Surrealist Portrait Prints
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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Style: Surrealist
DRAG QUEEN Original Lithograph, Surreal Pencil Portrait, Cabaret-Berlin style
Located in Union City, NJ
DRAG QUEEN is a superbly executed hand drawn, original lithograph printed from a lithographic stone using traditional hand printmaking techniques on archival paper 100% acid free. DRAG QUEEN portrays a pencil drawing of a seated man wearing a scallop edge black slip dress, dark stockings, pom pom mules/slides, holding a small black purse. He looks straight out toward the viewer with one eye open, one closed as he pokes the eye of a mysterious man looking up from the bottom of the composition. Very intriguing, Cabaret-Berlin style, surreal portrait that was hand printed in Paris France during the early 1970's. Artist is unknown....
Paper size: 12.75 x 9.5 inches, unframed, unsigned Printers Proof, hand torn edges, fine impression, excellent condition.
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Babies DJ
Located in Segovia, ES
Babies DJ.
Funny and touching image composed by Spanish artist Pablo de Pinini as a reinterpretation of past masterpieces, in which contemporary or futuristic elements burst in in u...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Chamán. Surrealist Ironic portrait inspired in Da Vinci´s Salvator Mundi.
Located in Segovia, ES
¨Shaman¨, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, recreates the theme of ancient automatic machines that told the future.
The extraordinary image of Leonardo da Vinci's Salva...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Canvas, Giclée
Baroque carnival. Surreal black and white portrait inspired in Old master's
Located in Segovia, ES
¨Baroque carnival¨. Surreal portrait inspired in old master' s portrait.
The extraordinary portrait of the art patron Cornelius van der Geest made by Antoon Van Dyck in 1620 is tran...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
HEAVEN CANTO 29
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
Rock Star. Based on the portrait of Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Segovia, ES
Rock Star. Based on the portrait of Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci.
Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition of 7.
Di...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Canvas, Giclée
The Ink Lady. Based on the portrait Lady with an ermine, by Leonardo da Vinci.
Located in Segovia, ES
The Ink Lady. Based on the portrait Lady with an ermine, by Leonardo da Vinci.
Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition of 7.
Dime...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Canvas, Giclée
"Superstar", inspired by Albrecht Dürer's self-portrait at the age of 28.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Superstar", inspired by Albrecht Dürer's self-portrait at the age of 28.
Fine Art Giclée Pigmented Inkjet. Digital painting printed on museum quality canvas. Edition of 7.
Dimension...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Giclée, Canvas
The hipster with his fly. Surreal portrait based in old masters.
Located in Segovia, ES
The hipster with his fly. Surreal portrait of a hipster accompanied by a fly.
Once again, the mix of classical and modern elements ironically reflects the author's vision of contempo...
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
HEAVEN CANTO 28
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Woodcut, Paper
Let Them Eat Cake (Ed. 20/50)
Located in Dallas, TX
Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
24 x 42 inches
signed and numbered, limited edition of 50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Maldoror : Surrealist Lovers - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1975 #Field #34-2
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
Surrealist Lovers, 1975
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52)
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in)
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Engraving
PUBLIC OUTCRY Signed Lithograph, Surrealist Scene Man, Tree, Checkered Tiles
Located in Union City, NJ
PUBLIC OUTCRY is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the British artist, Michael Hasted printed using hand lithography on archival Somerset paper, 100% acid free.
PU...
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HEAVEN CANTO 27
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
HELL CANTO 23
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Woodcut, Paper
VANITY (PICASSO)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée, Canvas
Reflection
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Submissive
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Nightgown
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Corsage
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Pull
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Teacher
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Carried
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Spectre
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Archival Paper
Beheaded
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
The Owl
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
HELL CANTO 19
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
Face and Flowers
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
HOMAGE TO MIRO
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée, Canvas
HOMAGE TO DALI
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée, Canvas
IMPERIAL COLUMNS (MIRO CHAGALL)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée, Canvas
Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Offset Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome
- SIGNATURE : printed in the image
- LIMITED : 1499
- SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4"
- REFERENCES : Michler and Lopsi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HEAVEN CANTO 4
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Woodcut, Paper
PURGATORY CANTO 15
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Woodcut, Paper
HELL CANTO 1
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
HELL CANTO 25
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
HELL CANTO 20
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Offset Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome
- SIGNATURE : printed in the image
- LIMITED EDITION: 1499
- SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4"
- REFERENCES : Michler an...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
After Pablo Picasso - The Round of Friendship - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
FROM THE ROUND OF FRIENDSHIP
25.7.1961
Dimensions: 63.5 x 49.8 cm
Signed and dated in the plate
Color lithograph on Velin D'Arches realized from a dra...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Maldoror : The giant with a bag - Original etching, HANDSIGNED
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
The giantess with a bag, 1975
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52)
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in)
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching
Flute Player - Lithograph - After PABLO PICASSO
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Flute Player
Dimensions: 56 x 38 cm
Signed and dated in the plate
Posthumous edition by Edition Succession Picasso, Paris.
Editions de la Paix
Picas...
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1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HEAVEN CANTO 22
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
BAHIA'S SUNFLOWERS
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. AP edition. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée, Canvas
LES SUPRENES DE MAILLAISE LILIPUTIENS
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Paper, Lithograph
Virgo, from Signs of the Zodiac
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Virgo
Portfolio: Signs of the Zodiac
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1967
Edition: 97/250
Frame Size: 32 5/8" x 25 1/8"
Sheet Size: 29 1/2" x 22"
Signature: Han...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
TREE SWING Signed Mini Lithograph, Surreal Waterscape, Clouds, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
TREE SWING is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arche...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
DREAM PASSAGE Signed Lithograph on Arches Paper, Surrealist Female Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
DREAM PASSAGE is a limited edition color lithograph by the Modern master Salvador Dali, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HEAVEN CANTO 12
Located in Aventura, FL
Woodblock engraving on paper from the Divine Comedy series. Sheet size 13 x 10 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches. Edition 4,765 in French, 3,000 in Italian, 300 in German.
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Woodcut, Paper
THE LADY DULCINEA
Located in Aventura, FL
From Historia de Don Quichotte de la Mancha. Etching and aquatint on Japon paper. Edition AP 23/50. Sheet size 29.875 x 22.125 inches. Image Size 15.75 x 17.5 inches. Frame size ap...
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1980s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching, Aquatint, Paper
BIG HORN Signed Lithograph, Surreal Mini Landscape, French Horn, Rocky Shore
Located in Union City, NJ
BIG HORN is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches ...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
WEDDING Signed Mini Lithograph, Cathedral Church, Gold Rings, Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
WEDDING is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches ...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA(Jack of Swords) Signed Lithograph on Japon Paper, Red
Located in Union City, NJ
COLUMBUS DISCOVERS AMERICA(Jack of Swords)
Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper, signed in pencil
Print size: 29.5 x 21
Year published: 1979
Edition: I-C (100 Roman Numeral) Japon
Publi...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
OU EST LE JOUR ("LES POEMES")
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
In 1968 several of Chagall's poems were published in the album "Les Poemes" (The Poems). He also illustrated this album, featuring a series of 24 woodcuts.
Unsigned. From the edi...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Woodcut, Paper
AQUEDUCT Signed Lithograph, Mini Landscape, Roman Architecture, Arcade
Located in Union City, NJ
AQUEDUCT is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arches...
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1990s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LES SPOUTNIKS ASTIQUES ELASTICOTS STATISTIQUES
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Les Diners De Gala. Photo lithograph with a separate original engraving titled Spoon on Crutches. Image size...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
SOFAFIGUR
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Etching and aquatint on lana paper. Image size 19.3 x 14.9 in. Frame size approx 29 x 25 in. Edition of 95. Certificate of authenticity includ...
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1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
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Etching, Paper, Aquatint
VERS LA RIVE ("LES POEMES")
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
In 1968 several of Chagall's poems were published in the album "Les Poemes" (The Poems). He also illustrated this album, featuring a series of 24 woodcuts.
Unsigned. From the edi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
After Pablo Picasso - Carnaval - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
After PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Carnaval
Dimensions: 50 x 40 cm
Signed and dated in the plate
Color lithograph on Velin D'Arches realized from a drawing
Edition Succession Picasso, P...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist portrait prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Rafał Olbiński, Marc Chagall, and Guelfo Bianchini. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist portrait prints, so small editions measuring 2.5 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $220,000, while the average work sells for $1,000.