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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Artist: Marc Chagall
Round Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XVIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Round Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XVIII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

1960 poster of Pablo Picasso Oeuvre Gravé at the Galerie des Ponchettes in Nice
Located in PARIS, FR
Very beautiful poster of Pablo Picasso ( 1881- 1973 ) for an exhibition at the Galerie des Ponchettes in Nice. Historical gallery opened at the request of Henri Matisse in 1954, the ...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Les Banderilles (IV), from A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Les Banderilles (IV) Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso Medium: Transfer lithograph Year: 1961 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 16 1/2" x 19" Sheet Size...
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1960s 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

L'Homme aux Chats ll
Located in New York, NY
L'homme aux Chats lI Numbered on the reverse Phototype and Pochoir 16 x 11.5 inches 957/1000
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Photogram

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

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

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

Poster made by Picasso in support of Vietnam - Peace - Vietnam war
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster was made by Picasso in support of Vietnam in a particular context. Indeed, the year 1968 saw major developments in the Vietnam War. Milita...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Femme vue de Dos" from Temoignage by Jean Cocteau (Bloch 822)
Located in ludlow, GB
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) "Femme vue de Dos" from Temoignage by Jean Cocteau (Bloch 822) The book Testimony (an homage) by Jean Cocteau. Etching 1956, the original signed edition of 125 published by Pierre...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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

Pablo Picasso 'Visage de faune' A. R. 256
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage de faune (A. R. 256) Terre de faïence bowl, 1955, from the edition of 100, partially glazed and painted, with the Madoura Empreinte Originale de Pi...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Ceramic

Square Head of a Man with Joined Eyebrows (Plate V), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man with Joined Eyebrows (Plate V) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18"...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Square Head of a Woman Half Smiling (Plate XII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Woman Half Smiling (Plate XII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Original etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" ...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Lithograph by Picasso for his exhibition Céramiques et Pates blanches
Located in PARIS, FR
Original color lithograph by Picasso for his exhibition of "Céramiques et pates blanches" at the Musée Municipal d'Art Moderne in Céret. The Musée Municipal d'Art Moderne in Céret (...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, 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

Exhibition poster by Picasso intended to promote the 1970 Salon de Mai
Located in PARIS, FR
This exhibition poster by Picasso was intended to promote the 1970 Salon de Mai, which was held at the cultural center in Saint Germain-en-Laye. The Salon de Mai was an annual exhibition organized by a group of French artists who first met in 1943 in a café in Paris. Pablo Ruiz Picasso...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Jeu de la Cape
Located in New York, NY
This original lithograph in black ink was created by the artist in 1961. From A Los Toros avec Picasso, this lithograph is dated 6.3.61.III in the stone and measures 10 x 13 in. (25....
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso 'Pichet à glace ' A. R. 143
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Pichet à glace (A. R. 143) Terre de faïence pitcher, painted in colors and partially glazed, 1952, numbered 12/50 and inscribed Edition Picasso and Mado...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Earthenware, Ceramic

"Sculpteur au Travail" from Sable Mouvant by Pablo Picasso, 1964
Located in Hinsdale, IL
PICASSO, PABLO (1881 – 1973) "Sculpteur au Travail; from Sable Mouvant" Bloch 1183, Baer 1152 Etching and aquatint on tissue-thin japon paper c. 1964 Bearing a watermark “LB – Louis Broder” Signed in Pencil, lower right numbered X/XX, from the edition of 20 in Roman numerals on Japanese paper (there was also the edition of 50 in Arabic numerals on Japanese paper; the edition of 10 in Roman numerals on Auvergne wove paper; and the book edition of 255). Printed by Atelier Crommelynck, Paris Plate Size: 15.187” x 10.875”, Sheet Size: 21” x 16.18”. Published by Louis Broder Picasso illustrated these etching and aquatints as homage to the fascinating poem by Pierre Reverdy. Sable Mouvant (quicksand) is set in the desert and relates to a number of psychological struggles and hallucinations. The works by Picasso elegantly depict Reverdy’s intentions and remove the viewer from reality to expose the inner turmoil of a helpless man and his surroundings. Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881. By the age of 15 he was already technically skilled in drawing and painting. Picasso’s highly original style continuously evolved throughout his long career, expanding the definition of what art could be. In addition to painting, he would explore sculpture, ceramics and other art forms, and become one of the most influential artists of the 1900s. Paintings from Picasso’s blue period (1901-1904) depict forlorn people painted in shades of blue, evoking feelings of sadness and alienation. After his move to Paris in 1904, Picasso’s rose...
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1960s Cubist 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

"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

"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

Pablo Picasso, "L'Atelier" (The Studio), 1948, lithograph, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso L'Atelier (The Studio), 1948 Lithograph Hand signed by artist and numbered 45/50 from an edition of 50. Measures: 25.5 x 19.5 inches In the artist's catalogue "Picasso Lithographe II...
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1940s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Monogram J (Plate II), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Monogram J (Plate II) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"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

Oval Head with Dividing Line (Plate XXIX), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Oval Head with Dividing Line (Plate XXIX) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet Siz...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Poster Pablo Picasso exhibition at the Galerie de l'Élysée - Alex Maguy
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster of Pablo Picasso ( 1881- 1973 ) for an exhibition at the Galerie de l'Élysée. Pablo Picasso is one of the most prolific and revolutionary artists the world has ever k...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, 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

Masked Figures and Bird Woman, from: The Suite Vollard - Greek Mythology
Located in London, GB
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish) Title: Masked Figures and Bird Woman, from: The Suite Vollard Personnages masqués et f...
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1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint, Etching

Round Head of a Man with Mismatched Eyes (Plate XVI), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Round Head of a Man with Mismatched Eyes (Plate XVI) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Jacqueline a L'Etamine
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso (1881-1873) Jacqueline a l'etamine Numbered on the reverse Phototype and Pochoir 16 x 11.5 inches 957/1000
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Photogram

Pablo Picasso 'Frise gravée' Unique
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Frise gravée (Unique) Unique Plaster mould. Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Provenance: Marina Picasso
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Ceramic

Pablo Picasso 'Poisson chiné' A. R. 170
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Poisson chiné (A. R. 170) Terre de faïence dish, 1952, from the edition of 200, partially glazed and painted, with the Empreinte Originale de Picasso and ...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Ceramic

Danse du ventre devant homme impassible
Located in Wien, 9
Signed with artist stamp lower right, numbered lower left: 21/50 Shown in: Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso Catalogue of the printed work 1970-72, Band I...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Carnaval, Cubist Linocut by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
It is the night before Lent, the season when Catholics fast and abstain from pleasure in order to bring themselves closer to God. But it is Fat Tuesday, ...
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1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

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

1954 Poster for the Maison de la pensée française by Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful exhibition poster for the Maison de la pensée française by Pablo Picasso in 1954. Works from 1900 to 1914 from the museums of Leningrad and Moscow and some Parisian collect...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Homme barbu couronné feuilles de vigne
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1962, this linocut on Arches wove paper is hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 - Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered from the edition of 50 in the lower left margin. Catalogue Raisonné: Pablo Picasso Homme barbu couronné feuilles de vigne...
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1960s Modern 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

Square Face Smirking (Plate XXX), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Face Smirking (Plate XXX) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 2...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"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

"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

"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

"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

Square Head of a Man with Ears (Plate III), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man with Ears (Plate III) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sheet Si...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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"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

The Sailor’s Dream – Women in every Port
Located in Zeist, UT
Pablo Picasso- The Sailor’s Dream – Women in every Port (Rêve de marin : des femmes dans chaque port) Etching on Wove Paper
. From: Series 347, 1968 Paper size: 35.0 x 42.5 cm Image ...
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1960s French School Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"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

"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

The Eye, from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: The Eye Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Signed: No (signed and numbered on the...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"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

16 Mai 1970 - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
16 Mai 1970 is an artwork realized by Pablo Picasso in 1970. Etching on paper. Date printed on plate. Artist's stamp of signature lower right. Numbered in pencil in the lower marg...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Square Head of a Man with Closed Eyes (Plate VIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man with Closed Eyes (Plate VIII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Femme Couchée et Deux Visages
Located in Wien, 9
Femme couchée et deux visages, from Suite 156, 1970 signed on lower right, dated in the plate higher right Georges Bloch, Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé et lit...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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"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

"Sarah and Abimelech" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for 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

"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

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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