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Figurative Prints For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Sheep in Landscape (C. 558)
Located in New York, NY
Sheep in Landscape (C. 558), 1974 Lithograph in colors, on wove paper 18 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (46 x 51.4 cm) Edition of 50 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Blue Face from the Brushstroke Figures Series
Located in Miami, FL
Lithograph, waxtype woodcut and screenprint on 638-g/m cold-pressed Saunders Waterford Paper. From the "Brushstroke Figures" series, 1989. Hand signed rf Lichtenstein, dated ('89) a...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut

John Baldessari - Man With Snake, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, Signed Print
Located in Hamburg, DE
John Baldessari (American, 1931-2020) Man with Snake (Blue and Yellow), 1990 Medium: Lithograph in colors, on wove paper Dimensions: 45.7 x 35.5 cm (18 x 14 in) Edition of 170: Hand-...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol, Original Poster for Kölner Kunstmarkt '71, Pop Art, Art Cologne
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original poster for Kölner Kunstmarkt '71 (KKM '71), the predecessor of Art Cologne. The art fair's poster of 1971 was illustrated with Andy Warhol's i...
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20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Il Tondo
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Il Tondo. Original color lithograph, 1984. Edition of 160 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Valerio Adami is an Italian artist knows for his Nouvelle Figuration moveme...
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1980s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Trois femmes
Located in Belgrade, MT
Walter Becker was born in 1893 in Essen, Ruhr, Germany. Considered an important graphic artist of the "lost generation", Becker is well known for his depictions of figures and portraits in a style that combined elements of German Expressionism, Dada, and French modernism. He worked in a variety of print media, including color lincut, lithography, woodcut and etching. After a short military service, Becker studied under the German Sculptor Karl Albiker at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to southern France where he lived and worked from 1924-1935, and was in contact with George Braque, Thomas...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Poissonnerie" woodcut from the book "Petits métiers et gagne petit" by Foujita
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Poissonnerie" 1960 wood cut print by Léonard Tsugouhara Foujita from the book "Petits Métiers et gagne petit." Hand signed "Foujita" on front lower right corner. Hand numbered 12/60...
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1960s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Midnight Madness - Witches on Night Flight
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering female illustrator Gwenda Morgan creates an exuberantly complex image of a squad of broom-riding - pointed-hatted witches with black cats in tow. They fly through an inky black moonlit sky and are witnessed by only a rooftop owl. With the simple means of black and white, Morgan has rendered a highly charged composition that pluses with electricity. The whole image is on the cusp of being abstract while being representational. It is brilliantly designed with great attention to detail and is evocative of a sorcerer's malignant powers. Unframed. not signed Printed from the original block as part of the suite of 8 prints that accompanied the limited edition book Diary of a Land Girl, Whittington Press, 2000. The suite of prints was included with the first 50 copies of the book, and a further 8 suites were printed, from which this print comes. Gwenda Morgan (1 February 1908 – 1991) was a British wood engraver. She lived in the town of Petworth in West Sussex. Early life Morgan was born in Petworth, her father having moved there to work at the ironmongers, Austen & Co, of which he later became proprietor. He was the son of a Welsh-born military farrier. Education Following school in Petworth and at Brighton and Hove High School, Morgan, studied at Goldsmiths' College of Art in London from 1926. From 1930 she attended the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in Pimlico where she was taught and strongly influenced by the principal, Iain Macnab. The Grosvenor School was a progressive art school and the championing of wood engraving and linocuts fitted with its democratic approach to the arts. Works Morgan was commissioned to illustrate a number of books published by private presses. For the Samson Press she produced the frontispiece for Duke Hamilton...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

La mort de Marat
Located in Ljubljana, SI
La mort de Marat. Original color lithograph, 1983. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Valerio Adami is an Italian artist knows for his Nouvelle Figuration movement. Adami began to incorporate various subjects into his artworks such as modern European history, literature, philosophy, and mythology. In this image Adami seeks inspiration in European History more specifically the French revolution. In the image he depicts the death of Marat...
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1980s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

La Feuille de vigne
Located in Ljubljana, SI
La Feuille de vigne. Original color lithograph, 1983. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Published in Paris by Galerie Maeght-Lelong. Valerio Adami is an...
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1980s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Metamorphose
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Metamorphose. Original color litograph, 1982. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Published by Galerie Maeght, Paris. Valerio Adami is an Italian artist k...
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1980s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Head 4
Located in London, GB
Leon Kossoff Head 4 1984 Etching, Edition of 25 23 x 17 cms (9 1/16 x 6 11/16 ins) (paper size) 5 x 3.7 cms (1 15/16 x 1 7/16 ins) (plate size)
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1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Alex Katz, 'Man with Pipe' (Schröder 181) 1984
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present) Alex Katz' 'Man with Pipe' is a color etching and aquatint, 1984, on Rives BFK paper, signed and numbered 163/185 in pencil, printed by Aldo Crommelynck, co...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Head of Father 2
Located in London, GB
Leon Kossoff Head of Father 2 1982 Etching, Edition of 25 46.3 x 37.5 cms (18 1/4 x 14 3/4 ins) (paper size) 26.5 x 20.6 cms (10 7/16 x 8 1/8 ins) (plate size)
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1980s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Keith Haring Free South Africa poster 1985
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Free South Africa 1985: Original 1985 Keith Haring Free South Africa poster- a key historical Keith Haring activist poster ...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

"Untitled" screenprint by Georgy Litischevsky from the "Kinderstern" portfolio
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" screenprint by artist Georgy Litichevsky (Georgij Litischewskij) from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house families ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

"Terre des nébuleuses" by Max Ernst, Blue, Fog, Surrealism
Located in Köln, DE
Etching and aquatint in colours (colour variation) by Max Ernst. "Terre des nébuleuses", 1965 38 x 27,5 cm Copy essai 1/1
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Affiche pour l'exposition 'Homenatge a J. Torres Clavé
Located in Palo Alto, CA
With expressive fervor and graphic impact, this striking work demonstrates Miro's exquisite use of line. Heavy-handed black contours figure an otherworldly face, colored with vibrant...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Hepburn and Bogart" original etching by Al Hirschfeld. Hand signed and numbered
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Hepburn and Bogart" original etching by Al Hirschfeld. Caricature portraits of Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in "The African Queen." Artist ...
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1980s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

La Delivrance De La Princesse Olga - Etching by M.Roux after E. Delacroix - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24 x 28 cm. La Delivrance De La Princesse Olga is an original print in etching technique on ivory-colored paper, realized by M. Roux after Eugène Delacroix . In v...
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1910s Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Polo, colour etching, horses, circa 1950
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Titled 'Polo' and signed 'Louis Claude' in pencil below the image. Printed in Paris for the Paris Etching Society, New York. 465mm by 595mm (pla...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Femme Au Collant Rose", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Etching, 30x22
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Au Collant Rose" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction lithograph limited edition measuring 30x22 in. The piece is framed beautifully with a white mat in a gold and bla...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

FRUIT FOR SALE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART and Sisters (THE GEARHARTS) FRUIT FOR SALE c.1928 Color block print. Unsigned. This is an original block print from “Let’s Play”, an intended but unpublished children’s book done in collaboration with her sisters Edna and May in 1928. Image 8 x 7 inches. On a tissue thin laid paper. Irregular sheet 9 3/8 x 8 1/2. The entire series consisted of over 20 children's images. There were very few printed. The editions of the various children varied but likely no more than 50. This impression very well printed with good colors, Very good condition. The margins are likely as issued with the irregular edges. The margins and paper used for this series varies from one print to the next. A bit of tape remnants at top center sheet edge. A very nice example of this print. It is not unusual for impressions of this series to be unsigned, although many are signed "The Gearharts" The Provenance of this example is fascinating. It was acquired from a gentleman who knew the Gearharts as a child in the early 50's in Pasadena. It was part of a collection given to him by Frances. In his adult years he was in the military and took the collection with him as he traveled around Europe, After 81 years, based on the original prints, this book was published by the “California Book...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut, Linocut

Femme à la lune
Located in Malmo, SE
Published by edition GKM. Unframed. Edition: 200 ex Paper: 300gr. Goya. Signed by the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has passe...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Bookplate for Max Brückner-Rüggeberg
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Bookplate for Max Brückner-Rüggeberg, 1912, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: Signed and dated by the artist lower...
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20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) - Manhattan Mary IV: serigraph Broadway musical
Located in London, GB
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) (1892-1990) 'Manhattan Mary IV' Serigraph (Silk screen print) (Artist's Proof IL/L) Signed in pencil 70 x 56cm (sheet) 41.5 x 3...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled (Fleur Tombe), 1962
Located in Palo Alto, CA
The rich blue color bursts from the page in Georges Braque Untitled (Fleur Tombe), 1962, overtaking the black lettering and white background. Drawn onto the title page of the book “Braque Le goût de notre temps” by Albert Skira this hand applied watercolor is striking. In several strong stokes, a flower is presented with its blue petals seeming to float down the page until almost reaching the bottom.  The delicate blue touches the page which in turn lights up with brilliant flowers. The petals are slightly smudged, and you can see the brushstrokes that Braque applied to the page. PArt of what makes this unique watercolor so wonderful is that the viewer can so clearly see and feel the hand of the artist. Caught in between the flower and falling petals is the black hand...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor

Bellhop
Located in New York, NY
Many places, many times intermingle in the work of Roberto Juarez. His life is so much a part of his work, that each new body of work introduces subjects, styles and motifs that seem...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

Les Vignobles De France - Vins De Bordeaux
Located in London, GB
HETRÉAU, Remy. Les Vignobles De France - Vins De Bordeaux (The Vineyards of France - Wines of Bordeaux) Paris 1954. Fine colour printed promotional map of the wine regions of Bordeaux, drawn by Remy Hetréau in 1954. The map shows the major wine producing regions with cluster of grapes, using red for red wines, and yellow for white wines. The map is surrounded by a compass rose, grapes on the vine. Framed and glazed, overall size: 83.7 by 70 by 2cm. One from a series of 11 titled Les Vignobles de France; these posters were commissioned by the Comité National de Propagande en Faveur du Vin, a government agency that promoted the French wine industry, as well as tourism to the regions. Remy Hétreau was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and designer, known for his etchings and engravings; he illustrated numerous books. Among his other activities, he created designs for Haviland Limoges china...
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1950s Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Color

Manége Rue Caulaincourt ou Le Petit Manége Aux Chevaux de Bois
Located in London, GB
JACQUES VILLON 1875-1963 (Gaston Duchamp) Damville 1875-1963 Paris (French) Title: Manége Rue Caulaincourt ou Le Petit Manége Aux Chevaux de Bois, 1904 Technique: Original H...
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Early 1900s Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Marx
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1970s Conceptual Figurative Prints

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C Print

"Pink Lady"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Titled and Numbered Lower Left Josef Zenk (1904-2000) Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school he studied for three years...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Color

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1990s Conceptual Figurative Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Printer's Ink

Homage to Picasso
Located in Boca Raton, FL
paper measures 26.5 x 30 inches. Edition PP 4/4 Painter, sculptor, poet, and musician Larry Rivers was an established figure in the New York School, recognized for creating large pa...
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20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper

Mujer en sofá
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1970s Conceptual Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

FIDELMA 2
Located in London, GB
Leon Kossoff Fidelma 2 1984 Etching, Edition of 100 43.18 x 30.48 cms (17 x 12 ins)
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1980s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Masturbating Woman Surrounded by Black
Located in Chicago, IL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated in the plate by the artist in middle right: ...
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Salvador Dali Zodiac Surrealist Celestial Astrology Astral Spiritual Cool Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac Full Portfolio of 13 Original Lithographs" created by Salvador Dali. In 1967, famed surrealist artist Salvador Dali illustrated a portfolio depicting ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Lithograph

Picasso, Le Goût du Bonheur 66 (Cramer 148; Bloch 2013) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and Silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, and charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition;...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

APHRODITE
Located in Aventura, FL
Original off set lithograph (poster) in colors on paper. Sheet size 30 x 24 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition.
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1980s Art Deco Figurative Prints

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Paper, Offset

Vintage Hockney Tate Poster, Celia in Black Dress with white flowers and rainbow
Located in New York, NY
The poster reproduces David Hockney's 1972 drawing Celia in a Black Dress. Viewed through elegantly drooping tulip stems, Celia Birtwell stares dreamily ahead. With one hand paused i...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Swimmer - Screenprint (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, FR
Ronard Brooks KITAJ Swimmer Screen print Signature printed in the plate On heavy paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 Excellent condition
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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Henry Moore 1949 School Prints Red Sculpture Lithograph "sculptural Objects"
Located in Surfside, FL
Henry Moore (British, 1898 - 1986) "Sculptural Objects" - 1949 Lithograph, signed in the plate. Mounted to backing sheet support Image Size: 19.5 x 30 in. Sheet Size: 22 x 32.5 i...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hommage a Christian Dior original French vintage fashion poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage French poster: Christian Dior Homage. (Homage à Christian Dior) Artist: Rene Gruau. Mint condition Original. Size: 15.75" x 24" Very fine condition; read...
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1980s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Offset

Galerie Wateri by Keith Haring
Located in London, GB
KEITH HARING GALERIE WATERI EXHIBITION POSTER, 1983 Offset lithography on Japanese pearlescent paper 68.58 x 50.8 cm
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20th Century Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Serigraphie Fernand Leger
Located in Belgrade, MT
This print is part of my private collection. They were published in a numbered unsigned edition of 1000, and a signed edition of 200, printed by Serifraphie Fernand Leger, Paris and ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Boy and puppy
Located in Belgrade, MT
Madeline Luka (French 1894-1989) was a self taught painter known for her landscapes, portraits, nudes and still lifes. She typically portrayed her family and close friends set within...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Serigraphie Fernand Leger
Located in Belgrade, MT
This print is part of my private collection. They were published in a numbered unsigned edition of 1000, and a signed edition of 200, printed by Serifraphie Fernand Leger, Paris and ...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Femme Assise Devant sa Fenetre" - Lithograph on Arches Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Femme Assise Devant sa Fenetre" - Lithograph on Arches Paper “Femme Assise Devant sa Fenetre” by Pablo Picasso depicts a multicolored cubist portrait of a woman sitting in a rockin...
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1980s Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
Located in New York, NY
"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman Sybil Andrews CPE (British/Canadian, 1898-1992) "Rush Hour" (Coppel SA 11) Linocut printed in Chines...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

"Kiosk in Paris" British Linocut 1/150 European Modernism Swiss Vorticism Deco
Located in New York, NY
"Kiosk in Paris" British Linocut 1/150 European Modernism Swiss Vorticism Deco Lill Tschudi (Swiss, 1911-2004) Kiosk in Paris (Coppel LT 29) Linocut printed in brown black, vermil...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Blue Coat
Located in New York, NY
Image size: 24 x 12 inches Edition of 30
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1990s Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

2001: A Space Odyssey - Original 1968 Lobby Card #7
Located in London, GB
2001: A Space Odyssey - Original 1968 Lobby Card #7 Vintage 2001: A Space Odyssey Lobby Card: After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft ...
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1960s Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Cardboard

Bieres De La Meuse - Vintage Offset Print After M.A. Bastard
Located in Roma, IT
Bieres De La Meuse is an original colored offset from an original advertising affiche realized by Marc Auguste Bastard in 1896. Good conditions, ex...
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Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Original Lithograph Hand Signed Old Women Riding First Airplane Flight Americana
Located in Surfside, FL
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) First Airplane Ride/ Old Women Riding Airplane, 1938 Originally created as cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post. Media print lithography on paper, this twelve-color lithograph was hand proofed and printed at Atelier Ettinger in December 1976. A/P Artist Proof impression on papier d'Arches. Hand signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell. hand editioned and with publishers blindstamp. Norman Percevel Rockwell (1894 – 1978) was an American author, painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine in a modern folk art style over nearly five decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell's works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, The Problem We All Live With, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), during which he produced covers for their publication Boys' Life, calendars, and other illustrations. These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster, A Scout is Reverent and A Guiding Hand, among many others. Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate more than 40 books, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as well as painting the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, as well as those of foreign figures, including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru. His portrait subjects included Judy Garland. One of his last portraits was of Colonel Sanders in 1973. His most popular calendar works: the "Four Seasons" illustrations for Brown & Bigelow that were published for 17 years beginning in 1947 and reproduced in various styles and sizes since 1964. He painted six images of classic Americana for Coca-Cola advertising. Illustrations for booklets, catalogs, posters (particularly movie promotions...
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1970s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

La Femme du Gouverneur Gronde sa Fille - From the series “Les Ames Mortes”
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate. Edition of 335 prints. Plate n. 67 from the series : “Les Ames Mortes”. Cat. Matignon n.77 p.59 Image Dimensions : 27.6 x 21.3 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy...
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1920s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

L'Ange du 7e ciel - Etching - 150 copies
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali L'Ange du 7e ciel (1960) Heliogravure reworked with drypoint Printed signature in the plate On BFK Rives Vellum paper Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10") References: - ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Soleil de L'Atelier
Located in New York, NY
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Le Soleil de l'Atelier, 1971 Lithograph in colors on Arches paper 25-1/2 x 19-3/4 inches (64.8 x 50.2 cm) (sheet) Epreuve d'Artist /Edition of 50 Signed in p...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Decorating with Figurative Art Prints and Works on Paper

Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.

Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.

Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.

Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.

Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.

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