Surrealist Portrait 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
Don Giovanni, Surreal Lithograph by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987)
Title: Don Giovanni
Year: 1978
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 163/250
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pkropopoï (Hand-colored)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
"George Dyer Squatting" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Printed in 1966 for Derriere le Miroir (issue number 162) and published in Paris by Maeght. This lithograph was done after the Francis Bacon ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Exclamation
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini (Argentine-French, 1907–1996)
A fiercely spirited Surrealist unfettered by social mores, Leonor Fini defied convention with her haunting, dreamlike works that explore the...
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Loophole with a View, Surrealist Screenprint by Mark Kostabi
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Perhaps a self-portrait in the studio of the artist sitting atop a tower by Mark Kostabi. A fun piece that plays with the space of an easel and the boundaries of an artwork. In a wid...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
The...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Old Jew, Surrealist Lithograph by Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - Old Jew, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Lithograph on Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 11/50, Image Si...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SELVAGGIA Signed Lithograph, Robed Figure, Bird, Surrealism, Latin American
By Norma Bessouet
Located in Union City, NJ
SELVAGGIA is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the Argentine woman artist Norma Bessouet printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 10% acid free. SELVAGGIA is unframed, in mint condition, full bleed image, hand torn edges, signed in pencil by Ms. Bessouet.
Print size - 28.5 x 20.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Norma Bessouet
Edition size - 150, plus proofs
Year printed - 1986
Printer - J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC
Bessouet, born in Argentina, schooled in Argentina, London and in Italy, where she was able to look to the works of the Old Masters for inspiration. She refers to the artists of the Italian quattrocento along with Velazquez and El Greco as her muses, and traces of these historic artists shine through in her paintings. Her work is in numerous private and public collections throughout the world. Bessouet's art focused primarily around portraits, domesticity and the female nude.
In the original print, SELVAGGIA, Norma Bessouet merges certain Latin American strands of literary magic realism with Surrealism and presents a portrait of an androgynous seated figure, with bald head, serene facial expression, wearing a full length ombre shaded robe, cradling a large, long-beak bird. Ms. Bessouet's sensitive, masterly drawing expresses a fantasy doll...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - La Fontaine Portrait - Handsigned Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - La Fontaine Portrait - Handsigned Engraving
1974
Hand signed by Dali
Edition: /250
The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 inch paper
Referenc...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Circus Woman, Surrealist Etching by Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - Circus Woman, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching on Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 25, Image Siz...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Anatomy Studies - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy Studies is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755.
Good conditions with foxing and folding.
Signed in the plate.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes....
Category
1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali Surrealist Lithograph, Signed, 1972, Mark (Merlin the Magician)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Mark (Merlin the Magician)
Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table)
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1972
Edition: 38/350
Frame Size: 29 ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Historical Document - Hunter Thompson
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Ralph Steadman
Title: Historical Document - Hunter Thompson
Medium: One color silkscreen on White Rising Stonehenge Deckle Edge Paper
Size: 13 x 22 Inches
Edition: of 300
Ye...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Silk, Screen
Acrobat, Surrealist Etching by James Kearns
By James Kearns
Located in Long Island City, NY
James Kearns, American (1924 - ) - Acrobat, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Etching on Rives, signed, titled and numbered, Edition: 44/50, Image Size: 14.5 x 8.75 inches, Size: 22 x 15 i...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Bystanders - Hand-signed numbered lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
The Bystanders, 1973
Lithograph
19 3/10 × 27 3/5 in 49 × 70 cm
Edition of 75
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mabuse, Woodcut Print on Rice Paper, circa 1950 by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Portrait of an Irishman, Woodcut Print on Rice Paper, circa 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Self Portrait, Surrealist Woodcut by Leonard Baskin 1956
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Baskin
Title: Self Portrait - "L.B. AE T. S"
Year: 1956
Medium: Woodcut, Signed and Numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Size: 35.5 x 24 inches
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Don Quixote Pear - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste)
Excellent Condition
Reference:...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bird Lady 30x26" Framed
Located in Southampton, NY
In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the wor...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Pigment
Théo Tobiasse - A train - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Théo Tobiasse
Title: C'est un train portant un parfum d'odalisque
Signed and Numbered
Dimensions: 57 x 76 cm
Information : Edition of 175
Condition : Excellent
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LE LEGACY
Located in Aventura, FL
From Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha. Edition: 73/300. Authenticated by Albert Field on verso. Sheet size: 29.875 x 22.125 inches. Image Size: 15.75 x 17.5 inches. Frame size...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Paper
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Silent confession. 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 with a woman whose dress is made out of sea. There is a ship. Artw...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Color
Le Peintre Devant Le Village I (Mourlot 603)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Le Peintre Devant Le Village I, 1969. Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Hand signed lower right by Marc Chagall. Hand numbered 42/75 lower left. Mourlot 603. Published by Mae...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper, Lithograph
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Leonor Fini, King, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Salvador Dali - Raspberry - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Raspberry - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste)
Excellent Condition
Reference: Field...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pocahontas, Surrealist Lithograph by Marisol Escobar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marisol Escobar, French/Venezuelan (1930 - 2016) - Pocahontas, Portfolio: Bicentennial portfolio, "An American Portrait, 1776 - 1976", Year: 1976, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives,...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - The Vision - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Vision - Original Lithograph
Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957
PRINTER : Detruit.
SIGNATURE : plate signed by Dali.
LIMITED : 233 copies.
SIZE : 41 x 33 cm
REFERENCES ...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Théo Tobiasse - Jerusalem Inside - Original Lithograph with Collage
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Théo Tobiasse
Title: Jerusalem roule le long de ma gorge
Signed and Numbered
Dimensions: 57 x 76 cm
Information : Edition of 175
Condition : Excellent
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
From Celui Qui Dit Les Choses Sans Rien Dire (Cramer 99)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Untitled from Celui qui dit les choses sans rien dire (One who says things without saying anything). Color etching and aquatint on Japon Imperial paper. Hand signed and numbered by M...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$11,960 Sale Price
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Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Salvador Dali - Cleopatra - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Cleopatra
Original Etching
Dimensions: 28x 18.7cm
1969
Edition: /165
Plate signed
References : Field 68-7-I page 48
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Old Faust, 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 Portrait Prints
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Etching
Surrealist "Babies DJ" Portrait inspired in Old Masters. Giclée Print
Located in Segovia, ES
Babies DJ.
Funny and touching image composed by Spanish artist Pablo de Pinini as a reinterpretation of past masterpieces, in which contemporary or futuristic elements burst in in u...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
$2,103 Sale Price
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Hunter S. Thompson in Straight Jacket
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Ralph Steadman
Title: Hunter S. Thompson in Straight Jacket
Medium: One color silkscreen on White Rising Stonehenge Deckle Edge Paper
Size: 22 x 30 Inches
Edition: of 250
Ye...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Silk, Screen
A dinner - Surrealist print, Limited edition, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
The work comes directly from the artist, is numbered, signed and made on sealed paper. Limited edition of 20.
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943)
He graduated from the Faculty of Archite...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper, Color
LADDER Signed Lithograph, Surreal Landscape, Midnight Blue Sky, Picture Window
Located in Union City, NJ
LADDER is a rarely seen, hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archi...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau (after) - Europe
s Colors - Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph after a drawing by Jean Cocteau
Title: Profil
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 33 x 46 cm
Edition: 600
Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Sciaky
1961
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Théo Tobiasse - Abraham Sacrifice - Original Lithograph with collage
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Théo Tobiasse
Title: Le Sacrifice d'Abraham
Signed and Numbered
Dimensions: 57 x 76 cm
Information : Edition of 175
Condition : Excellent
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Viktorija Pashuta "Smoking Lady" Original Fine Art Print
Located in Culver City, CA
Viktorija Pashuta "Smoking Lady" photography
Original Fashion Photograph from the Series TRANSPARENT MIRRORS by an award-winning fashion photograph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Archival Paper, Color
BAROMETER WOMAN
Located in Aventura, FL
Photolith on arches paper from the series Time. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the EA edition of 30. There is also a main edition of 300.
Sheet size 29.5 x 21 inche...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$2,962 Sale Price
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Salvador Dali Lithograph, Signed, 1972, "John (Knight of the Sparrow-Hawk)"
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: John (Knights of the Sparrow-Hawk)
Portfolio: 1972 The Twelve Apostles (Knights of the Round Table)
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1972
Edition: 37/350
Frame S...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
HOMAGE TO DALI
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Canvas, Giclée
$500 Sale Price
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Femme à l
écharpe rouge. " Exemplaire d
Auteur "
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889-1963 )
" Femme à l'écharpe rouge "
Exemplaire d'Auteur .
hand signed Jean Cocteau .
Partially glazed white earthenware plate with engobe
conceived in 1958 In an ...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Ceramic
$11,474 Sale Price
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Sclaclaviol
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Elizabeth Offset Print by Man Ray, Surrealist, Framed, 1970s
By Man Ray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Man Ray's Elizabeth is framed in a sleek black metal frame with a 3/8-inch front profile and a 7/8-inch side profile. The overall dimensions are approximately 12.25 x 10.25 x 7/8 inc...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Offset
MUSEUM OF GENIUS AND WHIM from "After 50 Years of Surrealism"
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Signed and authenticated by Frank Hunter on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition: F EA on L...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Paper
$3,750 Sale Price
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Original Finnegan
s Sleep surrealistic poster
Located in Spokane, WA
FINNEGAN’S SLEEP — Original Poster (1986) by David O’Docherty
Bring home a captivating piece of 1980s avant-garde art with FINNEGAN’S SLEEP, an original poster printed in 1986 from a...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
PONT NEUF Signed Lithograph, Surreal Landscape, Historic Bridge Paris France
Located in Union City, NJ
PONT NEUF is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arche...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Strawberry Heart - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Strawberry Heart - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1970
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste)
Excellent Condition
Reference:...
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare original print on Rives paper)
Texte : Rare lithograph on Rives paper, handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. Leonor Fini was actually the life of the party during the Surrealist movement like Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Jacqueline Lamba and Claude Lalanne. Many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th centuryThis rare lithograph was made after the painting untitled Rogomelec, which was sold by Christie's on october 9th 2024 at GBP 907,200. Created in 1978, Rogomelec is an arresting example of Leonor Fini’s fantastical visions. Within a barren land stands a king dressed in an elaborate coat of peacock feathers. Light glints off his dazzling crown. He is magisterial, imperious, royalty incarnated. The painting shares its title with that of Fini’s third novella, first published in 1979; Rogomelec means ‘he who stones the king’. Written in the first person, the story tells of a traveller in a faraway land, home to a decaying monastery-turned-sanatorium, where monks proffer hallucinatory herbal cures, and culminates in an unsettling discovery during a ritual celebration of the king, the subject of the present work.
Born in Buenos Aires, Fini moved to Trieste as a young child. There, she developed an early interest in Renaissance and Mannerist art – the latter’s influence is evident in the elongated figure of Rogomelec – as well as Gustav Klimt, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the German and French Romantics, artists she discovered while riffling through her uncle’s extensive library. Largely self-taught, she moved to Paris in 1931 where she befriended René Magritte, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Victor Brauner. Through them, Fini grew close with the Surrealists and participated in their exhibitions, including Peggy Guggenheim’s landmark show 31 Women at her eponymous gallery on West 57 Street in New York.
Like her contemporaries, Fini’s paintings too seem wrenched from a dream and across her works she sought to reconcile the world that she experienced with that of her subconscious mind. In Rogomelec, the king’s clothing is meticulous, and the drama of the ensemble was likely influenced by Fini’s work outside the studio. She created sets and costumes for the ballet, stage, and film; collaborated on performances for the Paris Opéra and La Scala in Milan; and conceived of the bottle and packaging for Elsa Schiaparelli’s perfume...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper
Remembrance of Noah
s Ark
By Konstantin Kalinovich
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed artist proof from ex libris edition of approx. 100. Based on the Biblical story of Noah's Ark
Kalinovich (Born in Novokuznetsk, Russia, in 1959) is a Ukrainian printmaker bes...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
SPIRIT OF GONZO
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Ralph Steadman
Title: Spirit of Gonzo
Medium: One color silkscreen on White Rising Stonehenge Deckle Edge Paper
Size: 22 x 30 Inches
Edition: of 250
Year: 2006
Notes: Hand S...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Silk, Screen
FUJI UNDER SIEGE Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Snow Capped Mountain, Duster
Located in Union City, NJ
FUJI UNDER SIEGE is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archiva...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist portrait prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Rafał Olbiński, Marc Chagall, and Guelfo Bianchini. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist portrait prints, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $220,000, while the average work sells for $1,000.