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Prints and Multiples For Sale
1984 After Tom Wesselmann 'Galleria Plura'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exhibition poster is a rare and highly collectible item, originally produced for Tom Wesselmann's solo show at Galleria Plura in Milan, which took place from February to March 1...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Deluxe Hand Signed Lt Ed Olympic Diver in Swimming Pool coveted lithograph w/COA
Located in New York, NY
"Water in swimming pools changes its look more than any other form. If the water surface is almost still and there is a strong sun, then dancing lines with the color of the spectrum appear everywhere." - - David Hockney David Hockney Offset Lithograph poster (Deluxe Hand Signed Limited Edition) on Parsons Diploma Parchment Paper, accompanied by COA from the Publisher and Olympic Committee 36 × 24 inches Pencil signed and unnumbered from the Edition of 750 (there was a separate, larger unsigned edition) Unframed Also accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee One of the most coveted, historic and popular David Hockney limited editions created - beloved by American and international collectors alike: The official edition of this work is 750, but the publisher famously destroyed unsold editions after the Olympic Games and only about 200-250 are said to remain. This hand signed limited edition iconic Hockney work was printed as one of the fifteen Official Fine Art Olympic Posters for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. (the XXIII'rd Olympiad). It depicts an aerial view of a swimmer under rippling water broken up into 12 squares. A statement released by the 1984 Olympic committee explains the set as follows - "The posters commissioned for the 1984 Olympics contain an enlightened selection of the best American artists with special emphasis on those who work in Southern California...As the Games develop, transpire and pass into memory, these fifteen posters contain the images, forms and symbols that will represent the 1984 Olympics in the museums, galleries, homes and the minds of people all over the world.” This work is NOT to be confused with the ubiquitous plate signed poster of the same image, which was printed on different paper in an open edition.) In 1982, the Olympic Committee commissioned 15 artists to create posters for the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. Hockney designed this offset lithograph depicting Olympic swimming. It was printed on Parsons Diploma Parchment paper in 1982, in an edition of 750, hand signed in pencil by the artist. Even though this print was published in an edition of 750, after the first marketing blitz, the publisher destroyed the remaining portfolios of signed prints - literally discarding hundreds of them in the dumpster. The Olympic Committee commissioned these portfolios to celebrate and promote the 1984 Olympics, and nobody expected the individual prints to have such enduring value. As the executives running the short-term promotional campaign were neither prophets nor curators, they saw no reason to hold on to these huge prints...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

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

Romare Bearden JAMMING AT THE SAVOY Vintage 1981 Brooklyn Museum Poster, Jazz
Located in Union City, NJ
ROMARE BEARDEN 1970-1980 The Brooklyn Museum, September 26-November 29, 1981 Vintage 1981 Exhibition Poster "Jamming At The Savoy" (image from original 14" x 18" collage on board by ...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Alberto Giacometti 'Personnage dans l'atelier' lithograph, 1961
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Alberto Giacometti Title: 'Personnage dans l'atelier' Year: 1961 Medium: Original Lithograph on vélin paper Dimensions: 15in. by 22in. Edition: From the rare limited edition ...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Jacqueline, from The Double Flute, 1967 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Portrait de Jacqueline (Portrait of Jacqueline), from the folio Picasso, La flute double, 16 Dessins, Aq...
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1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

'Old Cedars' – Early New Mexico Landscape, Southwest Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Elbert Burr, 'Old Cedars – New Mexico', etching, 1920, edition 40, Seeber 218. Signed and annotated '(c) George Elbert Burr Del. et Imp.' in pencil. ...
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1920s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Fishing
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
William Nicholson (1872-1949) Fishing 1897 Original Colour Lithograph Image: 21.0 x 21.0 cm Mount: 39.0 x 36.0 cm William Nicholson was born at Newark in 1872. He left to study in Paris in his late teens for six months at the Academie Julian before returning to England. In 1893 Nicholson married the painter Mabel Pryde and their first son Ben went on to become the famous painter and sculptor. Nicholson concentrated on printmaking with his brother-in-law James Pryde...
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1890s Victorian Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Fishing
Fishing
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Miró, Composition (Mourlot 551; Cramer 118), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Chiffon de Mandeure paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Lithographies et Eaux-Fortes Originales, Livres Illustres Or...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Dining Room, Kanab - Mid-century American interior color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Dining Room, Kanab, cinematic interior photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Color sereis. Captured in an American region that was often used as Western movie locations due to its ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Tomano Monote (Cupcake Boy)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Alejandro Colunga is a renowned Mexican artist born in 1948 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He is part of the Nueva Mexicanidad movement and is celebrated for his surrealist and fantastical...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Gouache

La Dame a la Collerette - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on strong wove paper. Image dimension 53.2x39.3; Sheet size 62.5x44.5. One of the "épreuves de passe" remaining with the printer Arnéra in Vallauris, verso with the s...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Euphorbia, German antique botanical plant chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Euphorbiaceen' (Euphorbia) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. 240mm by 155mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

George Washington from the Kent Portfolio, Pop Art Portrait by Alex Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original print from the Kent Bicentennial poster portfolio published by Lorillard. This side-profile of the president is from the Kent Bicentennial Portfolio. Alex Katz is a leadi...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol) by James Bretherton, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on heavy cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (96 x 83 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with some minor surface soiling. [Björklund's second state ...
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18th Century Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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

Four Original Lithographs, A Los Toros Series, Modern, 1961, Framed Set
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Four original lithographs - A Los Toros series Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of each work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1014-1017; Cramer 113. Print...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

El Rio Grande
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: linocut Year: 2023 Image Size: 18 x 24 inches Edition Size: 10 Image of a immigrants wading across the Rio Grande River at the border between Mexico and the United States. ...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Woman - Lithograph by Claude Garache - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a vintage Lithograph realized by Claude Garache in the 1975. Maeght Editor, France on the rear. Good conditions.
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homage to the Square : MMA-2
Located in Paris, FR
Silkscreen, 1970 Edition : 67/100 Publisher : Ives-Siliman Inc. (New Haven) & The Metropolitan Museum of Art Printer : Sirocco Screenprints Catalog : [Danilowitz 201] 62.00 cm. x 62....
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Silk

American Indian Theme VI
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: American Indian Theme VI Medium: Woodcut on handmade Suzuki Paper Date: 1980 Edition: 24/50 Frame Size: 40" x 53" Sheet Size: 37 3/4" x 50 5/16" Image...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Murakami - Dokuro Yellow (Gold) - Silver Backing Framed - LAST PIECE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is the last piece. Title: Dokuro Yellow (Gold) - Silver backing Edition: 300 Signed, numbered, edition 132/ 300. Print Size: 500 x 500 mm / 19.6 x 19.6 in. Medium: Offset prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Ellsworth Kelly", 1/1, Painting on cut aluminium, Pop Kinetic art, 60 x 60 cm
Located in Carballo, ES
The root of Guedes's work is located in the MADÍ movement, of Argentine origin and little repercussion in Spain, which attaches great importance to the tensions that are established ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Digital Pigment

Pierre Alechinsky Derriere le Miroir original poster lithograph Maeght Editeur
Located in Miami, FL
"Pierre Alechinsky (Belgium, 1927) 'Derriere le Miroir, Maeght Editeur', lithograph on paper 34.7 x 23.7 in. (88 x 60 cm.) Unframed Ref: ALE100-201 Pierre Alechinsky Born in the im...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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

Mickalene Thomas, Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien official COA S/N, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Mickalene Thomas Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien, 2012 Pigment print on 100% cotton rag paper Edition 141/150 Frame included with official COA affixed to the back Hand numbered ...
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2010s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Permanent Marker, Digital Pigment

Zentsuji Temple in the Rain — from the series Collected Views of Japan II
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kawase Hasui, 'Zentsuji Temple in the Rain' from the seres 'Collected Views of Japan II', color woodblock print, 1937. Signed Hasui in black ink, with the artist’s red seal Kawase, ...
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1930s Showa Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
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1970s Surrealist 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

Roy Lichtenstein 'Crying Girl' 1994 Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crying Girl is one of Roy Lichtenstein's most iconic works, epitomizing his mastery of Pop Art with its bold Ben-Day dots, comic book style, and emotionally charged subject. This ima...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Church of St. Costanza, Rome: An 18th Century Piranesi Architectural Etching
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century Giovanni Battista Piranesi etching entitled: "Veduta interna del Sepocro di Santa Costanza, fabbricat...
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1770s Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Tempête à Nice - PhotoLithograph after Henri Matisse - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Tempête à Nice is a photolithograph realized in 1993 after Henri Matisse. Signed on the plate On Milano handmade paper. Very good conditions.
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1920s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ailleurs (Elsewhere) -- Etching, Abstract, Print by Etel Adnan
Located in London, GB
Etel Adnan Ailleurs (Elsewhere), 2018 Etching in colours, on wove Signed and numbered from the edition of 35 Printed and published by Galerie Lelong, Paris Sheet: 48 × 38 cm (18.9 ×...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

U. S. Census Saturday Evening Post original 1940 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: THE SAURDAY EVENING POST. Artist: Noman Rockwell. Size: 21.75" x 28". Archival linen backed in very fine condition. The painting for this original poster ...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Sapphic Strophe 2 (from Sapphic Strophes: A Suite of Four Prints) relief print
Located in Bristol, GB
Relief print from letterpress plate on Italian mould-made Revere paper Edition 16 of 40 38 x 50.8 cm (15 x 20 in) Signed and numbered on the front Artwork in excellent condition....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink

Dawn (Kusama 120)
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint Edition 75 of 100 61 × 53.6 cm, 24 x 21.1 in Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the front Printer Ishida Ryoichi Artwork in excellent condition considering its age. Mi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Imagine Self Portrait" Limited Edition Drawing
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare Limited Edition Serigraph of John Lennon's most famous self portrait. originally drawn in 1968, this limited edition was released by Bag One Arts (The Lennon Estate) in 1995, a...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Other Medium

Lorenzaccio (Sarah Bernhardt) - Lithograph (Les Maîtres de l'Affiche), 1897
Located in Paris, IDF
Alphonse Mucha Lorenzaccio (Sarah Bernhardt), 1897 Stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On vellum Size 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4") REFERENCES : Small version of the li...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bearden 'School Bell Time' Serigraph African American
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Romare Bearden's School Bell Time has been officially approved and numbered by the Bearden Foundation, with the foundation's seal printed in the lower right-hand...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Original "Frou Frou" Centre de L' Affiche French fashion poster Rene Gruau
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French poster of Rene Gruau's Frou Frou. Centre de L"Affiche; Mairie de Toulouse. Mai and Juin 2002. Gruau a.k.a. RENATO DE ZAVAGLI. This original French poster of Rene ...
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Early 2000s Feminist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Paris France lithograph vayreda canadell urbanscape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell (Gerona 1932-2001) - Paris - Lithograph Print measurements 52x43 cm. Frame measurements 75x61 cm. Josep Maria Vayreda Canadell Year of birth: 1932 Biography: Member of a family spanish saga of artists, which highlighted Joaquim Vayreda...
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1990s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

French Vintage Exhibition Poster for Yves Brayer (1971)
Located in London, GB
French Vintage Exhibition Poster for Yves Brayer (1971). Newly framed, the poster announces Brayer's exhibition of his watercolours of La Brière. La Brière is an atmospheric marshlan...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

French Lithograph - Multiple Toned Yellow Sunflower Field
Located in Houston, TX
Lively French lithograph of sunflower field with multiple tones of yellows, orange, red, and while sunflowers, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper ...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

French Mid-Century 1970s Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original colour lithograph of a French fashion design from 'Haute Couture'. Published in a folio of designs for Summer 1971. 32cm by 22cm (sheet)
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1970s Post-War Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

L'Empire des Lumières (The Empire of Light)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed 25.38 x 31.38 in Color lithograph after the 1964 oil on canvas by René Magritte, plate-signed by Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the ...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1975 Jasper Johns 'Two Ale Cans'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed original invitation celebrates the recent works of Jasper Johns, presented at Brooke Alexander Gallery. The invitation features Johns' artwork Two Ale Cans, symbolizing t...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

THE RAG GATHERERS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903) THE RAG GATHERERS 1858 (Glasgow 29 v/v, - K.23) Etching on laid paper, signed and dated in the plate, image 5 7/8” x 3 ½”, full sheet 8 x...
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1850s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Purgatory Canto 22 - Prodigality, Surrealist Woodcut by Salvador Dalí­
Located in Long Island City, NY
Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 -1989) - Purgatory Canto 22 - Prodigality, Portfolio: The Divine Comedy, Year: 1964, Medium: Woodcut, signed and numbered in red pencil, Edition: 126...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Bullfight No. 5 original signed limited edition lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
      Bullfight No. 5 is a signed limited edition ( 4/300 ) original lithograph by Salvador Dali from the Taureaumachie Suite of five original lithographs. Published by Phyllis Lucas...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

God, Time, Space, and the Pope - orignal etching - signed - 1974
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali God, Time, Space, and the Pope Original etching and stencil Handsigned in the right corner with the blind stamp of the editor in the left corner On BFK Rives vellum...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Stencil

Geisha Skateboard Triptych (HAND Signed and numbered 7/150) skate deck Japanese
Located in New York, NY
Note: The measurements above are for each of the three skateboards in this listing Nobuyoshi Araki Geisha Skateboard Triptych (Hand Signed), 2014 Set of (3) Skateboards of Silkscreen...
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2010s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen

Cecilia Arrospide - Perspectivas, Collage 2019
Located in Stamford, CT
Perspectivas Collage 13 x 9 My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do not find in other mediums...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) - Japanese Woodblock, Battle of Uji Bridge
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine original woodblock by the Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Signed with the artist's seal in the print. Handsomely presented in a thin wooden frame. On pa...
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Mid-19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Henri Matisse, Nude, Second Study, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1953 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Nu, deuxieme etude (Nude, Second Study), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 27–28, originates...
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1950s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

“Andy Warhol Tate Gallery Exhibition Poster 1971”
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a vintage exhibition poster for an Andy Warhol exhibition held at The Tate Gallery in London from February 17 to March 28, 1971. The poster features Andy Warhol's iconic ima...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Lithograph, Board

Original Paris 1900 de la Belle Epoque 1900-1914 vintage French movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1947 Paris 1900 lithographic movie poster by the artist Raymond Peynet. The poster had originally been folded, and there is some wrinkling at the bottom edge of the poste...
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1940s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

David Hockney 'Park Hotel Munich' 2020- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 23.5 x 16.75 inches ( 59.69 x 42.545 cm ) Image Size: 20.25 x 16.75 inches ( 51.435 x 42.545 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Details: Poster re-created for the Louisiana Museum of Art of the 1972 poster...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Blandfordia Flammea, antique botanical Australian flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Blandfordia Flame - Flame-flowered Blandfordia' Botanical lithograph of an Australian native plant with original hand-colouring , 1854, by Walter Hood Fi...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Black Rage, silkscreen print with COA Signed 53/100 by Glenn Ligon, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Renowned contemporary conceptual African American artist Glenn Ligon Black Rage (back cover), 2019 Silkscreen and digital print Edition number 53/100 Accompanied by an official Certi...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Digital, Screen

Smooth Haired Fox Terrier, French hound dog chromolithograph print, 1931
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of sporti...
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1930s Art Deco 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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