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Surrealist Abstract Prints

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
Abstract Composition - Lithograph by J. Mirò - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Lithograph realized by Joan Mirò (1893-1983) within the suite "Mirò Lithographe". The artwork is from gallery "Toninelli Arte Moderna" in Milan. No signat...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Le Singe et le Léopard, Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Le Singe et le Léopard Year: 1975 Medium: Engraving with pochoir on Arches paper Edition: E.A.; 682, plus proofs Size: 30 x 22.25 inches Cond...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Wunderhorn - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wunderhorn is an artwork realized by Max Ernst, Lewis Carrolls,1970. Lithograph on Japon Paper, igned and numbered 68/69. Printed and published by Manues Press (Embossing Stamp). ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Dorothea Tanning(1910-2012) – Colour etching and aquatint on Arches paper - 1973
Located in Varese, IT
Color etching and aquatint on Arches paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition of 100 copies, numbered as 31/100 in lower left corner. Paper size: 43x32 cm Very good conditions with de...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Paper, Etching

La Une a L h Pile (Head to Head), Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early large-scale work by Chilean artist Roberto Matta. In this black-and-white surrealist piece, various figures can be seen in various acts. Signed and numbered in pencil. This edition is not from the Arabic numbered edition of 40. La Une a L’h Pile (Head to...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Dark Lemur - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dark Lemur is an Etching realized by Leo Guida in 1972s. Good condition, Hand signed, dated with pencil. Artist sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techn...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

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 Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Cartones
Located in Wilton, CT
numbered 64/180. Published by Atlantis Art Verlag Freiburg
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Cartones
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French Abstract Surrealist Lithograph Andre Masson Mourlot Paris Limited Edition
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the suite by Jean Paul Sartre and Andre Masson, Limited edition of 175. published by Fernand Mourlot, 1961. The portfolio is numbered #29/175 and hand signed by Andre Ma...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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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 Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas En El Jardín de Miró
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Joan Miró (1893-1983) Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas En El Jardín de Miró (1975) Lithograph Size: 29.5 x 23.25 in (75 x 59 cm) Frame size: 38.5 x 30 in (97.94 x 76.05 cm) Fr...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Diane de Poitiers
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 Abstract Prints

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Etching, Color

LA FOLLE AU PIMENT RAGEUR
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Mourlot 1025. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Edition of 27/30. Artwork size 91.375 x 47.875 inches. Custom framed ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Composition - Etching by W. Freddie - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by Wilhelm Freddie (born Christian Frederik Wilhelm Carlsen Carlsen), a danish abstract and Surrealistic Artist,...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

L eau est Mana, Framed Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: L'eau est Mana Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Size: 21.5 x 30 inches (54.61 x 76.2 cm) Frame...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Marcello Avenali - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary artwork realized by Marcello Avenali in the mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph on paper. Includes frame: 38 x 3 x 43 cm Hand signed and numbered...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí Signed Lithographs - Retrospective Suite 1978 Complete Set of Four
Located in Dallas, TX
From the private collection of a Texas art connoisseur, this rare set comprises all four framed limited European edition lithographs from Salvador Dalí’s 1978 Retrospective Suite. Ea...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

André Masson, "Figures in Landscape, " hand signed lithograph in colors
Located in Chatsworth, CA
André Masson Figures in Landscape Lithograph in colors on Arches paper Hand signed in pencil, numbered 51/150
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Musee De L Athenee Ed. of 1000, " Original Color Lithograph Poster by Joan Miro
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Musee de L'Athenee" is an original color lithograph poster by Joan Miro. It is from an edition of 1000. It showcases Miro's surreal biomorphic marks and is an advertising poster for...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Conquest of Cosmos The Last Comer of The Last Planet
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos The Last Comer of The Last Planet MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 39.5" YEAR: 1974...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Joan Miro, Miro Sculptor/Miro Scultore, 1974 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Miro Scultore (Miro Sculptor), originates from the 1974 edition published by Grafica Contemporanea, Milan, and printed b...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Mirò - L Oeuvre Graphique - Vintage Poster after Joan Miró - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Mirò - l'Oeuvre Graphique is a vintage offset and lithograph poster realized after Joan Miró, in 1974. The artwork was realized in occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the graphi...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Joan Miro, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1956 publication Joan Miro. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by M...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Fuchsine Composition - Original Screen Print by Victor Debach - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100 prints. On headed paper.
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Screen

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Karl Eugene Fortess (1907-1993) Original color lithographs on BFK Rives paper, 1966, Hand signed and numbered 29/36 in pencil, Sheet size 20.5 x 15 inches. Karl E. Fortess (1907-1993) was a painter, printmaker and teacher, of Boston, Massachusetts and Woodstock, N.Y. Fortess was born in Antwerp, Belgium on October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works from the territory,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 9, 2003). Trains, trucks, and industrial buildings were what Karl Fortess envisioned when the Public Works of Art Project suggested that he depict “the American Scene.” His work bears the influence of Surrealism, Russsian Constructivist art and Cubism. He was part of a circle of left leaning artists loosley involved with the WPA which included Sol Wilson, Isaac Soyer, Louis Lozowick, Abraham Harriton, Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Nahum Tschacbasov, Morris Shulman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Louis Slobodkin, Adolf Dehn, Le Corbusier and Louis Schanker. Karl Fortress taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Louisiana State University, Fort Wright College, and Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts. He was a member of the Artists Equity Association, Society of American Graphic Artists, American Association of University Professors, and the British Film Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, was named an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1960 and elected to full Academician in 1971. Fortess taught at many different schools, including Boston University School of Fine Art, where he also created an archive of interviews with more than two hundred and fifty contemporary American painters, sculptors, and graphic artists including many with with artists associated with the Woodstock, N.Y. art community. Among the interviewees are Kenneth Armitage, Will Barnet, Romare Bearden, George Biddle, James Brooks, Adolph Dehn, Jane Freilicher, Julian Levi, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, Moses Soyer, Dorothy Varian...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, Garden in the Moonlight, from Homage to Teriade, 1973
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Jardin au clair de lune (Garden in the Moonlight), originates from the 1973 album hommage a Teriade (Homage to Teriade). Pu...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Marcel Duchamp - Rrose Sélavy in Wilson-Lincoln System Lenticular print Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Duchamp and by Takiguchi Rrose Sélavy (Marcel Duchamp) in Wilson-Lincoln System (Schwarz, 344), 1967 Lenticular print on thin white board. Hand signed by Marcel Duchamp. Date,...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Plastic, Mixed Media, Board, Pencil, Lenticular

Untitled - Night Path, Surrealist Lithograph by Wojtek Kowalczyk
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled - Night Path Wojtek Kowalczyk, Polish (1960) Date: 2005 Lithograph, signed in pencil Size: 19.5 in. x 13.5 in. (49.53 cm x 34.29 cm)
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Surrealist Carborundum Etching, Homage a Rodin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a portfolio Hommage A Rodin. It included a lithograph by Henry Moore, Ossip Zadkine, Berto Lardera, an etching by Robert Couturier and an etching...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Obra Inèdita Recent IX
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist. Miró’s works, which wer...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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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 Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Composition, Variations sur l imaginaire, Georges Rohner
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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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 Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Espace-temps en fusion (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Fusing space-time, Imaginations and Objects...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Tristan Isolde
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Tristan & Isolde MEDIUM: Lithograph on Rowlux with added color SIGNED: Hand Signed on seperate certificate with corresponding number PUBLISHER: Nabus Fine Art EDITION NUMBER: 307/500 MEASUREMENTS: 25" x 25" Framed: 36" x 40" YEAR: 1972 FRAMED: Yes, museum quality gold...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Miro and Artigas Ceramics, 1974
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans Titre (Untitled), originates from the 1974 album ceramiques de miro et artigas (Miro and Artigas Ceramics). Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by Arte, Adrien Maeght, Paris, this work reflects Miros lyrical fusion of abstraction, gesture, and ceramic-inspired form. In Sans Titre (Untitled), Miro channels the vivid spontaneity and symbolic richness that define his mature graphic language. Executed as a lithograph on velin paper, this work measures 11.024 x 22.28 inches, with stitch perforations and centerfold as issued. Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. Printed by Arte, Adrien Maeght, Paris, one of the foremost ateliers of the 20th century. Artwork Details: Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) Title: Sans Titre (Untitled), from the album ceramiques de miro et artigas (Miro and Artigas Ceramics), 1974 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 11.024 x 22.28 inches (28 x 56.57 cm), with stitch perforations and centerfold as issued Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued Date: 1974 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer: Arte, Adrien Maeght, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Mourlot, Fernand, and Joan Miro. Catalogue des Lithographies de Miro. Vol. V. Andre Sauret, 1984, illustrations 926–927. Cramer, Patrick. Joan Miro: The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonne. Patrick Cramer, 1989, illustration 183. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1974 album ceramiques de miro et artigas (Miro and Artigas Ceramics), published by Maeght Editeur, Paris; printed by Arte, Adrien Maeght, Paris Notes: Excerpted from the album (translated from French), The original lithographs were drawn in the ateliers Arte, Adrien Maeght, Paris. Completed printing on April 30, 1974. About the Publication: Ceramiques de miro et artigas (Miro and Artigas Ceramics) is a landmark 1974 album published by Maeght Editeur that documents and celebrates the long, fertile collaboration between Joan Miro and the master ceramicist Josep Llorens Artigas. The album serves as both an artistic tribute and an archival record of their shared exploration into the expressive possibilities of fire, clay, pigment, and surface. Maeght Editeur—renowned for its exceptional production standards and its close relationships with leading modern artists—commissioned original lithographs specifically for the album, each reflecting the tactile, gestural, and symbolic vocabulary that Miro developed through decades of experimentation in ceramics. Printed by Arte, Adrien Maeght in Paris, the production exemplifies the publisher’s commitment to uniting fine art printing with rigorous documentation. The album honors one of the most important artist–artisan partnerships of the 20th century, capturing the profound synergy between Miro’s visionary abstraction and Artigas’s mastery of traditional and experimental ceramic processes. As with all major Maeght publications, the album was conceived not merely as a catalogue but as a complete work of art, synthesizing text, image, and craftsmanship into an enduring contribution to the history of modernist printmaking and book arts. About the Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose visionary imagination and lyrical abstraction made him one of the most influential and beloved artists of the 20th century. Born in Barcelona, Miro drew inspiration from Catalan folk art, Romanesque frescoes, and the luminous landscapes of Mont-roig del Camp, developing a deep connection to nature that infused his work with vitality and symbolism. After formal training at the Escola dArt in Barcelona, he absorbed the lessons of Post-Impressionism and Cubism before moving to Paris in the early 1920s, where he became a leading figure in the Surrealist movement. There, Miro forged a personal visual language of biomorphic shapes, floating symbols, and radiant color harmonies that reflected both spontaneity and spiritual depth. In creative dialogue with peers such as Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, he helped revolutionize modern art by dissolving the boundaries between abstraction and dream imagery. Miros inventive approach extended far beyond painting, embracing sculpture, ceramics, and monumental public commissions that redefined how art could interact with space and emotion. His expressive freedom and gestural abstraction profoundly influenced later artists including Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, Antoni Tapies, and Joan Mitchell, inspiring generations who sought to merge instinct, color, and imagination. Today, Miros work remains a cornerstone of modernism, prized by collectors and celebrated in major museums worldwide. His highest auction record was achieved by Peinture (Etoile Bleue) (1927), which sold for 23561250 GBP (approximately 37 million USD) at Sothebys, London, on June 19, 2012. Joan Miro Sans Titre 1974, Miro ceramiques...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Cavaliers of King Arthur, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Cavaliers of King Arthur Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: XII/XXV Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

A.R. Penck Sonnabend gallery New York 1982 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
A.R. Penck, Sonnabend Gallery New York 1982 announcement: Medium: Offset printed gallery announcement card. 1982. Dimensions: 9 x 6.375 inches. Good overall vintage condition. Hand...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Offset

Pop Art Surreal Large Colorful Screenprint with Mod Balls of Color Serigraph
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled: After the Beginning, one of his most desirable large serigraph silkscreen works. It depicts inter galactic outer space with planets, orbs of bright day glo, neon color in a s...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Screen

1970s Modernist Swiss Colorful Surrealism Signed Dada Lithograph Andre Thomkins
Located in Surfside, FL
This one is titled "Little Animals" and depicts drawings of small animals over an abstract forest background in green, red and tan with a quali...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Miro Recent Paintings, 1953
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1953 album Miro Recent Paintings. Published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New Y...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Karl Eugene Fortess (1907-1993) Original color lithographs on BFK Rives paper, 1966, Hand signed and numbered 29/36 in pencil, Sheet size 20.5 x 15 inches. Karl E. Fortess (1907-1993) was a painter, printmaker and teacher, of Boston, Massachusetts and Woodstock, N.Y. Fortess was born in Antwerp, Belgium on October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works from the territory,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 9, 2003). Trains, trucks, and industrial buildings were what Karl Fortess envisioned when the Public Works of Art Project suggested that he depict “the American Scene.” His work bears the influence of Surrealism, Russsian Constructivist art and Cubism. He was part of a circle of left leaning artists loosley involved with the WPA which included Sol Wilson, Isaac Soyer, Louis Lozowick, Abraham Harriton, Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Nahum Tschacbasov, Morris Shulman, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Louis Slobodkin, Adolf Dehn, Le Corbusier and Louis Schanker. Karl Fortress taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art School, Louisiana State University, Fort Wright College, and Boston University School of Fine and Applied Arts. He was a member of the Artists Equity Association, Society of American Graphic Artists, American Association of University Professors, and the British Film Institute. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946, was named an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1960 and elected to full Academician in 1971. Fortess taught at many different schools, including Boston University School of Fine Art, where he also created an archive of interviews with more than two hundred and fifty contemporary American painters, sculptors, and graphic artists including many with with artists associated with the Woodstock, N.Y. art community. Among the interviewees are Kenneth Armitage, Will Barnet, Romare Bearden, George Biddle, James Brooks, Adolph Dehn, Jane Freilicher, Julian Levi, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, Moses Soyer, Dorothy Varian...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Lithograph V - From Mirò Lithographs III - Lithograph by J. Mirò - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph V is a beautiful color lithograph on paper, realized in 1974 by Joan Miró  for his catalog " Mirò Lithographe III " . This artwork is from a series  composed by an origina...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Otebafla
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
This serigraph, is a special blend of Surrealism, Pop Art, and esoteric symbolism. Each letter of the alphabet is meticulously rendered as a colorful, three-dimensional architectural...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Digital Pigment

Pietro Consagra - Composition - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pietro Consagra - Composition - Original Etching 1959 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art review XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Miro Recent Paintings, 1953
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1953 album Miro Recent Paintings. Published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New Y...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1967 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1967 folio Derriere le miroir, L'oiseau solaire, l'oiseau lunaire, etin-celle...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Les Marionettes II — Erotic Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hans Bellmer, Les Marionettes II, etching with hand coloring, 1969, edition 150, Flahutez 58-8. Signed and annotated 'HC' in pencil. A fine impression on brown Fabriano hand-made laid paper; the full sheet with margins (3/4 to 3 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 13 7/16 x 11 7/8 inches; sheet size 19 1/8 x 13 1/4 inches. A 'Hors Commerce' impression. From a suite of 11 etchings created by Bellmer to illustrate 'On the Marionette Theatre...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Etching

Miró Lithographe I - Plate X - Lithograph by J. Mirò - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Miró Lithographe I - Plate X" is a vintage lithograph realized by Joan Miró in 1972. Perfect conditions. It comes from the set of 11 lithographs realized for the catalogue "Miró...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Les Archéologues IV
Located in Roma, IT
From the Series “Métamorphoses”, one of the most important graphic works of the founder of the “Metafisica” Movement. Original colour etching numbered and signed by the artist, reali...
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1920s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Man Ray - Alphabet Pour Adultes, Silkscreen lithograph, Hand Signed/N, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Man Ray Alphabet Pour Adultes (Alphabet For Adults), 1970 Silkscreen in colors and lithograph on paper mounted on wood veneer mounted on card stock. Hand Signed. Numbered. Dated. Ha...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media, Pencil, Lithograph, Screen

The beloved feeds among the lilies (Field 71-17J; M&L 477), Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: The beloved feeds among the lilies (Field 71-17J; M&L 477), from the portfolio, The song of songs of King Solomon Year: 1971 Medium: Etching printed in colours with gilding on...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Miro a l Encre II, Surrealist Lithograph by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - Miro a l'Encre II, Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 13.75 x 9.75 inches, Size: 14 x 10 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 21 x 17 inch...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Joan Miro, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1956 publication Joan Miro. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by M...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Max Ernst Untitled 1965 #107A Surrealist Etching Aquatint in colors Blue Yellow
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Max Ernst "Untitled" 1965 Etching and aquatint in colors, on Arches paper. 7.8 x 5.39 inches Publisher: Georges Visat, Paris. Total edition: 100 copies +...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Derriere le miroir, 1967 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1967 folio Derriere le miroir, L'oiseau solaire, l'oiseau lunaire, etin-celle...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Códice Miguelito I Giclée Print, Surrealist Style, Framed, 2010+
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg is known for his surrealist paintings, prints, and sculptural furniture. He was the subject of a 2009 retrospective at the Museo del Palacio de B...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Giclée

The Three Bad Barons, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Three Bad Barons Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 12/125 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Engraving

Joan Miro, Untitled, from Miro Sculpture, 1974
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1974 album miro sculpture (Miro Sculpture). Publi...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

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