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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Tah-Chee, Cherokee Chief: 19th C. Folio Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithographic portrait of a Native American entitled "Tah-Chee, A Cherokee Chief", from McKenney and Hall's 'History of the Indian Tribes of North America'. It was lithographed by J. T. Bowen after a painting by Charles Bird King and published by E. C. Biddle in Philadelphia in 1838.
Tahchee's name translates to Dutch in Cherokee, and he became known as William Dutch. He was born in 1790 in the Cherokee Nation, which is now in a portion of Alabama. Tahchee became known as a skilled warrior and leader among his people, and he was eventually appointed as a chief of the Cherokee Nation "Old Settlers". During his time as chief, Tahchee was a rival of the Osage people and he worked to protect the Cherokee people and their land from encroachment by white settlers. He was a strong advocate for maintaining Cherokee sovereignty and cultural traditions, even as pressure mounted from the United States government to remove the Cherokee from their ancestral lands. In 1838, Tahchee and many other Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their homes in what is known as the Trail of Tears...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Parapliers the Willow Dipped
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Parapliers the Willow Dipped by Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart from The Mothers of Invention, is part of the Collection of American Masters at the Nordfallen Museum in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Brice Marden in London (hand signed) Gagosian Gallery print Minimalist abstract
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden in London (Hand signed), 2017
Offset lithograph poster. Hand signed by Brice Marden
Signed in black marker by Brice Marden on the fron...
Category
2010s Minimalist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
THE RUG WEAVER
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881 – 1971)
THE RUG WEAVER, 1910 (Chamberlain 26)
Color woodcut signed in pencil. Unnumbed from an edition 100 as published in the Hills o’ Brown...
Category
1910s American Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Appearance - Etching by C.N. Cochin the Elder - 1750s
Located in Roma, IT
Appearance is a black and white etching on cream-colored paper, realized by Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688-1754) in 1750s.
Good condition.
Category
1750s Old Masters Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Untitled, 1982 by Joan Thorne (abstract with bright colors)
By Joan Thorne
Located in New York, NY
The limited edition was printed at Fine Creations Inc. and has the printer's blind stamp on the bottom right. It was published by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The availab...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Seaweed in the Stream - Lithograph - San Lazzaro 1954
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE
Underwater life, 1954
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12.5 x 10 in)
REFRENCES : Published by San Lazzaro / XXème...
Category
1950s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: KANSEI: KORIN RED STREAM Japanese Pop flowers red black
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - KANSEI: KORIN RED STREAM
Date of creation: 2010
Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing on paper
Edition number: 39/300
Size: 71 cm Ø
C...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
"Elsewhere, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 60"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Elwood Howell features a cool neutral palette. The piece features the artists's signature high horizon line, with layered shapes and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital, Giclée
David Spiller 'Galerie Moderne' 2018- Pop Art - Vintage
By David Spiller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original poster by David Spiller, created for Galerie Moderne in Silkeborg, Denmark, was published in 2018. The poster features Spiller’s unique interpretation of the iconic character Mickey Mouse, rendered in his distinctive patchwork painting...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Portrait of a Woman Daydreaming, 1951 - Original Mourlot lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921)
Portrait of a Woman Daydreaming, 1951
Original lithograph
On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches)
Information: From the poetry book "Pages d'Amour" ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
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
Roy Lichtenstein 'Composition' FRAMED
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 18.5 x 18.5 inches ( 46.99 x 46.99 cm )
Image Size: 17.5 x 17.5 inches ( 44.45 x 44.45 cm )
Framed: Yes
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Published and printed by t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Vinyl Collection, 7" B Side Compilation - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Acclaimed contemporary fine art photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmerising collection. A celebration of the vinyl record ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
The Little Prince and his Asteroid B 612
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This limited edition color lithograph, titled The Little Prince and His Asteroid, is a beautiful reproduction from the beloved book cover of Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupé...
Category
2010s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Keith Haring-Apocalypse X Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage offset lithograph postcard published by Art Unlimited Amsterdam. Printed in Holland. The postcard is framed in a black wood frame with a front profile of 1 inch and a side pr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Eyvind Earle 'Fog Passes By' 1973 signed & numbered Serigraph
By Eyvind Earle
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Fog Passes By"
by
Eyvind Earle
Type: Limited Edition
Media: Serigraph on Paper
Image Dimensions: 30" x 40"
Year Produced: 1973
Edition Size" 200 Numbered, 109 AP, 5 Printers Proof, ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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
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
1986 After Andy Warhol 'Queen Elizabeth II of England from Reigning Queens'
By Andy Warhol
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...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Jean COCTEAU & Raymond MORETTI: Birth of Venus - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Cocteau and Raymond Moretti
Birth of Venus
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate, handsigned by Raymond Moretti
Numbered 1/29 - Very look for proof bearing n°1
On ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
RECITALS Signed Mixed Media Print, Abstract Collage, Rainbow Colors, Spirals
By Sam Gilliam
Located in Union City, NJ
RECITALS is mixed media limited edition print by the renowned African American artist Sam Gilliam, created using Archival Inkjet, Relief, and Stencil techniques. This vertical, rainb...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media
Composition (Ginestet/Pouillon 42-64), Hésiode, Les Travaux et les Jours
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching in colors on vélin de Rives paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Hésiode, Les Travaux et les jours. E...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Speckled Corn Kachina, Dan Namingha, lithograph, Hopi, kachina, blue, orange
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Speckled Corn Kachina, Dan Namingha, lithograph, Hopi, kachina, blue, orange
hand pulled limited edition lithograph
signed and numbered by the artist
Glenn Green Galleries also pr...
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
H7-1 Butterfly Rainbow (Large)
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel
Edition of 1497
Digitally signed by the artist and numbered
Mint, as issued
Sold in the original Heni packaging
Heni Editions
The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Giclée, Panel
Queen Ntombi Twala Of Swaziland ORIGINAL POSTER
Located in Brooklyn, NY
First edition exhibition poster designed by Andy Warhol for Art Expo Denmark in 1986.
Andy Warhol's fascination with reigning queens, particularly Queen Elizabeth II, is evident in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Schéhérazade - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1950 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original poster by Delval for Fap'anis alcohol celui des Connaisseurs
By Delval
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted circa 1920 by Delval, the original poster for Fap'anis Celui des connaisseurs stands as a testament to the allure of the era's entertainment and indulgence. Delval, renowned for his skill in poster design, captured the essence of sophistication and refinement in this advertisement for Distillerie Peureux.
The poster features an illustration of the celebrated singer Gaby Deslys...
Category
1920s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Composition brune et orange VII
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint on zinc, 3 plates, 5 colors, 1961
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 27/50
Printer : Jean Signovert (Paris)
Catalog : [Schneider VII, page 206]
Publ...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
1989 'I Can See The Whole Room'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Roy Lichtenstein's iconic painting "I Can See the Whole Room," originally made in 1961, captures the essence of his signature Pop Art style. Published by Forme E...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
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
18th Century Catesby Hand-colored Bird & Plant Engraving "The Crested Titmous"
By Mark Catesby
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copperplate engraving of a bird and plants by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) entitled "The Crested Titmous" from "The Natural History of Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the Bahama Islands", published in 1731. It depicts a small Crested Titmous bird, facing left, perched on the stem of a plant with clusters of mauve colored star-like flowers.
This original Catesby hand-colored engraving, on laid paper with a large central Fleur-de-Lys watermark, is presented in a cream color French mat. The mat measures 20" x 15.5" and the sheet measures 18.75" x 14.75".
Mark Catesby was born in England to a prosperous family, but he traveled to America, first to visit his sister and her husband in 1712. From 1712 to 1719 he explored America observing its birds and plants, taking notes, creating drawings and collecting specimens. He returned to England with this material and created more detailed drawings. His next visit to America 1722-1726 allowed for more detailed research. Upon his return to England he created his monumental and beautiful work "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and Bahama Islands", which was published in London in two folio volumes of 11 parts each consisting of 20 plates...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Inglewood
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Jessica Brilli (Sayville, NY 1977) has been drawing and painting since her childhood. Working in a style that encompasses American realism and 20th century graphic...
Category
2010s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Paper
Pin Up Girl with Red Hat, untitled, original pinup vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Pin-Up Girl with Red Hat vintage pin-up poster. Artist: Billy Devorss. Size: 15.25" x 20". Archival linen backed in mint condition; ready to frame.
This striking original poster displays a graceful model wearing a vibrant red sun hat against a light blue background. This is truly a lovely piece!
Billy DeVorss (1908 – 1985) was a self-taught illustration artist who started his commercial career in 1933. He was well known throughout his career for the voluptuous figures and attractive faces of his images. This poster is one of those great pin-up style images created by DeVorss.
Alone among the pin-up artists in being entirely self-taught, Billy De Vorss sold his first three published pin-ups to the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company in St. Paul in about 1933. Until that time, he had been working as a teller in a bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. There, he met the stunning woman Glenna, who became his wife and first official model. Encouraged to develop his talent by Gene Sayles, the manager of Brown and Bigelow...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tape Collection - Mint Tinted Cassette - Conceptual Color Music Pop Art
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mint Tinted Cassette from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection.
The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’ personal past and...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Vintage David Hockney Poster Galerie der Spiegel 1970 (Boy in an Egg) with bird
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces The Boy Hidden in an Egg by David Hockney from his Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969. A shirtless young man curls up inside a d...
Category
1970s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nick Thomm - AFTER DARK (PINK)
Located in FITZROY, VIC
Nick Thomm 'After Dark' (Pink)
69cm x 92cm (27"×36″)
Limited Edition of 125
Hand Signed and Numbered #104
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper.
Condition: NEW...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
The Finch & The Dragon
Located in Wenham, MA
Printed on Canson Rag paper with the finest archival inks, these giclee prints offer a beautiful, affordable alternative to the originals. Offered fully framed complete with TruVu co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Pintora Mexicana" (Mexican Painter)
Located in Atlanta, GA
In "The Mexican Painter” lithograph Alvar recreates memories of a long and fruitful stay in that country by including many bright and traditional symb...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Lithograph
Clinton Hill, Title Page II, 1956, woodcut, landscape/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), lived in SoHo, New York, and was a frequent Gallery visitor. Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, he joined the US Navy during World War II and beca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
FORTH OF JULY I (FRAMED Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15TH ONLY**
*This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It*
The "FORTH OF JULY" series is making history in the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Rococo interior design and furniture, German mid 18th century etching
By Franz Xaver Habermann
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Rococo interior design and furniture, etching, by Franz Xaver Habermann (1721-1796), circa 1750.
Lettered 'F. X. Haberman, inv. et del. loh. Georg Hertel, excud : Aug. Vind., number...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Red Carpet Capture by Craig Alan
By Craig Alan
Located in New York City, NY
LIMITED EDITION PRINT - Edition of 75 signed by the artist.
Price for unframed.
Ask us for custom framing options for this piece.
Craig Alan is a Pop Surrealist, internationally rec...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Fleurs peintes" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). This lithograph was printed on Arjomari wove paper by Mourlot Frères and published in 1965 for Marcelle Oury's "Lettre à mon peintre". Imag...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
SUNDOWN (XL Size)
Located in FITZROY, VIC
Nick Thomm SUNDOWN (XL SIZE 36" x 48").
Limited Edition of #22/25.
Hand Signed & Numbered.
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper.
Condition: NEW - Unopened in o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Rocks, German antique geological microcopic chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Gesteine'
(Rocks)
German chromolithograph, circa 1895.
240mm by 155mm (sheet)
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Love Letter, 1951 - Original lithograph (Catalog raisonne Stone Echoes #8)
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921)
The Love Letter, 1951
Original lithograph
On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches)
REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Fr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Henley-bridge, Oxon, Thames, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Henley-bridge, Oxon'
Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series of aqua...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Engraving
Concetto Spaziale - Screen Print by Lucio Fontana - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Screeh print with holes on BFK Rives.
Realized in occasion of the exhibition at Galleria Il Quadro Biella.
Published by Silvio Zamorani Editore.
Category
1960s Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Alexander Calder Las Vegas card players lithograph (Calder prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Card Players Lithograph form Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; circa 1975.
11 x 15 inches.
Good to very good overall vintage condition.
Unsigned from an edi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Totem, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 24"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract Limited Edition giclee print by Sofie Swann features an organic abstract red shape that covers almost the entire canvas, leaving a small border of off-white around it. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital, Giclée
FLOWERS - Exhibited in 1997 Smithsonian Monotype Exhibition
By Karl Yens
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KARL YENS (1868 – 1945)
(FLOWERS) 1919
Color monotype signed, dated and annotated: “monotype 1919.” 17 ½” x 11 ½”
Monotypes are unique works of art that fall between printmaking a...
Category
1810s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Monotype
Composition in Blue and Red - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1968)
Located in Paris, IDF
Serge POLIAKOFF
Composition in Blue and Red, 1968
Original lithograph
(Printed in Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch)
Edited by San Lazzaro in 19...
Category
1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
NUDO OF WOMAN - giclee print on canvas
Located in Napoli, IT
Fine art gicle print on canvas of a painting by Marcello Cassinari Vettor, framed measuring 46x36 cm
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Pahlik Mana (Butterfly Maiden) Dan Namingha Hopi kachina katsina black and white
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Pahlik Mana (Butterfly Maiden) Dan Namingha Hopi kachina katsina black and white
unframed limited edition hand pulled lithograph at Tamarind Institue
Glenn Green Galleries also pre...
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Exposition Vallauris" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster for the Exposition Vallauris). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Picasso created a series of posters at the a...
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Cuatro, Monoprint with screenprint collage acrylic, stitching & embossing Signed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Cuatro, 1994
Monoprint with screenprint, collage, acrylic, stitching and embossing in colors on handmade paper
Hand signed, dated, titled and annotated P/P by Sam Gilliam...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monoprint, Screen
In the Beginning There Were Mistakes, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - In the Beginning There Were Mistakes, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 7...
Category
1970s Folk Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
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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