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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Handmade Monotype of Abstract Rounded Type, Modern Shapes and Layers, Blue Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes. It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
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2010s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Monotype, Paper

Tracey Emin, Kiss Me Towel, Limited Ed. of 1000, hand numbered w/official COA
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Kiss Me Kiss Me Towel, 2014 with Official plate signed COA Brand new: unframed and comes folded (framed images for inspiration only) Limited Edition silkscreen on oversiz...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Cotton, Paper, Mixed Media, Screen

Statue of Liberty, Pop Art Poster by Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Max, German/American (1937 -) - Statue of Liberty, Year: circa 1986, Medium: Poster, Image Size: 30.5 x 15 inches, Frame Size: 44.25 x 28.25 inches
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Life Forces - 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Kyohei Inukai Life Forces - 1978 Print - Silkscreen   30'' x 22½'' in Edition: signed in pencil and marked 128/200 Since the 1940s, Kyohei Inukai has created his own brand of illusi...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Tape Collection, AILA Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
AILA Blue, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal pas...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, I Will Not Allow The Dark Skies To Affect Me, 2025 22 colour screenprint with varnish overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410 gsm paper 56 x 76 cm (22.04 x 29.92 in) Edi...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

NOMAD IV, New York - Contemporary architectural color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Brand new artwork by Richard Heeps featuring the iconic Empire State building in the mist. Photographed in New York City in 2017, he just executed this in his darkroom, printing it i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Chagall, Tribe of Benjamin, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Cheetah (black & white)"
Located in North Adams, MA
"Cheetah (black & white)," Amir Akhavan, 2017 Silkscreen and iridescence on 290 gram Coventry Rag paper Dimensions: 25" x 19.25" Signed and numbered by the Artist in pencil An editio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Andy Warhol 'Two Golden Mona Lisas (sm)' 1999- Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 24 x 36.5 inches ( 60.96 x 92.71 cm ) Image Size: 24 x 36.5 inches ( 60.96 x 92.71 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Two Golden Mona Lisas by Andy W...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Intimite (Mourlot, Paris, Master Printer)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jacques Villon Intimite 1964 Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Signed in the stone Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Printer: Mourlot, Paris COA provided Notarized facsimile of the imprint showing the edition size included Framing in a simple white or black frame made from composite wood with plex and mat available for $90. Please inquiry within. Ref.: 924802-1542 Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. Many important museums include works by Villon in their collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio); Museum of Modern Art, New York City...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Vellum

Roy De Forest, Dog lithograph, signed/n by world renowned California pet painter
Located in New York, NY
Roy De Forest Untitled (Dog), 1981 Color lithograph with deckled edges. Floated and framed. Pencil signed and numbered from the edition of 125 Frame Included: held in original vintage white frame Wonderful whimsical rare 1981 lithograph by the incredibly popular and beloved Roy de Forest, famous for his paintings and prints of dogs...
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1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Silent Snow (Poetical imagery and Christmas memories in New England)
By Mary Teichman
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is from an exclusive edition published by Stone + Press in 1994 in an edition of 100. This impression is #98. It brings to mind the Robert Frost poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Mary Teichman...
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1990s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The original limited edition 1965 Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA poster
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder The original Los Angeles County Museum of Art poster, 1965 Limited Edition vintage Offset Lithograph 32 × 24 3/4 inches 81.3 × 62.9 cm Edition of 300 This is the OR...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Phantasma - Hand signed & numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - PHANTASMA Date of creation: 2016 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 68 x 68 cm Observations: Offset lithograph with silver on paper ...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Varnish, Lithograph, Offset

Nu Au Coussin Bleu (Nude on Blue Cushion), 1924 - Hand-Signed by Matisse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lithograph on Arches Vellum Hand-signed and numbered 29 1/2h x 22w in 74.93h x 55.88w cm 5/50 HMA006 D. 442 (or D.-M. 442)
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1920s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1957 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spr...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Clairon, 1993, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned and numbered
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Le Clairon, 1993 Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée EA12/30 Signée en bas à droite 65 x 50 cm / 76 x 56 cm Bibliographie: CR Jansem, 2000, n°85 "Ma...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Wild Pilgrimage' (Contemplation) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Wild Pilgrimage', No. 26, wood engraving, 1932, edition not stated but very small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, with full margins (1 1/16 to 3 3/16 inches), on tissue-thin cream Japan paper, in very good condition. A scarce, artist-printed, hand-signed proof impression before the published edition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Created by Lynd Ward for his narrative book of illustrations without words, 'Wild Pilgrimage', published by Harrison Smith...
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1930s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Peintures Chez Iris Clert 1957 certified, stamped by Yves Klein Archives 105/200
Located in New York, NY
"...Blue has no dimensions, it is beyond dimensions, whereas the other colours are not.... All colours arouse specific associative ideas, psychologically material or tangible, while ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Paris : Going at Maxim's Cafe - Original lithograph - Mourlot, 1956
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE Paris, Going at Maxim's Cafe, 1956 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On Japan paper 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12") INFORMATION :...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ferns - Lomaria Nigra, antique fern lithograph print, 1854
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Antique 19th century fern lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1854, after Walter Hood Fitch. 250mm by 170mm (sheet) Walter Hood Fitch was one...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Superman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of “Superman” by Mel Ramos, part of the De Young Museum’s permanent collection, showcases the artist’s signature Pop Art style, blending comic book aesthetics with ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Superman
$60 Sale Price
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Marc Chagall 'Bezaleel and his Two Golden Cherubim, 1966' original lithograph
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: MARC CHAGALL Title: BAZALEEL AND HIS TWO GOLDEN CHERUBINS (FROM STORY OF THE EXODUS) Medium: LITHOGRAPH Image Size: 18.50x13.50 inches paper size: 20 x 15 inches Released: 19...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Porto Miggiano Colony - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure Porto Miggiano...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Bird
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Amanda Pratt is known and admired for the energetic, inspiring brand of whimsy she brings to photography. Countless clients have benefitted from her technical preci...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Plexiglass, Photographic Paper

1986 After Andy Warhol 'Queen Elizabeth II of England from Reigning Queens'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 32.25 x 23.5 inches ( 81.915 x 59.69 cm ) Image Size: 24 x 19 inches ( 60.96 x 48.26 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Addition...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

(after) Auguste Roubille - lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original). Printed in 1897 on smooth wove paper and published in Paris by Librairie Nilsson. Image size: 9 x 6 inches (230 x 157 mm). Sheet size: 12 x 9...
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1890s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ed Ruscha - Actual Size
Located in London, GB
Ed Ruscha Actual Size (Spam), 2024 UV pigment print with yellow silkscreen details and a matte varnish seal, printed on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper. Individually nu...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Pigment, Screen

Picasso, L'Autruche (The Ostrich) (Orozco p.82), Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.99 x 9.84 inches. Catalogue raisonné reference: Orozco, Miguel. T...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Infinity Pool Water Reflections, Blue & White Pattern, Handmade Cyanotype Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Infinity Pool" is a sophisticated image that captures the water reflections shimmering over ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Lithograph, Monotype

Roy Lichtenstein 'Seductive Girl'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exhibition poster by Roy Lichtenstein was created for a show held at the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, Spain. It captures Lichtenstein's iconic Pop Art style, making it a sta...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Dusk from an Airplane, Abstract Aerial Diptych, Giclée, Deep Blue to Yellow Hue
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Mitchell- Mon Paysage/My Countryside 1967, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reproduction of Joan Mitchell’s Mon Paysage (1967), published by Éditions Maeght. This striking piece captures Mitchell’s bold brushwork and emotional resonance, evoking a landscape ...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Enfant En Pied (Marina Picasso Estate hand signed Lithograph)
Located in Aventura, FL
Selected from the personal collection inherited by Marina Picasso, Pablo Picasso's granddaughter. After Pablo Picasso's death, his granddaughter Marina authorized the printing of t...
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1980s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Picasso, 8.10.64. IV (Cramer 148), Le Goût du Bonheur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Rooster Totem (Unframed)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Rooster Totem" is an original artwork made from Letterpress, coque feather, mixed media by Katie VanVliet. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and me...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Found Objects, Mixed Media, Color

R2D2 60x40 Star Wars, Photography Pop Art, Photograph Toys, Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977 This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys" These iconic figures hav...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Harbour with a Round Tower
Located in Middletown, NY
1641. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches (128 x 195 mm), narrow margins. Printed 19th century on a remainder which has a partially trimmed, printed image of a Virgi...
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Mid-17th Century French School Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Etching

The Twin Rocks of Capri; I Faraglioni a Capri
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879 Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor margina...
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Late 19th Century English School Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Photogravure

Through The Ages by Toko Shinoda, black and white signed lithograph calligraphy
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Through The Ages by Toko Shinoda, black and white signed lithograph calligraphy 11/35 obituary published by CNN March 2021 Celebra...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Alberto Giacometti 'Femme Qui Marche I' 2019
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This museum poster, created for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, captures Femme Qui Marche I, one of Alberto Giacometti’s most iconic sculptures, positioned at the end of a hallwa...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Seven Seas, Organic Abstraction Diptych, Indigo Blue Unique Monotype Cyanotype
Located in Barcelona, ES
Seven Seas is a one-of-a-kind cyanotype monotype, created using traditional cyanotype printing techniques and a contemporary eye for form, this diptych captures the rhythmic motion o...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Monotype

Tête d'un jeune homme en face, Les Peintres mes amis, Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Peintres mes amis, 1965. Published by Éditions d'art Les Heures Cla...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'The Gateway to the New World' — Vintage New York City
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Otto Kuhler, 'The Gateway to the New World', etching (artist's proof), edition 16, 1926, Kennedy 25. Signed in pencil and annotated 'Japan Silk Paper - Trial Proof - Ltd. Ed. Del. et...
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1920s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Who's afraid of red, yellow... Superflat, Japanese Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - WHO'S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW, BLUE AND DEATH Date of creation: 2011 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver and silkscreen with spot UV varnishing Edition: 300 Size:...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Varnish, Offset, Screen

Chepstow Castle ( on a limestone cliff above the River Wye in Wales)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The magnificent printed works of the Yorkshire artist, Percival Gaskell have only been fully rediscovered in recent years. Percival Gaskell rose to prominence whilst working together with Sir Frank Short in the engraving school at the Royal College of Art in London during the first two decades of the 20th century. A true painter-printmaker, Percival Gaskell developed a sensitivity to atmospheric tone which is displayed in an air of timeless beauty throughout his printed works. (sheet 24 x 20 1/2). A fine impression with tone printed in warm brown/black ink on chine appliqué mounted on white wove paper, and a backing board. Signed in pencil. Superb signed proof impression printed in warm-brownish-black ink. One of Gaskell's best large scale mezzotints. The speed with which William the Conqueror committed to the creation of a castle at Chepstow is testament to its strategic importance. There is no evidence for a settlement there of any size before the Norman invasion of Wales, although it is possible that the castle site itself may have previously been a prehistoric or early...
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1940s English School Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Etching

Flight Pattern - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological forma...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

SCARCE EARLY OROZCO - CABEZA DE MUJER -
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO (1883 – 1949) CABEZA DE MUJER, ( Woman's Head: Mexican Woman) 1929 (Orozco 9) Lithograph, signed and numbered 23/50. in pencil. Pri...
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1920s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Social Status in Corona times I, Marilyn Monroe, Street Art, Pop Art,
Located in München, BY
Edition 5 print with Diamond Dust - Price on request Marilyn Monroe with face mask. JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar fi...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment

Andy Warhol 'Shoes, 1980-small' 1992- Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 30 x 23.25 inches ( 76.2 x 59.055 cm ) Image Size: 30 x 23.25 inches ( 76.2 x 59.055 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Shoes, 1980 by Andy Warhol, pr...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Ingrid with Hat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a rare and iconic poster from the first printing created by the legendary Andy Warhol for a special exhibition held in Sweden in 1983. Designed as a tribute to the legendary ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Ingrid with Hat
Ingrid with Hat
$560 Sale Price
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After Alex Katz - Sarah-American Dance Festival - 2011 Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: CB1512 Artist: Alex Katz Title: Sarah-American Dance Festival Year: 2011 Signed: No Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 48 x 34 inches ( 121.92 x 86.36 cm ) Image Size: 48 x 34 inches...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La tristesse du roi (Duthuit 139), Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 20.50 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue r...
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1950s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage
Located in Union City, NJ
JUMPIN & JIVIN' is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist James Denmark printed on archival Somerset pap...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Saitn Moritz, 1929
Located in OPOLE, PL
Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) - Saitn Moritz, 1929 Giclée from 2023. The edition no. 3 out of 100. Dimensions of sheet: 70 x 52.5 cm Dimensions in frame: 87.5 x 69.8 cm Publish...
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2010s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Le Bouquet Rose, Large Signed Modern Lithograph by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
This simple still life is a lithograph by Russian Modern artist Marc Chagall. It employs several of Chagall's recurring motifs, such as a bird (in this case a rooster), a bouquet of ...
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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Femme a la Mantille- Carmen, from "Le Carmen des Carmen"
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A prolific and tireless innovator of art forms, Pablo Picasso impacted the course of 20th-century art with unparalleled magnitude. Inspired by African and Iberian art and development...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Southern Cross Road Grocery Store and Gas Pump 1994
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.5 x 23.75 inches ( 80.01 x 60.325 cm ) Image Size: 31.5 x 23.75 inches ( 80.01 x 60.325 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling ...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Moonlight Ripples over Lake Como, Nautical Cyanotype Triptych of Moving Water
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
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2010s Minimalist Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Lithograph, Monotype,...

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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