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Surrealist Figurative 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
Vieux Faust - Etching - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint with roulette on Japanese paper from the Series "Faust" (Walpurgis Night). Image dimension 32x24 cm. Hand signed in pencil Artist proof. Blindstamp "Dali", ou...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Weeping Willow - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized by Salvador Dalì to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre". Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968. Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 sp...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Victor Brauner, The Bird with the Fish, from XXe Siecle, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Victor Brauner (1903–1966), titled L'oiseau au poisson (The Bird with the Fish), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXVe Annee N°22, Noel 1963, o...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Custody is as Barbarous as The Crime, Etching by Francisco de Goya
Located in Long Island City, NY
Francisco de Goya, Spanish (1746 - 1828) - The Custody is as Barbarous as The Crime, Year: circa 1810, Medium: Etching and burin on cream laid paper, Image Size: 3.75 x 3 inches, Si...
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1810s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Cheval (The Horse) — Mid-Century Cubism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Léopold Survage, 'Le Cheval' (The Horse), color etching, edition 60, 1953. Signed and numbered '46/60' in pencil. Initialed in the plate, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impressi...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Boudoir
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Erté Title: Boudoir Medium: Embossed serigraph Year: 1991 Edition: 290/300 Sheet Size: 41 3/4" x 29 1/4" Image Size: 35 1/4" x 23 1/4" Signature: Stamped signature
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Poseidon, Surrealist Drypoint Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Poseidon is one of 16 works in a suite by the artist called "The Mythology". The suite included works depicting other Greek/Roman gods such as Hypnos, Jupiter, and Athena, as well as lesser figures and concepts like the gorgon Medusa...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

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 Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Skyshade
Located in New York, NY
Created by Surrealist Fanny Brennan from 1992-96, Skyshade is a lithograph in colors on wove paper. Hand-monogrammed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 250, the artwork measu...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jorge Castillo - EROTIC COMPOSITION Etching on paper Spanish Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Jorge Castillo - COMPOSICIÓN ERÓTICA (Erotic Composition) Date of creation: 1977 Medium: Etching on paper Edition: 75 + 20 E.A. Size: 50 x 65,5 cm Condition: In perfect conditions an...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Joan Miro, Graphisms, from Derriere le Miroir, 1961
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Graphismes (Graphisms), originates from the April 1961 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 125-126, published by Maeght Editeur, ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Obsession of the Heart (The World), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí­
Located in Long Island City, NY
Obsession of the Heart Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Offset

Spanish 1984 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x21 in. n21
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'La creación IV', 1984 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 15 x 20.9 in. (38 x 53 cm.) Edition of 225 Unf...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

Salvador Dali - Return, O Shulamite
Located in London, GB
Original Etching from the series ‘The Song of the Songs of King Solomon’ in colours with stencil on Arches wove paper. signed and numbered by the artist 57.1 x 38 cm - sheet size 66...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Dali s Inferno With Original Portfolio Case
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Dali's Inferno MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Levine & Levine for DALART EDITION NUMBER: 249/250 MEASUREMENTS: 21.5" x 30" YEA...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali Surrealist Color Etching, Signed, 1969, The Pagoda, The Hippies
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Pagoda Portfolio: The Hippies Medium: Color etching on Japon paper Date: 1969 Edition: XV/C Frame Size: 31" x 26 1/2" Sheet Size: 26" x 20" Image Siz...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Spanish signed limited edition original art print engraving 21x15 in. n22
Located in Miami, FL
Andrés Barajas (Spain, 1941) 'Untitled from Portfolio "Los Deseos"', ca.1990-1999 mixed media on paper 20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.) Edition of 200 ID: BAR1017-022-200 Hand-signed by a...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989)- Handcolored drypoint etching on Japanese paper - 1975
Located in Varese, IT
Hand-colored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1975. Limited edition, numbered in lower left corner as HC (horse commerce). Signed in pencil by artist in l...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

A Loving Couple - Original etching handsigned and numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre-Yves Tremois A loving couple Original etching, 1970 Handsigned by the artist Numbered / XXIV copies (total edition of 90 + XXIV) Size 57 x 45 cm ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Rene Magritte, The Indiscreet Jewels, from XXe Siecle, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Rene Magritte (1898–1967), titled Les Bijoux indiscrets (The Indiscreet Jewels), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, XXVe Annee N°22, Noel 1963, o...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Adam Eve, Surrealist Offset Lithograph by Jan Balet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jan Balet, German (1913 - 2009) - Adam & Eve, Medium: Offset Lithograph, stamp-signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 509/1000, Image Size: 24 x 18 inches, Size: 31.25 x 25 in. ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Zajac, American, born 1929 1964 Etching and aquatint hand printed on Fabriano paper, pencil signed and editioned. Edition Roman Numeral III Image: 12 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (31.9 x 2...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Body and Soul — Mid-20th Century Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Federico Castellon, 'Body and Soul', 1938, lithograph, edition 30, Freundlich 3. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. A fine, richly-inked, atmospheric impression on cr...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Solomon s Prayer - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956. Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies. Not signed nor numbered, as issued. ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Proelium Magnum in Caelo - Lithograph - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Proelium Magnum in Caelo is a Color lithograph on heavy rag paper realized in 1964 by Salvador Dalì, It is part of Biblia Sacra vulgatæ edition is published by Rizzoli-Mediolani betw...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

L Aigle Mademoiselle - Etching by Hans Bellmer - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Copy on Japon Nacré from the additional suite. Includes passepartout. Hans Bellmer wa...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Joan Miro, Bird Before the Sun, from Derriere le Miroir, 1961
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Oiseau devant le solei (Bird Before the Sun), originates from the April 1961 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 125-126, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, under the direction of Aime Maeght, and printed by Imprimerie Arte, Paris, 1961. The composition exemplifies Miro’s poetic use of symbolic imagery, where the bird and sun function as elemental forces within his visual language. Through gestural line, saturated color, and spatial freedom, the work reflects Miro’s fusion of cosmic imagery, instinctive mark making, and lyrical abstraction. Executed on velin paper, this lithograph measures 33 x 15 inches (83.82 x 38.1 cm), with bifold, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition reflects the refined technical standards and craftsmanship of Imprimerie Arte, Paris. Artwork Details: Artist: Joan Miro (1893–1983) Title: Oiseau devant le solei (Bird Before the Sun), from Derriere le Miroir, No. 125-126, April 1961 Medium: Lithograph on velin paper Dimensions: 33 x 15 inches (83.82 x 38.1 cm), with bifold, as issued Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1961 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris Printer: Imprimerie Arte, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Miro, Joan, et al. Joan Miro Lithographe. Maeght, 1972–1992, illustration 1722 Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the April 1961 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 125-126, published by Maeght Editeur, Paris About the Publication: Derriere le Miroir (translated as "Behind the Mirror") was an iconic French art periodical published from 1946 to 1982 by Maeght Editeur, one of the most influential art publishers of the twentieth century. Founded by Aime Maeght in Paris, the publication was conceived as a visual and literary collaboration between leading modern artists, poets, and critics. Each issue functioned as both an exhibition catalogue and an autonomous work of art, featuring original lithographs printed directly from the artists stones or plates alongside essays, poems, and critical texts. Over more than three decades, Derriere le Miroir produced over 250 issues and presented an extraordinary range of artists including Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, Pierre Bonnard, Alberto Giacometti, Eduardo Chillida, Ellsworth Kelly, Francis Bacon, Antoni Tapies, Pierre Alechinsky, Pol Bury, Bram van Velde, and many others. Printed by master ateliers such as Mourlot and Arte, the series established new standards of excellence in modern lithography and graphic design. Closely linked to exhibitions at Galerie Maeght, each issue served as a lasting document of postwar modernism, uniting image, text, and philosophy into a uniquely influential publication that remains among the most important and collectible achievements in twentieth century art publishing. 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 twentieth 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 d'Art 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. Miro's 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, Miro's 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 approximately 37 million USD at Sothebys, London, on June 19, 2012. Joan Miro Oiseau...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled - Lithograph by Wifredo Lam - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Wifredo Lam in 1970s. Mixed colored lithograph, realized after one of the Artist's paintings. Hand monogrammed in the right lower margin wi...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bullfighter - Surrealism French Spanish Bull Fight
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Dalí" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil 17 from the edition of 250, at the lower left mar...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Soldiers Ballad - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
The Soldiers' Ballad is a contemporary artwork realized by Max Ernst in 1972. Mixed colored lithograph on Arches Paper Edited by Manus Presse, Stuttgart 1972. Not signed and not n...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Poker Game, Surrealist Screenprint by Israel Rubinstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Poker Game by Israel Rubinstein, Israeli (1944) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250 Image Size: 27 x 38 inches S...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Nu à l éventail - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
This wonderful original etching with drypoint  was realized by Marc Chagall  in 1924. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It's an artist pro...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Golden Age - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Ballon. SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali. LIMITED : 197 copies. EDITION : Number 136 SIZE ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Drue
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington (British-Mexican 1917 - 2011) was a painter, writer, and key figure in Surrealism whose work explored the sacred, the mystical, and the magical in everyday life. B...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Losias Sepultus in Mausoleo Patrum from Bibla Sacra by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
Losias Sepultus in Mausoleo Patrum ( Josiah buried in the Mausoleum of his Father ) is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Spanish 1984 signed limited edition original art print etching 21x15 in. n20
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'La creación III', 1984 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.) Edition of 225 I...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

Fragments of a Dream, Abstract Screenprint by John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg Title: Fragments of a Dream Year: 1977 Medium: Serigraph, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 24 x 32.5 inches Paper Size: 26 in. x 3...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Nile Jade Justine Guitar 1998 Signed Lithograph Mourlot Paris
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Nile Jade Title: Guitar, Year: 1998 Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper Paper Size 28.5" x 38.5" inches Signed in pencil and marked 192/299 Printed by Mourlot Paris Nile Ja...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Purgatory 15 : The Envy - Color woodcut - 1963 (Field p 189 à 200)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 15 - The Envy From the "Divine Comedy", 1960/63 Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the signature printed in the plate On BFK Rives vellum ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Alice in Wonderland
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Alice in Wonderland MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art EDITION NUMBER: A IX/XL PAPER: Japon Paper MEASUREMENTS: 29.75"...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Lithograph

Untitled 3
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Roger Chapelain Midy (French, 1904-1992) Title: Untitled 3 Year : Circa 1975 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Unknown Paper: Silk paper Image size: 18 x 25.25 inche...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference Spies/Leppien 202. Published in 1971 by XXe Siecle. Sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (310 x 238 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Federico en New York 10 2005 Original Signed Limited Edition Screenprint Spanish
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'El poeta llega… (Federico en Nueva York)', 2005 silkscreen on paper Image size: 23.8 x 19.9 in. (60.50 x 50.50 cm.) Surface size: 30.8 x 24.9 in. (78 x...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel
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 Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Cirque Chinois
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Cirque Chinois MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 166/175 MEASUREMENTS: 26.25" x 21" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excel...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Don Quixote Sancho Panza Sancho Panza
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Don Quixote & Sancho Panza Sancho Panza MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 29 9/10" x 22" YEAR: 1971 FRAMED: No...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Visions Surrealiste Coronation of Gala
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Visions Surrealiste Coronation of Gala MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 21.37" x 29.75" YEA...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Web
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Web Engraving and soft ground, 1950 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist Edition: 35 (26/35) Printed by Master Printer, Jon Clemens, 2000 Provenance: Estate of the ar...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Magic of an opera. Limited edition print Surreal Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Giclee limited edition print by worldwidely established Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Figurative surrealistic print presentic an intricate scene on a lake with swans, pegasuses, ball...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color

Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 222), Histoire Naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Collotype from frottage on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Max Ernst, Histoire Naturelle, 1972. Published and printed by Verla...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Early Marshes — Mid-Century Surrealism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ian Hugo, 'Early Marshes', from the portfolio 'Ten Engravings'. engraving, 1943, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '37/50' in pencil. A fine impression, with delicate overall plate tone, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (2 5/8 to 7 inches), in excellent condition. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack EDITIONS', in the bottom right margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 x 5 7/8 inches (127 x 149 mm); sheet size 15 x 11 inches (381 x 279 mm). Ian Hugo originally created "Ten Engravings" in 1945 and the portfolio included a foreword by his partner and collaborator, Anais Nin. In 1978, Hugo republished the portfolio with Madeleine-Claude Jobrack, an American master printmaker who studied under Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, and with Johnny Friedlaender. When Jobrack returned to the States she managed the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio in New York before opening her own printing studio, Madeleine-Claude Jobrak Editions. “The sign of the true artist is one who creates a complete universe, invents new plants, new animals, new figures to transfer to us a new vision of the universe in which dream and reality fuse. Ian Hugo's plants have eyes, the birds have the delicacy of dragonflies, their feathers have the shape of fans. Humor is apparent in every gesture. He uses a fine spider web to give a feeling of flight, speed, lightness. The body of a woman reveals the structure of a leaf, a plant. Wings are moving in a world unified by mythological themes. This is an animated world, humorous and levitating, elusive and decorative, which by its unique forms and shapes gives us the sensation of a rebirth, a liberation from the usual, the familiar, a visit to a new planet.” —Anais Nin, from the forward to the portfolio ‘Ten Engravings’ ABOUT THE ARTIST Ian Hugo was born Hugh Parker Guiler in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 15, 1898. His childhood was spent in Puerto Rico—a "tropical paradise," the memory of which stayed with him and surfaced in both his engravings and his films. He attended school in Scotland and graduated from Columbia University where he studied economics and literature. Hugo was working with the National City Bank when he met and married author Anais Nin in 1923. The couple moved to Paris the following year, where Nin's diary and Guiler's artistic aspirations flowered. Guiler feared his business associates would not understand his interests in art and music, let alone those of his wife, so he began a second, creative life as Ian Hugo. Ian and Anais moved to New York in 1939. The following year he took up engraving and etching, working at Stanley William Hayter’s experimental printmaking workshop Atelier 17, established at the New School for Social Research. Hugo began producing surreal images often used to illustrate Nin's books. For Nin, his unwavering love and financial support were indispensable—Hugo was the "fixed center, core... my home, my refuge" (Sept. 16, 1937, Nearer the Moon, The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1937-!939). Fictionalized portraits of Higo and Nin appear in Philip Kaufman's 1990 film drama of a literary love triangle, Henry & June. Inspired by comments that viewers saw motion in his engravings, Hugo took up filmmaking. He asked the avant-garde filmmaker Sasha Hammid for instruction but was told, "Use the camera yourself, make your own mistakes, make your own style." Hugo embarked on an exploration of the film medium as a vehicle to delve into his dreams, his unconscious, and his memories. Without a specific plan, He would collect resonant images, then reorder or superimpose them, seeking a sense of self-connection through the poetic juxtapositions he created. These intuitive explorations resembled the mystical evocations of his engravings, which he described in 1946 as "hieroglyphs of a language in which our unconscious is trying to convey important, urgent messages." In the underwater world of his film ‘Bells of Atlantis,’ the light originates from the world above the surface; it is otherworldly, out of place, yet essential. In ‘Jazz of Lights,’ the street lights of Times Square become in Nin's words, "an ephemeral flow of sensations." This flow that she also calls "phantasmagorical" had a crucial impact on Stan Brakhage, who said that without Jazz of Lights (1954), "there would have been no Anticipation of the Night" his autobiographical film which ushered in a new era of experimental modernist filmmaking. Hugo lived the last two decades of his life in a New York apartment high above street level. In the evenings, surrounded by an electrically illuminated man...
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