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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
Fraternity Fraternité - Portfolio with 9 Etchings by Kandinsky Miro Hayter
Located in London, GB
VARIOUS ARTISTS Title: Fraternity Fraternité, 1939 Technique: Complete Set of Nine Original Hand Signed Etchings on Montval Wove Paper with the Accompanying Text and Portfolio Portfolio size: 24 x 17.5 x 2 cm. / 9.5 x 6.9 x 1 in. Additional information: Each of the works in the portfolio is hand signed in pencil by each artist. The portfolio is hand numbered in pencil “97” on the justification page. This portfolio was printed in the limited edition of 101 by Atelier 17 and Henri Hecht...
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Particular Shapes - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Particular Shapes is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Bruno Capacci in Mid 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent. Not signe...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"A Multiple of Gaudy and Fantastic Appearances from Edgar Allen Poe..."
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"A Multiple of Gaudy and Fantastic Appearances" from "Edgar Allen Poe's Mask of the Read Death" is an original lithograph by Frederico Castellon. The artist ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent"...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original litograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, ...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original litography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithography realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'arge...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition in 500 pieces by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition, n...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Original Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition Of Diodora - Lithograph by Bruno Capacci - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Composition Of Diodora is an original lithograph realized by Bruno Capacci in 1950. The artwork is part of an edition of 500 specimens by "La nef d'argent" Paris. In good condition...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Moshe Dayan - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Moshe Dayan - Original Handsigned Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm 1968 Signed in pencil EA in Sanguine Jean Schneider, Basel References : Fi...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hands in Nature - Original Lithograph by Mariano Villalta - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Hands in Nature is an original lithograph realized by Mariano Villalta in 1960s. The artwork is in good conditions on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed and numbered (27/50) by the arti...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ex Libris Bosznay Karoly - Original Woodcut Print - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Bosznay Karoly is an original Modern Artwork realized in the early 20th Century. Original B/W woodcut on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Total di...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dali - Brother Ogrin, The Hermit - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Brother Ogrin, The Hermit - Original Etching Dimensions: 45 x 33 cm Edition: 4/125 1970 Signed in pencil. On Arches Vellum References : Field 70-10 (p. 60-61)
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

“Nectar” Surreal Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Nectar” Surreal Photography 24" x 24" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag From "Unbearable Lightness...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

Figures 3 - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Figures 3 is an original etching realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1959. The artwork is hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner, and numbered (8/60) on the lower left corn...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Figure 2 - Original Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Figure 2 is an original etching realized by Guelfo Bianchini in 1959. The artwork is hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner, and numbere...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Full Moon - Original Etching on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Full Moon is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1978. Original colored Etching on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower r...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

In Dream - Original Etching on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
In Dream is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1995. Original colored Etching on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on th...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Muse - Original Etching on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
The Muse is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1995. Original colored Etching on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on th...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hommage to De Chirico - Original Lithograph on Paper by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Hommage to De Chirico (Original Italian title: Giorgio De Chirico a Cavallo) is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1978. Origin...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster, " Poster by Valerio Adami
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster" is a poster by Valerio Adami. The poster was created for the Kiss Me Stupid show at the Galerie Maeght. This graphic black and white composition sh...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Other Medium

The Giant Beliagog - Drypoint attr. to S. Dalì - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. From the deluxe edition of 25 prints in Roman Numerals aside from the standard edition of 125. (There were 4 similarly-numbered editions in English, German, Italian, an...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

LES DELICES PETITS MARTYRS
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

"Venise en Fleurs" from "Je Reve, " Surrealist Lithograph signed by Andre Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Venise en Fleurs" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece is from the "Je Reve" (I Dream) portfolio of 1975. The edition number, written lower left, is H.C. XXV/...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Reconstruction - Original Lithograph on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Reconstruction is an original lithograph realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good except for some small folding and ...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) and Claude Lalanne (1925-1919), Sphinx -2005
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) and Claude Lalanne (1925-1919), Sphinx, 2005 Techniques : aquatint and soft varnish on paper, hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, i...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Marc Chagall - The Ballet, Frontispiece
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
The Ballet, Frontispiece for the book “Daphnis and Chloe” Lithograph in colors, 1969. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued from an edition of 10,000. Printed ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Nails on Nude
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nails on Nude - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 On Rives Vellum References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Surrealist Portrait . Giclée Print Based On Saint John The Baptist By Da Vinci.
Located in Segovia, ES
Rock Star. Based on the portrait of Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci. Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition of 7. Di...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Giclée

La Tranchée - Etching by M. Chagall - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
La Tranchée is a beautiful black and white etching on watermarked BFK Rives paper, realized in 1958 by the artist Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - St. Paul de Vence, 1985). This is an ...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

La Tombe du Père - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
La Tombe du Pére or The Father's Grave is a rare etching and dry-point, hand-signed in pencil in the lower right margin and hand-numbered in the lower left margin by Marc Chagall. E...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Purple Woman, Etching and Aquatint by Martin Barooshian
Located in Long Island City, NY
Purple Woman Martin Barooshian, Armenian/American (1929–2022) Date: circa 1979 Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed in pencil Image Size: 21 x 17.75 inches Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Hinting (With Chine Colle), " Etching Aquatint signed by Molly McKee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hinting" is an original etching and aquatint made with Chine Colle by Molly McKee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right, titled it lower center, and wrote the edition numb...
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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 3 (Autumn)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the third in a series of 4 prints. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the second in a series of 4 prints. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Jument de Compère Pierre, 1972 (Le Decameron, Plate I)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Le Jument de Compère Pierre from Dalí's Le Décameron portfolio is a drypoint etching with color on paper, signed Dalí lower right and numbered 17/150 lower left. From the Swedish edi...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Vintage Surrealism -- Alienation Ave X Special At The Five Dime
By Herbert Holden
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful surrealistic etching by San Francisco artist Herbert Holden (American, 20th Century). 1983. Part of his Alienation Ave series, this etching is numbered 3/50. Signed, dated,...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Archival Paper, Etching

"Aerial 3" Black White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aerial 3" Black White Photography 24" x 24" in Edition 2/15 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

Bird Women, from: Faust (Walpurgis Night) - Spanish Surrealism
Located in London, GB
This original hand-coloured etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Dalí" at the lower right margin. It is also all hand numbered in pencil 116 from the edition of 145, with ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Lily 2" Black White Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lily 2" Black & White Photography 31" x 31" inch Edition 1/7 by Olha Stepanian Printed on Epson Professional Paper Signed and numbered by the artist Not framed. Ships in a tube. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper

The Divine Love of Gala (Plate J), 1974
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Divine Love of Gala – signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and numbered A 11/195 lower left, from the edition of 462 (there were also 35 'A' Roman, 195 'F' Arabic, and 35 'F' Roman, plus 2 additional suites on japon). Framed in an ornate gold-tone moulding. Cataloging: Micheler-Löpsinger 674; Field 74-8 Plate J Dalí’s series of colored etchings After Fifty Years of Surrealism reflects on the artist’s long...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Stencil

Salvador Dali - Albert Schweitzer - Original Handsigned Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Albert Schweitzer - Original Handsigned Engraving Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm 1970 Signed in pencil EA Jean Schneider, Basel Reference...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Night Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Night Table is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 3 x 3.75 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray frame....
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

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