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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
Teacher
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching

La Vent
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink

Portrait No. 7
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

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Paper, Lithograph

Portrait No. 11
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

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Paper, Lithograph

The Mask
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

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Paper, Screen

VISION PLANETAIRE ET SCATOLOGIC
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered in pencil. From the series La Conquete du Cosmos (Conquest of Cosmos). Sheet size: 38.5 x 27.5 inches. Image size: 29.5 ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Engraving, Lithograph, Paper

Embrace
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

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Paper, Screen

Two Selves
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

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Paper, Screen

La Tête IV
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Woman Standing, Surrealist Woodcut by Ponce
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ponce - Woman Standing, Year: 1981, Medium: Woodcut on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 1/15, Image Size: 11.25 x 7 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Portrait - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and stain. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. ...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Flying dutch - 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...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

Adoration
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

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Paper, Screen

Dream Catcher, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Saint Clair Cemin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Saint Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - ) - Dream Catcher, Year: 1978, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 2/30, Image Size: 6.25 x 4...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

AQUEDUCT Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Roman Architecture, Sailboat
Located in Union City, NJ
AQUEDUCT is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait No. 6
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

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Paper, Lithograph

SOLO Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, White Tree, Green Grass, Yellow Flowers
Located in Union City, NJ
SOLO is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches pri...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

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

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Etching

Portrait No. 8
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

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Paper, Lithograph

Portrait No. 10
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

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Paper, Lithograph

Portrait No. 14
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

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Paper, Lithograph

Portrait de Calderon - Aquatint and Etching attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait de Calderon is a contemporary artwork realized in 1971. Plate n. 1 from the series “Caldéron. La Vie est un Songe". Colored aquatint etching by Bracons and J.J.J. Rigal af...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

La Tête I
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

Mélika (W)
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

PUBLIC OUTCRY Signed Lithograph, Man, Tree, Magritte-Style, Surrealism
Located in Union City, NJ
PUBLIC OUTCRY is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the British artist, Michael Hasted printed using hand lithography on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. PUBLIC OUTCRY is a surrealist portrait composition portraying a semi interior scene showing a man in brown trousers standing positioned on stage-like black and white checkered tile...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Norma - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Surrealist Print, Opera
Located in Warsaw, PL
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI (born in 1943) He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1981 he emigrated to the United S...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Giclée

Doubting Dante - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Doubting Dante -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 7 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. ...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Le Veuve (W)
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Blase, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Klaus Böttger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Klaus Böttger, German (1942 -1992) - Blase, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 20/50, Image Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches, S...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Portraits after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits after Raphael is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. Th...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Jester, Surrealist Etching by James Kearns
Located in Long Island City, NY
James Kearns, American (1924 - ) - Jester, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Etching on Rives, signed, titled and numbered, Edition: AP, Image Size: 5.25 x 4.5 inches, Size: 19.75 x 12.5 i...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Fourgon
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Klévak (Hand-colored)
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

THE BIG PARADE Hand Drawn Lithograph, Surrealist Tree, Black Mask
Located in Union City, NJ
THE BIG PARADE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the British artist, Michael Hasted printed using hand lithography on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free. THE BIG PARADE is a surrealist composition depicting an interior scene featuring a full green leafy tree wearing a theatrical black eye mask...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Sclaclaviol (W)
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Jean François Poletnich - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing and stain. The artwork is depicted through confi...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Portrait after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Raphael is an etching realized by Jean Francois Poletnich in 1755. Signed in the plate. Good conditions with foxing. The artwork is depicted through confident strok...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Portrait after Domenichino - Etching by Nicholas Cochin - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait after Domenichino is an etching realized by Nicholas Cochin in 1755. Good conditions. signed on plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was...
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1750s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

The Muse - Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
The Muse is a Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Guelfo Bianchini (Ancona, 1937) in 1995 . Etching on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right corner: Gue...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Little mouse / - Hypertrophic filigree -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), Little mouse, 1968. Lithograph, 30 cm x 21 (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower right, dated “[19]68”, identified as copy no. 1...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

SURVIVOR TREE Signed Lithograph, Surreal Drawing, Fantasy Tree Portrait, Roots
Located in Union City, NJ
SURVIVOR TREE is an original, hand drawn limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed in khaki grey ink using traditional hand lithography techniques on white archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. SURVIVOR TREE is a highly detailed fantasy tree portrait, meticulously drawn with its roots clinging to a circular platform suspended in the air. SURVIVOR TREE is masterfully expressed with fine pencil markings that create the intricate foliage crown, massive trunk, and multi-fingered roots. SURVIVOR TREE is truly an imaginative, surreal tree portrait presenting a mysterious lone tree surviving in time and space . Superb quality, hand crafted original lithograph, very fine impression. Print size - 23 x 28.5 inches, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Hanna Kay...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

La Tête V
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

La Tête XI
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....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

PANIQUE Signed Lithograph, Surreal Caricature Portrait, Black Humor
Located in Union City, NJ
PANIQUE is rarely seen original limited edition lithograph by the French artist Roland Topor printed from a hand drawn lithography stone in Paris France 1973 using traditional lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. PANIQUE presents a surreal, black and white caricature portrait...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali Poseidon ( Neptune ) rare original lithograph poster 1980
Located in Paonia, CO
Poseidon ( Neptune ) is a rare Salvador Dali original lithographic poster published by Arte, Paris 1980 for the exhibition of his suite ” The Mythology ” . This series has 16 i...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Going Places, Surrealist Screenprint by Mark Kostabi
Located in Long Island City, NY
A play on the famous Rene Magritte painting “The Son of Man” but set inside the New York City subway system by Mark Kostabi. A surreal pop artwo...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Screen

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 Portrait Prints

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Etching

Teenager, etching/aquatint, 18x13 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Putrāms graphics artists, works in book and advertising graphics, poster art, creates installations, organizes campaigns, decorates interiors and exhibitions. The artist's work...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

The Hunchback / - Strange beauty -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), The Hunchback, 1969. Lithograph, 33 cm x 22 (depiction), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower right, dated “[19]6...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

Woman with a Decalcomania, Surrealist Lithograph by Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - Woman with a Decalcomania, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph on Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Editio...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Artist. Paper, etching, watercolor, 18x13 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Putrāms graphics artists, works in book and advertising graphics, poster art, creates installations, organizes campaigns, decorates interiors and exhibitions. The artist's work...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Etching

STONE CARRIERS Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Portrait Heads Stone Men Philosophy
Located in Union City, NJ
STONE CARRIERS is a hand drawn original lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. STONE CARRIERS is a highly detailed portrait drawing of three heads - philosophical stone men together...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Under the mask of the Venetian girl / - Monstrous Reality -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), Under the mask of the Venetian girl, 1968. Lithograph, 30 cm x 24 (image), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower r...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

The Dirndl Model / - The strangeness of the homeland -
Located in Berlin, DE
Reiner Schwarz (*1940 Hirschberg), The Dirndl Model, 1969. Lithograph, 33 cm x 26 (depiction), 59 cm x 42 cm (sheet size), signed “R.[einer] Schwarz” in pencil lower right, dated “[1...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Paper

Alice in Wonderland, Surrealist Etching by Hans Bellmer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hans Bellmer, German (1902 - 1975) Title: untitled 3 Year: circa 1972 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: EA 12/20 Image Size: 12 x 10.5 inches Size: 26 i...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme original lithograph 1974
Located in Paonia, CO
Rembrandt Portrait Du Peintre Par Lui-Meme is from the Changes in Great Masterpieces suite. In this series of six original lithographs in full color, Master Dali has given us a conce...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

The Wait, Surrealist Etching and Aquatint by Saint Clair Cemin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Saint Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - ) - The Wait, Year: 1978, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and dated in pencil, Image Size: 11.75 x 11.5 inches, Size: 29.75 x 22...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Annette, Surrealist Lithograph by Peter Paone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Paone, American (1936 - ) - Annette, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Lithograph on Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50, Image Size:...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Finale, Surrealist Etching by James Kearns
Located in Long Island City, NY
James Kearns, American (1924 - ) - Finale, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Etching on Rives, signed, titled and numbered, Edition: 44/50, Image Size: 8.75 x 14.5 inches, Size: 15 x 22 in...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Man in Red, Surrealist Lithograph by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Man in Red, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 14/15, Image Size: 9 x 10 inches, Size: 15 x 13 i...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints

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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.