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What is the difference between a lithograph and an original?
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The difference between a lithograph and an original is that one is used to produce the other. An original is the term for the stone upon which an artist paints an image using an oil-based substance, such as a greasy crayon or tusche, a type of oily wash. The lithograph is the print that an artist makes with an original. To create a lithograph, oil-based ink is applied to the wet stone, adhering only to the oily image. The stone is then covered with a sheet of paper and run through a press. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of lithographs.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024
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Shop for Art by Medium: Lithograph on 1stDibs
"Apparition at the Border of Language"
Located in Lyons, CO
This print presents a fictitious encounter between contemporary colonial forces and Native Americans who are defenders of immigrant refugees and displaced populations.
The artist de...
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
(after) Alexander Liberman - "Socrate" serigraph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph / silkscreen. Printed in 1964 on thin wove paper by Imprimerie Mazarine and published in Paris by Galerie Denise Rene for the rare exhibition catalogue "Hard Edge"....
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1951 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1951 Spr...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1961 for Derrière le Miroir (issue number 124) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 22 inches (377 x 557 mm). There is text on verso w...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tracey Emin, I Am The Last Of My Kind, 2020
Located in Manchester, GB
Tracey Emin
I Am The Last Of My Kind, 2020
Published for the Royal Academy show 2019/2020
Offset lithograph
31 1/2 × 23 3/5 in 80 × 60 cm
Perfect condition
Tracey Emin is a no...
Category
2010s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Calder - Our Unfinished Revolution poster Limited Edition of 250, '76
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster
Printed signature and date on offset paper
This poster was published in a limited edition of 250 - unnumbered - separate from the lithographic portfolio of...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
