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Miro, Composition, Hommage a Miro (Mourlot 868), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
center fold, as issued by the publisher; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hommage a Miro
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

POEMAS PARA MIRAR PORTFOLIO (ADAMI CALDER CAMACHO MIRO REBEYROLLE TAPIES)
Located in Aventura, FL
Portfolio with 6 color lithographs. Includes prints by Adami, Calder, Camacho, Miro (Mourlot 1099
Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 244) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
, January 1957. Publisbed by Editions XXe Siècle, Paris; Printed by Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 244) (after)
Miro, Composition (Mourlot 244) (after)
No Reserve
H 13.375 in W 9.5 in
Atelier Mourlot, Joan Miro
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
, "Miro's Posters', 1980. Atelier Mourlot, a Paris commercial studio founded in 1852. Originally started as
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1113), 1977 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1114), 1977 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1116), 1977 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1117), 1977 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1255), 1981 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1259), 1981 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1036), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1041), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1043), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1047), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1038), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1044), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1043), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1040), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1039), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1042), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 1046), 1975 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition, 1965 (Mourlot 434) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
, published by Derrière le miroir, Paris; printed by Galerie Maeght, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition, 1965 (Mourlot 435) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
lithographs to illustrate the publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

1967 After Joan Miro 'Atelier Mourlot'
By Joan Miró
Located in Brooklyn, NY
) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Printed by "Atelier Mourlot" in 1967and is printed
Category

1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

L’atelier Mourlot Lithograph By Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
Pulled from the "L'Atelier Mourlot" exhibition catalog, published by The Redfern Gallery, London
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 237; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 235; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 232; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 230; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 230; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 238; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 234; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 233; Cramer 39) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, 1956. Published by Maeght; printed by Mourlot. JOAN MIRO
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 265; Cramer 62) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris. The first three issues of
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 228; Cramer 34) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris. The first three issues of
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 226; Cramer 34) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris. The first three issues of
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 224; Cramer 34) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
lithographs to illustrate the publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Mourlot 223; Cramer 34) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris. The first three issues of
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

L'Atelier Mourlot, by Joan Miro, 1984
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Joan Miro Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1984 Dimensions: 20.5 x 28.5 in, 52.1 x 72.4 cm
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1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Miró, Composition, Prints from the Mourlot Press (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the friends of the Imprimerie Mourlot. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 861), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 856), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 855), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 857), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 858), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 867), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 859), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 862), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 860), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
graphic work. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 864), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
graphic work. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 865), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
graphic work. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 863), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
graphic work. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 160; Mourlot 866), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
graphic work. Published by A.C. Mazo & Co., Paris; printed at Atelier Mourlot, Paris. JOAN MIRO (1893
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Vellum, Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 166; Mourlot 916), 1973 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
volume, Sculptures de Miro: Ceramiques de Miro et Llorens Artigas, 1973. Published by Maeght Édite, Paris
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 166; Mourlot 915), 1973 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
volume, Sculptures de Miro: Ceramiques de Miro et Llorens Artigas, 1973. Published by Maeght Édite, Paris
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 239; Mourlot 890), 1973 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
exhibition 'Miró. Sobreteixims', 1973. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed by Arte Adrien Maeght
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 239; Mourlot 891), 1973 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
exhibition 'Miró. Sobreteixims', 1973. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed by Arte Adrien Maeght
Category

1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Composition (Cramer 163; Mourlot 844), 1972 (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a Surrealist Spanish painter who created artwork of imaginative
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miro, Zephyr Bird (Mourlot 227; Cramer 34) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
lithographs to illustrate the publication. The lithographs in the first issue was printed by Mourlot, Paris
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 206; Cramer 67), XXe Siècle (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Editions XXe Siècle, Paris; Printed by Mourlot, Paris, 1961. JOAN MIRO (1893-1983) Joan Miro was a
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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Miro Mourlot For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate miro mourlot for your needs in our varied inventory. Find Modern versions now, or shop for Modern creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect miro mourlot may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 19th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a miro mourlot to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, beige, brown, black and more. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph. A large miro mourlot can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller miro mourlot, measuring 9.85 high and 7.49 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Miro Mourlot?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a miro mourlot in our inventory may begin at $431 and can go as high as $12,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,311.

Finding the Right Prints and Multiples for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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