Prints and Multiples
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Prints and Multiples
Giclée
Early 2000s Minimalist Prints and Multiples
Monoprint
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Offset
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Mixed Media, Silver Gelatin
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Metal
1960s Realist Prints and Multiples
Etching
2010s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Screen
1980s Prints and Multiples
Offset
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Archival Pigment
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 20th Century Folk Art Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Plexiglass, Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Etching, Lithograph
1990s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples
Screen
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Digital, Giclée
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Giclée, Digital
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Resin, Vinyl
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Rag Paper, Black and White
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Etching
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Paper, Screen
1750s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Etching
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Engraving
1990s Prints and Multiples
Offset
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Etching, Lithograph
Mid-20th Century Cubist Prints and Multiples
Drypoint, Etching
1990s Prints and Multiples
Screen
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
18th Century Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Mezzotint
1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Color, Lithograph
18th Century Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Mezzotint
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Early 20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Etching
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Pigment
1980s Modern Prints and Multiples
Color, Etching
Early 2000s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Etching, Aquatint
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1920s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Giclée, Screen
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Etching
2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
1970s Prints and Multiples
Etching
18th Century Prints and Multiples
Laid Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples
Plexiglass, C Print
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Woodcut
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Metal
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
18th Century Prints and Multiples
Laid Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
18th Century Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Mezzotint
18th Century Prints and Multiples
Laid Paper, Engraving, Mezzotint
Fine-Art Prints and Multiples
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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