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Surrealist Art

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
A 1930s Modern Abstract Drawing of Railroad Switching Signals by Hananiah Harari
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1930s Modern Abstract Drawing of Railroad Switching Signals by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 1939. A...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Paper, Graphite

"Moon Glow, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Moon Glow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form holding a full moon in ...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Oil, Panel

Fantasia Americana, 1880 — Mid-Century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Kupferman, 'Fantasia Americana – 1880', drypoint etching with sandground, 1943. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Series A, 1971 2/6' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on heavy, cream wove paper, with full margins (2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches); the paper slightly lightened within the original mat opening, otherwise in excellent condition. One of only 6 impressions printed in 1971, with the added sandground grey background tint. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 11 13/16 x 14 3/4 inches; sheet size 18 x 20 1/4 inches. Collections: National Gallery of Art, Zimmerli Art Museum (Rutgers University). ABOUT THE ARTIST Lawrence Kupferman (1909 - 1982) was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston and grew up in a working-class family. He attended the Boston Latin School and participated in the high school art program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In the late 1920s, he studied drawing under Philip Leslie Hale at the Museum School—an experience he called 'stultifying and repressive'. In 1932 he transferred to the Massachusetts College of Art, where he first met his wife, the artist Ruth Cobb. He returned briefly to the Museum School in 1946 to study with the influential expressionist German-American painter Karl Zerbe. Kupferman held various jobs while pursuing his artistic career, including two years as a security guard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. During the 1930s he worked as a drypoint etcher for the Federal Art Project, creating architectural drawings in a formally realistic style—these works are held in the collections of the Fogg Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In the 1940s he began incorporating more expressionistic forms into his paintings as he became progressively more concerned with abstraction. In 1946 he began spending summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he met and was influenced by Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract painters. At about the same time he began exhibiting his work at the Boris Mirski Gallery in Boston. In 1948, Kupferman was at the center of a controversy involving hundreds of Boston-area artists. In February of that year, the Boston Institute of Modern Art issued a manifesto titled 'Modern Art and the American Public' decrying 'the excesses of modern art,' and announced that it was changing its name to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). The poorly conceived statement, intended to distinguish Boston's art scene from that of New York, was widely perceived as an attack on modernism. In protest, Boston artists such as Karl Zerbe, Jack Levine, and David Aronson formed the 'Modern Artists Group' and organized a mass meeting. On March 21, 300 artists, students, and other supporters met at the Old South Meeting House and demanded that the ICA retract its statement. Kupferman chaired the meeting and read this statement to the press: “The recent manifesto of the Institute is a fatuous declaration which misinforms and misleads the public concerning the integrity and intention of the modern artist. By arrogating to itself the privilege of telling the artists what art should be, the Institute runs counter to the original purposes of this organization whose function was to encourage and to assimilate contemporary innovation.” The other speakers were Karl Knaths...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Recital, Modern Art Lithograph by Marcel Marceau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marcel Marceau, French (1923 - 2007) - Recital, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 22/50, Image Size: 27 x 12.75 inches, Size: 36.25 x 19 in. (92.08 x 48.26 cm)
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Surrealist Still Life with a Guitar
Located in San Francisco, CA
When you enter visually into the sumptuous scene captured in this painting, the unknown artist is playing with you. They are teasing you to slightly suspend your careful awareness of...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Galerie Maeght
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This lithograph by Joan Miró, printed by Mourlot for the book "Art in Posters" by Sauret in 1959, reproduces the original poster #51, which was published for the Galerie Maeght. The ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Lost intuition, limited edition, Surreal, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Size of sheet is ca. 29.5 x 21 cm (A4) Contemporary figurative giclee print by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Print is signed, numbered and has a stamp of an artist's atelier. It com...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Color

Ship, limited edition, Surreal, Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Size of sheet is ca. 29.5 x 21 cm (A4) Contemporary figurative giclee print by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. Print is signed, numbered and has a stamp of an artist's atelier. It com...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Color

Spinning Joy - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Childhood Memory, African
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Spinning Joy” is a vibrant fabric collage painting that captures the pure, unfiltered delight of childhood. At the heart of the piece is a young child, adorned in a colorful patchwor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Fabric, Canvas

"Eve s Escape" by José Gerson - Oil on Canvas - 73x92 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
José Gerson is a multifaceted Swiss artist whose career spans photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, and film. From an early age, he showed a natural talent for the visual arts a...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Man Ray, Échiquier Surréaliste: 1934/1991, Silver Gelatin Print, Dada
Located in Hamburg, DE
Man Ray (1890-1976) Échiquier Surréaliste (Surrealist Checkerboard), 1934/1991 Medium: Silver Gelatin Print (later print) Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.7 cm Stamped: "Copie d'une épreuve...
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20th Century Surrealist Art

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Silver Gelatin

The glow of the abyss. Diptych
Located in Zofingen, AG
painting(1) 29,5х40х1,5 painting(2) 29,5х40х1,5 The diptych “The Glow of the Abyss” consists of two paintings created in different years — one in 2023 and the other in 2025. It wa...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Mt. Taylor, Surrealist Lithograph by Lloyd Lozes Goff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lloyd Lozes Goff, American (1918 - 1982) - Mt. Taylor, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 300, AP 30, Image Size: 19 x 25 inches, Size: 22 i...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

FLEURS DEVANT LA FENETRE (MOURLOT 478)
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by Marc Chagall. Mourlot 478. Edition 5/50 (there were also 25 artist’s proofs numbered in Roman numerals). Image size 17.75 x 16.5 inches. Sheet size 26.25 x 21 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 28 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887–1985) was an artist whose work anticipated the dream-like imagery of Surrealism. Over the course of his career, Chagall developed the poetic, amorphous, and deeply personal visual language evident in paintings like I and the Village...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Etching

Phaeton, original etching
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of lithographs, etchings and engravings from great artists of the 20th Century. It is a limited edit...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Engraving, Etching, Lithograph, Watercolor

Untitled (Miles Davis) (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Untitled (Sad Shit), 1969. Ink on illustration board. Panel measures 15 × 13 inches. Unfinished composition on verso. Artist and art educator, Roland ...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Ink

L Aigle Mademoiselle - Etching by H. Bellmer - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 38 x 28 cm. Hand Signed. From the Portfolio "Petit Traité de Morale", Paris, Editions Georges Visat, 1968. Copy on Velin d'Arches. Includes passepartout. Hans Be...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1979 and published in Barcelona by La Poligrafa in an edition of 1000. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 188 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Leonor Fini, Untitled, from Fruits of Passion, 1980 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure, titled Sans titre (Untitled), after Leonor Fini, from the album Fruits de la passion, trente-deux variations sur un theme de Leonor Fini (Fruits of Passi...
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1980s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Gemini
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Gemini Etching from 1974. The edition HC IX/L on Guarro paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.2 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Léon Amiel, Paris - New York...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Le Demon Ailé - Etching and Drypoint - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Le demon Ailé is a wonderful black and white drypoint realized in 1969. The artwork is from the portfolio "Vénus aux fourrures", edited by Pierre Argillet, Parigi, 1969. Hand signed in pencil by the artist on the lower margin. Dry stamp on the lower right margin Numbered on the lower left margin. Ed.21/75. Good conditions except for some light yellowing of paper along the margin. Ref: Michler Lopsinger, "Salvador Dali Catalogue Raisonne of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints 1924-1980", Prestel 1994, n. 371. Salvador Dalí (Figueres, 1904 – Figueres, 1989) is considered one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the XX century and the founding father of Surrealism. In the course of his long career, he successfully experimented with sculpture, fashion, writing, and filmmaking. Dalí epitomizes the idea that life is the greatest form of art; André Breton said about him: “It is with Dalí that, for the very first time, the windows of the mind are wide open”. He always pushed boundaries, and he did the same with conventional lithography. He experimented a lot, also with techniques that would not be allowed today. He was a prolific printmaker, using techniques as drypoint, etching, woodcut and lithography. His output is esteemed at 1700 prints...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint, Etching

Gaining Perspective, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A surreal scene depicts a colossal woman standing amid farmland, her gaze fixed on a bird flying from her birdcage torso. A viaduct emerges from the base of her...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

Special Day, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A landscape reveals a hazy blue tower rising in the distance. A bright cloud streak floats above, while a bridge-like structure cuts diagonally across the scene...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

Wonder Room, limited edition color print, signed and numbered
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Wonder Room, limited edition color print, signed and numbered Maggie Taylor's digital creations are emblematic, afterimages that invite, transport, and are unforgettable. Taylor's ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Pigment

Le parquet se soulève, 1939 (Red)
Located in London, GB
MAX ERNST 1891-1976 Cologne 1891-1976 Paris (German) Title: Le parquet se soulève, 1939 (Red) Technique: A Suite of Six Original Hand Signed and hand Numbered Lithographs in Red on...
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1930s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 in...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Asturias II, Surrealist Etching by Juliana Seraphim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Juliana Seraphim, Palestinian (1934 - ) - Asturias II, Year: Circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist and Miguel Asturias, Edition: 200, Size: 26 ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Woman on Stage - Original handsigned etching - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Hans BELLMER Woman on Stage Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered on 150 copies On Arches vellum 65 x 50 cm (c. 26 c 20in) Excellent condition
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Etching

Payaso, Blue, Red and Yellow, 1980.
Located in San Francisco, CA
These artwork title "Payaso blue, Red and Yellow" 1980 are the complete suite of three original lithographs by noted Mexican artist Alejandro Colunga, b.1948. They are hand signed, d...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Pyramid Mysteries (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Pyramid Mysteries, 1970. Ink on illustration board, 13.5 × 9.75 inches. Signed and dated. Titled on verso. Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Ink

REBEL (black pug carlin cowboys lasso vintage americana surrealist oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A colossal black pug, its head resting heavily on the ground, gazes outward with an expression both sorrowful and unyielding. Its vast, glossy eyes shimmer w...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Honey” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Honey” Photography 36" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA signed by th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

“Working an Angle” Photography 36" x 24" inch Edition of 1/7 by Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Working an Angle” Photography 36" x 24" inch Edition of 1/7 by Brian Ziff Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag Not framed. Signed and numbered by the artist Com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée

"In A TranceAtlantic Crossing" 2024 - Mixed Media Whimsical Surrealism colorful
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
"In A TranceAtlantic Crossing" is a wonderful, whimsical, surrealist mixed media painting. Acrylic, Sakura Markers, Caran d’Ache & Pencil on a Birchwood Cradled Panel 36 x 30 inches 2024 Artist’s Statement "My soul serves as the compass that guides me towards pieces that resonate deeply within me." Kate Cohen...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Wood Panel, Color Pencil

Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
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1940s Surrealist Art

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Photogravure

Invasion de l Espace - Lithograph by Man Ray - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Invasion de l'espace is a color lithograph by the American artist and exponent of Dadaism and Surrealism Man Ray (Philadelphia, 1890 - Paris, 1976). The workr was edited by the Fr...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

JEREMY GEDDES - EDIFICE, Limited Surrealism Rocket Australian Artist Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JEREMY GEDDES - EDIFICE Date of creation: 2023 Medium: Giclée on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper Edition: 549 Size: 61 x 81 cm Condition: In mint conditions, brand new and never framed G...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Paper, Giclée, Digital Pigment

Joker Figurative Surrealism Bronze Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter Artwork Title: Joker Medium: Original Oil on Linen, Bronze Sculpture Dimensions: 40" x 32" x 8" (101 x 81 x 20 cm) Year: 2024 Unfra...
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2010s Surrealist Art

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Bronze

"Santa Claus"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this oil on paper piece, I merged surrealism with pop art to capture a timeless figure in a whimsical light. Embracing both figurative and futuristic elements, Santa stands poigna...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Paper, Oil

The Queen - Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre". Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968. Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 specimen on Arches...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

We re All Here
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Rag Paper, Etching

Prévert de Profil . PARIS .
Located in CANNES, FR
JACQUES PRÉVERT ( 1900- 1977 ) " Prévert de profil " French Poet original vintage argentic photography . circa 1955 . Signed and dated . " with li...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Silver Gelatin

The Centaur - Woodcut print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The  Centaur is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Good conditions. Limited edition of 2900, r...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Woodcut

Pubertat - Lithograph - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph on Arches paper, with watermark. From the suite "The Four Ages of Man". Edition of 217/300. Published by Galerie Spectra, Zurich. Hand signed and numbered in penci...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this painting, I've swirled a traditional landscape into a floating, serpentine form, blending the realistic with the surreal. Each building, painted meticulously in oil, seems to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art

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Oil

"Un chant d amour" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference Spies/Leppien 71. Printed in 1958 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 11) and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Sheet size: 1...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Jean COCTEAU and Raymond MORETTI : The Spirits - Original Hansigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Cocteau and Raymond Moretti The Two Spirit's Meeting Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate, handsigned by Raymond Moretti Numbered 1/79 - Very look for proof beari...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Piroska Hévizi Surrealist Painting of a Hungarian Girl
Located in New York, NY
Piroska Hévizi (1915-1994) Untitled, c. mid-20th century Oil on board Sight: 20 x 14 in. Framed: 24 x 18 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. Signed lower left Piroska Hévizi was a Hungarian painter and...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

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Oil, Board

Knight In Armour w/ Horse, Large Magical Realist Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Knight in Armour, 1973 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 39.5 x 47.5 inches 48.5 x 57 inches, framed Paul Rib...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Oil

Man Ray-Elizabeth Vintage
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 Art

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Offset

Memories of Surrealism Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Memories of Surrealism Ultra Surrealist Corpuscular Galutska MEDIUM: Etching on Japon Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: A XX...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Lithographs II (1046), Surrealist Lithography by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Asturias I, Surrealist Etching by Juliana Seraphim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Juliana Seraphim, Palestinian (1934 - ) - Asturias I, Year: Circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist and Miguel Asturias, Edition: 200, Image Size:...
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1970s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Phiole - Etching - 1968/69
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized in 1968/69. Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris. Edition of 49/150, hand colored. Hand signed an...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Etching

Rene Magritte, Untitled, from Poems 1923-1958, 1959 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Rene Magritte (1898–1967), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Poems 1923-1958, Dix dessins de Rene Magritte (Ten Drawings by Rene Magritte),...
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1950s Surrealist Art

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Lithograph

Amsterdam (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Amsterdam, 1967. Ink on paper, 9.5 × 12.5 inches; 16 × 19 inches framed. Signed and dated,...
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1960s Surrealist Art

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Ink, Paper

Mod Italian Surrealist Oil Painting Jean Calogero Big Eyed Girl, Victorian Party
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Calogero (Italian, 1922-2001) 23 x 30. framed. 21.5 x 15 canvas. Hand signed Little girl at a party with flowers Calogero was born August 20, 1922 in Catania, Sicily. Self-taught Surreal Artist First exhibitions in 1945 in Sicily and Rome were very successful. He arrived in Paris in 1947 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He is best known for his Surrealism and genre works. His paintings are dreamlike and visionary. They travel to an infinite space created by the artist through his memories, the sky and the sea so dear to him. In his paintings there are a few common themes: the masks with their dual dimensions that hide or shows only what you want, the profiles of the women, and the horsemen, drawn as the Sicilian tradition requires. He exhibited at the Gallery Hervé in 1951 and the following year he went to New York to present his show, then in 1953 he was invited to Los Angeles, where he returned two years later, and from where he regularly exhibited his works, and San Francisco. In 1954, Maximilien Gauthier devoted a book to him published by "The Gemini." The first exhibition in Japan was in 1965. He was awarded the Grand Silver Medal by the City of Paris in 1957. Calogero had countless exhibitions in Paris, in the fifties, plus the American exhibitions in New York (Associated American Artists, 1952), Los Angeles (James Vigevano Galleries, 1953) and then later in Japan and in major galleries in Italy. He lived and worked for many years in Paris and Italy. He died in 2001. Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1950. Associated American Artists - New York 1952. James Vigevano Galleries, Los Angeles 1953. Galerie Madsen, Parigi 1954/1960. Antologica, Tokyo 1965. Galleria La Robinia, Palermo 1969. Florida Gallery, Chicago 1970. Galleria Il Cavalletto, Catania 1971. Galleria De Rosa, Milano 1972. Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; L'Incontro, Taranto 1973. Galleria Idea-Bellini, Firenze; David Galleries, Bari; Palazzo Melloni, L'incontro, Bologna; Galleria Schettini, Milano; Galleria Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria La Meridiana, Verona; Pier della Francesca, Arezzo 1974. Galleria L'isolotto, Napoli; Pinacoteca, Roma; Galleria del Corso, Latina 1975. Galleria Michelangelo, Firenze; Pinacoteca, Roma 1977. Galleria Robert Philip, Parigi 1978. Galleria d'Arte Pinacoteca, Roma 1979. Centro L'Esagono, Lecce; Graziani Gallery, New York 1981. Chiesa di S. Silvestro, Tuscania; Museo d'Arte Moderna, Sessa Aurunca 1982. Galerie Hervè, Parigi 1983. Galleria l'Angolo, Catania; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari; Centro Il Faro, Taranto 1987. Galleria L'Esagono, Lecce 1988.Galerie Molière, Parigi; Nihon Garo, Nagoya, Giappone; Minako H. Gallery, Tokyo; Galleria del Viale Jonio, Catania 1989. Art Expo, New York; Axis Gallery, San Francisco; Galerie Axe, Parigi; Galerie Molière, Parigi 1990. Antologica, Palazzetto dell'Arte, Foggia; Galleria d'Arte Pinacoteca, Roma; Sinagrarte 91, Sinagra, Messina; La Magia di Taormina, Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina; Galleria Buonarroti, Siracusa 1991. Galleria Arte Oggi, Reggio Calabria; Galleria del Corso, Latina; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari; Galleria Art Gallery, Gela 1992. Galleria Profili d'Arte, Catania 1993. Europ'Art 94, Ginevra; Galleria Antarte, Messina 1994. Galleria Agorà, Palermo 1995. Comune di Aci Castello, Palazzo Russo, Aci Castello, Catania; Galleria Arte Spazio, Sassari 1996. Art Gallery, Gela; Chiesa di San Leonardo, Tuscania 1997. Pinacoteca Galleria Donini, Roma 1998. Galleria Perlini Arte, Reggio Calabria; Galleria Il Castello, Rovigo; Galleria Profili d'Arte, Catania; Pinacoteca Galleria Donini, Roma 1999. Gallery Robert Philippe: Jean Calogero, Alexandre Grig, Linda le Kinff, Jacques Lefort...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Apple Dream, Surrealist Lithograph by Robert Beauchamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Beauchamp, American (1923 - 1995) - Apple Dream, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 25, Size: 25.5 in. x 33 in. (64.77 cm x 83.82 cm)
Category

1980s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris by Mourlot and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton project Surréalisme en 1947. Issued in...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, early 1950s Abstract, Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a subdued, tonal int...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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