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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Marc Chagall
Artist: Jean Cocteau
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
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...
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1960s 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
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...
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1950s Modern 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
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
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
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
Surrealist Tete en Profil Lithograph in Color Young Womans Head Hors de Commerce
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Portland, OR
An original French Surrealist lithograph in colors by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), titled "Tete un Profil", 1950.
This wonderful original lithograph by Jean Cocteau depicts a beautiful ...
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1950s Surrealist 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
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...
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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...
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1950s 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
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
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 ...
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1960s 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
original lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 9 x 5 3/4 inches (225 x 147 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a...
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1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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
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...
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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...
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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
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
original lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1957 at the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 9 x 6 inches (225 x 148 mm). Jean Cocteau executed this original lithograph to depict a sce...
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1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
L'Oiseau Bleu
By Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French artist celebrated for his vibrant, dreamlike paintings that blend fantasy, folklore, and personal memor...
Category
1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Adam, Eve and the Forbidden Fruit - 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
Jean Cocteau - Blue Lady - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: Blue Lady
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 32 x 25.5 cm
Edition: 200
1959
Publisher: Bibliophiles Du Palais
Unnumb...
Category
1950s Modern 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
David saved by Michal
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - David saved by Michal
Lithograph from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and se...
Category
20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Blue Cow - Original lithograph - Mourlot #488
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
The Blue Cow, 1967
Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Not signed
On paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 in)
REFERENCE : Catalog raisonne Mourlot #488
Edited by XX Siecle ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Crossing of the Red Sea- 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
Self Portrait [With Eiffel Tower] - French Russian Lovers Eiffel Tower
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Marc Chagall” at the lower right margin.
It is also numbered 28 in pencil from the edition of 50, at the l...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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Les Songes : The Meal - Original etching (Cramer #112)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Les Songes : The Meal, 1981
Original etching
Unsigned
On BFK Rives vellum 52 x 38 cm (c. 10 x 15 in)
REFERENCE: Catalogue Raisonné Carmer #112
First state ...
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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lovers with a Rooster & a Donkey-Original lithograph HAND SIGNED (Mourlot #306)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Circus: Lovers with a Rooster and a Donkey (Pirouette), 1961
Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Signed and numbered ‘III/XX’ in pencil.
There was an edition of 50 in Arabic numerals
On Arches vellum, 76 x 58 cm
REFERENCE: Mourlot Catalogue Raisonné...
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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Mourlot 668-677), La Féerie et Le Royaume, Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Féerie et Le Royaume, Lithographies Originales de Marc Chagall, 1972...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Villefranche sur Mer - Chapelle St. Pierre by Jean Cocteau, 1957
By Jean Cocteau
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Jean Cocteau
Medium: Original Lithographic Poster, 1957
Dimensions: 29.5 x 20.5 in, 74.9 x 52.07 cm
Arches Paper - Excellent Condition A
This iconic and original lithogra...
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1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall - The Green Horse - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall
Original Lithograph
Title: The Green Horse
1973
Dimensions: 33 x 50 cm
Reference: This lithograph was created for the portfolio "Chagall Monu...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Candlestick of Zachary - Héliogravure by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on brown-toned paper, no signature.
Héliogravure on bot sheets, recto and verso.
Edition of 6500 unsigned copies. Printed by Mourlot and published by Tériade on the A...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
"Then afterward Moses and Aaron…" (The Story of Exodus, M.451), 1966
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Then afterward Moses and Aaron went and sayde to Pharoah, "Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, Let my people goe". (M.451)" from Marc Chagall's "The Story of Exodus," 1966. This is...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Le Cirque (M.527), 1967
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
The final plate from Marc Chagall's renowned Circus suite brings the sweeping and energetic series to a close with a musician's serenade. Untitled (M.527) is a lithograph on paper wi...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Lithograph
Le Rieurs et les Poissons - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1952
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Chagall in 1929, and printed by Tériade in 1952.
It belongs to the Series "Les Fables de La Fontaine".
Edition of 200.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Pri...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
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Etching
"L'Artist Phoenix Poster, " an Original Colored Lithograph Poster by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Marc Chagall "L'Artist Phoenix Poster" for Galerie Maeght from 1972. It is from the edition of 5000.
30 1/2" x 20" art
40 1/2" x 32 1/4" frame
Marc Ch...
Category
1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Self Portrait" 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 242 mm). Not signed.
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Booz Awakes - 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...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Mourlot 668-677), La Féerie et Le Royaume, Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Féerie et Le Royaume, Lithographies Originales de Marc Chagall, 1972...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
XXe Siecle, No. 34, Mai 1970
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXe Siecle, No. 34, Mai 1970
Color lithograph, 1970
Unsigned (as usual for XXeme Siecle edition)
From: XXe Siecle, Volume 34, 1970
Published by G. di San Lazzaro for A. Maeght, Paris...
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1970s French School Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
" la Difficulté d'être "
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
"la difficulté d'être " Signed and dated 1962.
partially glazed white earthenware plate 30cm.
conceived in 1962 in an edition of 25 .
N° 3 / 25.
Menton 's museum jean Cocteau exhibit...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ceramic
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...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Carte de Voeux #731, " Lithograph by Marc Chagall in Chagall Catalog Raisonne
By Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Carte de Voeux #731" is an original lithograph greeting card by Marc Chagall. It is in the Chagall Catalogue Raisonne and is from a rare edition of only 200. It depicts a face and a bird in Chagall's signature whimsical modernist style.
5 1/2" x 4 1/4" art
21" x 18 1/4" frame
Marc Chagall was born in Liozno, near Vitebsk, now in Belarus, the eldest of nine children in a close-knit Jewish family led by 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...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lucite, Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: Taureaux
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm
Edition: 200
Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel
1965
Jean Cocteau
W...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Alternance, Jean Cocteau
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on Rives BFK paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Alternance, 1946. Published by Le Gerbier, Paris; printed by atelier Quesnevill...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Marc Chagall Stillleben in Blau ( Natur morte bleue ), from Derrière le Miroir
By Marc Chagall
Located in Berlin, DE
Original color Lithograph, 1957. Still life with fruit bowls, carafe, woman and goat. Printed by Solier. As published in the journal Derrière le Miroir,...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Love is a god, my children…" (In the Land of the Gods, M.532), 1967
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Love is a god, my children…(M.532)" is one of twelve lithographs that Marc Chagall created for the portfolio "In the Land of the Gods" from 1967. The title refers to writings by Lon...
Category
20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Marc Chagall - Summer's Dream - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Summer's Dream - Original Handsigned Lithograph
1983
Printed by Mourlot
Dimensions: 48 x 65 cm
Handsigned in pencil
Justified EA (Epreuve D'artiste, Artist proof) asi...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Ceiling of the Paris Opera House
By Marc Chagall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Ceiling of the Paris Opera House
This is a print made by Center Art Galleries-Hawaii, Inc. You can google their name to get a sense of the litigation surrounding this manufacturer,...
Category
20th Century Romantic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink
Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: Taureaux
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm
Edition: 200
Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel
1965
Jean Cocteau
W...
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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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