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Prints and Multiples For Sale
"La vache enragee" 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...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Nicholas Panesis, 'Negro', 1934, color lithograph, edition 18. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 8/28 in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower right. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 2 3/8 inches). Minor glue staining at the extreme sheet edges verso, where previously taped (not visible recto), otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches; (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 13/16 x 10 15/16 inches (376 x 278 mm).
Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce.
Impressions of this work are held in the public collections of La Salle University Art Museum (Philadelphia), U.S. General Services Administration, and Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Massachusetts, Nicholas Panesis (1913-1967) studied art at Syracuse University, NY, and went on to teach ceramics at Alfred University, NY.
Panesis moved to San Francisco in the early 1930s shortly before settling in Los Angeles, where he worked for different animation studios...
Category
1930s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Langur monkey, mid 19th French century animal engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Semnopitheque a croupion - Semnopithecus Leucoprymnus, Otto' (Langur)
French engraving with original hand-colourimg, circa 1840.
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Monaco by Jean Cocteau, 1959
By Jean Cocteau
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Jean Cocteau
Medium: Original Lithograph Poster, 1959
Dimensions: 25.5 x 19.5 in, 64.8 x 49.5 cm
Classic Poster Paper - Excellent Condition A
This original lithographic p...
Category
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Fiesta, c. 1973, red, yellow & blue figurative abstract lithograph
Located in Beachwood, OH
Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)
Fiesta, c. 1973
Lithograph in colors
Signed lower right
Edition: E. A.
20 x 28 inches
35.5 x 37.75 inches, framed
One of America's best known ...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Ecuyere de haute ecole" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the pencil drawing). Printed in Paris in 1952 by Mourlot Freres in an edition of 1500. The total sheet (including margins) measures 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (3...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Flowers, Galerie Sonnabend announcement invitation card addressed with postmark
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol (after)
Flowers, Galerie Sonnabend announcement invitation card, 1970
Offset lithograph on smooth card, addressed with postmark
7 1/5 × 7 1/5 inches
Unframed
Instead of observing flowers in nature, Andy Warhol found his botanical inspiration in a 1964 issue of Modern Photography. He transformed a photograph of hibiscus blossoms into a technicolor series of silkscreens, each simply titled Flowers and debuted at the influential Leo Castelli Gallery later that same year. Silkscreens from that exhibition have since sold for over $2 million at auction. While they evoke the Flower Power movement of the 1960s, Warhol’s Flowers have also be interpreted as a symbol of mourning, as the artist created these works just after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Moore, Composition, San Lazzaro et ses Amis, XXe Siècle (after)
By Henry Moore
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, XXe San Lazzaro et ses Amis, San Lazzaro et ses amis, hommage au fondat...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lacet de Corde, 1965 Etching by Antoni Tàpies
Located in Long Island City, NY
Date: 1965
Etching with relief on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 17/75
Size: 23 x 30.5 in. (58.42 x 77.47 cm)
Frame Size: 26.5 x 34 inches
Publisher: Maeght, Paris
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Cat 02
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: The cat is a photographic series shot in Milan for Vogue Bambini in January 2016.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carolina Mizrahi creates fantasy ...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Paper
Les Oiseaux de Nuit
Located in Kansas City, MO
Georges Braque
Les Oiseaux de Nuit
1964
Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches
Size: 10x7.375in
Edition: 2,000
Annotated verso
Unsigned as issued
Publisher: Mourlot, Pa...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Vellum, Lithograph
Picasso Cote D'Azur Poster- Original Lithograph- 1962 VINTAGE
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Côte d'Azur is a lithograph designed by Pablo Picasso in collaboration with Henri Deschamps, depicting a view from Picasso's balcony overlooking the Côte d'Azur. Created in 1962, thi...
Category
1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Port in Venice - Lithograph by Maurilio Catalano - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Catalano in 1970s.
Edition of 60.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
JACKSON POLLOCK Number 28, 2016
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27 x 35 inches ( 68.58 x 88.9 cm )
Image Size: 21.25 x 33 inches ( 53.975 x 83.82 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Poster for Jackson Pollock's "Num...
Category
2010s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
untitled abstract village with horses , original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of 20th Century -21st Century artists, many of which are from the School of Paris era. Pelayo produced this lithograph in colors. The Latin American spirit...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paint, Lithograph
Dark Landscape (abstract expressionist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gabor Peterdi (1915-2001). Dark Landscape, 1958. Etching, engraving and aquatint with five stenciled colors. Image measures 20 x 24 inches. Signed, date...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Adolph Gottlieb, rare exhibition print for Guild Hall in Easthampton, NY, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Adolph Gottlieb
Guild Hall is for Everyone, 1970
Rare Abstract Expressionist Offset Lithograph poster
Vintage metal Frame included
Rare vintage, limited edition, offset lithograph ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Automne (Autumn)
Located in Storrs, CT
Automne (Autumn). 1938. Aquatint print in colors. Chapon/Rouault 288C. 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 ( sheet 22 5/8 x 30 3/4). Edition 175, #58. Published by Vollard. A rich impression with brigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Aquatint
Dufy, Composition, Eaux-de-vie, Esprit de la fleur et du fruit (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Bernard Klein, éditeur, Paris, February 26, 1954. Notes: ...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
ROY LICHTENSTEIN I Love Liberty, 1982 First Edition Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original poster, created in conjunction with the I Love Liberty celebration taped on February 22, 1982, in Los Angeles and broadcast nationally on March 21, 1982, holds significant value as a collectible artwork by Roy Lichtenstein. Published by the artist and People for the American Way...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
de Staël, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, N° 40, 1973. Published and printed under the direction...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Meeting of Ruth and Boaz (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
Category
1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Melted Oscar II (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
*60 Days New Year Sale -This Price Is The Lowest -Take Advantage of It*
*This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year*
This is a Limited Edition Print. It will come ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Canvas
Henri Silberman 'Manhattan East Side' 1999- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15.75 x 19.75 inches ( 40.005 x 50.165 cm )
Image Size: 12.25 x 17.75 inches ( 31.115 x 45.085 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
...
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre..
Located in Storrs, CT
Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre. (En regardant les Watteau de Louvre). c. 1895. Drypoint printed in 2 colors - black and sepia. 11 3/4 x 15 7/8. Goncourt 3, d...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Color
Kandinsky, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 60-61, 1953. Published by A...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Shunga - Woodcut attr. Keisai Eisen - Mid-19th Century
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut shunga print attributed to Keisai Eisen and realized in the early 19th century.
Good condition except for some signs of time.
Category
Mid-19th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Quarry
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg
Title: Quarry
Medium: Offset lithograph in colors
Year: 1968
Edition: 500
Frame Size: 41 1/2" x 33"
Sheet Size: 35 1/2" x 26 1/2"
Signature: Signed in the...
Category
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Litografia Original IV (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic, 44% OFF)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró
Litografia Original IV
Color Lithograph
Year: 1975
Size: 13.25 x 20 inches (33.65 x 50.8 cm)
Catalogue Raisonné: Queneau, Miro Lithographe II, 1952-1963, p.36
Publisher: Ma...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 6; Thistle and Moths. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in w...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Romare Bearden, Dreams of Exile (Green Snake), 1971, by African-American, signed
Located in New York, NY
A North Carolina native, the African-American Romare Bearden spent most of his career in New York City. For several decades he was a social worker in Harlem. But of course he traveled widely, read and studied with great care, and created a phenomenal body of work.
This 1971 lithograph is a good example of his oeuvre -- far reaching though it may be. It speaks to his skill and knowledge of contemporary printmaking while featuring a complex subject representative of his interests.
A lush jungles is packed with flora and fauna. 'Green Snake' is part of the title and there is a particularly winsome reptile showing up so well on the sand-colored border between the dense forest and the aquamarine water. There are of course many other land and sea animals showing themselves -- even a curious ginger cat...
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
LOVE (The original) Sheehan 39, silkscreen edition of 2275 with artist copyright
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
LOVE (the original), Sheehan, 39, 1967
Silkscreen on Buckeye Cover paper
Artists copyright stamp on the back
Edition of 2275
33 3/4 × 33 3/4 inches
Unframed
Artists co...
Category
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Robert Longo 'Frank & Glenn' Hand Signed and Framed, 1991
By Robert Longo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lithograph in colors on wove paper. Artist proof signed and numbered in pencil out of 10 by Robert Longo, published by Brooke Alexander from the Men in the Cities.
Frank and Glen st...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Teeny - Original linocut, 1938 - Referenced in Duthuit #723
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE
Teeny
Original linocut
Printed signature in the plate
On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.5 x 10 in)
REFRENCES : Catalogue raisonne Duthuit #723
From the unsigned, ...
Category
1930s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linocut
Nick Thomm - GHOSTS (BLUE)
Located in FITZROY, VIC
Nick Thomm 'GHOSTS' (Blue)
69cm x 92cm (27"×36″)
Limited Edition of 199
Hand Signed and Numbered #113
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper.
Condition: NEW.
Wo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Femme Bleue
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Femme Bleue
Lithograph from 1958.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26 cm.
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
First, original edition.
The work is in Excellent cond...
Category
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Figure 3, from 0-9 Series (ULAE 159), Etching with aquatint Signed 58/100 Framed
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns
Figure 3, from 0-9 Series (ULAE 159), 1975
Etching with aquatint on Barcham Green paper with Jasper Johns' watermark
Signed in pencil, dated '75' and numbered 58/100 on ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spr...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Mid century Geometric Abstraction Op Art silkscreen 1960s Signed/N, Framed
By Doug Ohlson
Located in New York, NY
Doug Ohlson
Untitled geometric abstraction, 1968
Color silkscreen on wove paper
Hand signed, dated and numbered 15/50 on the front
This dazzling 1960s Op Art/Geometric Abstraction si...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Iris and red flowers bouquet
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1990
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 30/150
Catalog : [Sorlier 524]
76.00 cm. x 58.00 cm. 29.92 in. x 22.83 in. (paper)
67.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 26.38 in. ...
Category
1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers Civil Rights Social Justice
Located in Union City, NJ
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE is an original, hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor bes...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miró, "Etoiles En Des Sexes D´Escargot" - 1925 Exhibition Poster
By Joan Miró
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Joan Miró’s Etoiles En Des Sexes D’Escargot, a 90.5 x 70 cm art print on heavy paper after the 1925 original. In good condition, this abstract piece captures Miró’s unique style, per...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 238), Picasso, La flûte double (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas paper, spécialement filigrané pour cette édition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From ...
Category
1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Jeu de la Cape (III), from A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Jeu de la Cape (III)
Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Medium: Transfer lithograph
Date: 1961
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 17 1/4" x 19 3/4"
Sheet S...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Caribbean Sandy Shore, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Seascape in Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Caribbean Sandy Shore" is a cyanotype of a shoreline on a Caribbean beach. It is a beautif...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Emulsion, Rag Paper, Lithograph
"The Colors of Spring" Contemporary Impressionist Floral Serigraph
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"The Colors of Spring" is an beautiful 94 color hand pulled serigraph created from the oil painted from life in the artists Laguna Beach studio by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Im...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
"Babel 3"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after Vasarely). Printed in 1972 in Neuchatel, Switzerland on thick, high-gloss paper and published by Editions du Griffon for the "Vasarely Progressions 1...
Category
1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Hommage à San Lazzaro
Located in OPOLE, PL
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) - Hommage à San Lazzaro
Lithograph from 1975.
Edition 371/575 (Photocopy of the colophone is included).
Dimensions of work: 31 x 24 cm.
Plate signed....
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Roman Colosseum: A Framed 18th Century Etching of the Interior by Piranesi
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed 18th century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi entitled "Veduta dell'interno dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo" (View of the interior of the Flavian Amph...
Category
1760s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
VEDUTA DI PONTE NUOVO, Antonio Cardon - Print on paper with frame, modern
Located in Napoli, IT
Hand-colored print of the engraving by Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon of the original painting by Gabriele Ricciardelli. Edizioni Pontevecchio. Lily logo and a brush with the words...
Category
1970s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color
VALLEY RAMPARTS -
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958)
VALLEY RAMPARTS 1933
Color block print, signed and titled in pencil. 10 1/8 x 12 inches. Very large and good impression In generally good condition. ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
"Afternoon Glow" Colorful Serigraph of Lahaina Harbor, Maui
By John Cosby
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
This 90 color hand pulled serigraph exhibits all of the subtle brushwork, light, and color that the artist is known for. "Afternoon Glow" is signed by the artist in an edition of 240...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Framed: Six Lithographs "White Lines Squares" After Josef Albers
By (after) Josef Albers
Located in Kansas City, MO
Individually framed: six lithographs "White Lines Squares," 1966, after Josef Albers, by Blair Litho (Lithograph in brilliant Colors on paper, 1966). Published to accompany an exhibi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Fleurs de Neige
Located in OPOLE, PL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Fleurs de Neige
Lithograph from 1958.
Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26 cm.
Plate signed.
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
First, original edition.
The work i...
Category
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
After Alex Katz - Sarah-American Dance Festival - 2011 Serigraph
By Alex Katz
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
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled abstract #28 , by Santa Fe artist Robert Roach
By Robert Roach
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Unique monotype, signed and numbered 1/1.
Artist Robert Roach lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His one-of-a-kind, abstract monoprints were inspired by the landscape, climate and ligh...
Category
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monotype
Up And Down - Lithograph by M.C. Escher - 1947
By M.C. Escher
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed.
Printed in black ink, and part of a limited edition thought to be of 400 specimen.
Image Dimensions : 51 x 20 cm
Reference: Bool n. 352 Locher 146.
Very good conditio...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Dusk, Hopi Arizona landscape lithograph contemporary by Dan Namingha purple pink
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Dusk, Hopi Arizona landscape lithograph contemporary by Dan Namingha purple pink
hand pulled limited edition lithograph signed and numbered by the a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
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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