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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
One Blossom One World. Peony Deer I, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"A flower is small, but it is also a world of its own," says artist Guigen Zha. He paints a surreal image of a flower growing from bud to bloom. A parallel metaphor of human life from birth to death plays out in the scene. Guigen displays a peony, a deer, and a human expressing the interconnection and interdependence of all things in a utopian world.


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: healing, peony, deer, animal, belief, landscape, floral, poetic, oilpaint, flower, surrealism, figure, nude, surrealism, flora, oil painting, green


One Blossom One World...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Time I, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha presents elements of Chinese cultural relics set upon a surrealist beach. A Tang Sancai, a type of pottery from the Tang Dynasty, sits prominently with its gilded handles. Together on the steps are an embroidered shoe worn by women and a pomegranate flower in full bloom. He paints a snail walking into a mural depicting cultural history. "The piece presents a reminder of the past and how time flies," says Guigen.


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: healing, landscape, seascape, floral, poetic, cultural relics, surrealism, Dali...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Le Bestiaire ou Cortege Orphee - Rare Book by Raoul Dufy - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
One of 50 copies on Japon ancient. Very important and rare book illustrated by Raoul Dufy. Perfect conditions, hard binding. Reduced edition of the original "Bestiaire". 
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Five of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rachel Srinivasan manifests a representation of a tarot card. She paints a robust white bison in the center of five silver swords, standing on a pentagram in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Oil

Le Visage
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) - Le Visage Lithograph from 1970. On Arches Paper. Dimensions of work: 74 x 54 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Carnets intimes de Braque V
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Carnets intimes de Braque V Lithograph from 1955. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

François Xavier Lalanne, bird on lillies, 2006
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Natural history - François-Xavier Lalanne Etching Numbered out of 70 and signed F.X.L. in pencil Robert and Lydie Dutrou editors 2006. Paper size: 40x33cm Work size: 16x19.5cm
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Early 2000s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Beach Houses II - Original 3D surrealistic painting - contemporary illusion art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Marek Letkiewicz’s Beach Houses II transports viewers to a sur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Acrylic, Board

C est les bottes de 7 lieues cette phrase "je me vois" - 1920s - André Masson
Located in Roma, IT
Signed by André Masson (illustrator) and Robert Desnos (Author) on colophon. Limited edition of 112 copies, including 4 original etchings by André Masson...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Etching

Homage to Andy Warhol II - contemporary art - original 3D surrealistic painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Marek Letkiewicz’s Homm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Acrylic, Board

Beauté, Mon Beau Souci - Rare Book Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Copies including 37 engravings by J.E. Laboureur. The edition includes 12 numbered copies and 400 copies on velin Lafuma-Navarre. Lightly wore on cover and binding.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Poèmes, Planche XX
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche XX Woodcut print from 1968. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 238. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

Des Riens... - Rare Book by Carlègle - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 507 copies including 66 illustrations by Carlègle, colored "au pochoir". Extremely rare and precious copy on Japon Imperial (one of 37 of the commercial edition), includin...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Homage to Fornasetti - contemporary artwork - original 3D surrealistic painting
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Marek Letkiewicz’s Homa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist More Art

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Acrylic, Board

Le Bar de l Amour - Rare Book by Philippe Soupault - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 230 copies. Copy on Pur Fil Lafuma paper. Includes the "Cahier de la Rédaction" titled "Feuilleuts" and "Jacques Rivière". Language: french. Original soft cover. Very good...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Chansons Madécasses - Rare Book Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 412 copies including 30 original colored vignettes by J. E. Laboureur. Copy on Jute naturel. Light flowering in the last pages. Very good conditions, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Paris la Nuit. Les Plaisirs de la Capitale - Rare Book by Louis Aragon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Paris la Nuit. Les Plaisirs de la Capitale, ses bas fonds et ses jardins secrets. Considerations by Louis Aragon on different aspects of Paris, seen from...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Le Septieme Chant.
Located in New York, NY
MASSON, André. Le Septieme Chant. By Alain Jouffroy. Illustrated with 4 engravings by Masson. Folio, loose as issued in the original wrappers and linen-covered slipcase, preserve...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Mid Century Modern Limited Edition Etching - La Ballade des Dames Hors du Temps
Located in ludlow, GB
Mid Century Modern Limited Edition Etching from "La Ballade des Dames Hors du Temps". This Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Etching with Aquatint - a Proof aside from the Edition....
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20th Century Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Daphnes and Chloé, Planche XXIII (trial proof)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Daphnes and Chloé, Planche XXIII (trial proof) Lithograph from 1961. Trial proof - unique work. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 56 x...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Etching

Rien que la terre - Rare Book Illustrated by Demetrios Galanis - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 206 copies including 11 original engravings by Demetrios Galanis and one original frontispiece. Copy on reservede to Librairie Champion. Includes a printsuite and an origi...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

De Mauvais Sujets - Planche II
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - De Mauvais Sujets - Planche II Etching and aquatint from 1958. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 153. Dimensions of sheet: 43.5 x 32.5 cm Dimensions in frame: 63.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Les Bibliophiles de l’Union Française, Paris. Printer: Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris. Reference: Cramer 35 -- This original color etching comes from De Mauvais Sujets ("The Bad Subjects"), a 1958 illustrated portfolio that paired Marc Chagall’s artwork...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Une Saison en Enfer - Rare Book illustrated by André Masson - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 92 copies plus 10 Artist Proofs, including 6 original etchings numbered and signed by Hans Richter and six poems by Grytzko Mascioni. Original hard creative slipcase on gr...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Calligrammes - Rare Book Illustrated by Apollinaire - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Rare and important volume belonging to the deluxe edition of 109 copies in-quarto tellière, of which 100 on Vergé Pur Fil Lafuma de Navarre paper were reserved to the Bibliophiles de...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Ecumes de la Mer - Rare Book Illustrated by G. Aubert - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 800. Copy on velin simili cuve Navarre paper. On frontispiece it includes a portrait of the author by Pablo Picasso, engraved by G. Aubert. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Arthur Rimbaud - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Hard cover designed and handmade by Ardengo Soffici, in excellent conditions. On the frontispiece we can read handwritten: "Silvio e Luigi Perina Roma 5 Marzo 1916". Language: Italian.
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Marc Chagall - L Odyssée, Planche I
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Marc Chagall - L'Odyssée, Planche I Lithograph from 1974. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 270. Dimensions of work: 42.5 x 32 c...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

Juliette au Pays des Hommes - Rare Book Illustrated by Chas Laborde - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 317 copies including engravings by Chas Laborde. Copy on Vergé de Rives. Perfect Conditions. Partially Uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Les Amies - Rare Book by Jean Gabriel Daragnès - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 280 copies. Copy on papier d'Arches, including 6 original woodcuts by Daragnès. Hard cover on marble cardboard. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1910s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Les Français en Voyage - Rare Book - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 563 copies including 19 original engravings by Dubreuil. Exceptionally fine and rare copy. One of the only 18 copies on Japon Ancien including one original drawing by Dubr...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Sentiments - Rare Book by Raoul Dufy - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 100 copies including a portrait of the author engraved with etching by Raoul Dufy. Copy on Hollande van Gelder. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Chants de Maldoror - Rare Book Illustrated by René Magritte - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Les Chants de Maldoror is an original modern rare book written by Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Montevideo, 1846 — ...
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1940s Surrealist More Art

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Paper, Photogravure

Mirò Album 19 - Vintage Catalogue of the Exhibition Sala Gaspar - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Includes 4 original lithographs by J. Mirò, one of which in double page. Vol in-4°. Original editorial cover on paper, with a lithograph by Mirò as wel...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Mitsou ou Comment l Esprit vient aux Filles - Rare Book - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1300 copies on Vélin du Marais.  Excellent Condition. Partially Uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Poèmes, Planche II
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche II Woodcut print from 1968. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 238. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

Serge Lifar. Le Destin du... - Rare Book by Andre Schaikevith - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1.200 copies including reproductions of 25 drawings by Pablo Picasso and black and white photographs. One of 200 copies "HC" out of commerce, on papier vergé teinté Arjoma...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Chez les Toubibs - Rare Book by Gus Bofa - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Text and illustrations by Gus Bofa. Plates and spine partially missing and restored. Inside excellent conditions and partially uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Odes - Rare Book Illustrated by Demetrios Galanis - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 300 copies including 6 original etchings/sanguines and many gouaches inside the text by Demetrios Galanis. One of 243 copies on Vergé de Rives. Original editorial softcov...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Hélene Touglas - Rare Book Illustrated by J.E. Laboureur - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1220 copies. Copy on velin d'Annonay, including original etching by J. Laboureur. Very good, little brown on cover.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Sa Maitresse et Moi - Rare Book - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Editorial soft cover, spine restored. Inside excellent conditions.  Couverture souple originale et dos restauré. A l'intérieur le livre est dans d'excellentes conditions. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Le Roi de la Vie - Rare Book by Philippe Soupault - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 620 copies including a portrait of the author by Alexeieff on frontispiece. Copy on Velin Lafuma paper. Language: french. Perfect conditions. Uncut. Philippe Soupault was ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Le Serate Futuriste - Rare Book by Francesco Cangiullo - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Volume by Francesco Cangiullo (Napoli,1884 – Livorno,1977), italian writer, poet and painter, who actively participated to the italian futurist movement. First edition of the volume,...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

La Main Enchantée - Rare Book by Jean Gabriel Daragnès - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 426 copies including original engravings by Daragnés. Copy on Japon Imperial (one of the only 60 on this paper). Perfect conditions. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Georgia - Rare Book Illustrated by Philippe Soupault - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of  236 copies. Copy on Hollande de Rives paper. From the "Collection de l'Horologe. Une heure un poète" series. Language: french. Cover and spine lightly browned. Inside per...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Selva Arte - Rare Book Illustrated by Ardengo Soffici - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
First edition. Original soft cover including the rare coloured illustrated book jacket. Excellent conditions.
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1940s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

La Belle Journée - Rare Book Illustrated by Chas Laborde - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1345 copies. Copy on velin Lafuma. Edition including original etchings by Chas Laborde. Perfect conditions, uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Guillaume Apollinaire - Rare Book - 1927
By Alexandre Alexeieff
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 548 copies including and original xylography by Alexeieff on frontispiece.  Copy in near perfect conditions and uncut, n. 10 belonging to the 73 copies on vélin and Holla...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Rues et Visages de Paris - Rare Book - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Rues et Visages de Paris (Streets and Faces of Paris) is a rare book whose purpose is to introduce the city of Paris in the first page of 20th Century, written by Valery Larbaud and ...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Le Diable Amoureux - Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Emile Laboreur - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Copy on velin paper including original etchings in the definitive state by Jean Emile Laboreur. Copy in perfect conditions and partially uncut. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Le Rêve d’une Petite Fille - Rare Book Illustrated by Max Ernst - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rêve d’une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel is an original modern rare book illustrated by Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) in 1930. Original first edition. Editions du Carrefour...
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1930s Surrealist More Art

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Paper, Mixed Media

Poèmes, Planche XXII (trial proof)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche XXII (trial proof) Woodcut print from 1968. Trial proof - unique work. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

L Équipe - Rare Book Illustrated by André Dignimont - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 336 copies illustrated by A. Dignimont. Copy on velin pur film Lafuma. Frontispecie separeted from binding. Very good condition. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

De Mauvais Sujets - Planche V
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - De Mauvais Sujets - Planche V Etching and aquatint from 1958. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 153. Dimensions of sheet: 43.5 x 32.5 cm Dimensions in frame: 63.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Les Bibliophiles de l’Union Française, Paris. Printer: Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris. Reference: Cramer 35 -- This original color etching comes from De Mauvais Sujets ("The Bad Subjects"), a 1958 illustrated portfolio that paired Marc Chagall’s artwork...
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1950s Surrealist More Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Poèmes, Planche IV
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Poèmes, Planche IV Woodcut print from 1968. An unnumbered and unsigned copy from a limited edition of 238. Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm Dimensions...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Woodcut

L homme et son chien
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bengt Lindström (1925-2008) - L'homme et son chien Lithograph from 1990. Edition of 100. Dimensions of work: 56 x 76 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1990s Surrealist More Art

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Lithograph

L Enfant - Rare Book - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 1000 copies. Copy on Japon Imperial, one of 60 copies. Perfect conditions and uncut.
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 5.25 X 3.75 inches. Box is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not know if ...
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1960s Surrealist More Art

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Gold, Bronze

Tableau du Palais - Rare Book Illustrated by Yves Alix - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 348 copies including 22 lithographs by Yves Alix of which 9 full page. One of 300 copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. Nice volume on parisian Court (judges, attorney...
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Tableau de la Mode - Rare Book by Marcel Vertès - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 342 copies including 21 etchings and 11 lithographs by Marcel Vertés. Perfect conditions. 
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1920s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

Il Bene Raro - Rare Book illustrated by Hans Richter - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 92 copies plus 10 Artist Proofs, including 6 original etchings numbered and signed by Hans Richter and six poems by Grytzko Mascioni. Original hard creative slipcase on gr...
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1970s Surrealist More Art

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Paper

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