Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Miami, FL
Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave Original art exhibition poster by listed Spanish artist Antoni Clave from his Ginza Japan show.
Paper
$168Sale Price|42% Off
B.A.G. Guillot Original Mid-Century Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster
Located in Miami, FL
Original mid-century art poster depicting the interesting work by listed French artist, B.A.G. Guillot who was a skilled surrealist. B.A.G. Guillot art posters and other creations a...
Paper
Group Exhibition Poster, Surrealist Lithograph Poster by Max Ernst
By Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976) - Group Exhibition Poster, Year: 1965, Medium: Lithograph Poster on MBM Arches, numbered in pencil lower left, Edition: 62/70, Size: 16.75 x 12 in. ...
Lithograph
The Verbatim Collection Exhibition Poster, Surrealist Poster by Akira Kurosaki
By Akira Kurosaki
Located in Long Island City, NY
Akira Kurosaki, Chinese/Japanese (1937 - ) - The Verbatim Collection Exhibition Poster, Medium: Poster, Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Offset
$240Sale Price|20% Off
Proxima Centauri Exhibition Poster, Surrealist, Offset Print, 1969
By Martial Raysse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This1969 "Proxima Centauri" exhibition poster represents a significant period in Raysse's career when he was experimenting with new materials and techniques. This era is critical for...
Offset
$96Sale Price|20% Off
In Japan Surrealist Offset Print Exhibition Poster, 1985, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original exhibition poster published in Japan in 1985 for a special show dedicated to modern and contemporary masters. Printed in Japan, the poster reflects the high-quality standard...
Offset
$850
Exhibition at Galerie Lucie Weill, Surrealist Lithograph Poster by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Exhibition at Galerie Lucie Weill, Year: 1968, Medium: Lithograph Poster, Size: 30 x 20.5 in. (76.2 x 52.07 cm), Printer: Mourlot, Paris, Des...
Lithograph
1966 Exhibition Poster Philadelphia
By Joan Miró
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
An original lithograph exhibition poster for Spanish artist Joan Miro (1893-1983) titled "Graphics: Philadelphia Museum of Art", 1966. Printed by Arte Adrien Maeght in Paris France a...
Lithograph
Japan 1966 Exhibition Poster Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Height: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Width: 22.5 in (57.15 cm) Unsigned SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE
Lithograph
$250Sale Price|28% Off
Original Mid-Century Karl Fey-Rouger Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster, 1975
By Karl Fey-Rouger
Located in Miami, FL
A fine original midcentury abstract art exhibition poster featuring the work of French listed artist, Karl Fey-Rouger. The event was held at L' Art Marginal Gallery in Nice, France...
Paper
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster, " Poster by Valerio Adami
By Valerio Adami
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster" is a poster by Valerio Adami. The poster was created for the Kiss Me Stupid show at the Galerie Maeght.
Other Medium
Joan Miró, "Obra Grafica" - 1982 Exhibition Poster
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Explore Joan Miró's Obra Grafica 1982 exhibition poster, a signed-in-print color lithograph in excellent condition.
Paper
Vintage Poster - Exhibition at Galerie Maeght - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 –...
Offset, Lithograph
Vintage Mirò Exhibition Poster Galerie Maeght - 1970
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Mirò Exhibition Poster is an original offset print realized for the sculptures' exhibition of the surrealist artist Joan Mirò at the Galerie Maeght which took place in 1970.
Offset
Poster Giorgio De Chirico Exhibition - Offset - 1975
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Roma, IT
Poster Giorgio De Chirico Exhibition is an offset print artwork representing the exhibition of the painter in Marino Gallery in Rome in Navona's square, held in 1973. Very good cond...
Offset
"Jassara – Rue Aubriot, Paris, 1977" exhibition poster
By Helmut Newton
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Helmut Newton (1920-2004) was one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, known for redefining the way women were portrayed in the fashion industry. Born in 1920 in Ber...
Lithograph, Offset
Roger Nellens Répertoire Exhibition Poster, Lithograph, 1974, France
By Roger Nellens
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original exhibition poster for Roger Nellens: Répertoire, presented at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, from September 24 to October 12, 1974. Printed in France. This visually striki...
Lithograph
Joan Miró - Exhibition Poster, Tres Joans 1978
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Tres Joans by Joan Miró, a 1978 color lithograph signed in the stone, created for the book presentation at Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona. Measuring 76 x 56 cm, this piece is in excel...
Lithograph
Marc CHAGALL : Circus, Revolution - Lithograph exhibition poster - Mourlot
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL Circus - Revolution, 1963 Lithograph after the painting, engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall Printed in Atelier Mourlot Plate signed (prin...
Lithograph
Joan Miro 'Les Fauves' Vintage Lithograph Exhibition Poster, 1966
By Joan Miró
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage original poster for an exhibition of original lithographs by Joan Miró, titled Les Fauves, held at Le Vallauris in Paris from April 5 through May 1, 1966. This poster reflec...
Lithograph
Joan Miró, Miró de Prop – 1985 Exhibition Poster, Color
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Miró de Prop by Joan Miró, a 1985 color lithograph exhibition poster for the Centre d’Estudis d’Art Contemporani in Barcelona.
Lithograph
Original poster of the XIth International Exhibition of Surrealism
By André Breton
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of the XIth International Exhibition of Surrealism, presented in December 1965 at the galerie de l'Œil in Paris.
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a lithographed poster realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
$757
René Magritte – La Grande Muraille, Original Exhibition Poster, Art 1980 Chicago
By René Magritte
Located in Hamburg, DE
Issued during the posthumous resurgence of interest in the Belgian Surrealist master’s work, this original vintage poster is both an evocative exhibition souvenir and a highly collec...
Offset
Yves Klein 'RE26' 1994 Offset Print Exhibition Poster, Framed Red
By Yves Klein
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking exhibition poster reproduces RE26, one of Yves Klein’s powerful monochrome relief works. It was published in 1994 by Achenbach Editions for the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-...
Offset
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò. Mixed colored lithograph. The poster was realized in occasion of the exhibition of the arti...
Lithograph
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght after Joan Mirò - 1978
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) w...
Lithograph, Offset
$279
Picabia La Nuit Espagnole - Poster Exhibition - Vintage Offset Print - 1986
By Francis Picabia
Located in Roma, IT
Picabia La Nuit espagnole - Poster Exhibition is a mixed colored offset print realized in 1986. This print was realized on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the artist and...
Offset
Vintage Exhibition Poster at Galerie Maeght - Offset and Lithograph - 1968
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Mirò - Fondation Maeght is an original artwork realized after Joan Miró. Offset and Lithograph. The artwork was realized in the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the graphic ...
Lithograph, Offset
René Magritte, Les Marches de l'Eté, Original Exhibition Poster, Paris, 1980
By René Magritte
Located in Hamburg, DE
René Magritte’s original 1980 exhibition poster was published for the Art 1980 Chicago exhibition at Galerie Negru in Paris, featuring his celebrated 1938 painting Les Marches de l’É...
Offset
1964 Original poster of Max Ernst for an exhibition on surrealism
By Max Ernst
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of Max Ernst printed by Mourlot in 1964 for an exhibition on surrealism.
Paper, Lithograph
1975 Original poster of Hundertwasser's exhibition at the Paul Facchetti Gallery
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of Hundertwasser's exhibition at the Paul Facchetti Gallery. Friedrich Stowasser (December 15, 1928 - February 19, 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich...
Paper, Lithograph
$652
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght-Lithograph/Offset after J. Mirò-1978
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 –...
Lithograph, Offset
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght-Lithograph/Offset after J. Mirò-1970s
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in the 1970s. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1...
Lithograph, Offset
1966 original exhibition poster by Man Ray at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
By Man Ray
Located in PARIS, FR
This poster was designed to promote the exhibition of Man Ray's works, showcasing his significant contribution to the Surrealist movement and modern art.
Paper, Lithograph
1965 original exhibition poster by Max Ernst for René Crevel
By Max Ernst
Located in PARIS, FR
Through its limited edition status and artistic association, it offers a glimpse into a significant cultural event and the continued relevance of surrealist art. Original Poster Ex...
Paper, Lithograph
$1,049
Original 1958 exhibition poster for Jacqueline Lamba at the Galerie Lucy-Krohg
Located in PARIS, FR
Collectors of Surrealist ephemera and vintage exhibition posters cherish such pieces for their historical significance and striking visual impact.
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Original Marc Chagall Peintures Bibliques Recentes Jacob's Ladder exhibition
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in Spokane, WA
Marc Chagall, Vintage Exhibition Poster (1977) — 30 × 20.5 in — Very Good, A- Lithography poster (Mourlot workshop). Expertly printed in Paris by the renowned Mourlot Printers. Engra...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 50 in W 35.5 in
Surrealist Swiss Poster for Photography Exhibition, Lausanne Museum - Blumenfeld
Located in Boston, MA
The poster is based on a surrealist 1941 photo by Erwin Blumenfeld of Manua Motherwell.
Offset
Unavailable
H 15.5 in W 22.5 in
"Joan Miro Exhibition - Japan 1966" Abstract Surrealist Original Vintage Poster
By Joan Miró
Located in Boston, MA
A unique and stunning poster by Miro for his exhibition at the Japanese National Museum in Japan in 1966. The second photo in the listing provides a closer view of the fine lithogra...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 25 in W 19 in
"Miro Oeuvres Graphiques" Original Vintage French Exhibition Poster
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Boston, MA
A vibrant 1965 exhibition poster for the graphic works of Joan Miro at Galerie Maeght. In excellent condition with great color. This is a vintage lithographic poster and is guarant...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 33.08 in W 24.02 in
Original Vintage Poster Bilder + Plastiken Art Exhibition Pictures + Sculptures
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Bilder + Plastiken / Pictures + Sculptures exhibition by the German sculptor Lothar Fischer (1933-2004) and German painter and sculpture a...
Paper
Unavailable
H 30 in W 22.5 in
"Exposicion Homenaje a Josep-Lluis Sert" Original Miro Vintage Exhibition Poster
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Boston, MA
A vibrant 1972 exhibition poster for Joan Miro at the Colegio de Arquitectos de Canarias in Tenerife. In excellent condition with great color. This is a vintage lithographic poster...
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 26.78 in W 20.28 in
Original Vintage Pablo Picasso Art Exhibition Poster Luncheon On The Grass Manet
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for an art exhibition of work by the notable Spanish artist and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) entitled Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe / Luncheon on ...
Paper
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H 34.5 in W 23.5 in D 0.1 in
"Surrealist Lithograph Exhibition Poster, Roger Nellens, 21st Century"
By Roger Nellens
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original exhibition poster for Roger Nellens: Répertoire, presented at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris, from September 24 to October 12, 1974. Printed in France. This visually striki...
Lithograph
Gertrude Stein Exhibition Poster
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Today she is one of the most famous and adored artists around the world. Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is a Japanese artist who had an important early affiliation with Pop Art, exhibiting a...
Lithograph
Man Ray exhibition poster 1968
By Man Ray
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Man Ray Objets de mon Affection/Robert Indiana Neue Graphik: Rare vintage original 1968 double-sided poster produced on the occasion of an exhibition of Man Ray objects proceeded by ...
Lithograph, Offset
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H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Miró Exhibition Poster - Photo-Offset After Joan Miró - 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Exhibition Poster " is a vintage photo-offset print realized after Joan Miró in 1971, it comes from one of the Italian Exhibition posters of the artist, held in Rome, Piazza N...
Offset
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H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Miró Exhibition Poster - Photo-Offset After Joan Miró - 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Exhibition Poster " is a vintage photo-offset print realized after Joan Miró in 1971, it comes from one of the Italian Exhibition posters of the artist, held in Rome, Piazza N...
Offset
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H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
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H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò.
Lithograph
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H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized in occasion of an exhibitions by Joan Mirò. Mixed colored lithograph. The poster was realized in occasion...
Lithograph
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H 19.5 in W 13.75 in D 0.07 in
Original Midcentury Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster, B.A.G. Guillot
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury art poster depicting the interesting work by listed French artist, B.A.G. Guillot. Guillot was a skilled draftsman, Surrealist. This is an original not a reprint...
Paper
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H 19.5 in W 13.75 in D 0.07 in
Original Midcentury Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster, B.A.G. Guillot
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury art poster depicting the interesting work by listed French artist, B.A.G. Guillot. Guillot was a skilled draftsman, Surrealist. This is an original not a reprint...
Paper
Midcentury Framed Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster, circa 1975
By Karl Fey-Rouger
Located in Miami, FL
A fine original midcentury abstract art exhibition poster featuring the work of French listed artist, Karl Fey-Rouger.
Paper, Wood
Joan Miró Exhibition Poster - 1971
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Exhibition Poster " is an original photo-offset realized by Joan Miró in 1971, it comes from one of the Italian Exhibition poster of the artist, held in Rome, Piazza Navona, 43...
Offset
Vintage Francis Bacon exhibition poster
By Francis Bacon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Francis Bacon Paris, 1967 Vintage Francis Bacon exhibition poster circa late 1960s published on the occasion of: Francis Bacon at the Galerie Maeght 13 rue de Teheran 1967.
Lithograph, Offset
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H 30.79 in W 22.45 in
The Yellow Profile - Lithograph exhibition poster - Mourlot
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
After Marc CHAGALL The Yellow Profile, 1969 Vintage lithographic poster Made for Marc Chagall's exhibition at Gallery Maeght in 1969-70 Plate signed (printed signature) bottom right...
Lithograph
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H 15.75 in W 10.24 in
Exhibition Poster after Joan Miró - "Presence of Joan Prats Poster"
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Exhibition Poster after Joan Miró - "Composition exhibition poster". A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living room or bedroom.
Photographic Paper, Lithograph
Man and Sea - Vintage exhibition poster - 1972
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (after) Man and Sea Exhibition poster printed in offset, with some color in lithograph and metallic ink Signature printed in the plate 119 x 84 cm (c. 48 x 34 inch) Ed...
Lithograph, Offset
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H 29.53 in W 20.08 in
After Marc CHAGALL : Circus, Revolution - Lithograph exhibition poster - Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
After Marc CHAGALL Circus - Revolution, 1963 Lithograph after the painting, engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall Printed in Atelier Mourlot Plate signed...
Lithograph
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H 29.53 in W 20.08 in
After Marc CHAGALL : Circus, Revolution - Lithograph exhibition poster - Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
After Marc CHAGALL Circus - Revolution, 1963 Lithograph after the painting, engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall Printed in Atelier Mourlot Plate signed...
Lithograph
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H 29.53 in W 20.08 in
After Marc CHAGALL : Circus, Revolution - Lithograph exhibition poster - Mourlot
Located in Paris, IDF
After Marc CHAGALL Circus - Revolution, 1963 Lithograph after the painting, engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall Printed in Atelier Mourlot Plate signed...
Lithograph
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H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Miró Exhibition Poster - Vintage Offset after Joan Mirò - 1971
By Joan Miró
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Exhibition Poster" is a vintage photo-offset realized after Joan Miró in 1971, in occasion of the artist's exhibition at Galleria Marino in Navona Square, Rome.
Offset
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Picabia La Nuit espagnole - Poster Exhibition - Original Lithograph - 1986
By Francis Picabia
Located in Roma, IT
Picabia La Nuit espagnole - Poster Exhibition is a mixed colored offset print realized in 1986. This print was realized on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the artist and...
Lithograph
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H 29.53 in W 20.08 in
After Marc CHAGALL : Circus, Revolution - Lithograph exhibition poster - Mourlot
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
After Marc CHAGALL Circus - Revolution, 1963 Lithograph after the painting, engraved by Charles Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall Printed in Atelier Mourlot Plate signed...
Lithograph
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.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.