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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Marc Chagall
Artist: David Hockney
Then the Angel of the Lorde appeared unto him in a flame of fire... - The Exodus
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Then the Angel of the Lorde appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the middes of a bush; and he looked, and beholde, the bush was not consumed
Litho...
Category
1960s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Office Chair
Located in Bristol, GB
Homemade print
Edition of 40
129.5 x 55.9 cm (51.1 x 22 in)
(Framed: 138 x 65 x 4.5 / 54.3 x 25.6 x 1.7 in)
Signed, numbered and dated on the front
Mint. Artwork not inspected outsi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Inkjet
The Circus, Lithograph by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Circus, Portfolio: Lithographs Book I, Year: 1960, Medium: Lithograph, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Printer: Mourlot Freres, Par...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lovers with a Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph HANDIGNED (Mourlot #1037)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Lovers with a Bouquet, 1984
Original color lithograph
Signed with the artist's stamp
Justified EA (artist proof)
On Arches vellum, 56 x 43 cm (c. 22 x 17 in)
Authenticated by the artist's studio dry stamp
REFERENCES: Sorlier / Mourlot catalogue raisonné...
Category
1980s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall 'Moses Shows the Elders the Tablets of the Law, 1966'
By Marc Chagall
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: MARC CHAGALL
Title: Moses Shows the Elders the Tablets of the Law (FROM STORY OF THE EXODUS)
Medium: Lithograph on arches paper
Image Size: 18.50x13.50 inches
paper size: 20 ...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
'L' From 'Hockney's Alphabet' By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
'L' From 'Hockney's Alphabet'
By David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British artist known for his vibrant paintings and innovative use of technology in art. His work often e...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
MARC CHAGALL "FIANÇAILLES AU CIRQUE - 1983"
By Marc Chagall
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
"Fiançailles au Cirque"
lithograph in colours, 1983, on wove paper.
Signed in pencil, Numbered 18/50 in pencil
Image 455 x 350 mm.
Sheet 650 x 478 mm.
LITERA...
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Cain and Abel" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for the art revue Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bibl...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Jacob's Blessing - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1979
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Jacob's Blessing is a beautiful contemporary art realized by March Chagall in 1979.
Color lithograph printed and published by Maeght, Paris, in 1979.
Ref. Catalogue Mourlot n. 94...
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Princess in her tower David Hockney Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Located in New York, NY
One of David Hockney’s Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm illustrations, taken from the story of ‘The Little Sea Hare’. This tower was likely inspired by Hockney’s travels throu...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The older Rapunzel by David Hockney (Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm)
Located in New York, NY
From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image from the story of Rapunzel. This composition is sourced from Paolo Uccello’s St George and...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair David Hockney Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
Located in New York, NY
From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image from the story of Rapunzel, which he chose for its popularity. When illustrating the princ...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"La maison de mon village" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1960 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (320 x 240 mm). Not signed.
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Fin d'Absalom - Hand Colored Etching by Marc Chagall - 1958
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed (artist's signature "M.Ch." lower right).
Edition of 100 copies (62/100).
From the series of “The Bible“, printed by Raymond Haasen and published by Tériade..
Ref. Cra...
Category
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
David Hockney, The Prisoner for Amnesty International, hand signed 17/100 Framed
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
The Prisoner, for Amnesty International, 1977
Color Offset Lithograph
Hand signed, numbered 17/100 and inscribed by the artist on the lower right front
Elegant hand made frame with UV plexiglass included
This color offset vintage lithograph by David Hockney is from the Deluxe hand signed and numbered edition of only 100, originally sold by Amnesty International to raise funds for their international human rights efforts. The present work is one of a series of art prints created by 15 artists to focus on Amnesty International's Prisoners of Conscience Year 1977. Other examples of these works were exhibited between February and March of 1977 in the Washington Place windows of New York University...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Lithograph, Offset
‘B’ from ‘Hockney’s Alphabet’
Located in London, GB
By David Hockney
These lithographs are taken from the special edition of Hockney's Alphabet, which is signed on the justification page by David Hockney and Stephen Spender. A copy o...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Marc Chagall The Accordionist
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: The Accordionist (Derriere le Miroir 99-100)
Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir
Medium: Original Lithograph
Date: 1957
Edition: 2500...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Angel with a Sword" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1956 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Size: 1...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Printemps
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Printemps
Lithograph from 1938.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and secure shipment.
Category
1930s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
David Hockney - 60 Years of Work - Tate Britain original British Pop art poster
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
David Hockney - 60 Years of Work - Tate Britain original poster, 2017
Offset lithograph and digital print
24 × 16 1/2 inches
Unframed, unsigned and unnumbered
Accompani...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital, Lithograph, Offset
Lovers with Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph - 1965
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Colorful Bouquet of Flowers
Stone lithograph in colors (Mourlot workshop)
Engraved by Sorlier under the supervision of Marc Chagall
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
INFORMATION :
Edited for the portfolio Les Peintres mes amis (Les Heures Claires...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Paris : Ceiling of Opera Garnier - Original lithograph, Mourlot 1962
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Paris : Ceiling of Opera Garnier
Original stone lithograph
Not signed and not numbered
On paper 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch)
Edited by Sauret, 1962
REFERENCES : Catalo...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Homage to Marc Chagall, from XXe Siecle
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: Homage to Marc Chagall
Portfolio: XXe Siecle
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1969
Edition: Unnumbered
Framed Size: 20 1/2" x 17 1/4"
Sheet Size: 12" x 9 1/2"
Im...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lovers With Red Sun
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: Lovers With Red Sun
Portfolio: Mourlot Lithographe I
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1960
Edition: Unnumbered
Framed Size: 20 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Image Size: 9 1/2" x...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1982 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 250, dedicated in homage to Aime and Marguerite Maeght) and published in Paris by the ...
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Tree of Knowledge - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Wolf and The Lamb - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #98
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Wolf and The Lamb, 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 c...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Bible : Ruben, Ocean, Sky and Sun - Lithograph (Mourlot 1962)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Bible : Ruben, Ocean, Sky and Sun, 1962
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
On Vellum 32.5 x 24 cm
INFORMATION: Lithograph produced by Chagall in 1962 f...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Bible : David and Bethsabee in Love - Original Lithograph (Mourlot #135)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
The Bible, David and Bethsabée in Love
Original lithography (Mourlot Workshop)
On paper 37 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.5 x 10.2 in)
A second illustration on the back...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall 'Passage du Jordain - 1958' Etching With Watercolor
By Marc Chagall
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 (Russian, French)
Passage du Jordain - The Israelites Crossing the Jordan 1956, From bible 1931-1958
Etching with watercolor
signed lower right, numbered '26/...
Category
1950s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Springtime Memory (M.1019), 1983
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Springtime Memory (M.1019) is lithograph by Marc Chagall, image size 19.75 x 13.25 inches and framed dimensions 35.5 x 28.5 inches. A proof outside the edition of 64, signed 'Marc Ch...
Category
20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
David Hockney - Yves Marie - 1974 Lithograph - HAND SIGNED
Located in Brooklyn, NY
David Hockney's Yves Marie (1974) is a signed lithograph measuring 30 x 22.25 inches (76.2 x 56.515 cm). This piece is part of a limited edition of 75 prints, and is in mint conditio...
Category
20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bateau-Mouche au Bouquet (Mourlot 352; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Regar...
Category
1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Le Faisan
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Le Faisan
Lithograph from 1966.
Edition: Epreuve d'artiste XXIV/XXV.
Dimensions of work: 76 x 59 cm.
Hand signed.
Dimensions of frame: 114 x 87 cm.
R...
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
'M' From 'Hockney's Alphabet' By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
'M' From 'Hockney's Alphabet'
By David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British artist known for his vibrant paintings and innovative use of technology in art. His work often e...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Joel's Prophecy - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
"Le jeu des acrobats" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. The catalogue reference is Mourlot 401. Printed in 1963 at the Mourlot Freres atelier and published in the "Chagall Lithographe II" catalogue raisonne. S...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Daniel in the Lion's Den" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1956 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Size: 1...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Job in Despair
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: Job in Despair
Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1960
Edition: Unnumbered
Sheet Size: 14 3/8" x 10 1/4"
Image Size: 14 3/8" x 10 ...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Little Boodge
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph on wove paper. Published in 1993. Copyright © David Hockney, verso.
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
MARC CHAGALL "MONDE FAMILIER - 1983"
By Marc Chagall
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
"Monde familier"
lithograph in colours, 1983, on wove paper.
Signed in pencil, Numbered 23/50 in pencil
Image 350 x 270 mm.
Sheet 545 x 430 mm.
LITERATURE: M...
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
XXe Siecle-Hommage a Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXe Siecle-Hommage a Marc Chagall
Color lithograph, 1969
Unsigned as issued by XXe Siecle
From: XXe Siecle, Volume, Special Issue Marc Chagall
Published by G. di San Lazzaro for A. M...
Category
1960s French School Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders... - The Exodus
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israel
Lithograph from 1966.
The edition of 20 on Japanese paper.
Dimensions of ...
Category
1960s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Moses saves Sephora - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, so signature.
On bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade, Paris.
Ref. Mourlot,...
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
1963 Marc Chagall 'The Pair in a Tree' Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12 x 9.5 inches ( 30.48 x 24.13 cm )
Image Size: 12 x 9.5 inches ( 30.48 x 24.13 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional D...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Golden Road, Los Angeles Music Center Opera poster (Hand Signed & inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
Richard Strauss: Los Angeles Music Center Opera (Hand Signed and Inscribed), 1993
Offset Lithograph (hand signed and inscribed by David Hockney)
30 × 20 inches
Signed and inscribed to Chris by Hockney in ink on the front
Unframed
The inscription reads "For Chris Love David Hockney" with a little flourish over the love. This is the original poster for the 1993 Los Angeles Music Center Opera production of the opera "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" by Richard Strauss, inscribed and signed by Hockney in the lower center of the poster. Hockney has, exceptionally, inscribed the poster "for Chris" and "Love" - who is Christopher Thomas Harlan...
Category
1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
The Flute Player, Lithograph by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Flute Player, Portfolio: Jacques Lassaigne "Marc Chagall", Year: 1957, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 6000, Size: 9 x 15.25 in. (22.86 x 38.7...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Dove of the Ark - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
...
Category
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
My Mother Bridlington, Hand Signed Tate Gallery print, Ed. of 250 w/official COA
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
My Mother (Bridlington), 1988
Four Color Lithograph on T.H. Saunders Waterford 250 gram paper. Hand signed. Also accompanied by a separate signed Certificate of Authent...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght
By Marc Chagall
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght
1960
Lithograph in Arches paper
Signed in stone
Image: 22.2 x 29.5 cm
Frame: 46.5 x 54.5cm
Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985)
Russi...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Chandelier" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: M 366. Executed by Chagall for the Jerusalem Windows portfolio and printed in Paris in 1962 at the atelier Mourlot. Size: 12 3/4 x 9...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Salomon - Plate from The Bible I - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Salomon - Plate from The Bible I is an original artwork realized by Marc Chagall in 1960.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Mourlot 131
The artwork is from the series "The Bible".
In 19...
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Diptychon David Hockney Signed Print on Paper British Artist Abstract Colours
Located in Bristol, GB
Homemade print in colours execute on an office colour copy machine, on two sheets of thin laid paper
Edition of 50
Signed, numbered and dated on the front
Condition on request
Publ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Inkjet
Brown Still Life from Chagall by Jacques Lassaigne
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall
Medium: Lithograph
Title: Brown Still Life
Portfolio: Chagall by Jacques Lassaigne
Year: 1957
Edition: 6,000
Framed Size: 13 3/4" x 15 1/2"
Sheet Size: 9" x 7 3/...
Category
1950s Fauvist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hockney's Alphabet, portfolio of 26 lithographs signed by Hockney and 23 writers
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
26 color lithographs in Fine Art Cartridge paper bound in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper sides, housed in matching box; signed by David Hockney and most contributors in ink and numbered 178 in black ink on the justification page
Numbered 178/250
Hand signed by 24 of the contributors, including David Hockney and Steven Spender
12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches
Bound in book and held in slipcase
This portfolio features 26 color lithographs in Fine Art Cartridge paper with full margins, bound as issued, in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper sides, in original grey slipcase. It is signed by David Hockney (the artist) and most contributors in ink and numbered 178 in black ink on the justification page, from the edition of 250, with full text and title page, published by Faber & Faber, London, text edits by Stephen Spender, who also signed.
It is illustrated by David Hockney, hand signed by David Hockney and Stephen Spender and also signed by the following contributors: Douglas Adams, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, William Boyd, Margaret Drabble, Patrick Leigh Fermor, William Golding, Seamus Heaney...
Category
1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Vellum, Lithograph, Board, Pencil, Offset
Catherina Dorothea Viehmann David Hockney Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Located in New York, NY
The frontispiece for Hockney’s Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio and book features Catherina Dorothea Viehmann, the elderly German woman who recounted fairy tales to ...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
RECLINING FIGURE (GREGORY EVANS)
Located in Portland, ME
Hockney, David. RECLINING FIGURE. Etching and sugarlift aquatint in black, 1974. Edition of 75 published by Petersburg Press, London and printed on Inveresk paper. Signed, dated and ...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Marc Chagall - Paradise - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall, Original Lithograh depicting an instant of the Bible.
Technique: Original lithograph in colours
On the reverse: another black and white original lithograph
Year: 1960...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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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