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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Marc Chagall
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
Paris : Ceiling of Opera Garnier - Original lithograph, Mourlot 1962
Located in Paris, FR
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...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall -- POEMES: COMME UN BARBARE, 1968
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall Comme un Barbare, 1968 LES POEMES #2 Colored woodcut on Rives paper Unsigned Edition: 96 / 226 Image size: c. 24 * 32 cm Reference: Cramer 74
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Marc Chagall -- Le Peintre from Songes, 1981
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall Le Peintre, from Songes (cf. C. books 112) etching with aquatint in colours, 1981, Signed low right Edition 31/50 Published by G. Cramer, Geneva, with wide margins Ima...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Homecoming, Modern Art Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) Title: Homecoming from XXe Siecle. Chagall Monumental Year: 1973 Medium: Lithograph Edition: 10,000 Size: 12.25 in. x 18.875 in. (31 cm x...
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1970s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall David and Bathsheba
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Lithograph Title: David and Bathsheba Portfolio: The Bible Lithographs Year: 1956 Signed: No Reference: Cramer 25 Mour...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall -- POEMES: Dans ma Memoire, 1968
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall Dans ma Memoire, 1968 LES POEMES #8 Colored woodcut on Rives paper Unsigned Edition: 96 / 226 Image size: c 24 * 32 cm Published by Cramer Editeur, Geneva LITERATUR...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Cover from Derriere Le Miroir, Modern Print by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marc Chagall, Russian/French (1887 - 1985) Title: Untitled from Derriere Le Miroir (cover) Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Image Size: 14.25 x 10.5 in. (36...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Maternité / Motherhood I: Honte / Disgrace
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARC CHAGALL (1887 – 1985) MATERNITE, 1926. Motherhood I: Honte / Disgrace (Kornfeld 65, Cramer 5, Sorlier, p. 20-21 Etching, Frontispiece from Maternite Au Sans Pareil, Paris, 1926. Marcel Arland, illustrated by Marc Chagall with five original etchings this being one of the five. Image size: 5 5/8 x 4 1/8. 1130 unsigned impressions on various papers. The story begins with a young woman being shunned by the whole village because she had given birth to a child and left its dead body...
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1920s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Joshua Before Jericho (Josue devant Jericho), pl. 46 (from the Bible), 1958
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall -- Joshua Before Jericho (Josue Devant Jericho) Pl 46, From: Bible, 1958 Hand coloured etching Edition 25/100, singed low right Ima...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Marc Chagall -- SACRIFICES MADE TO THE NYMPHS, 1961
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall Title: SACRIFICES MADE TO THE NYMPHS from Daphnis and Chloe Original Lithograph on Arches wove paper Printed by Mourlot, published by Tériade, Paris Edition ...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall -- Bateau Mouche au bouquet, 1961
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Marc Chagall Bateau Mouche au bouquet, 1961 Original Lithograph Unnumbered of the edition of 180 Sheet Size: 39 * 30 cm Unsigned Reference Mourlot 352
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Clown Blanc (The White Clown)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le Clown Blanc (The White Clown) Lithograph, 1964 Unsigned (as issued by DLM) From: Derriere le Miroir Chagall: Dessins et Lavis, Exposition...
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1960s French School Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall Job Praying
Located in Washington, DC
Marc Chagall Job Praying Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Original lithograph Title: Job Praying Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible Edition: Unnumbered Sig...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall -- Le Lit d'Ulysse from L'Odyssée II, 1975
Located in BRUCE, ACT
MARC CHAGALL -- Le Lit d'Ulysse from L'Odyssée II, 1975 Lithograph in colors Unsigned, one of 250 published by Mourlot, Paris Literature Mourlot 829 Unframed Sheet: 42.5 x 32.5 ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Baie, Double Page du No 132 de Derriere le Miroir
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Baie, Double Page du No 132 de Derriere le Miroir Color lithograph, 1962 Unsigned as issued in DLM From: "Derriere le Miroir" (Behind the Miroir) No. 132 P...
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1960s French School Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall The White Clown
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: The White Clown Portfolio: Derriere Le Miroir 147 Medium: Lithograph Year: 1964 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 21 1/4" x 17 1/4" Sheet Size: 15" x 11" S...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Prophète Jèrémie - Plate from The Bible - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Jèrémie Plate from The Bible is an original artwork realized by Marc Chagall in 1960. Mixed colored lithograph. The artwork is from the series "The Bible" In 1931, on commission f...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Clown in Love" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1963 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (320 x 240 mm). Not signed.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"La Tour Eiffel verte" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 201. Printed in 1957 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght. This charming composition is one of the original lithographs...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall Le Cirque
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Original lithograph on Arches wove paper Title: Le Cirque Year: 1967 Edition: 52/250 Framed Size: 29 x 25 inches Image Size: 16...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Le coq rouge" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 203. Printed in 1957 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght. This charming composition is one of the original lithographs...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Genesys XLIX , 27 from Vitraux pour Jérusalem- Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Genesys XLIX , 27 from Vitraux pour Jérusalem is an original lithograph print on paper realized by Marc Chagall, Monte Carlo Sauret, 1962. Inc...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Enlévement de Chloé, from Daphnis and Chloé
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Marc Chagall Enlévement de Chloé (Chloe is carried off by the Methymneans) from Daphnis and Chloé, 1961, is a stunning and gorgeous work of art tha...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Vision of Paris" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 81. Printed in 1952 at the atelier Mourlot for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriad...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Memory of the Natal Land - Original lithograph, Mourlot 1969
Located in Paris, FR
Marc CHAGALL Memory of the Natal Land Original stone lithograph On paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Edited by Teriade, 1969 REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne Mourlot #572 Excellent ...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"L'Accordeoniste" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 204. This charming composition is one of the original lithographs Chagall contrib...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Angel" original lithograph
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...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall - La Place de la Concorde - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall Original Lithograph Title: La Place de la Concorde 1962 Dimensions: 39 x 30 cm Edition: 180 Unsigned as issued. From Regards sur Paris Reference: Catalogue Raisonné, Mo...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Inspiration, Lithograph by Marc Chagall 1963
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Inspiration" is an original lithograph by Marc Chagall published in the "Lithographs of Marc Chagall vol. II". The book was published in a limited edition of 6000. Size: 12.5 x 9.5...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Angel with a Sword" original lithograph
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...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Paradise - Original Lithograph
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...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"The Angel" original lithograph
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 244 mm). Not signed.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Back Cover of "Chagall Lithographe III, " M 577, " an Original Color Lithograph
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is the back cover of "Chagall Lithographe III," M 577". It is an original Lithograph by Marc Chagall. This print is a glorious black and red bouquet, most of the foliage is shown by black leaves and stems where as the flowers and blooms are red. Also on the top right one can see a tiny red bird. Image: 12.5 x 10 in Frame: 25.5 x 21.5 in Marc Chagall was born in Liozno, near Vitebsk, now in Belarus. The eldest of nine children in a close-knit Jewish family. His father Khatskl (Zakhar) Shagal, a herring merchant, and his mother, Feige-Ite. This period of his life, described as happy though impoverished, appears in references throughout Chagall's work. The family home on Pokrovskaya Street is now the Marc Chagall Museum. He began studying painting in 1906 with a local artist, Yehuda Pen. In 1907, he moved to St. Petersburg. There he joined the school of the Society of Art Supporters and studied under Nikolai Roerich. It was here that he was exposed to experimental theater and the work of such artists as Gauguin. From 1908-1910 Chagall studied under Leon Bakst at the Zvantseva School of Drawing and Painting. This was a difficult period for Chagall; at the time, Jewish residents were only allowed to live in St. Petersburg with a permit, and the artist was jailed for a brief period for an infringement of this restriction. Despite this, Chagall remained in St. Petersburg until 1910, and regularly visited his home town where, in 1909, he met his future wife, Bella Rosenfeld. After gaining a reputation as an artist, Chagall left St. Petersburg to settle in Paris to be near the burgeoning art community in the Montparnasse district, where he developed friendships with such avant-garde luminaries as Guillaume Apollinaire, Robert Delaunay, and Fernand Léger. In 1914, he returned to Vitebsk and, a year later, married his fiancée, Bella. While in Russia, World War I erupted and, in 1916, the Chagalls had their first child, a daughter named Ida. Chagall became an active participant in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Although the Soviet Ministry of Culture made him a Commissar of Art for the Vitebsk region, where he founded Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art and an art school, he did not fare well politically under the Soviet system. "Chagall was considered a non-person by the Soviets because he was Jewish and a painter whose work did not celebrate the heroics of the Soviet people."[6] He and his wife moved back to Paris in 1922. During this period, Chagall wrote articles, poetry and his memoirs (in Yiddish,) which were published mainly in newspapers (and only posthumously in book-form). Chagall became a French citizen in 1937. With the Nazi occupation of France during World War II and the deportation of Jews, the Chagalls fled Paris, seeking asylum at Villa Air-Bel in Marseille, where the American journalist Varian Fry assisted in their escape from France through Spain and Portugal. In 1941, the Chagalls settled in the United States where he lived until 1948 (his wife Bella died in 1944.) His wife Bella, who appears in many of his paintings, bore him one child, Ida and then died on September 2, 1944. Bella and Ida appeared in many of his early and most famous paintings. In 1945, he began a relationship with his housekeeper Virginia Haggard McNeil, with whom he had a son, David. In the 1950s, they moved to a villa in Provence. Virginia left him in 1952, and Chagall married Valentina Brodsky (whom he called "Vava"). Jewish influence: Chagall had a complex relationship with Judaism. On the one hand, he credited his Russian Jewish cultural background as being crucial to his artistic imagination. But however ambivalent he was about his religion, he could not avoid drawing upon his Jewish past for artistic material. As an adult, he was not a practicing Jew, but through his paintings and stained glass, he continually tried to suggest a more "universal message," using both Jewish and Christian themes...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Eve incurs God's Displeasure" original lithograph
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...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Nocturne at Vence" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1963 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (320 x 240 mm). Not signed.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Le poisson bleu" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 198. Printed in 1957 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght. This charming composition is one of the original lithographs...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

MARC CHAGALL "Le joueur de flûte"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MARC CHAGALL 1887 - 1985 "Le joueur de flûte" 1958 Colour lithograph 25.5x44 cm, illustration; 38.3x57.3 cm, sheet size Signed lower right by the artist in ink "Marc Chagall" and dedicated "Pour Ursula et Gerd Hatje / "merci" / Marc Chagall / 1958". Inscribed lower left by the artist "Epreuve d'artiste". This is an artist’s proof, aside from the edition of 90. Catalogue Raisonné : Mourlot 197 Gerd Hatje (14 April 1915 – 24 July 2007) was a German publisher. The publishing house that he founded in 1945, named the Humanitas Verlag, renamed in 1947 as Verlag Gerd Hatje, is internationally known for contemporary art, photography and architecture. It merged in to Hatje Cantz in 1999. In the 1950s and 1960s, Hatje changed the focus to art, photography, and architecture.[1] He had contact with and was a friend of contemporary artists such as Hans Arp, Willi Baumeister, Joseph Beuys, Max Bill, Georges Braque, Marcel Breuer, Marc Chagall, Christo, Le Corbusier, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Walter Gropius, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Stirling...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

"La Maison de mon village" original lithograph
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.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1960 Marc Chagall 'Self Portrait - Frontespiece'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches ( 31.75 x 24.13 cm ) Image Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches ( 31.75 x 24.13 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addition...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Nature morte brune" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 205. This charming composition is one of the original lithographs Chagall contrib...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Le musiciens vagabonds" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1963 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (320 x 240 mm). Not signed.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This original lithograph in multiple colors on Velin paper was printed by Atelier Mourlot, Paris in 1969. From the unsigned unnumbered original edition measuring 9.5 x 12.25 in. (24....
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Paris Opera Ceiling - Institute of Artistic Achievement.
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster (provenance unknown). Measures 9 x 13 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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Late 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1962 Original exhibition poster of Marc Chagall for the Maeght Gallery
Located in PARIS, FR
Original exhibition poster of Marc Chagall for the Maeght Gallery made in 1962. Marc Chagall 🇷🇺 🇫🇷 (1887-1985) occupies a special place in 20th century art. He is one of the mos...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Marc Chagall - Horsewoman - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Horsewoman- Original Lithograph 1956 Dimensions: 38 x 55 cm DLM 10 ans d'édition Edition: Foundation Maeght at Saint Paul Signed in the plate Pri...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Woman Circus Rider" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 153. Printed by Mourlot Frères in an edition of 2000 for the Dix Ans d'Edition issue of Derrière le Miroir in 1956, publishe...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This is an original print contributed by Chagall in 1975 for the portfolio "San Lazzaro et ses amis", published in Paris. A number of important artists c...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Le Profil et l'enfant rouge" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. The catalogue reference is Mourlot 284. This print was pulled in Paris in 1960 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. The total sheet measures 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inc...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall -- The Festival, from L'Odyssée, 1975
Located in BRUCE, ACT
MARC CHAGALL -- The Festival, from L'Odyssée, 1975 Lithograph in colours Unsigned Edition H.C. XVII / XX published by Mourlot, Paris Literature Mourl...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Couple with a Goat - Original stone lithograph (Mourlot #608) - 1970
Located in Paris, FR
Marc CHAGALL Couple with a goat Original stone lithograph (atelier Mourlot) Edition size: 3,000 (plus the signed and numbered edition of 50 with larger margins) Unsigned On light ve...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Mother and Child before Notre Dame" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 82. Printed in 1952 at the atelier Mourlot for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriad...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Ride - French Artist - Original Hand Signed and dated Lithograph - Symbolism
Located in London, GB
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 [Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses] Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence (Russian/French) Title: The Ride Le Chevaucheé, 1970 Technique: Original ...
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1970s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1963 Marc Chagall 'Lithographe II Cover'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 12.75 x 21.25 inches ( 32.385 x 53.975 cm ) Image Size: 12.75 x 21.25 inches ( 32.385 x 53.975 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1999 Marc Chagall 'Wedding Procession' Modernism Black & White Israel Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 11 x 7.5 inches ( 27.94 x 19.05 cm ) Image Size: 11 x 7.5 inches ( 27.94 x 19.05 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Silkscreen printed on heavy ...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Hagar in the Desert" original lithograph
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 Bible...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Ruth at the Feet of Boaz" original lithograph
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...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Les Peintres Temoins et Leurs Temps (before lettering) by Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph was printed in 1963 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris. This print was executed for the annual exhibition "Les Peintres Temoins de Leur Temps" at the Galleria museum in ...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Maternite au Centaure" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 195. Printed in 1957 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght. This charming composition is one of the original lithographs...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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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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