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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Yoshitomo Nara - Dead Of Night
Located in London, GB
Yoshitomo Nara Dead Of Night Offset lithograph on paper Sheet size: 51.5 x 36.4 cm Stamped with title, artist's name, copyright and year published by N's Yard, Japan
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

A Toute Epreuve (D 204), Modern Woodcut by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - A Toute Epreuve (D 204), Year: 1958, Medium: Woodcut on Rice Paper, Edition: 130, Size: 12.75 x 9.75 in. (32.39 x 24.77 cm), Printer: Jacques Frel...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Alain Le Yaouanc 'Study IV' 1970- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This lithograph, Study IV, is part of the Derrière le Miroir No. 188 series, showcasing the work of French artist Le Yaouanc. Known for his precise geometric compositions, Le Yaouanc...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

James Joyce
Located in Winterswijk, NL
James Joyce Catalog raisonné: Schellmann 511 Offset 1984 In great condition
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

James Joyce
$334 Sale Price
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Keith Haring Artist Signed Exhibition Poster 'Into 84' for Tony Shafrazi Gallery
Located in San Rafael, CA
Keith Haring (1958–1990) 'Into 84' / Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1984 Lithograph in colors Plate signed lower right, signed in silver ink lower right on figures foot Sheet 35⅛ in H × 23⅛ ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Agam Lenticular Kinetic Agamograph Hand Signed numbered Israeli Kinetic Op Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam, Israeli (b. 1928) Hand signed, and numbered. Limited edition lenticular lens kinetic Agamograph Titled 'Sea Fathom'. Hand-signed and numbered edition 24/99, size of w...
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20th Century Op Art Prints and Multiples

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Lenticular, Screen

Gondolas on the Grand Canal in Venice - Original wooodcut, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Robert BONFILS Gondolas on the Grand Canal in Venice Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /154 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the edito...
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1920s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Visage de Femme sur Fond Raye, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Staring ahead, Pablo Picasso's portrayal of a woman using broad, geometric shapes of bright colors is emblematic of the artist's mastery of Cubism. A lithograph from the Marina Picas...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Composition, Hiroshima, Jacob Lawrence
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen in eleven colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.81 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Hiroshima, 1983. Published by Th...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Venus III, Nude Lithograph by Roberto Carbone
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venus III Roberto Carbone, Italian (1949) Date: 1979 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250 Size: 27 in. x 20 in. (68.58 cm x 50.8 cm)
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1970s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Screen Print by Luigi Montanarini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a beautiful colored serigraph on cream-colored paper, realized in the 1970's by the Italian artist, Luigi Montanarini (1906-1998) and published by La Nuova Fo...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Ballerine sur fond vert, 1995, original lithograph by Jean Jansem, handsigned
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Ballerine sur fond vert, 1995 Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée et numérotée 48/100 Signée en bas à droite 22 x 17 cm / 32 x 26 cm Bibliographie: ...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"L'Artisan Moderne" 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

Original travel poster by Diego Rivera - Mexico Mural of national Palace
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking mid-century travel poster celebrates the cultural richness of Mexico through the unmistakable art of Diego Rivera, one of the most influential muralists of the 20th cen...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

I Can Still Love, coveted hand signed homemade print British Pop Art Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin I Can Still Love, 2012 Home made Inkjet Print 11 7/10 × 16 1/2 inches Limited Edition Rare Edition of approx. 150 (unnumbered) Hand signed and dated 2012 with the red Em...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Inkjet

Nets – Mid-Century Modernism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Sigismond Kolos-Vari, 'Nets', color etching with soft-ground and aquatint, edition 200 (1 of 60 artist's proofs), 1952. Signed and dated in pencil. Numbered L/LX in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on heavy, off-white, Arches wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 3/8 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Published by the Guide de la Gravure, Switzerland, with their blindstamp in the bottom left sheet corner. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (298 x 397 mm); sheet size 15 x 22 1/4 inches (381 x 565 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Sigismund Kolos-Vari was born in Hungary and attended the School of Applied Arts in Budapest from 1915 to 1918 and then the School of Decorative Arts until 1925. The artist settled in Paris, and his first one-person show in 1928 at Galerie Miromesnil, which was highly successful, led to numerous subsequent exhibitions, including with the prestigious Galerie Bonaparte in 1929 and Galerie Povolosky in 1930. Kolos-Vari’s early success was abruptly interrupted by the outbreak of WWII when he was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Gurs internment camp. During this period, he created a sketchbook for a little girl, which is now preserved at the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine at the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris. He managed to escape after two years, crossing the border into Switzerland. After the war, he returned to Paris with a renewed dedication to his painting, producing increasingly powerful compositions. His work was highly acclaimed when shown at an important 1946 exhibition at the Musée National d’Art Moderne de Paris, organized by Jean Cassou. The artist was then approached by the eminent art dealer Jean Bucher, who gave Kolos-Vary a major one-person show at his gallery in 1948. During this post-war period, Kolos-Vary participated in the radical Salon de Mai, 1949-1958, the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, 1956-1961, and the Salon des Comparaisons, 1960-1962. Supported by his association with Stanley William Hayter and the landmark printmaking workshop Atelier 17...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Steps to the Grand Canal, St. Mark's in the distance, Venice.
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely view of Venice from the water. Etching with drypoint on antique cream laid paper with a large figural watermark, signed in pencil, lower right. 14 1/4 x 11 inches (362 x 280...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Scene d'interieur (B 74), Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Scene d'interieur (B 74), Year: Of Original: 1926 Printed: circa 1950, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, Edition: 100, Image Size: 8.75 x 11 i...
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1920s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Still Life with Teapot and Pears, Modern Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Still Life with Teapot and Pears. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image ...
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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Chit Chat, Itzchak Tarkay
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Itzchak Tarkay (1935-2012) Title: Chit Chat Year: 2010 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 11.75 x 8.5 inches Edition: 178/750, plus 100 Remarques Condition: Excellent Ins...
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2010s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

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 ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Notes on Organisation of Paradise, Pop Art Lithograph by Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eduardo Paolozzi, British (1924 - 2005) - Notes on Organisation of Paradise, Portfolio: General Dynamic F.U.N. Portfolio, Year: 1970, Medium: Photolithograph, stamp signed verso, Edi...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid tornado bathtub, Imaginations a...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint, Screen

"A Burro Train, New Mexico" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: White 1. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1880 for The American Art Review. The plate measures 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches; the sh...
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1880s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original advertising by Bernard villemot poster from 1979 for Perrier
Located in PARIS, FR
Bursting with motion and saturated color, this celebrated Perrier poster from 1979 captures Bernard Villemot at his most exuberant. A whorl of stylized ...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

The Unhappily Dead: Rene Ricard poetry of 1980s Chelse New York life rainbow
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. In this rainbow print, Ricar...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Miro a l'Encre II, Lithograph on Wove Paper from the Indelible Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Miro a l’Encre II Joan Miro, Spanish (1893–1983) Portfolio: Indelible Miro Date: 1972 Lithograph on Wove Paper Size: 14 x 10 in. (35.56 x 25.4 cm) Frame Size: 21.5 x 18 inches Printe...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Hamlet, Complete text and set of 10 color etchings
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Hamlet, 1973-4 The complete portfolio, comprising 10 etchings and aquatint in colors with hand-coloring on Arches paper Each hand signed lower right Each numbered 96/1...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint

Miró, Miró Escultor (Cramer 192; Mourlot 935) (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Guarro vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by Publicações Europa-América, Lisbon; printed by La Polígrafa, Ba...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

This Must Be the Place (C. III.20), Pop Art Lithograph by Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein, American (1923 - 1997) Title: This Must Be the Place (C. III.20) Year: 1965 Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in the plate and in pencil l.r. Edition of unk...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

GARDEN ROMANCE Signed Lithograph, Black Couple Portrait, Lovers, Flower Garden
Located in Union City, NJ
GARDEN ROMANCE by the artist James Denmark is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed on archival Somerset paper using t...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Italian Surrealist Pop Art Serigraph Enrico Baj Pop Art Silkscreen Foil Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian, limited edition print. Hand signed and numbered Signature on the corner. Edition 44 of 45. metallic silver aluminum. Baj was an Italian artist best k...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Foil

Guggenheim, Pop Art Lithograph Poster by Red Grooms
Located in Long Island City, NY
Red Grooms, American (1937 - ) - Guggenheim, Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph Poster on Cartridge Paper (unsigned), Size: 39 in. x 26 in. (99.06 cm x 66.04 cm), Description: Depict...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

White Orchid
Located in London, GB
Pigment print on 300gsm Somerset Photo paper Signed by the artist and numbered in pencil, on recto
 25.9 x 25.9 cm Edition 39 of 150
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, Pigment

Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXIV
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Les Songes Drôlatiques de Pantagruel, Planche XXIV Lithograph from 1973. Edition 6/250 on Japon paper. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm Publisher: Carpe...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

A Los Toros Avec Picasso (Set of Four in Black Frames)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: La Pique (I), Le Picador (II), Jeu de la Cape (III), Les Banderilles (IV) Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso Medium: Set of four transfer lithographs Ye...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Assicurazioni Generali - Vintage Offset Poster on Cardboard - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Assicurazioni Generali Vintage Poster is an original offset advertising print on cardboard by an anonymous artist of the xx century. There is The state of preservation of the artwor...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Estuary, Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Estuary. Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 17 x 20 inches, Size: 21 x 30 in. (53.34 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

A Fabulous 1950s Serigraph of Chicago's Wrigley Building by Mark Coomer
Located in Chicago, IL
You really need to bring home this wonderful serigraph for your collection! A fabulous Mid-Century, ca. 1959 serigraph of Chicago's Wrigley Building in its original (and kitchy!) fr...
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1950s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Butterfly - 21st Century Figurative Copperplate Print Black & White
Located in Warsaw, PL
KRZYSZTOF SKORCZEWSKI (born in 1947) He studied Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and in the Royal College of Art in Stockholm. He graduated in 1971. His works may be found ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Black and White

Woman, Modern Etching by Adolf Frohner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Adolf Frohner, Austrian (1934 - 2007) - Woman, Year: circa 1978, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: E.D.A, Image Size: 7.75 x 7 inches, Size: 11.5 x 8.5 in. (...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled (Nude with Horse)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Nude with Horse), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed and numbered 10 in pencil. Number 10 of Volume 1, a series of 10 ...
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1920s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Nu assis
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Nu assis Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 268. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions d...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Niki de Saint Phalle, Last Night I Had a Dream, Rare Silkscreen Signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Niki de Saint Phalle Last Night I Had a Dream, 1968 Silkscreen on colored paper Signed and numbered 67/75 in graphite pencil on the front Frame included It is elegantly floated and f...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Le bain de soleil
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1997 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered XXXI/L Corneille, a Belgian-born artist who belonged to the CoBrA group, presents a panorama of his imagination in th...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

David Shrigley - I’ve Heard About Freedom - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
David Shrigley I’ve Heard About Freedom, 2021 Digital print 70 x 50 cm Framed 78 x 68 cm Unsigned Edition of 250 Published by Shrig Shop. David Shrigley is a British artist known ...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Digital

Original California Ferrari Louis Vuitton Parc de Bagatelle hand signed poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1989 Louis Vuitton Automobile Classiques Poster –Hand Signed, Archival Linen-Backed. This poster was created for the Concours d’Elegance ...
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1980s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Yoshitomo Nara, Miss Spring: Digital Pigment Print and Book, Japanese Pop Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Yoshitomo Nara (1959, Japanese) Miss Spring, 2021 Medium: Digital pigment print on Takeo Deep PV Hakou paper, incl. artist's book Dimensions: 28 × 22 cm (11 × 8 7/10 in) Edition of 1...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Digital Pigment

Marc Chagall - Opera
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Opera Lithograph from 1965. Dimensions of work: 32 x 23.5 cm. Publisher: André Sauret, Monte Carlo. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Matisse, Autoportrait au maillot rayé, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.45 x 7.87 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbe...
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1950s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Lillies, Art Nouveau Giclee Print after Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Louis Icart, After, French (1888 - 1950) - Lillies, Year: 2000, Medium: Giclee on paper, numbered in pencil verso with printers stamp, Edition: 8/375, Size: 45 x 31 in. (114.3 x ...
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Early 2000s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Flowers in Heaven
Located in Bristol, GB
Offset lithograph in colours on wove paper Edition 215 of 300 68 x 68 cm (26.8 x 26.8 in) Signed and numbered on the front Artwork in excellent condition. Barely visible minute creas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

La femme au miroir (Cramer 35; Mourlot 242), Derrière le miroir
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, ...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

PEPPER JELLY LADY Signed Lithograph Black Woman, Rooster, Train, Black Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
PEPPER JELLY LADY is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by one of the most important American artists of the 20th century, Romare Bearden whose...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage Poster for New York World's Fair 1939 by Staehle in large forma
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This striking original vintage poster was created by John Atherton Staehle (1906–1963) for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The fair, held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, N...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Gourd Tree
Located in New York, NY
In 2002, Jamie Wyeth created a richly detailed image titled, The Gourd Tree. Known for his realistic style, Wyeth’s work consists largely of landscapes-- like this unusual tree-- and portraiture. Although closely associated with the rural landscape of Chadds Ford Pennsylvania and the rugged coast of Maine, Jamie Wyeth spent part of his early career in New York City, where he was mentored by New York City Ballet founder Lincoln Kirstein...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Gourd Tree
The Gourd Tree
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Out Corus (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77), Jazz Series, Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Title: Out Corus (Gelburd/Rosenberg 70-77) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 147/175, plus proofs Size: Paper Size: 23...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sandwich and Soda (Corlett 35), X + X, Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on Mylar. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, X + X, Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964. Published by the Wadsworth Athene...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Renoir, Claude Renoir écrivant, Les Lithographies de Renoir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané à la marque de l'éditeur paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 6.69 x 8.66 inc...
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1950s Impressionist 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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