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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
La Petite Chouette 2
La Petite Chouette 2

La Petite Chouette 2

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: La Petite Chouette 2 MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 12" x 18" YEAR: 1968 FRAMED: No CONDI...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Bill Murray
Bill Murray

Bill Murray

By Ralph Steadman

Located in Hollywood, FL

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

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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The King's Feast, King Ubu - Original Lithograph (Maeght #399)
The King's Feast, King Ubu - Original Lithograph (Maeght #399)

The King's Feast, King Ubu - Original Lithograph (Maeght #399)

By Joan Miró

Located in Paris, IDF

Joan MIRO The King's Feast, King Ubu, 1966 Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot, Paris) Unsigned Numbered 34 / 75 copies On Arches vellum 54 x 75 cm (c. 21.2 x 29.5 in) REFERENCE :...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Black Devil - Woodcut - 1963
Black Devil - Woodcut - 1963

Black Devil - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Black Devil is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.17 (as repor...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Jacob's Blessing - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1979
Jacob's Blessing - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1979

Jacob's Blessing - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1979

By Marc Chagall

Located in Roma, IT

Jacob's Blessing  is a beautiful contemporary art realized by March Chagall in 1979.  Color lithograph printed and published by Maeght, Paris, in 1979. Ref. Catalogue Mourlot n. 94...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Mélodie Acide - 7 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
La Mélodie Acide - 7 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)

La Mélodie Acide - 7 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)

By Joan Miró

Located in Kansas City, MO

Joan Miró La Mélodie Acide - 7 Color lithograph Year: 1980 Edition: 1500 Artist Dry Stamp lower right, Annotated "H.C" (hors commerce) in pencil lower left Size: 8.2 × 6.6 on 12.9 ...

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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Orange Shell
Orange Shell

Orange Shell

By Fanny Brennan

Located in Greenwich, CT

Orange Shell is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 3.75 x 3.5 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray fra...

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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Leonor Fini, rare original lithograph on paper, circa 1970
Leonor Fini, rare original lithograph on paper, circa 1970

Leonor Fini, rare original lithograph on paper, circa 1970

By Leonor Fini

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Rare print numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. It depicts a beautiful feminine figu...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva

Lady Godiva

By Salvador Dalí­

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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Surrealist encounter, 1975 - Original Handsigned Etching
Surrealist encounter, 1975 - Original Handsigned Etching

Surrealist encounter, 1975 - Original Handsigned Etching

By Lars Bo

Located in Paris, IDF

Lars BO Surrealist encounter (Le Rêve de Jean Valjean 7/8), 1975 Original etching Handsigned in pencil On Japan paper 36 x 45 cm (c. 14,1 x 17,7 inch) Edition limited to 100 unnumbe...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Sedet Sola Civitas - Lithograph - 1964
Sedet Sola Civitas - Lithograph - 1964

Sedet Sola Civitas - Lithograph - 1964

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Holy Bible -  Sedet sola civitas is Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964. It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani between 1967 an...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Circus - 25 illustrated books - Vintage poster - 1982
Circus - 25 illustrated books - Vintage poster - 1982

Circus - 25 illustrated books - Vintage poster - 1982

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

After Marc CHAGALL Circus Offset vintage poster, 1982 On heavy paper 66 x 46 cm / 26 x 18" INFORMATION : Vintage poster for the exhibition "25 livres illustres" at Patrick Cramer Ga...

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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American
SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American

SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American

By Norma Bessouet

Located in Union City, NJ

SELVAGGIA is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the Argentine woman artist Norma Bessouet printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 10% acid free. SELVAGGIA is unframed, in mint condition, full bleed image, hand torn edges, signed in pencil by Ms. Bessouet. Print size - 28.5 x 20.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Norma Bessouet Edition size - 150, plus proofs Year printed - 1986 Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC Bessouet, born in Argentina, schooled in Argentina, London and in Italy, where she was able to look to the works of the Old Masters for inspiration. She refers to the artists of the Italian quattrocento along with Velazquez and El Greco as her muses, and traces of these historic artists shine through in her paintings. Her work is in numerous private and public collections throughout the world. Bessouet's art focused primarily around portraits, domesticity and the female nude. In the original print, SELVAGGIA, Norma Bessouet merges certain Latin American strands of literary magic realism with Surrealism and presents a portrait of an androgynous seated figure, with bald head, serene facial expression, wearing a full length ombre shaded robe, cradling a large, long-beak bird. Ms. Bessouet's sensitive, masterly drawing expresses a fantasy doll...

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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Polished Nexus - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023

Polished Nexus - Digital Print by Kevin Abanto - 2023

By Kevin Abanto

Located in Roma, IT

Polished Nexus invites viewers to an intersection of refined beauty, where each texture finds its nexus in polished elegance on the canvas. The play of light becomes a guide, leading...

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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Digital

Forest - Woodcut - 1963
Forest - Woodcut - 1963

Forest - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Forest -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 28 -  Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Plate ...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

One Little Stage

One Little Stage

By Valton Tyler

Located in Dallas, TX

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintin...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Rag Paper, Etching

FUJI UNDER SIEGE Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Snow Capped Mountain, Duster
FUJI UNDER SIEGE Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Snow Capped Mountain, Duster

FUJI UNDER SIEGE Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Snow Capped Mountain, Duster

By Fanny Brennan

Located in Union City, NJ

FUJI UNDER SIEGE is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archiva...

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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall Four tales from the Arabian Nights- Plate 3
Marc Chagall Four tales from the Arabian Nights- Plate 3

Marc Chagall Four tales from the Arabian Nights- Plate 3

By Marc Chagall

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Marc Chagall (Russia/France 1887‑1985). Four tales from the Arabian Nights- Plate 3, "Then He spent the night with her embracing and clipping". Color Lithograph. 1948. Edition number 49 of 90 Framed 28"H x 24"W x 1.5"D. Signed in pencil, Inscribed Pl. 3 and numbered 49 of 90 Literature: “Marc Chagall The Lithograph LA COLLECTION SORLIER”, Distributed Art Pub Inc, 1999, p.64, No.38 Plate 3 from the series Four Tales from the Arabian Nights (1948), created after Chagall was commissioned to produce illustrations inspired by the classic Middle Eastern stories commonly known as Arabian Nights. The title itself comes directly from the story text and reflects Chagall’s characteristic lyrical, intimate, and floating composition style. In the 1940s–1950s, Chagall was commissioned to create illustrations for One Thousand and One Nights (often called Arabian Nights). The stories—filled with magic, romance, fantasy, and transformation—perfectly matched Chagall’s imaginative visual language. Chagall’s Arabian Nights...

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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

LA SORCIERE - (The Witch)
LA SORCIERE - (The Witch)

LA SORCIERE - (The Witch)

By Kurt Seligmann

Located in Santa Monica, CA

KURT SELIGMANN (1900–1962 American, born in Switzerland,) LA SORCIERE - (The Witch) 1934 Etching and aquatint, unsigned ? possibly a proof aside from The ...

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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali
Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali

Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Fairfield, CT

Title: Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving on Arches paper Edition: F.122/195, plus proofs Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Conspiratorial Choice, limited edition, Surreal Ballet Established Polish artist

Conspiratorial Choice, limited edition, Surreal Ballet Established Polish artist

By Rafał Olbiński

Located in Warsaw, PL

Size of sheet is ca. 29.5 x 21 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 com...

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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Color

Gala, mon seul desir
Gala, mon seul desir

Gala, mon seul desir

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Gala, mon seul desir MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 20.9" ...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Arrival in the Empyrean - Woodcut - 1963
Arrival in the Empyrean - Woodcut - 1963

Arrival in the Empyrean - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

Arrival in the Empyrean -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 30 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante A...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Diane de Poitiers
Diane de Poitiers

Diane de Poitiers

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in New York, NY

Color etching with full margins. Signed by the artist and numbered 147/250 in pencil in lower right and left margins respectively. Printed and published by DeFrancony, Paris. Ca...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Color

'Bullfight'— Mid-century American Surrealism, Chicago Avant-garde
'Bullfight'— Mid-century American Surrealism, Chicago Avant-garde

'Bullfight'— Mid-century American Surrealism, Chicago Avant-garde

By Robert Vale Faro

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Robert Vale Faro, 'Bullfight', wood engraving, 1945, edition 15. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '105' (the artist's inventory number) and '13/15' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/16 to 2 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 1/16 x 4 1/16 inches (129 x 103 mm); sheet size 8 9/16 x 6 5/16 inches (217 x 160 mm). An impression of this work is included in the museum collection of the National Gallery of Art. 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...

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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe
Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe

Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Hollywood, FL

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos Saturnian Giraffe MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5" YEAR: 1974...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cybernetic lobster phone, Imaginatio...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Le Cirque Magique 1998 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Le Cirque Magique 1998 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph

Le Cirque Magique 1998 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist: Isabelle Planté Title: Le Cirque Magique - Year: 1998 Print : Lithograph on wove paper Size: 35'' x 24'' inches image size 26.5" x 21" inches Edition: Signed in pencil a...

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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Lovers - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
The Lovers - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960

The Lovers - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960

By Marc Chagall

Located in Roma, IT

Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature. On bot sheets, recto and verso. Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris. Ref. Mourlot,...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Up, Up & Up Yours
Up, Up & Up Yours

Up, Up & Up Yours

By Ralph Steadman

Located in Hollywood, FL

Artist: Ralph Steadman Title: Up, Up and Up Your's Medium: Three color silkscreen on White Rising Stonehenge Deckle Edge Paper Size: 22 x 30 Inches Edition: of 250 Year: 2006 Notes:...

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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Analphabetogramme - Signatur Objekt Nr. 23 (Collages, Assemblages, Surrealism)
Analphabetogramme - Signatur Objekt Nr. 23 (Collages, Assemblages, Surrealism)

Analphabetogramme - Signatur Objekt Nr. 23 (Collages, Assemblages, Surrealism)

By Jiri Kolar

Located in Kansas City, MO

Jiri Kolar (Jiří Kolář) Analphabetogramme - Signatur Objekt Nr. 23 (Collages, Assemblages, Poetry, Surrealism) Analphabétogramme (hand-pressed copper print) with matte Year: 1995 Size: 12×11.6×0.6in Edition: 756 of 990 Signed, numbered by hand Publisher: First Edition, Verlag Rommerskirchen, Rolandseck - Germany COA provided Ref.: 924802-1933 White original cardboard in a Plexiglas slipcase, signed and numbered, number 756 of 990. 28 pages in block book form, texts and colored illustrations of collaged sculpture photographs, 1 loosely enclosed hand-signed original hand-pressed copper print ("Analphabétograms") under passepartout. The cardboard cover is cut out like a passe-partout so that the title illustration is visible when the book is hung on the wall as an art object using the acrylic glass frame provided. Tags: Czech artist,Poet,Visual artist,Political activist,Collages,Assemblages,Poetry,Surrealism,Dada...

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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Copper

The Dust of Souls - Woodcut  - 1963

The Dust of Souls - Woodcut - 1963

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Roma, IT

The Dust of Souls - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issu...

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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Les Songes Drolatiques De Pantagruel Year: 1973 Medium: Lithograph Edition: Inscribed E.A (Epreuve d' Artiste) i...

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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Phantom
Phantom

Roman SustovPhantom, 2012

$180Sale Price|20% Off

Phantom

By Roman Sustov

Located in Palm Springs, CA

An ex libris print featuring the fantasy figures and musicians in surreal M.C. Escher style building. Roman Sustov's prints often provide a fantastic blend of classic technique combined with images from the vast worlds of surrealism, eroticism, fantasy and fairy tales. Signed in pencil artists proof from the edition of 100. Roman Sustov was born in 1977 in Minsk, Belarus. In 1995 he graduated from Minsk Art College and six years later he graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts (Department of Graphic). Through this long training he has become a master in etching, lithography and linocut prints. His works can be found in collections in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Japan, Russia and Belarus, and in the Contemporary Fine Art Museum (Minsk, Belarus). Roman notes...

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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint, Etching

Submerged Form
Submerged Form

Submerged Form

By Graham Sutherland

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Submerged Form" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graha...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Surrealist prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Leonor Fini. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $48 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $916.