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Prints and Multiples For Sale
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Two Nudes, State I (Corlett 285), Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) Title: Two Nudes, State I (Corlett 285) Year: 1994 Edition: 10, plus proofs Medium: Relief print in colors on Rives BFK mold-made paper Size: 48 ...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Shepard Fairey Rose Soldier Letterpress Edition 2017 Obey Giant Mint
Located in Draper, UT
Edition Details Year: 2017 Class: Art Print Status: Official Released: 10/10/17 Run: 450 Technique: Letterpress Paper: Cream cotton paper Size: 10 X 13 Markings: Signed & Numbered Embossed Paper / Silkscreen / Graffiti and Street Art...
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Gates (e), Project for Central Park
Located in New York, NY
This offset lithograph in colors on wove paper from the Project for Central Park, New York City, was created by the artist in 2005. One of 300 hand-signed (in pencil) prints from an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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

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Aquatint

Chardon - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.I - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow grows." T. Delord. Les Fleurs animées...
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1840s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

A Satirical Scene - Lithograph by E. Lavrate - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
A Satirical Scene is an original modern artwork realized by Edmond Lavrate in the second half of the XX Century. Original colored lithograph. Hand-signed on the lower right corne...
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1860s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Bonne Fête Monsieur Picasso" - The UCLA Art Galleries by Pablo Picasso, 1961
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso Medium: Original Lithographic Poster, 1961 Dimensions: 38.75 x 25 in, 98.4 x 63.5 cm Classic Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A+ This whimsical exhibition poster was an original design by Pablo Picasso for the University of California exhibition in 1961. Picasso's attribution 'for UCLA' can be seen written beneath a colorful bouquet of flowers, full of movement and life. Curated from Southern California collections of Picasso work, the exhibition celebrated Picasso's 81st birthday and entitled "Bonne Fête...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Fire - Original Woodcut on Paper by Erika Lawson Frimke - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Fire is an original woodcut artwork on paper realized in 1937 ca. by Russian artist Erika Lawson Frimke( 1878-1956), Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. The state of preservat...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Le Chapeu Epinglé - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1894
Located in Roma, IT
Le chapeu épinglé is a modern artwork realized by Pierre Auguste Renoir. Etching on laid paper. Signed on the plate lower left. Pencil inscriptions bearing the artist's personal d...
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1890s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #10, Ausschnitt aus dem Bilde “Medizin”; multi-color collotype detail from Medicine, one of the faculty paintings for the Uni...
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1930s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Joueur de flûte et faune, Lithograph by Pablo Picasso 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joueur de flûte et faune after Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881–1973) Date: 1959 Lithograph on Wove Paper, signed and dated in the plate Sight: 18 x 14.5 in. (45.72 x 36.83 cm) Frame Siz...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Chicago Harbor' — 1920s Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Chicago Harbor', etching, edition 100, c. 1927. Signed and numbered '87/100' in pencil. Annotated '580 Chicago Harbor', in another hand, in the bottom left margin. A f...
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1920s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Spirit of Buffalo' — 1920s Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Spirit of Buffalo', etching, edition not stated, c. 1927. Signed in pencil. Annotated 'Spirit of Buffalo 522', in another hand, in the bottom right margin. A fine, ric...
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1920s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ponte de Rodillas - Etching, Drypoint - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Con todos estos líos no te escaparás is a contemporary artwork realized in 1977 by Salvador Dalì. The artwork is from the series: 'Les Caprices de Goya de Dali'. Drypoint on Helios...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

'U.S. Chamber of Commerce' — 1920s Realism, Washington D.C.
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'U.S. Chamber of Commerce', etching, edition not stated, 1928. Signed in pencil. Annotated 'U.S. Chamber of Commerce S/516', in another hand, in the bottom right margin...
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1920s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

BARELY LEGAL SET
Located in Aventura, FL
Banksy's Barely Legal is a set of six screen prints on paper named after the Barely Legal exhibition held in 2006 in a warehouse in Los Angeles. From the unsigned edition and each numbered 59/500 (there are also 17 artist's proofs). Published by Modern Multiples Fine Art Editions, Los Angeles, with Pictures on Walls and the publisher's blindstamp. Pest Control authentication certificates included. The Barely Legal Set includes the following: Grannies (22.05 x 29.92 inches) Sale Ends (22.05 x 29.92 inches) Applause (29.92 x 44.89 inches) Trolleys (22.05 x 29.92 inches) Festival (22.05 x 29.92 inches) Morons (22.05 x 29.92 inches) About the Artist: Banksy (British, born 1974) is a contemporary street artist and activist who, despite his international fame, has maintained an anonymous identity. Aimed as a form of cultural criticism, the artist often targets established social and political agendas with his witty illustrations produced with stencils and spray paint in cities such as New Orleans, New York, and Paris. “The art world is the biggest joke,” he said. “It’s a rest home of the over privileged, the pretentious, and the weak.” Although details of the artist’s life are largely unknown, it is thought that Banksy was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, c. 1974, starting his career as a graffiti artist in the city. Better Out Than In, Banksy’s month-long residency in New York during October 2013, featured a man hawking the artist’s paintings for $60 a piece outside Central Park. In 2015, Banksy opened Dismaland Bemusement Park, a temporary art exhibition that functioned as a theme park. After a 36-day run, its workers and materials were sent to the Calais migrant camp in France to build additional housing. Among the artist's most famous stunts include his shredded painting: When a painting by Banksy was sold at auction for $1.4 million in 2018, a mechanism was triggered to cause the artwork to partially destroy itself, resulting in a new piece titled Love in the Bin (2018). The ongoing question as to who Banksy is continued to reach the headlines when in 2017 Robert Del Naja...
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Early 2000s Street Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

SELBSTBILDNIS (SELF-PORTRAIT)
Located in Portland, ME
Kollwitz, Kathe (German, 1867-1945). SELBSTBILDNIS (SELF-PORTRAIT). Klipstein122VII(b), Knesebeck 126. Etching and drypoint, 1912. The final state. There were no editions in the earl...
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1910s Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Nude Woman with Tree - Original Lithograph by Jacques Busse - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman with tree is an original artwork realized by French artist Jacques Busse (1922-2004) Lithograph print. Hand-signed on the lower right in pe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Buffalo Anatomy - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Buffalo Anatomy  is an artwork realized  by  Buvée l'Américain in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. Signed on  plate on the lower left margin. The work is glued on cardb...
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1770s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Dance Hall - Woodcut by Gaspard Maillol - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dance hall is a woodcut print realized by Gaspard Maillol (1880-1946). Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin. Edition 19/160. Gaspard Maillol , born on July 10 , 1880 in Ba...
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Early 20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Man Hiding - Etching by André Derain - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Man hiding is an original modern artwork realized by André Derain. Etching on paper. From the Suite "Le Satyricon", 1934. Includes frame.
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

'Notre Dame, Paris' — 1920s Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Notre Dame, Paris', etching, 2nd state, 1927. Signed, titled, and annotated '2nd State', in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. A superb, richly-inked...
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1920s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Philadelphia, Broad Street' — 1920s Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Philadelphia – Broad Street', etching, edition not stated, circa 1927. Signed in pencil. Annotated 'Philadelphia Broad St. Showing City Hall', in another hand, in the ...
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1920s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Shooting a Ghost - Original Etching by PHIZ - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shooting a Ghost Etching on copper. Image Dim:cm 11 x 9.2; Sheet Dim: cm 22 x 13.5. Passepartout Dim: cm 29 x 21 Title at the center. Signed on plate under the image: "PHIZ". From ...
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Mid-19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

No - Etching, Drypoint - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
No is a contemporary artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1977. The artwork is from the series: 'Les Caprices de Goya de Dali'. Drypoint on heliogravure, with pochoir on Rives pape...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

La distribution des récompenses - Etching by Jacques Callot - 1633
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate “Callot fecit, Frad excudit” lower right. Very good condition except some light discoloration. Wonderful artist proof, on antique laid paper. Second state of three, d...
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1630s Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Kawiarnia la Rotonde - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Kawiarnia la rotonde is a modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed on plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturali...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ponte de Rodillas - Etching, Drypoint - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte de Rodillas is a contemporary artwork realized in 1977. The artwork is from the series: 'Les Caprices de Goya de Dali'. Drypoint on Heliosgravure, on Rives paper. Plate dime...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Giant - Woodcut by Peter Blake - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Giant is a contemporary artwork realied by Peter Blake in 1978 Woodcut on Japan paper, drystamped Waddington Graphics, London. Plate dimensions: 15,5 x 13 cm Mounted in a passepar...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Life (Ass-Backward and Upside Down)
By Adam Mars
Located in Miami, FL
Adam Mars(b. 1981, American) Life (Ass-Backwards and Upside Down) 2020 Screenprint 11 x 14 in. Edition of 20 Pencil signed and numbered Adam Mars (born 1981...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Akt - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Akt is a modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed on plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturalized French. Pupil...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Akt Podwòjny - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Akt Podwòjny is an modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed in plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturalized Fre...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

GLOUCESTER
Located in Portland, ME
Johnson, Bess L. GLOUCESTER. Etching and aquatint, not dated. Edition size not known. Titled in pencil, lower left, and signed in pencil, lower right. Image of a boat at a dock in Gl...
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Mid-20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Twins - Original Litograph by Sami Burhan - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 pieces. Excellent conditions.
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bat Bats Anatomy - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Bat bats  anatomy  is an artwork realized  by  Buvée l'Américain in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. Signed on  plate on the lower left margin. The work is glued on car...
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1770s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Anatomy Veterinary - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Anatomy veterinary is an artwork realized  by  Buvée l'Américain in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. Signed on  plate on the lower left margin. The work is glued on car...
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1770s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Carabineer in Love - Screenprint by Dipas - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Carabineer in love is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Dipas in the 1970s. Mixed colored screen print. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower le...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

After a Sunday - Lithograph by Le Oben - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
After a sunday is a contemporary artwork realized by Le Pond in 1970s. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 18/100
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Study for Two Communicating Signals - Lithograph by Mario Persico - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Study for two communicating signals is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Persico in 1970s Mixed colored lithograph Title on the lower margin. Hand signed by the artist Nu...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Map of Palace of Diocletian- Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Map of Diocletian's Palace is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " Hist...
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1860s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lilas - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.II - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm. Single sheet with passepartout. "...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
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1840s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

L'Abreuvoir (The Watering Trough)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right; artist's monogram in the stone upper right: AL Dedicated in ink lower left: á Sagot Annotated in ink lower right: 1/5 HT (1 of 5 Hors Tr...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

Paroles peintes
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, 1962 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and Annotated "Epreuve artiste" Publisher : O.Lazar-Vernet (Paris) Printer : Visat (Paris) Catalog : Vallier n°183 34.00 cm. x 25.00...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Florence I - rare artist proof print, portrait, hand signed, Roy Fairchild
Located in London, GB
This Artist Proof print is for sale from Roy Fairchild's Personal Collection. This print will come with a certificate of authenticity from London Contemporary Gallery and a unique si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Garage Impo - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Garage Impo  is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982. Mixed colored aquatint and etching. 
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees (B232), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Chaumiere Entouree de Planchees (B232), Year: 1878 (of original 1648), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5 x 6...
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"BOSTON BEANS"
Located in New York, US
Silkscreen print on paper Signed by artist, Artist's Proof, stamped Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depictions o...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer - Lithograph by Joan Mirò - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Poster Galerie Gerald Cramer is a contemporary artwork realized by Joan Mirò. Mixed colored lithograph. The poster was realized in occasion of the exhibition of the arti...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Portrait de Jean Breughel, Heliogravure by Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony van Dyck, After by Amand Durand, Flemish (1599 - 1641) - Portrait de Jean Breughel, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 9.75 x 6 in. (24.77 x 15.24 cm), Printer: Amand Dura...
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Neal Doty (American, born 1941) Title: Man Sitting Year: 1979 Medium: Color serigraph Edition: Numbered 93/135 Size of image: 32.5 x 24 inches Size of paper: 39.25 x 30 inche...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"ROMAN PASSES"
Located in New York, US
Pencil on paper Stamped Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depictions on canvas, which ingeniously incorporated pho...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Florence II - rare artist proof print, portrait, hand signed, Roy Fairchild
Located in London, GB
This Artist Proof print is for sale from Roy Fairchild's Personal Collection. This print will come with a certificate of authenticity from London Contemporary Gallery and a unique si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Jacob Pleurant La Mort de Son Fils Joseph (B38), Heliogravure by Rembrandt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Jacob Pleurant La Mort de Son Fils Joseph (B38), Year: 1878 (of original 1633), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: ...
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Chaurmiere au Grand Arbre (B226), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Chaurmiere au Grand Arbre (B226), Year: 1878 (of original 1641), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5 x 12.5 in...
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Chaumiere et la Grange a Foin (B225), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - La Chaumiere et la Grange a Foin (B225), Year: 1878 (of original 1641), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 5 x 12....
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Sainte Catherine, Heliogravure on thin laid paper by Peter Paul Rubens
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter-Paul Rubens, After by Amand Durand, Belgian (1577 - 1640) - Sainte Catherine, Medium: Heliogravure on thin laid paper, Size: 12.5 x 8.5 in. (31.75 x 21.59 cm), Printe...
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Haaring Levieux (B274), Heliogravure by Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn, After by Amand Durand, Dutch (1606 - 1669) - Haaring Levieux (B274), Year: 1878 (of original 1655), Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 7.75 x 6 in. (19.69 x 1...
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Late 19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints

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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