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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Joan Miró
Artist: Wassily Kandinsky
Etching 1916 Number II
Located in New York, NY
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Etching 1916 Number II, drypoint, signed in pencil lower right, titled, numbered (No. 9) and dated lower left [also with initials and date in the plate lower right]. Reference: Roethel 154, only state, edition of 10. In excellent condition (the barest handling fold at sheet edge), printed on a heavy ivory wove paper, the full sheet with full margins, 4 7/8 x 3 1/4, the sheet 17 1/2 x 13 inches, archival mount with window mat. A fine fresh impression of this great rarity, printed in a dark brown ink. Kandinsky created this drypoint (erroneously named Etching 1916) in early 1916 while staying with Gabriel Munter in Stockholm during the winter of 1915-16. This is from the second series of drypoints he made; the first was in the year 1913-14. Provenance: Kornfeld Auction, Bern, June 2007. The tiny size of this edition (10) makes this print a great rarity within the Kandinsky’s printed...
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1910s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Lithographie Originale IV
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale IV Color Lithograph Year: 1977 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Teixidor, Miro Lithographe III, 1964-1969 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, L’Oro dell’Azzurro (Framed)
Located in Manchester, GB
Joan Miro, L’Oro dell’Azzurro (Framed) Giclee print Framed in a sustainably sourced black frame gallery with UV protection acrylic glazing 67 x 80 cm 'The Gold of the Azure' w...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XX Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In v...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XVIII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Observations...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró V Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 71 cm Observations: Lith...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Observations: ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró X Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In ve...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró, Design for a Tapestry
Located in Manchester, GB
Joan Miró, Design for a Tapestry Lithograph 62 x 82 cm Artwork is framed in a sustainably sourced gallery black box frame with acrylic glazing. Design for a Tapestry' by Joan M...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró, Animal Composition (Framed)
Located in Manchester, GB
Joan Miró, Animal Composition (Framed) Lithograph 47 x 61 cm Framed in a sustainably sourced black box frame with gallery acrylic glazing. 'Ladders cross the blue sky in a wh...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lithographie Originale IV
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale IV Color Lithograph Year: 1977 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Teixidor, Miro Lithographe III, 1964-1969, p.29 Publisher: Maeght Editeur,...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES.. Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstraction
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XIII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 71 cm Condition: In v...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró II Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In v...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró IV Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In very good con...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XVII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Observations:...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró III Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph Media: Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition:...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró VII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 71 cm Observations: Li...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1965 by Mourlot Freres in an edition of 1000 on Arches paper for the "L'Atelier Mourlot" catalogue. Size: 10 x 7 1/4 inches (255 x 186 mm). Si...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XVI Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm Condition: In ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Gaudi VIII
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Miro, Joan Title: Gaudi VIII Series: Gaudi Date: 1979 Medium: Etching, aquatint and carborudnum on Arches paper Unframed Dimensions: 26" x 19.5" Framed Dimensions: 33....
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint, Etching

Lithographier Originale (Abstract, LARGE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro Lithographier Originale Original Color Lithograph, triplefold Year: 1961 Size: 14.5x31.6in Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris 1961 Unsigned, not individually numbered - as i...
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1960s Symbolist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Les Révolutions Scéniques du XXe Siècle
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1975 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated HC Edition : 80 + HC 7/29 Publisher : Société internationale d'art XXe siècle (Paris) Printer : Arte Adrien Maeght ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Personatge I Estels I
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color etching, woodcut and collage. Edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Joan Miró was a famous Spanish Catalan surreal painter, sculptor and ceram...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Etching, Woodcut

Lithographier Originale (Les Peintures Sur Carton) (Abstract, Fun, Gestural)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro Lithographier Originale (Les Peintures Sur Carton De Miro) Original Color Lithograph Year: 1965 Size: 14.5x10.5in Edition: 1,500 Portfolio: DLM 151-152 Publisher: Maeght ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Traversee Du Miroir (from Artigas) (Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro La Traversee Du Miroir (from Artigas) Original Color Lithograph, triplefold Year: 1963 Size: 14.5x31.75in Edition: 1,500 Portfolio: DLM 139-140 Publisher: Maeght Editeur,...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lithographier Originale (Abstract Expressionism)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miro Lithographier Originale Original Color Lithograph
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Barcelona
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Barcelona. Original color etching with aquatint, 1972. Edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Joan Miró was a famous Spanish Catalan surreal painter, sculptor...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Litografia Original IX
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Original IX Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 25 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.38 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris,...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Litografia Original VI
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Original VI Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.37 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Pari...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Litografia Original I
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Original I Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.35 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Litografia Original III
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Original III Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.35 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Par...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled Composition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Untitled Composition 1973-1975 Color woodcut Edition: 1500 Unsigned and not individually numbered Publisher: Weber/Lelong Catalogue raisonné: Jacques Dupin Volume III Size:...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Litografia Originale VI
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Litografia Originale VI Medium: Color Lithograph Year: 1975 Publisher: Graphis Arte, Livorno; Toninelli Arte Moderna, Milano Catalogue raisonné: Cramer 198 Size: 13.3 × 20....
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1970s Minimalist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Seers
Located in New York, NY
The Seers Plate 6 1970 Hand-Signed Lithograph in colors 25 1/4 x 19 1/2 in Edition 75
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La mélodie acide
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1980 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 6/20 Publisher : Au Pont des Arts - Galerie Lucie Weill (Paris) Printer : La Poligrafa S.A. (Barcelone) Catalog : Maeght 1213 34.00 cm. x 25.50 cm. 13.39 in. x 10.04 in. (paper) 20.00 cm. x 16.00 cm. 7.87 in. x 6.3 in. (image) A lithograph in good condition by the Catalan artist, illustrating Patrick Waldberg's text. We can make out a character built around a black form, in a typical Miró composition...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La mélodie acide
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1980 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 6/20 Publisher : Au Pont des Arts - Galerie Lucie Weill (Paris) Printer : La Poligrafa S.A. (Barcelone) Catalog : Mae...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Horse Ride-Green, Violet, Brown
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Horse Ride-Green, Violet, Brown. Original color lithograph, 1969. Edition of 75 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Joan Miró was a famous Spanish Catalan surreal painter, sculptor and ceramicist, but he also created graphics, large installations and murals. His radical style for that time was a contribution to the early-20th-century avant-garde and complete abstraction later. Early fauvistic works showed the influence of Cézanne, in cubist compositions, but also a reference to the avant-garde interests of the painter. Few years later he started to change his artistic approach over the magic realism to surrealism. His surfaces become abstract and stayed like that until the rest of his career. Miró’s mature style evolved from the tension between his fanciful, poetic impulse and his vision of the harshness of modern life. The artworks are reflections of his subconscious mind, filled with pictorial signs, biomorphic forms, geometric shapes, and abstract and semi-abstract objects. He worked extensively in lithography and produced numerous murals, tapestries, and sculptures for public spaces. Miro’s composition...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Cant de la Cardina
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20230708N03 Artist signed and numbered Edition 46/75 Catalogue Raisonné: Maeght 1200, p.26 of the catalog Provenance: Mallet Japan, Tokyo in September 2019
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Vent Parmi les Roseaux
Located in Tokyo, 13
LOT:20230708N02 Artist signed and numbered HC Edition XI/XXXV (11/35) Catalogue Raisonné: Dupin 546, Cramer no. 149 Provenance: Mallet Japan, Tokyo in September 2019 Gallery COA wil...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Affiche Pour L'Exhibition Peintres sur Papier Dessins
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983) "Affiche Pour L'Exhibition Peintres sur Papier Dessins" 1971 Color lithograph on wove paper, Signed in Pencil Lower Right Numbered Lower Left 60/150 in...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Ma de Proverbis, Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph in colors on Arches paper (with watermark) was created by the artist in 1970. Signed in the stone, (lower right) from the edition of 1000. Available for local pick u...
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20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Executed in 1953 and issued in an edition of 1350 for the rare exhibition catalogue "Miro Recent Paintings", published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery. The...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Demi-Mondaine a sa fenetre (Small Socialite at Her Window)
Located in Missouri, MO
Demi-Mondaine a sa fenetre (Small Socialite at Her Window) By. Joan Miro (1893-1983) Unframed: 36" x 24.75" Framed: 51" x 40" Edition: 45/50 Lower Left Signed Lower Right Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain on April 20, 1893, the son of a watchmaker. From 1912 he studied at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. In the first quarter of the 20th century, Barcelona was a cosmopolitan, intellectual city with a craving for the new in art...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Surrealist Figure - Original Lithograph, Hand Signed (Mourlot #746)
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO Surrealist Figure (Il Circulo de Piedra), 1971 Original lithograph Hand signed in pencil Numbered / 125 On vellum 57 x 45 cm (c. 23 x 18 in) REFERENCE : Catalog raisonn...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gaudi XX, (D. 1079)
Located in Missouri, MO
Gaudi XX, (D. 1079), 1979 By. Joan Miro Signed Lower Right Edition 41/50 Lower Left Unframed: 37.5" x 30.75" Framed: 46.5" x 39" Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain on April 20, 1893, the son of a watchmaker. From 1912 he studied at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. In the first quarter of the 20th century, Barcelona was a cosmopolitan, intellectual city with a craving for the new in...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Sala Pelaires, Palma de Majorca, 1970
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Sala Pelaires, Palma de Majorca, 1970 Signed on plate with Monogram Lithograph H. C. Published in: CRAMER, Patrick. Miró Litógrafo Vol. VI. 1976 – 1981. France. Maeght Éditeur, 1992,...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sunday Guest II - Tall Original Etching, Handsigned (Dupin #481)
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO Sunday Guest II (l'invite du dimanche), 1969 Original etching and aquatint Handsigned with pencil Numbered / 75 On vellum 80 x 121 cm (c. 32 x 48 in) REFERENCES : Catalog...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Woman on Brown Background - Lithograph (Maeght 1965)
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO Woman on Brown Background Lithograph (printed in Maeght / Arte workshop) Printed signature in the plate On light vellum 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 in) Authenticated by the bl...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Star Scene
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Signed Lithograph LIX / CLX In "Star Scene" we can appreciate part of Miró gestural drawing that so characterized him, in addition to his traditional palet...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bethsabee
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Miro “Bethsabee” 1972 Etching and Aquatint in Colors on Wove Paper Hand-Signed by the Artist in Pencil Lower Right Numbered in Pencil “5/50” Lower Left Maeght editeur Pairs Printing: Morsang, Paris Sheet Size: 36 x 24 3/4 inches Framed Size: approx 41 x 39 inches Catalogue Raisonne: Miro Engravings Vol. 2 (1961-1973), Pg. 197, #556 Joan Miro was born in Barcelona, Spain on April 20, 1893, the son of a watchmaker. From 1912 he studied at the Barcelona Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Gali. In the first quarter of the 20th century, Barcelona was a cosmopolitan, intellectual city with a craving for the new in art...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Marteau Sans Maitre XIII - Original etching, 1976
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO Le Marteau sans Maitre XIII, 1976 Original etching and aquatint From a limited edition of 175 copies (+ 25 Hors Commerce) On Arches v...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Album 19, Plate 1 (Surrealist Portrait) - Original Lithograph, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Joan Miro Album 19, Plate 1 (Surrealist Portrait) Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 75 On Arches 66 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20 in) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne Maeght /...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Trace sur la Paroi I - Joan Miró, Etching, Aquatint, Abstract Prints, Surrealist
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75. Printed on Mandeure rag paper by Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris. Published by Maeght editeur, Paris. (Dupin 440).
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Les Perseides: Plate III - Joan Miró, Lithograph, Abstract prints
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75. Printed by Mourlot on wove paper. Published by Louis Broder, Paris. (Mourlot 658).
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ouvrage du vent III - Color Etching and Aquatint, Hand Signed (Dupin #344)
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO Ouvrage du vent III, 1963 Original etching and aquatint Handsigned in pencil Numbered 32/75 On BFK Rives vellum 52 x 80 cm (c. 21 x 32 in) Published by Maeght Éditeur, Pa...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

L'Arbre des voyageurs: III - Joan Miró, Lithograph, Surrealist
Located in London, GB
From Tristan Tzara's 'L'Arbre des voyageurs'. Signed and dated in pencil, a large paper proof. Inscribed 'Pour Henriette, en toute amitié'. Printed on wove paper and published by E...
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1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

King Ubu : Birds - Original lithograph, Handsigned & N° (Mourlot #416)
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO (1893-1983) King Ubu : Birds, 1966 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 75 copies On Arches vellum 54 x 74.5 cm (c. 21.3 x 29.3 inches) REFERENCES : Catalo...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ubu : The Family - Original Handsigned Lithograph - Mourlot
Located in Paris, FR
Joan MIRO Ubu : The Family Original stone lithograph (Printed in Atelier Mourlot) Handsigned in pencil On Arches vellum 50 x 66 cm From a limited edition of 120 copies REFERENCES ...
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1960s Abstract 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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