" - Field No. 70-8-D, page 158 Beautifully framed in handmade real gold-leaf moulding with raw silk matting and gold filet Framed size: 30.25" x 38.25" Image size: 20" x 28.25" Condition: Light toning to sheet in margins and some minor handling creases. Some minor cosmetic wear to framing. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Philadelphia, PA. Numbered by Dali in pencil lower left. Comes from Dali's 1970 "Nudes" portfolio of 8 lithographs from original drawings. Printed in light yellow-brown on pale green panel. Note: We are specialists in Salvador Dali's printmaking oeuvre, having personally worked with his cataloger Albert Field in the 1980's, we unconditionally guarantee all of our examples to be authentic. Biography: Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His painterly skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire included film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media. Dalí attributed his "love of everything that is gilded and excessive, my passion for luxury and my love of oriental clothes...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Gold Leaf

lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). This is the whimsical and striking surrealist composition, created by Rene Magritte for the cover of the December 1946 issue of "View", devote...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph, Stencil

An umbrella. Limited edition print, Surrealism, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary colorful figurative surrealistic print on paper by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. This print shows woman with dress shaped like an umbrella from under which it rains. The...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Color, Paper

Magritte, Deux Tourterelles, dans la Chaude Pénombre de Leur Maison (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; never framed or matted. Notes: From the suite, Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte, 1968. Published by A.C. Mazo et Cie, Paris; printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, 1968. Les Enfants Trouvés de Magritte comprised twelve coloured lithographs, four of which, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pierreries, La Belle Captive...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Framed Acrylic Surrealist Desert Scene with Dog and Sculptural Heads on Paper
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
. This surrealist desert painting by Gozo is a striking acrylic composition on 400gsm Fabriano paper, measuring 70 × 50 cm and housed in a bespoke hand-painted wooden frame that is f...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Acrylic, Spray Paint, Paper

Rare 1966 Original Bronze Sculpture "The Two Nikes" edition of 6 Salvador Dali
Located in Surfside, FL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) – The Two Nikes, Lilith, The Double Victory of Samothrace, Homage to Raymond Roussel Literature: Descharnes, Robert, Salvador Dalí, and Nicolas Descharnes. "Dalí, the hard and the soft: spells for the magic of form : sculptures & objects." (Azay-le-Rideau: Eccart, 2004), p, 114 (entry 270). Rare original bronze from edition of 6. This is exceedingly rare as most of his editions run into the hundreds. this is a true authentic Dali original sculpture. This was recently authenticated and comes accompanied by a Report of Authenticity from Frank Hunter, the Director of the Salvador Dalí Archives. Löpsinger 270 Executed in 1966, this bronze statue is incised with the artist’s signature and numbered ‘5/6’ on base. Published by Berrocal Foundry, the work measures 7 3/8 inches in height. Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989) A leading proponent of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí is perhaps as well-known for his flamboyant personality as his superb technical skill. Dalí became acquainted with André Breton, a key figure of the Surrealist movement, in 1929. “The Persistence of Memory” is often cited as the most important work of this style. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, held a retrospective of the artist’s work in 1941. The next year, he began a more classical series of paintings, incorporating history, science and religion. In addition to painting, Dalí also made prints, photographs, films, jewelry and sculpture. His works can be found in collections worldwide, including the National Gallery, Washington, DC and the Salvador Dalí Museum. In 1928 Dali went to Paris where he met the Spanish painters Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. He established himself as the principal figure of a group of surrealist artists grouped around Andre Breton, who was something like the theoretical "schoolmaster" of surrealism. Years later Breton turned away from Dali accusing him of support of fascism, excessive self-presentation and financial greediness. By 1929 Dali had found his personal style that should make him famous - the world of the unconscious that is recalled during our dreams. The surrealist theory is based on the theories of the psychologist Dr. Sigmund Freud. Recurring images of burning giraffes and melting watches...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Bronze

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

The Creation of Earth and Sea Animals - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
The Creation of Earthly and Sea Animals is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalí in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 an...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: FlorDali/Les Fruits Cherries MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: 109/200 MEASUREMENTS: 22" x 30" ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Tauromachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tauramachie Surrealiste The Giraffe on Fire MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: LXIV/C MEASUREMENTS: 20" x 26" YEAR: 1970 FRAMED:...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Mélika
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Etching, Paper

Avant Garde Surrealist Abstract Female Nude Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Cotignac, FR
Avant-garde female nude lithograph on paper by Danish artist Wilhelm Freddie. Number 80 from an edition of 170. Signed, dated and titled in pencil bottom left, numbered in pencil bot...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph, Paper

Beati Pauperes...Beati Mites...Beati - Lithograph - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Beati pauperes...beati mites...beati is an artwork realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 and 1969. Color lithog...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Rene Magritte 'Les Promenades D'Euclide' 1973- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of the Magritte painting is the only authorized and approved copy in its current format. It has been sanctioned by the appropriate authorities managing Magritte’s e...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Offset

Surrealist Oil on Canvas Magical Realism North Africa Turquoise Sea Yellow Red
Located in Norfolk, GB
Waiting in Ceuta, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 80cm Even in his most realistic images, there is a beautiful exaggeration in the paintings of Peter Rodulfo...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Large Salvador Dali Surrealist Bronze Portrait Sculpture Mexican Master Aguilar
Located in Surfside, FL
Carlos Aguilar y Linares, Mexican Sculptor (1945-2010) Sculpture chose him. In his hands and his soul he always had the necessary impulse to create wi...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Marble, Bronze

20th Century Surrealist Painting Oil on Board by Phillip Krevoruck (1919-1999)
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Philip Krevoruck (1919–1999), WPA Artist Surrealist oil on board, painted during the 1950s, in its original 1950s frame, signed in the lower right-hand corner. Philip Krevoruck was...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Board

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Blue Pink
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, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: Porthole to Another Dimension, 168x153cm, woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020 * Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together. Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabels own words: Porthole to Another Dimension The legend said, that down by the river, beneath the purple hills, where the black iris...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut

Saul Steinberg lithograph 1970s (Saul Steinberg prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Saul Steinberg Lithograph c. 1970 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 22 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; center gold-line as originally issued. ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

Aaron and the Menorah - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Belongs to the series "The Bible". Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. N...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Sans titre (Mourlot 1106), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19.3 x 12.4 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miró Lithographe. Vol...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

Five Red Tulips - Pink Original Floral Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carlos Gamez de Francisco’s "The House at the End of the Road" is a striking blend of hyperrealism, figurative surrealism, and imaginative narrative art. This 12-inch round acrylic p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Holiday End - Surreal Christmas Scene, Original Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
John Hrehov is a master at storytelling. Here, the artist presents us with a curious scene. In a sparsely decorated room albeit family portraits, a son is witnessing his father doing something very peculiar. Hrehov calls on the viewer to examine the scene more closely - asking ourselves what traits are being passed on to this innocent witness? The piece is framed in a simple white floater frame measuring 26 x 38 inches. John Hrehov Holiday End oil on canvas 24h x 36w in 60.96h x 91.44w cm JHR020 John Hrehov Education 1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Solo Exhibitions 2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN. 2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. 2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. 1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. Group Exhibitions 2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. 2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. 2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN. Norman Bradley...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Litografía original III
Located in OPOLE, PL
Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Litografía original III Lithograph from 1972. Dimensions of work: 32 x 24.5 cm. Dimensions in frame: 52 x42 cm. Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Printed ...
Category

1930s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Double Personage
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Double Personage Color lithograph, 1975 (?) Unsigned (as issued) Edition: Large Edition Limited, (estimated to be approximately 2000) Published in: XXe Siecle, No. 52, Juin 1979 Published: G. di San Lazzaro Printer: Mourlot Imprimeur, Paris, France Reference: Lam-Tonneau-Ryckelynck L7513 Condition: Excellent, fresh colors Traces of glue residue along margin edge where it was bound in the book Image/sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982) Biography Wifredo Lam was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, on December 8, 1902. He was the eighth child born to Lam-Yam―born in Canton around 1820, an immigrant to the Americas in 1860―and to Ana Serafina Catilla―born in 1862 in Cuba of mixed African and Spanish ancestry. The luxuriant nature of Sagua la Grande had a strong impact on Lam from early childhood. One night in 1907, he was startled by the strange shadows cast on the wall of his bedroom of a bat in flight. He often recounted the incident as his first magnificent awakening to another dimension to existence. In 1916, Lam and part of his family settled in Havana. He was enrolled in the Escuela Profesional de Pintura y Escultura, Academia de San Alejandro, where he remained a student until 1923. This period, with exhibitions at the Salón de Bellas artes, was determinant in his choice to become a painter. In 1923, the municipality of Sagua la Grande awarded him a grant to study in Europe and by the autumn of that year, at the age of twenty-one, he left the country for Spain. His time in Spain―initially intended as a short stay on his way to Paris―lasted 14 years. In Madrid, he was exposed to the ideas and movements of modern art. He spent long hours at the Archeological Museum and the Prado. He studied the great masters of Spanish painting, Velázquez and Goya, but felt particularly drawn to the works of Bosch and Bruegel the Elder. In 1931, his first wife, Eva (Sébastiana Piriz) and their son Wilfredo Victor died of tuberculosis. The terrible suffering he endured led to numerous paintings of mother and child. Lam found solace in the company of his Spanish friends and made contact with several political organizations. In 1936, with the help of his friend Faustino Cordón, he joined the Republican forces in their fight against Franco. He designed anti-Fascist posters and took part in the struggle by working in a munitions factory. The violence of the struggle inspired his painting La Guerra Civil. In 1938, Lam left Spain for Paris. Shortly before leaving, he met Helena Holzer, who would become his wife in 1944. His meeting Picasso in his studio on the Rue des Grands Augustins proved decisive. Picasso introduced his new “cousin” to his painter, poet and art critic friends, Braque, Matisse, Miró, Léger, Eluard, Leiris, Tzara, Kahnweiler, Zervos. Lam also met Pierre Loeb, the owner of the Galerie Pierre in Paris, which hosted Lam’s first solo exhibition in 1939. Shortly before the Germans arrived, Lam left Paris for Bordeaux and then Marseille, where many of his friends, for the most part surrealists, had gathered around André Breton in the Villa Air Bel: Pierre Mabille, René Char, Max Ernst, Victor Brauner, Oscar Domínguez, André Masson, Benjamin Péret. In the Villa Air Bel, a meeting place for creativity and experimentation, Lam worked and produced, most notably, a series of ink drawings that set the tone for what would become his signature style of hybrid figures, a vocabulary he would develop more fully during his years in Cuba from 1941 to 1947. In January and February 1941, Lam illustrated Breton’s poem Fata Morgana which was censored by the Vichy government. On March 25, Lam and Helena Holzer embarked on the “Capitaine Paul Lemerle” headed for Martinique, in the company of some 300 other artists and intellectuals―André Breton and Claude Lévi-Strauss among them. Upon arrival, the passengers were interred at Trois Îles. It was during this forced passage in Martinique and before leaving for Cuba that Lam and Aimé Césaire met for the first time to become life-long friends. Newly settled in his native land after almost twenty years, Lam delved deeper into his artistic investigations, finding nourishment for his ideas in the surroundings of his childhood and youth. His sister Eloisa, whom he was closest to, explained to him in much detail the workings of Afro-Cuban rituals and he began attending ritual ceremonies with some of his friends. This contact with Afro-Cuban culture brought new impetus to his art. He painted over one hundred canvases, most notably La Jungla, making the year 1942 his most productive of this period. Over the next few years, a number of exhibitions followed in the United States, at the Institute of Modern Art of Boston, at the MoMA of New York, at the Galerie Pierre Matisse, where La Jungla was presented and created a scandal. In 1946, Lam and Helena travel to Haiti and attend voodoo ceremonies in the company of Pierre Mabille and André Breton. Talking about his experience in Haiti, Lam said, “It is often assumed that my work took its final form in Haiti, but my stay there, like the trips I made to Venezuela, Colombia or to the Brazilian Mato Grosso only broadened its scope. I could have been a good painter from the School of Paris, but I felt like a snail out of its shell. What really broadened my painting is the presence of African poetry.” Picasso_Lam_Vallauris_1954_vignette Wifredo Lam et Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, 1954 Lam then went on to New York where he renewed contact with Marcel Duchamp and made new acquaintances: Jeanne Reynal, James Johnson Sweeney, Arshile Gorky, John Cage, Roger Wilcox, Mercedes Matter, Ian Hugo, Jesse Fernández, John Cage, Sonia Sekula and Yves Tanguy. By the end of the 1940s, Lam divided his time between Europe, Havana and New York, where they stayed with Pierre and Teeny Matisse...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Butterfly suite : Alsace / Strasbourg - Lithograph - Tall size (Field 69-2D)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI, after (1904-1969) Butterfly suite : Alsace / Strasbourg, 1969 Lithograph and heliogravure Printed signature in the plate bottom right Tall model, from the 700 unumber...
Category

1960s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photogravure, Lithograph

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

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