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What is the difference between a hand-pulled lithograph and an offset lithograph?

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What is the difference between a hand-pulled lithograph and an offset lithograph?

In a hand-pulled lithograph, the image is painted or drawn by hand on the plate, which is then inked and used to make an impression on the print medium; in an offset lithograph, the inked image is transferred to a rubber blanket or roller, which is then used to mass-produce the prints.

1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
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Vision Antique
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Vision Antique Color lithograph, 1899 Signed in the stone upper left (see photo) Titled in the stone lower right (see photo) Edition: unsigned edition about 200 (per Arwas) Published...
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1890s Art Nouveau Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

David Shrigley - This huge cat
Located in Central, HK
David Shrigley This Huge Cat, 2022 80 x 60 cm Off-set lithography Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper
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2010s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Spatial Concept from Six contes de La Fontaine, Spatialism, Print, Pink
Located in Milano, IT
The work is an original photo-lithograph by Lucio Fontana, signed and numbered in pencil at lower right, accompanied by a booklet containing six full-page black-and-white offset plat...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Portraits Imaginaires 27.3.69 IV
Located in ZEIST, UT
Pablo Picasso – Portraits Imaginaires 27.3.69 IV Color lithograph from the serie ‘Portraits Imaginaires’ op Arches wove paper (With Arches watermark). Published by Georges Salinas, 1...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali -- Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade, 1969
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Tancreds Oath from Marquis de Sade Suite, 1969 Lithograph Edition 110/160 Hand signed lower right Image size: 53 X 42.5 cm Sheet size: 65 x 50 cm Published by Shorewo...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original "Pulitura Pavimenti Impresa Speranza" Italian vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Pulitura Pavimenti, Italian stone lithograph; size: 39" x 55"; archival linen backed in excellent condition; really fun poster. ready to frame. There is slight f...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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