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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Set of Four Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811) Title: "A View of Stourbridge", "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill", "Bewdley", and "Tenbury" Portfolio: Collections for the History of Worcestershire Year: 1781-1782 (First edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Nichols, London, UK Publisher: T. Payne and Son, J. Robson, B. White, Leigh and Sotheby, London, UK; Fletcher, Oxford, UK; and Lewis, Worcester, UK Reference: Upcott III, page 1330 Sheet size (each): approx. 10" x 16.5" Image size (each): approx. 6.88" x 11.75" Condition: A few light handling creases. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. All four works were engraved by English artist Thomas Sanders (Active: Mid-Late 18th Century) after drawings by himself. Comes from Nash's two volume "Collections for the History of Worcestershire", (1781-1782) (First edition), which consists of 75 engravings. Each work is printed from one copper plate in one color: black. There was a (Second edition) "with Additions" bound in with Volume II of this portfolio published by John White in 1799. And, both the First and Second editions of "Collections for the History of Worcestershire" are based off Thomas Sanders' 1779-1781 "Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the County of Worcester". Both "A View of Stourbridge" and "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill" have unidentified fleur-de-lis watermarks in the center of their sheets. "Bewdley" has an unidentified watermark in the center of its sheet resembling "XV" and "Tenbury" has no watermark. Biography: Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724 – 26 January 1811) was an English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Treadway Russell Nash was born on 24 June 1724 born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey, Worcestershire. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter's, Droitwich. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard, a grandson of Sir Rowland Berkeley, died in 1740, and Richard's eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King's School, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard's health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer "on the banks of the Loire". They then visited "Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris"; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Eynsham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having "gone out grand compounder", following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Eynsham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney (now the A40 and B4022), and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin...
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1780s Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Cat and Bird at the Sunset - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010) Cat and Bird at the Sunset, 1991 Original color lithograph Signed and dated in pencil Artist proof On vellum, 53 x 76 cm (c. 21 x 30 in) Very good ...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Imaginations & Objects of The Future Cybernetic Lobster Telephone MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Merrill Chase, Chi...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Imaginations & Objects of The Future Anti-Umbrella with Atomized Liquid
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Imaginations & Objects of The Future Anti-Umbrella with Atomized Liquid MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali PUBLISHER: Merrill Chas...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original Bal du Moulin Rouge Frenesie vintage French cabaret poster, on linen
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Bal du Moulin Rouge “Frénésie” Vintage Cabaret Poster. Linen-backed in excellent condition, ready to frame. Turn your wall into a Paris night. René Gruau’s electric silh...
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1980s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Andrew Wyeth, Early October, from The Four Seasons (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), titled Early October, originates from the distinguished 1962 folio The Four Seasons: Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth....
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1960s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original USA BONDS Weapons for Liberty WW1 Third Liberty Loan vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage World War I poster. U.S.A. bonds: Third Liberty Loan campaign: Boy Scouts of America. Depicted: Boy Scout handing a sword inscribed "Be prepared" to a stylized warri...
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1910s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Set of Six Fine Antique British Hand Coloured Botanical Prints, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Six Hand Coloured Botanical Prints/Lithographs and Engravings Published by G. Ridgway, S. Curtis, W. Baxter and W. Fitch Early Mid 19th Century Size: image: 8.5 x 5.5 inches P...
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Early 19th Century Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Color

Door - Lariat Motel, Nevada - Cinematic Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
From Richard Heeps Dream in Color series a cinematic scene, a doorway in a motel in Nevada on an American road trip. Warm evening sunlight glows casting shadows across the picture. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
David HOCKNEY Pool Diver, 1972 Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 REFERENCES : Bri...
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1970s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol 'Heart (Candy Box with Bowl)' 1992 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Heart from Candy Box with Bowl is a vibrant Offset Lithograph by Andy Warhol, part of a portfolio of five prints published by te Neues and now long out of print. This work reflects W...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Sunday on the Narragansett
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Julio Larraz is an expert draftsman, adroitly sketching his subjects and enlivening them with vibrant color. Larraz is recognized for his precise and detailed techn...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

Pablo Picasso, Peintre et son modele, from Prints from the Mourlot Press, 1964
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonne references: Picasso, Pablo, and Georges Bloch. Pa...
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1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: M 233. Printed in 1956 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght for the Jacques Prévert catalogue. Sheet size: 9 x 14...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Inaugural Print
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein Title: Inaugural Print Medium: Screenprint on Arches 88 paper Portfolio: Inaugural Impressions Date: 1977 Edition: 72/100 Frame Size: 27 3/4" x 37 3/4" Sheet...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Diego Rivera 'Women with Flowers and Vegetables'- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In "Women with Flowers and Vegetables," Rivera celebrates the resilience and strength of Mexican women, who have historically played a crucial role in sustaining their families and c...
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Late 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Andrew Wyeth, New Leaves, from The Four Seasons (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), titled New Leaves, originates from the distinguished 1962 folio The Four Seasons: Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth. Pu...
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1960s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Salon des Artistes Decorateurs" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). This poster was executed in 1939 by Raoul Dufy. The lithograph offered here was printed by Mourlot in 1959, reproducing the...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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

"Salomé" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). This pochoir illustrates a scene from Oscar Wilde's "Salomé". It was printed in 1938 at the atelier Saudé of Paris and published by The Limited E...
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1930s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Bibliotheques des Beaux Arts de Paris
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre continues his series on empty architectural spaces at La Sorbonne. Our curators recommend the work large format and framed in simpl...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

Andy Warhol 'Torso' 1993 Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Torso is an offset lithograph from a portfolio of five Andy Warhol prints published by te Neues, now out of print. This striking work reflects Warhol's ongoing fascination with the h...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Executed by John Sloan to illustrate the Somerset Maugham classic "Of Human Bondage" and published in 1938 in a limited edition of 1500 by the Yale Universi...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Andre Masson, The Departure, from Memories and Portraits of Artists, 1972
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Masson (1896–1987), titled Le depart (The Departure), originates from the 1972 edition published by Editions A. C. Mazo et Cie., Paris, in collabor...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mythology: Leda and Swan (Leda et le Cygne)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali Mythology: Leda and Swan (Leda et le Cygne), Published 1963 -1965 Medium: Copper and Drypoint Etching with Hand-Coloring on Japon Edition: VII/XX Artwork Size: 30 ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Yoshitomo Nara - Lollipop
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Lollipop Print on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Yoshitomo Nara - Dream Time
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Dream Time, 2021 Print on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Art Graphique" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Miro created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Freres. The li...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Artist and Model Howard Hodgkin abstracted orange and black watercolor gouache
Located in New York, NY
Large black and marigold orange abstract interior scene of a bust in front of a window with fingerprints and painterly brushstrokes. Rich color and texture ideal for hanging in minim...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Gouache, Etching

Hand painted Edition#1-The Night-British Awarded Artist-Plein Air in the night
Located in London, GB
Sunset Song – The Night stands as one of the most iconic works featured in Modern Ancient – Summer Exhibition at GSY Studio Gallery, UK, 2025.—this Limited Edition ( only 5 available...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1974 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 43, devoted to Surrealism) and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Sheet size: 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 i...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Convection, Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines, Lithograph by Alexander Calder
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Calder (after) (American, 1898-1976) Title: Convection, Flying Colors for Braniff Airlines Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Size: 20 in. x 26 in. ...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Square Head of a Woman in Semi-profile (Plate XV) from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Woman in Semi-profile (Plate XV) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Original etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 32/289 Frame Size:...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Werner Bronkhorst - Birdie Chance
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst, Birdie Chance, 2025 Giclée print on heavyweight 395gsm matte Canson Infinity PhotoArt ProCanvas, made with long-lasting Epson archival inks. Hand-stretched over F...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Original GRATEFUL DEAD Skull and Roses 1971 Tour poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Grateful Dead “Skeleton & Roses” Poster (1971) — Tour Blank. Grade A, A- condition, ready to frame. A striking 1971 Grateful Dead poster featu...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Delft Blue
Located in New York, NY
Sila Sehrazat Yucel is a talented artist based in Istanbul. Her background in landscape and interior architecture shapes her creative vision. With experience as an art director in ci...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Original Vintage David Klein Fly TWA Las Vegas Cards Poster c1960
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is one of a series of great posters created by the noted American artist David Klein. Klein (1918 - 2005) produced illustrations for Broadway theatrical productions, Hollywood f...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 - 24 April
Located in Bristol, GB
iPad drawing printed on paper Edition 8 of 25 140 x 105 cm (55.1 x 41.3 in) 147 × 112.5 × 5.1 cm, 57.9 x 44.3 x 2 in Signed and numbered on front Condition on request Frame was produ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Digital

Keith Haring 'Andy Mouse' Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Andy Mouse is a significant work by Keith Haring, created in 1986 as both a homage to Andy Warhol and a bold commentary on consumer culture. Blending Warhol’s iconic image with Micke...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Florals Carnation Don Quixote
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Florals Don Quixote MEDIUM: Etching on Heavy Arches Paper SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 29.5" x 22" YEAR:...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Great Garden, and... - Etching by Giambattista Albrizzi - 1745 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Giambattista Albrizzi (1698-1777) for Thomas Salmon's Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi e Popoli do Mondo. Regno di Spagna. Includes a contemporary wooden frame...
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1740s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Jean-Paul Riopelle 'Composition IX-160' 1966- Lithograph, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Composition IX-160 is a first edition lithograph published on page 7 of Derrière Le Miroir (DLM) No. 160. This piece, more abstract in nature compared to other works by Jean-Paul Rio...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Andrew Wyeth, Burning Off, from The Four Seasons (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), titled Burning Off, originates from the distinguished 1962 folio The Four Seasons: Paintings and Drawings by Andrew Wyeth. P...
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1960s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Swim-in-Pool, Las Vegas, Nevada - Americana Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Swim-in-Pool, photograph from Richard Heeps Dream in Colour series. This fun original artwork really shows Richard's unique eye as a photographer, creating this slightly surreal kits...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Tribe of Judah" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse 'A Thousand and One Nights' 1950 Mid Century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed piece features an estate-authorized 1999 reproduction of Henri Matisse’s One Thousand and One Nights (Les Mille et Une Nuits), originally created in 1950 during the artis...
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1990s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Offset

'Bicentennial Independence Celebration' Benjamin Franklin, Saturday Evening Post
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Norman Rockwell' (American, 1894-1978) and inscribed, lower left, with number and limitation '200/200'. Originally created for the May 29, 1926 edition of the S...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Room 408 - Collector Portfolio # 1 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

(after) Ferdinand Misti - lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in 1897 on smooth wove paper and published in Paris by Librairie Nilsson. Image size: 9 1/2 x 5 inches (240 x 125 mm). Sheet size: 12 3...
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1890s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hand painted Canvas-Limited Edition#3/10-Sunshine Factory-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
This stunning one-off hand painted edition is painted in oil on canvas by the artist , signed at front and on the back label too; each edition is 95% hand painted by Shizico Yi. This...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Room 2 - Collector Portfolio # 5 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Sagittarius
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Sagittarius Etching from 1974. The edition HC IX/L on Guarro paper. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.2 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Léon Amiel, Paris - New...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original Formidable! - Bal du Moulin Rouge Paris vintage cabaret poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Moulin Rouge - Striking small-format vintage poster by Rene Gruau. Archival linen-backed and in excellent condition, ready to frame. Bright, vibrant colors. Grade A. Celebrate the electric allure of Parisian nightlife with this authentic René Gruau poster made for the Moulin Rouge. In flowing ribbons of red and a bold splash of inky black, Gruau captures the can-can's motion in a memorable silhouette. Elegant, striking, and unmistakably Paris, this piece makes a perfect addition to any collection of fashion, advertising, or mid-century graphic art. The legendary Moulin Rouge poster...
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1980s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Hollywood Tantrum, 1979, postcard, (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), Framed
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Hollywood Tantrum, 1979 (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2008 Offset lithograph postcard (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha) Offset lithograph postcard Boldly signed in black marker by E...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Postcard

Rare Hiroshima Peace Celebration print, Hand Signed by Keith Haring + provenance
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring Rare Hiroshima Peace Celebration poster (hand signed by Keith Haring), from the Patrick Eddington Collection, 1988 Framed Original offset lithograph (Hand signed by Keit...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Miami Vice Soundtrack Cassette Photograph 40x60 Pop Art Photography, Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "Miami Vice" soundtrack cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These ic...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

"The Chap Book" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the poster). Printed in Paris in 1950 by Mourlot Freres, this lithograph faithfully reproduces the original Toulouse-Lautrec poster in a smaller-size format...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Femme nue couchée (tournée à droite)" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1909 for Theodore Duret's "Die Impressionisten" and published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer. This impression on laid paper bears the Fortuna waterm...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

After Jean-Michel Basquiat-Florence-2002, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The reproduction of Jean-Michel Basquiat's work titled "Florence, 1983" was used for a retrospective exhibition poster at a museum in Italy in 2002. Originally created as a very larg...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

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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