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Surrealist Figurative Prints

SURREALIST STYLE

In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.

Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.

Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.

Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)

The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.

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Style: Surrealist
Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, Meeting of the Forces of Luxury, Paradise:Canto 26 (Field 189-20)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Wood Engraving in Colors on Rives BFK paper. Edition: 4765, French; 3188, Italian. Paper Size: 13 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200. Excellent condition; unframed. Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Salvador Dalí, Gianni Schicchi’s Bite (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU... Limited Surrealism French Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
René Magritte - LE CHEF D'OEUVRE OU LES MYSTÈRES DE L'HORIZON, 1965 Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper Edition number: 131/275 Size: 60 x 45 cm Condition: N...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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La Page Blanche - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Numbered: 138/275 Color lithograph after the 1967 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

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Drypoint

Lunar Poet - Etching by Guelfo Bianchini - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Lunar Poet  is a Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by  Guelfo Bianchini  (Ancona, 1937) in 1978 . Colored Etching on paper.  Hand-signed  in pencil on the lower right corner: ...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir. Printed at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet in 1958 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 10) published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (315 x...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference Spies/Leppien 202. Published in 1971 by XXe Siecle. Sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (310 x 238 mm). Not signed.
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Surrealist Carborundum Etching, Homage a Rodin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from a portfolio Hommage A Rodin. It included a lithograph by Henry Moore, Ossip Zadkine, Berto Lardera, an etching by Robert Couturier and an etching...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 230; Cramer 39) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From volume, Joan Miro by Jacques Prév...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Tennis - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Tennis is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982. Mixed colored aquatint and etching.  Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Un chant d'amour" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference Spies/Leppien 71. Printed in 1958 for XXe Siecle and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/8 inches (315 x 232 mm). N...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, In the Heaven of Jupiter (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Dalínean Prophecy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dalínean Prophecy is a drypoint etching with lithographic color on japon paper, image size 16 x 23.5 inches, signed Dalí lower right and numbered XVIII/LXXV lower left. From the edit...
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20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 223; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Vellum Paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From volume, Derrière le miroir, No. 87-88-89. June-July-A...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, 1965 (Mourlot 435) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Vellum Paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume N° 151, published by Derrière le miro...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Soeur de la Gazelle - from the suite "Pleni Luna"-Lithograph by Wifredo Lam-1974
Located in Roma, IT
Soeur de la Gazelle - from the suite  "Pleni Luna" is a contemporary artwork realized by Wifredo Lam Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Editio...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Miro, Composition, The Prints of Joan Miro (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Etching on wove paper. Edition: 1,500, plus 50 proofs. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued; publisher’s imprint, verso, as issued. Excellent Cond...
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dalí, The Two Circles of Spirits (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

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

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Drypoint, Etching

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 861), 1972 (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph on Vellum Paper. Edition: 5,000. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never frame...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 235; Cramer 39) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From volume, Joan Miro by Jacques Prév...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí, On Geryon’s Back (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy) Year: 1974 Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Surrealist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist figurative 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 figurative 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, orange, red, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, (after) René Magritte, and Rafał Olbiński. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching 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 figurative prints, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $48 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $941.

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