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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Sam Francis
Artist: Leroy Neiman
Untitled (SFE-081) - 1992 - American Abstract Expressionism
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled (SFE-081), 1992 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on ...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled (SF-311), 1979
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled (SF-311), 1979 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled (SFE-081)
Located in London, GB
Aquatint in colours, 1991, on wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 27, 61.6 x 44.5 cm.
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

King Corpse, 1986
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1986, Sam Francis King Corpse, 1986 is a unique color trial proof screenprint on Arches cover paper hand signed by Sam Francis (San Mateo, 1923- Santa Monica, 1994) in the...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled SFE-003 (Blue, Red and Yellow) - American Abstract Expressionism
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled SFE-003 (Blue, Red and Yellow), 1982 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed E...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1995 Etching in colours, Edition of 35 53.3 x 45.7 cms (21 x 18 ins) SF17887
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Untitled
Located in London, GB
Plate size: 36.8 x 27. 3 cms (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 ins) Image size: 15.2 x 9.5 cms (6 x 3 3/4 ins) Edition of 20
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Mercury
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Mercury 1963 Lithograph on BFK Rives paper, Edition of 20 60 .3 x 47.6 cms (23 3/4 x 18 3/4 ins) SF16664 Literature: The Prints of Sam Francis: A Catalogue Raisonne 196...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Damp
Located in London, GB
66 x 94 cms (26 x 37 ins) Edition of 20 Rives BFK paper Proofs: I BAT, 4 AP, 7 CTP, 9 XP Signed lower left; numbered lower left; publisher's chop lower left. Published by Tama...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Lithograph

"Golden Girl" Limited Edition Serigraph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Golden Girl" is a limited edition serigraph on paper by LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012), numbered 330/500 and hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measures approx. 3...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Mardi Gras Parade" Limited Edition Serigraph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Home Hole at Shinnecock" is a limited edition serigraph on paper by LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012), numbered 96/300 and hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Jour du Soleil" Limited Edition Serigraph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
"Jour du Soleil" is a limited edition serigraph on paper by LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012), numbered 136/250 and hand signed by the artist. Includes Letter of Authenticity. Measures approx...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Color Explosion - Original lithograph (Maeght 1983)
Located in Paris, FR
Sam FRANCIS Color Explosion (c. 1983) Original lithograph Unsigned as issued On heavy paper 89.5 x 54 cm (c. 36 x 21 inch) Original lithographic exhibition poster for the artist Ret...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

GOLDEN GIRL
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed numbered by the artist in pencil. Artwork size: 24.25 x 30 in. Frame size: approx. 37 x 43 in. Artwork appears to be in excellent condition. Artwork has not been examine...
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1980s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Paper

Untitled from the portfolio “Poems dans le ciel”
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Poems dans le ciel (eng. Poems in the sky). Original lithograph, 1986. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Samuel Lewis Francis was an American artist, we...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Polo Lounge
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Leroy Neiman Title: Polo Lounge Medium: 2 Serigraphs side by side Signed: Each serigraph is Hand Signed by Leroy Neiman Edition: Each piece is numbered 264/700 Measurements: 25" x 75" total combined Condition: Very Good Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED Description: Clockwise: Hedda Hopper, Lauren Bacall, LeRoy Neiman, Gregory Peck, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Collins, Johnny Carson, Walter Benny, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Cesar Romero, Maitre D' Nino, Frank and Barbara...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

SAILING
Located in Aventura, FL
Original off set lithograph (poster) in colors on paper. Image size approx 19 x 25 inches. Sheet size 24 x 30 inches. Artist signature printed in the plate. Not hand signed. Printe...
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1970s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Offset

Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph, from Carnegie Museum (155 Lembark)
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled (from Fresh Air School), 1972 Lithograph on wove paper, for the Carnegie Museum of Art 15 × 22 inches Limited Edition of 6,000 (unsigned edition; there is a sepa...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sam Francis -- Mehrfarbige Spirale
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Sam Francis Mehrfarbige Spirale, 1970 Signed in pencil Edition A.P. (the edition was 40) Image size: 60.4 x 45.3 cm Sheet size: 85 x 68 cm Published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Californ...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Along The Rail
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leroy Neiman Along The Rail 1972 26 1/4 x 22 in. From the rare limited edition of 200 Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbered in pencil
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Homage to Boucher Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leroy Neiman Homage to Boucher Nude 1973 12 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. From the rare Artist Proof edition Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbered in pencil
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Super Bowl XXII ""In the Pocket""
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leroy Neiman Super Bowl XXII ""In the Pocket"" 1988 30 3/4 x 40 1/4 in. Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbered by the artist
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Elephant Tryptic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leroy Neiman Elephant Tryptic 1972 12 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. From the rare Artist Proof edition of 85. Numbered 18 / 85 Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbere...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Bjorn Borg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leroy Neiman Bjorn Borg 1977 23 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. From the rare limited edition of 300 Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbered in pencil
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

French Connection
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leroy Neiman French Connection 1977 31 x 38 in. Numbered from the Rare Limited Edition of 300 Serigraph in Colors on Paper Hand signed
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Deluxe Hand Signed & Numbered 25/30 Cat: Lembark 155 Carnegie Museum lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph (Hand Signed from the Carnegie Museum Deluxe Edition), 1972 Catalogue Raisonné: 155, Lembark 15 × 22 inches Hand signed and nu...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Pencil, Lithograph

Untitled. SF-353 from “Papierski Portfolio”
Located in Malmo, SE
Untitled. SF-353 from “Papierski Portfolio” 1992. Signed by the artist. Artwork size : 56 x 76 cm Frame size : 75x97x4 cm Museum glass anti-reflective. Signed AP (artist proof) Sam Francis Archive Number: SF-353 Publisher: The Litho Shop, Santa Monica. Free shipment worldwide. Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire. Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre. The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings. The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking. Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art. He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia. He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994. Sam Francis’s first...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1966 LeRoy Neiman 'Jose Torres Vs. "Irish" Wayne Thornton'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 46 x 30 inches ( 116.84 x 76.2 cm ) Image Size: 46 x 30 inches ( 116.84 x 76.2 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age Additional D...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled, c.1974-1976 (SF129s)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (SF129s) dating to c.1974-1976 is a mixed media, silkscreen monotype on handmade paper, 30 x 22.5 inches sheet size and estate-stamped verso (copy of Francis estate certific...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Monotype, Screen

Untitled SF-221 (variation), Abstract Lithograph by Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bright lithograph by Sam Francis is an unsigned test print in an alternate color. It was printed by the Litho Shop in Santa Monica, California. Untitled SF-221 (variation) Sam ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

King Corpse, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Original hand-signed and numbered silkscreen on Arches paper by American Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis. King Corpse Sam Francis, American (1923–1994) Date: 1986 Screenprint on...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled SF-221, Abstract Lithograph by Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
A signed and numbered abstract print by Sam Francis. This bold composition is made up entirely of black on white and lithographed o...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Dark Plated, Abstract Lithograph by Sam Francis
Located in Long Island City, NY
A signed and numbered abstract print by Sam Francis. This bold composition is made up entirely of two tones, black and brown, on wh...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled from the portfolio “Poems dans le ciel”
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Poems dans le ciel (eng. Poems in the sky). Original lithograph, 1986. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper. Samuel Lewis Francis was an American artist, we...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Trietto 3 (SFE-076 RC)
Located in London, GB
Aquatint in colours, 1991, on Fabriano paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 66, printed by Valter & Eleonora Rossi at Vigna Antoniniana Stamperia d'Arte, Rome, publi...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1975 Lithograph 29 1/4 x 22 1/4” Edition of 125
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Nadia, Comaneci Montreal Olympics Poster, 1976
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Leroy Neiman (1921-2012) Title: Nadia, Comaneci Montreal Olympics poster Year: 1976 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 22 x 30.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: ...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled, from the Deluxe (Signed) 1984 Olympic Committee portfolio
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled Abstract Expressionist print for the 1984 Olympics, 1982 Offset Lithograph on Parsons Diploma Parchment paper, hand signed with COA from publisher for Olympic Co...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Limited Signed Deluxe Monograph with Slipcase (signed & numbered by Sam Francis)
Located in New York, NY
SAM FRANCIS: Limited Signed Deluxe Edition (Hand signed and numbered by Sam Francis), 1982 Deluxe limited edition hardback monograph with cloth boards, held in special slipcase of ts...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Silk, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board

Untitled (SF-297)
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Rives. Signed and numbered 4/50 in pencil by Francis. Printed and published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, with the blind s...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Lithograph

Sam Francis McGovern '72 Poster (Hand signed by Sam Francis) Abstract lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis McGovern '72 Poster (Hand signed by Sam Francis), 1972 Photo offset poster (hand signed by Sam Francis) Signed in blue ink on the front by Sam Francis with Sam Francis co...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Untitled (SF-346)
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Waterleaf white wove paper. One of 25 Roman numeral impressions, aside from the Arabic numeral edition of 100. Signed and numbered ...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Color, Lithograph

Untitled
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled 1989 Aquatint, Edition of 20 44.5 x 32.4 cms (17 1/2 x 12 3/4 ins) 22.9 x 15.2 cms (9 x 6 ins) SF15235
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

The Upper Red, 1963 (SF-48)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Upper Red (SF-48) from 1963 is a lithograph on paper, image size 19.75 x 25.75 inches, signed 'Sam Francis' and annotated lower right, framed in a contemporary, light wood frame....
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Untitled, 1990 (SF-343, L.284)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (SF-343) from 1990 is a lithograph on paper, image size 46.5 x 30 inches, signed 'Sam Francis' lower left and annotated lower right. From the edition of 60, numbered 17/50 (...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Untitled, from Deluxe Lt Edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio HAND SIGNED TWICE
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled Abstract Expressionist from the Deluxe [signed] edition of the 1 Cent Life Portfolio (hand signed twice, #85/100, from the Estate of Robert Indiana), 1964 Lithograph on wove paper (Hand signed twice by Sam Francis) Pencil signed twice by Sam Francis on the front; numbered 85/100 on the portfolio colophon (copy of the colophon page affixed to the verso of frame) Acquired from original, complete 1 Cent Life Portfolio, # 85/100 (Artists & Collaborators) from the Estate and Collection of Robert Indiana Frame included About 1 Cent Life "1 Cent Life" began as a simple idea by artist Walasse Ting in 1962, developed during talks he had with his friend the artist Sam Francis. Ting wanted to combine international artists and different styles into a single book, linking them together in one collective spirit alongside his own art and poetry. It was a landmark publication from 1964, and now a somewhat rare collectible portfolio based on the impressive artwork it contains. It was a revolutionary tract for a collective aesthetic; an assembled vision of Pop and European abstraction, featuring flat hard-edged and splatter painting; biomorphic art, splashing florescent colors and monochromes all meeting up in a single loud and dynamic package. "1 Cent Life" is among the most beautifully conceived and artistic book-works of the 1960s, unlike anything published before or after. "1 Cent Life" is a large elephant-folio unbound book containing 62 lithographs made by 28 European and American artists with 62 letterpress poems by Ting and set in multi-colored inks. The lithography was realized and printed in Paris by Maurice Beaudet and the typography carried out in handset letterpress by George Girard. The book was published by E. W. Kornfeld, Bern, Switzerland in 1964, and edited by artist Sam Francis. In addition to the original printing of 1900 unsigned copies, there was a numbered portfolio edition of 100 signed copies. These two Sam Francis signed...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Pencil

Abstract expressionist lithograph s/n (Lembark, 16) from the Estate of Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
SAM FRANCIS Affiche Moderna Museet Stockholm (Catalogue Raisonne L-16, p.66), 1960 Color lithograph on Rives BFK Paper with deckled edges Pencil signed lower right of center; numbered 39/75 lower left of center Published by Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern; printed by Emil Matthieu at Emil Matthieu Atelier, Zurich (Catalogue Raisonne L-16, p.66) 37 1/4 × 27 inches Provenance: Estate of Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Unframed Editions of this iconic Sam Francis work have been exhibited in museums throughout the world over the past half center; many remain in the permanent collection of major museum and institutions . In addition to this pencil signed and numbered lithograph, there was, separately a poster edition of 500 (unsigned) published by Moderna Museet featuring the same image on different paper. About Sam Francis B. 1923, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA; D. 1994, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Samuel Lewis Francis was born on June 25, 1923, in San Mateo, California. He began painting in 1944 after being diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis, resulting from a U.S. Army Air Corps accident. In 1947 he studied privately with painter David Park, and soon gave up his intended medical studies, earning a BA in 1949 and an MA in 1950 at the University of California, Berkeley. He experimented with the dominant and emerging styles of the late 1940s, particularly Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism, eventually developing a personal style of abstraction focused on dripping, cell-like forms, an allover instability, and sensitivity to color and light, as in Opposites (1950). In 1950 Francis moved to Paris and attended the Atelier Fernand Léger, where he was exposed to the work of Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse, which reinvigorated his interest in light and vibrant color, visible in his 1953 painting Big Red. Producing such work led to his association with Art Informel, although Francis never fully associated with any movement. A visit to Japan in 1957 coincided with an opening up of expanses of white space in much of his work, and his subsequent move to a larger studio in Paris resulted in the production of large-scale paintings and mural commissions, including a 1959 painting...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Pencil

Smoke Sulphur SFE-183
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, 1973 Signed in pencil, numbered 16/30 Published by The Litho Shop, Inc. California with their blindstamp Very good condition Sam Francis w...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled, Artist Proof
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis was an American artist known for his exuberant large-scale abstract paintings. His practice incorporated elements from Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Impre...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Diamond Head - Hawaii - Limited Edition Lithograph by LeRoy Neiman
Located in Montreal, Quebec
-- Hand signed and numbered by LeRoy Neiman -- Comes with Certificate of Authenticity -- Comes with a premium quality frame
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

Sam Francis Abstract Expression 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Poster
Located in Plainview, NY
An original abstract expression 1984 Olympic poster by Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994). Featuring a red background with geometrical abstract des...
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20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Untitled (Lembark, L-240 (SF-259))
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled (Lembark, L-240 (SF-259)), 1980 Colored lithograph on BFK Rives paper with deckled edges Pencil signed and numbered 21/32 by Sam Francis on the front 27 1/2 × 40...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Pencil

LeRoy Neiman "Polo Lounge" - Signed, Framed, Large - Find the Movie Stars!
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a signed press proof of one of Leroy Neiman's coolest images, created originally for Playboy Magazine in two panels. This never fails to get guests' attention on the wall, as...
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1980s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Monte Carolo
Located in New York, NY
This original limited edition of 300, and 20 AP (artists proof).The medium is a "Serigraph" and is in excellent condition. No fading, no mat staining (known as foxing), framed in ...
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20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

LeRoy Neiman, "The Great Secretariat", 27x34 Signed Limited Edition Serigraph
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
The featured serigraph portrays Secretariat in full stride, nearly airborne, characteristically stretching toward the finish line. The red-hued horse and his jockey (Ron Turcotte) we...
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20th Century Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Untitled, 1981, Sam Francis Monotype
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Untitled, 1981, unique embossed monotype print on handmade paper. Created at the Institute of Experimental Printmaking by lauded American artist, Sam Francis (1923-1994). The Sam Fra...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Oil, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pigment, Monotype

Pink Venus Kiki
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Sam Francis Title: Pink Venus Kiki Portfolio: 1 Cent Life Medium: Lithograph Year: 1964 Edition Size: 2000 Frame Size: 20 5/8" x 28 3/4" Sheet Size:...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Coldest Stone (Lembark, 15), S/N, from the estate of Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis The Coldest Stone (Lembark, 15), 1960 Lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper with deckled edges 25 × 36 inches Signed and numbered 8/65 by Sam Francis on the front in graphite pencil on the front Unframed Marvelous 1960 Sam Francis lithograph...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Pencil

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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