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Surrealist Sculptures

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
Grey Bust in Cement fusion of portrait sculpture and architectural abstraction
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A striking fusion of portrait sculpture and architectural abstraction, LarA 008 by José Perozo reimagines the human figure as an inhabited form. Cast in pale gray cement with subtle ...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Concrete

Surrealist Animal And Portraiture Sculpture, "Lenora"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 27 inches tall, with a length of 16 inches and a depth of 13 inches....
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Dalidor - Año 2003 - Grupo escultórico
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Espectacular grupo escultórico del artista tarragonense Josep María Rosselló Virgili Formado por 2 piezas, la base en madera pintada y con 2 asas de bronce (una a cada lado) Lo que...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Mixed Media

Gianmario Italy 1987 Polychrome Cast Bronze Proof of Author
Located in Brescia, IT
Paolo Cassarà, this Italian artist, usually utilized painted terracotta in real human dimensions for his Surrealist artworks. It was exceptional the use...
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20th Century Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

Rare Salvador Dali Surrealist 3D Pop Up Etching Engraving Paper Sculpture 1973
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Surrealism Subject: people, architecture rendering Medium: Etching Surface: Paper Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) I believe the title is L'Immortalite de L'Imperialisme Ge...
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1970s Surrealist Sculptures

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Paper, Board, Etching

Helmet Head / - Futuristic Archaism -
Located in Berlin, DE
Karl-Heinz Deutsch (*1940 Karlsruhe), Helmet Head, around 2003. Polished and patinated bronze, 23.5 cm (height) x 25.5 cm (length) x 16 cm (depth), weight 4.9 kg. Monogrammed on the ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

Epiphany
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stefan Vladescu, Romanian/American (1952 - ) Title: Epiphany Year: 1994 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and date inscribed Size: 25 inch diameter x 1.5 wide Base 3 x 8...
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1990s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

Oh, Georgia (Homage to O Keeffe)
By Carolee Thea
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Carolee Thea Title: Oh, Georgia (Homage to O'Keeffe) Year: 1986 Medium: Unique Wall Sculpture: Oak, Varnished Plywood and Bone Construction, signed and dated verso Size: ...
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1980s Surrealist Sculptures

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Oak, Plywood, Found Objects

Gold Gilt Bronze Sculpture Pendant Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 5.25 X 3.75 inches. Box is 17 X 13 inches. Signed by artist verso. From the literature that I have seen I believe the edition size was limited to 10, I do not know if ...
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1960s Surrealist Sculptures

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Gold, Bronze

Four Earth Signs: Wingeo, Bronze Sculpture by Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) Title: Four Earth Signs: Wingeo Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed Edition: 4/5 Size: 20.5 in. x 11 in. x 4 in....
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1990s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

" Nude women " Surrealist
Located in CANNES, FR
"Deux femmes nues ". " naked women " is a ceramic plate signed Masson (underneath ) ." unic piece ". dated 1921 . Andre Masson realized very few works o...
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20th Century Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surrealist Figurative Sculpture, "Zephyr"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 28" x 44" x 15". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the delivery of this piece...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Give me a Hug, contemporary sculpture of HUG.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Signed and numbered, Edition of 9 Bold, energetic, and playfully powerful, A Hug by Irina Daylene captures a striking moment of dynamic balance and human connection. Sculpted in po...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

"Independent"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Independent of others. Love for one's neighbor begins with love for oneself, for one's nature, for one's soul. Everything is inside, the whole world. Body position, raised hand, tran...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Sculptures

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Metal, Iron, Wire

"Dream"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A woman...Who is she? What does she think about? What does she dream about? Where do her thoughts fly? What kind of soul does she have? Why do I miss you so much? Why don't I feel fe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Sculptures

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Metal, Iron, Wire

West Water World Sushi Bar
Located in West Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE ARTIST - Aaron Sheppard was born in 1976, York, Nebraska, He lives and works in Joshua Tree, California. "Fragmenting static ideas of sexuality and gender identity, he use...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Metal

Realist Figurative Sculpture, "Lady Ellen"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 30" x 66" x 30". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the delivery of this piece...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surrealist Mosaic Surfboard, "Kailini"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original one of a kind surrealist figurative mosaic on a surfboard by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It is wired and ready to hang on a wall if desired. Its dimensions are 24x70x1. A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist will follow delivery of this piece. This is a very detailed elegant work of art where the artist has used tiles...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Mosaic

Pop Surrealist Sculpture, "Luv Play Slow Jazz"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 35 inches tall, with a length of 20 inches and a depth of 20 inches....
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Gilt Bronze Sculpture Brooch Wearable Art Israeli Tumarkin Abstract Surrealist
Located in Surfside, FL
Measures about 3.75 X 3.5 inches. Box is 11 X 11 inches. (Piece is in excellent condition. box frame has some minor wear and piece might need to be remounted, it has been removed and...
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1960s Surrealist Sculptures

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Gold, Bronze

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Glass sculpture Merkuce from the series The Italians 2008, glass, 37, 5x11x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Glass sculpture Merkuce from the series The Italians 2008, glass, 37, 5x11x10 cm
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Glass

Surrealist Horse Sculpture Titled, "Wild"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original mixed media surrealist figurative sculpture of a horse by San Diego artist, Debbie Korbel. Its dimensions are 48" x 46" ...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Mixed Media

A Magisterial Mixed Media Cardboard Sculpture, "As the Crow Flies"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 19" x 44" x 10" Magisterial Mixed Media surreal Cardboard Sculpture executed by artist Debbie Korbel. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Cardboard

SHARK PEOPLE
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Astian Rey "SHARK PEOPLE"
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Enamel

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Surrealist Sculpture, "Simonetta"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 6" x 12" x 8". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow t...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Sculpture Found-Object American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media sculpture by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for artists su...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Found Objects, Mixed Media

Birds 2009, painted porcelain plate, diam. 20.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Birds 2009, painted porcelain plate, diam. 20.5 cm The central focus of the plate is the depiction of two birds surrounded by blooming flowers. The artist has skillfully painted the birds, capturing their graceful forms and vibrant colors. The flowers add a touch of beauty and provide a visually appealing backdrop for the avian subjects. The combination of birds, blooming flowers, and the mysterious...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Porcelain

Surrealist Sculpture, "La Reina"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 8" x 33" x 18". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the delivery of this piece....
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surrealist Sculpture, "Zoom Birthday"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 26 inches in height, with a length of 18inches and a depth of 4.5 in...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

1967 Pop Art, May Wilson, Surrealist Feminist Junk Assemblage Painted Sculpture
By May Wilson
Located in Surfside, FL
May Wilson (1905–1986) was an American artist and figure in the 1960s New York City avant-garde art world. A pioneer of the feminist and mail art movement, she is best known for her Surrealist junk assemblages and her "Ridiculous Portrait" photo collages. Wilson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, into an underprivileged family. Her father died when she was young. She was reared by her Irish Catholic mother, who sewed piecework at home. Wilson left school after the ninth grade to become a stenographer/secretary to help support her family. When she turned 20, she married a young lawyer, William S. Wilson, Jr., and give birth to her first child. She continued to work until the birth of her second child, after which she devoted her energies primarily to mothering and homemaking. In 1942, the couple had prospered enough to move to Towson, Maryland, where she began to take correspondence courses in art and art history from several schools, including the University of Chicago. In 1948, after the marriage of their daughter, the couple moved to a gentleman's farm north of Towson, where she pursued painting and gave private art lessons to neighbors. She exhibited her paintings, scenes of everyday life painted in a flat, purposefully primitive manner in local galleries and restaurants. In 1952 and 1958, she won awards for work submitted to juried exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art. In 1956, her son, the writer Williams S. Wilson, gave to Ray Johnson, the founder of the New York Correspondence School, his mother's address. This began a friendship and artistic collaboration between Johnson and Wilson, which would last the remainder of her life. Wilson became an integral part of Johnson's mail art circle and was initiated into the New York avant-garde through letters and small works that she exchanged with Robert Watts, George Brecht, Ad Reinhardt, Leonard Cohen, Arman, and many others. When her marriage dissolved, she moved to New York City in the spring of 1966, aged 61, taking up residence first in the Chelsea Hotel and then in a studio next door, where she threw legendary soirées and became known as the "Grandma Moses of the Underground". By the time she arrived, Wilson was already working with photomontage collage techniques. Encouraged by Johnson, who had sent her magazines through the mail, she scissored patterns into images of pin-up girls and muscle men until they resembled doilies or snowflakes, as Wilson called them. She decorated her hotel room and later her studio on West 23rd Street with these and other manipulated, found object images. Around this time, she also began her series of neo Dada "Ridiculous Portraits", for which she would ride the subway to Times Square, where she made exaggerated faces in photo booths. She then would cut and paste her photo-booth face onto postcards, along with Old Master reproductions, fashion shoots, and softcore Playboy magazine pornography. Long before artists such as Cindy Sherman and Yasumasa Morimura embarked on similar critical projects, Wilson's "Ridiculous Portraits" sent up the ubiquitous sexism and ageism that exists in popular and fine-art images of women. At the age of 70, she converted a nude photograph of herself into a stamp that she pasted on envelopes. Her collages and humorous self-portraits were made as gifts and mail-art items for her friends and were not widely known until after her death. Her work was contemporaneous with the Arte Povera artists Jannis Kounellis and ‎Michelangelo Pistoletto. She was also an innovator of junk art assemblages that incorporated real objects, such as high-heel shoes, bed sheets, sauce pans, toasters, liquor bottles, ice trays, and wrapped baby dolls. Her sculptures were inspired by Surrealist and Dada practices and are similar in spirit to Yayoi Kusama's contemporary accumulations. Wilson was the subject of a 1969 experimental documentary by Amalie R. Rothschild, "Woo Hoo? May Wilson". Since her death, May Wilson's work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and retrospectives at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; the Morris Museum, Morristown, N.J.; the Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City; and The University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Selected Exhibitions 2010 "Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968", University of the Arts, Philadelphia (traveling exhibition) 2008 "1968/2008: The Culture of Collage", Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, City 2008 "Ridiculous Portrait: The Art of May Wilson", Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey 2008 "Woo Who? May Wilson", Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City 1995 [Retrospective], The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland 2001 "May Wilson: Ridiculous Portraits and Snowflakes", Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, City 2001 "Inside Out: Outside In-The Correspondence of Ray Johnson and May Wilson", Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, California 1991 "May Wilson: The New York Years", Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York City 1973 "Sneakers", Kornblee Gallery, New York City 1973 "Small Works: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of Contemporary Art", RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island 1971 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1970 "Sculpture Annual 1970", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City 1965 The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland 1962 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 1957 Bookshop Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland Public collections Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City) The Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, Maryland) Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York) References William S. Wilson, "May Wilson: Constructing Woman (1905-1986)", in Ann Aptaker, ed., Ridiculous Portrait: The Art of May Wilson, ed. Ann Aptaker, Morristown, N.J.: Morris Museum, Camhi, Leslie, "Late Bloomer", Village Voice, December 18, 2001 Giles, Gretchen, "Cosmic Litterers: Artists Ray Johnson and May Wilson: Taking the Cake", "Northern California Bohemian," June 14–20, 2001 McCarthy, Gerard, "May Wilson: Homespun Rebel", Art in America, vol. 96, no. 8, September 2008, pp. 142–47 Sachs, Sid and Kalliopi Minioudaki, Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968. Philadelphia: The University of the Arts, 2010, ISBN 978-0789210654 Wilson, William S. Art is a Jealous Lover: May Wilson: 1905-1986, andy warhol...
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1960s Surrealist Sculptures

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Metal

Ceramic Surrealist Teapot, "The Evil Queen"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 15 inches tall, with a length of 12 inches and a depth of 8 inches. ...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surreal Figurative Sculpture, "Swan Tower"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its dimensions are 14" x 32" x 12". A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the delivery of this piece...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

3-D Wooden Still Life Assemblage, "Pop s Telescope"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original 3-D assemblage sculpture by San Diego artist, Paul Hobson. The artist uses acrylic on wood. Its dimensions are 7.5x5x9. A certificate of authenticity follows delivery of this piece. This is an exquisitely detailed still life surrealist scene of the inside of a telescope room. The artist puts the viewer inside room looking out a window. A telescope sits positioned out the window along with a desk, lamp, and complete bookshelf. Hobson is an artist experienced with paintings, sculpture, murals, graphic design and environmental art...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

Four Earth Signs: Lunette, Bronze Sculpture by Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) Title: Four Earth Signs: Lunette Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number inscribed Edition: 4/5 Size: 21.5 in. x 7 in. x 3 in....
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1990s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

Surrealist Sculpture, "Emerging from the Dream"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 16 inches in height, with a length of 24.75 inches and a depth of 6 ...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Four Earth Signs: Out of the Bronze Tree Lunette, Bronze by Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) Title: Four Earth Signs: Out of the Bronze Tree Lunette Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number insc...
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1990s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

Four Surrealist Figures, Unique Painted Wood Mini Folding Screen ca 1970
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very cool and stylish mini folding screen of carved figures hand painted by an unknown artist. It is likely from around 1970, the figures are a bit surrealist and match in a stiff ...
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1970s Surrealist Sculptures

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Wood, Paint

Pop Surrealist Sculpture, "Traveling Daughter"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 32 inches in height, with a length of 12 inches and a depth of 18 in...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Surrealist Hanging Wall Sculpture, "Happy Hour"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. Its diameter is 12 inches. A Certificate of Authenticity will follow the delivery of this piece. Th...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Monkey Girl II, Copper and Resin Sculpture by James Johnson
By James Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mixed media sculpture by James Johnson from 2002. A pregnant female figure of epoxy resin with copper wings and a simian face. Artist: James Johnson Title: Monkey Girl 2 Year...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Sculptures

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Copper

Direction blue - black. 2006, glass, copper, author technique 18x56x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Direction blue - black. 2006, glass, copper, author technique 18x56x50 cm
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Copper

Night 2009. Painted porcelain vase, h. 20 cm, dia. 11 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Night 2009. Painted porcelain vase, h. 20 cm, dia. 11 cm Night, the painted porcelain vase from 2009, is a captivating piece of art that transports you to a surreal and mysterious r...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Sculptures

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Porcelain

Too Much Tea
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Sharon Brooks, the imaginative creator of the mixed media assemblage sculpture "Too Much Tea," describes it as a whimsical and delightful artwork. The centerpiece of this piece is a silver tray, cleverly supported by pounded silver cones that securely hold a wooden plate in place through drilled holes. This arrangement not only provides stability but also adds a touch of resilience to the sculpture. In her creative manipulation, Brooks has added a playful twist by incorporating the head of a doll sitting atop a teapot. It appears as if the doll is emerging from the teapot, with her arms playfully sticking out of the snout. This unique concept adds a sense of charm and intrigue to the artwork, reinventing the traditional tea-serving experience. The sculpture is further enhanced by the presence of multiple trays...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Found Objects

The Sommeliers
Located in Loveland, CO
"The Sommeliers" by Jack Hill Bas Relief, hand-painted cast resin mounted on wood 12x10" each, set of 4 Whimsical wall art for the wine lovers in your life...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Resin, Wood, Acrylic

Viva la LVII, 7" high bronze sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
Viva la LVII (Long Live the '57) by Gary Alsum Bronze 6.5" x 12.5" x 6" ed/75, number 1 in stock Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for fine art. A new body of wor...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

Double Bec
Located in CANNES, FR
Jules Agard. ( 1905 - 1986 ) " DOUBLE BEC " Sculpture zoomorphe en terre cuite rouge inspirées par deux têtes d'oiseaux . signé : J. Agard sur la base . circa 1960 -1970 . " Pièce...
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1960s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Double Bec
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"Retablo No. 4 (Blackbird)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

"Off Center, " Porcelain Sculpture with Bench Horse by Susan Potts
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Off Center" is an original porcelain sculpture by Susan Potts. It depicts a small horse standing next to a park bench with a small book sliding off of the uneven, hilled surface. ...
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1980s Surrealist Sculptures

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Porcelain

Loner
Located in New York, NY
Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Steel, Stainless Steel

"Man in Green Shirt, " Acrylic on Ceramic
Located in Chicago, IL
Although this whimsical sculpture by Allan Winkler has the look of outsider art, this ceramic work stems from the art school-trained artist’s interest in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic, Acrylic

20th Century Surrealist Ceramic Sculpture LuAnne Tackett Simpson
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
This stunning piece of surrealist art captures the viewer's imagination with intricate forms and earthy tones . It features an interplay of organic shapes, evoking a dreamlike qualit...
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1980s Surrealist Sculptures

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Ceramic

Party Queen - Maximalist surrealist wall sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This surrealist figurative wall sculpture was made by artist Megan Dune is a maximalists' dream. It is assembled with multiple materials, including acrylic ...
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2010s Surrealist Sculptures

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Paper, Glitter, Acrylic

The Gem Tree, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Wood and Wire Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
The Gem Tree, Original Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture 26" x 31" x 19" (HxWxD) Wood, Wire, Crystal Beads Artist Todd McCollister has created a 3D surreali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Sculptures

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Wire

TWO CHAIRS Surrealist Bronze Sculpture Unique 1964 DANISH ARTIST Sven Dalsgaard
By Sven Dalsgaard
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This unique, small bronze sculpture by Sven Dalsgaard, dated 1964, transforms an ordinary object into something psychologically charged and quietly ambiguous. Standing just 11.25 inches tall, the form recalls a chair lifted into an improbable vertical stance. Its narrow seat and elongated legs deny any practical use. What Dalsgaard presents is not furniture but the idea of a chair, reduced to structure and presence rather than function. The bronze surface is worked rather than refined, with visible traces of the artist’s hand that catch the light unevenly. This rough handling introduces a sense of vitality into an otherwise rigid form. The exaggerated proportions give the sculpture a totem-like quality, almost figurative in character, as if the chair itself has assumed an upright posture. As the viewer moves around it, the open spaces within the structure become as important as the solid bronze, creating a shifting balance between mass and void. There is a clear surrealist element in this transformation. The chair remains immediately recognizable, yet it no longer belongs to the world of ordinary experience. By displacing scale and function, Dalsgaard creates a subtle tension between familiarity and estrangement. The sculpture suggests presence without an occupant and purpose without use, encouraging psychological rather than literal interpretation. This aligns with a restrained, Northern strain of Surrealism, one shaped by austerity and understatement rather than spectacle. Signed and dated on the base, the sculpture dates from a period when Dalsgaard increasingly explored the symbolic potential of everyday forms. Modest in scale but rich in implication, it demonstrates how a common object can be quietly reimagined as a vessel for reflection, ambiguity, and poetic abstraction. A unique bronze sculpture. Born in Vorup near Randers, Sven Dalsgaard was self-taught as a painter. His earliest paintings are Naturalistic but around 1934 he was inspired by Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee to paint more Abstract works. He debuted at the Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in 1943. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp, he embarked on Surrealism in the 1940s but moved into a simpler, more stylized approach in the 1950s, producing tall thin sculptures...
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1960s Surrealist Sculptures

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Bronze

20th Century Surrealist Ceramic Sculpture by LuAnne Tackett Simpson
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
This stunning piece of surrealist art captures the viewer's imagination with intricate forms and vibrant colours. It features an interplay of organic shapes, evoking a dreamlike qual...
Category

1980s Surrealist Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Drool
Located in West Hollywood, CA
"Drool" is a surrealist and brightly colored wall installation by artist Megan Dune, constructed with acrylic, colored pencil, paper, glitter, thread, foil ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Sculptures

Materials

Foil

"Cow Up a Tree"
Located in Astoria, NY
John Kelly (English, b. 1965) "Cow Up a Tree" Rust Patinated Steel Sculpture, together with Stoney Road Press folio. 10.75" H x 12.5" W. Provenance: From the Collection of Laura an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Sculptures

Materials

Steel

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