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Are HC prints more valuable?
Yes, HC prints are generally more valuable. HC stands for Hors Commerce. Prints that bear the initials are no longer sold on the secondary market and are available only through the artist, increasing their selling prices. On 1stDibs, explore a large collection of art prints from some of the world's top dealers and galleries.
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The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman) Poster (Signed)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005) Title: "The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman)" *Signed by Scholder in purple marker lower right Circa:...
Category

1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Westhampton /// Contemporary Thomas McKnight Screenprint Hamptons NY Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-) Title: "Westhampton" Portfolio: The Hamptons *Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right Year: 1987 Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white Somerset paper Limited edition: 143/175, (there were also 40 artist's proofs) Printer: Willco Fine Art, New York, NY Publisher: Chalk & Vermilion, New York, NY Sheet size: 21" x 23" Image size: 16" x 18.13" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away in its original green silk boxed portfolio for decades. In mint condition Notes: Numbered by McKnight in pencil lower left. Comes from McKnight's 1987 "The Hamptons" portfolio of twelve screenprints. Artist's copyright stamp lower right on verso. Biography: Thomas McKnight (born 1941) is a U.S. artist. He was born in 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was one of only five art majors. He spent his junior year in Paris. After a year of graduate work in art history at Columbia University, in 1964 McKnight found a job at Time Magazine where he would work for eight years, interrupted by a two-year stint in the U. S. Army in South Korea. In 1972 McKnight left Time, summered on the Greek island of Mykonos, and commenced painting in earnest. In 1979 in Mykonos, McKnight met Renate, a vacationing Austrian student, and married the following year. Throughout the 1980s McKnight’s art, mainly limited edition serigraph prints, became increasingly popular. In 1994 he was commissioned by the White House to paint the first of three images for President Clinton...
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1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1861-1870...
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1860s Victorian Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 7 x 8 3/4 inches (177 x 223 mm); sheet 10 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (267 x 300 mm), full margins. Signed V. E. Chapel and numbered 62/250 in penc...
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Early 20th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Drypoint

Roy Lichtenstein 'Nude with Blue Hair, State 1' 1997 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Nude with Blue Hair” by Roy Lichtenstein, from the Nudes series published by Tyler Graphics in 1994. A striking late-period work showcasing Lichtenstein’s signature Pop language — b...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

David Hockney 'Nichols Canyon' Pop Framed 1985 Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed and matted vintage notecard, titled Nichols Canyon, is a reproduction of David Hockney's original painting from 1985. Published and sold by The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

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