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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Visage, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This Pablo Picasso print serves as an excellent example of the artist's unique style and ability to convey deep meaning through seemingly simple portraits. Relying on intense bursts ...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

DAMIEN HIRST - EMPRESSES: WU ZETIAN - Limited. Butterflies Glitter Red
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THE EMPRESSES - WU ZETIAN Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter. Edition number: 2.853 (1.284 physical + 1.569 ...
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2010s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen

Giant Peppermill by Tim Engelland, Linocut
Located in New York, NY
Tim Engelland (American, 1950-2012) A little freshly ground black pepper?, 1996 Linocut 11 x 7 in. Signed and dated lower right: T. Engelland 996 Signed and numbered lower left: 102/200 Edition of 200 printed by hand on an 1892 Poco Proof Press A lifelong artist, Engelland specialized in oil portraits and landscapes, and also worked extensively in woodcuts and linocuts. He was born on Jan. 5, 1950, in Ames, Iowa, the son of Charles Wilbur “Will” Engelland and Patricia Fairman Engelland.. Tim grew up in Terre Haute, IN, attending Fairbanks Elementary School and Indiana State University’s Laboratory School. He knew he wanted to be an artist from an early age, and was mentored by Lab School’s John Laska, graduating in 1968. He received a BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art; was a Norfolk Fellow at Yale University; and received his MFA from Cornell University, teaching there for two years after graduation. He spent the majority of his career, from 1976-2004, at Deerfield Academy, a prestigious preparatory school in Deerfield, Mass. There he taught art and photography, coached basketball and lacrosse, and served as faculty resident. When the school began accepting female students, Tim designed The Deerfield Girl, a bronze statue to accompany The Deerfield Boy statue...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Miró, Composition (Cramer 102; Mourlot 428-449), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 151-152, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
Located in Union City, NJ
VILLA NEUVE is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. VILLA NEUVE is an imaginative modernist ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Picasso, Study for Les Demoiselles D'Avignon (Orozco 95), Picasso (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1946 Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Baie Des Anges after Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
Baie Des Anges after Marc Chagall 1962 Stone lithograph 39 2/5 × 26 in 100 × 66 cm
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"La maison de mon village" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1960 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (320 x 240 mm). Not signed.
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

South Of France 1994 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Tony Bennett Title: South of France Lithograph Signed and Marked ATL  5/5 ( Printers Proof ) Paper Size: 31" x 24" inches Image Size : 26" x 20" inches Published By : Atelier E. Ettinger Gallery Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. He is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. Whether he is performing as Tony Bennett or painting as Anthony Benedetto...
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1990s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jonathan Winters, Hung up on Strange Fruit, original silkscreen, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Jonathan Winters "Hung up on Strange Fruit" Original Silkscreen Hand signed and titled in pencil Artist's Proof Image Size: 18 x 25 inches Paper size: ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Prints and Multiples

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Other Medium

Dufy, Composition, Eaux-de-vie, Esprit de la fleur et du fruit (after)
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: ...
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1950s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Original "For Your Boy, YMCA, vintage WW1 1918 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original. YMCA for Your Boy. Acid-free original vintage poster in excellent condition with archival linen backing, ready to frame. Certificate o...
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1910s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hell 5 : Minos - Woodcut - 1963 [Field #page 189]
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 5 - Minos Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the printed signature 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") ...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Picasso, Composition, Faunes et Flore d'Antibes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin pur chiffon d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition; unframed. Notes: From the folio, Faunes et Flore d'Antibe...
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1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Barbara Kruger, I Shop Therefore I Am - Printed Paper Shopping Bag
Located in Hamburg, DE
Barbara Kruger (1945, American) I Shop Therefore I Am, 1990 Medium: Photolithograph on paper shopping bag Edition size: 9000 Dimensions: 17 5/16 x 10 3/4 in (43.9 x 27.3 cm) Publishe...
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20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #10, Ausschnitt aus dem Bilde “Medizin”; multi-color collotype detail from Medicine, one of the faculty paintings for the Uni...
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1930s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Mykonos, Greece II
By Jean Claude Carsuzan
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mykonos, Greece II" c.1990 is an original color lithograph by noted French artist Jean Claude Carsuzan b. 1938. It is hand signed and numbered 116/150 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10.25 x 14.25 inches, framed is 18.25 x 22.25 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame has some scratches. It will be replaced by a new similar one before shipping, which will bring the condition to excellent. About the artist: Jean Claude Carsuzan was born in Bordeaux, France in 1938. France. Hi interest for art began at an early age. He Attended the Bordeaux Art...
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Late 20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Golden Eagle
Located in Columbia, MO
John James Audubon was born in Haiti in 1785. Most of his childhood was spent in France, where he first took interest in birds and drawing. He came to the U.S. at age 18, and made ma...
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1840s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Forest Insects - Beetles, German antique chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Forstinsekten II Kafer' (Forest Insects - Beetles) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. 245mm by 155mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Richard Avedon Original 1967 poster featuring John Lennon - The Beatles
Located in PARIS, FR
Original 1967 poster featuring John Lennon, one of the iconic members of The Beatles, immortalized by the legendary photographer Richard Avedon, is a timel...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Le Petit Prince et Le Serpent - Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the watercolor illustrations by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from his beloved masterpiece "The Little Prince". This lithograph was printed and published in 2009 ...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Untitled #164 " watercolor print on fine art paper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Over the past 20 years, Michelle Oppenheimer has become well known for composing paintings that capture the imaginative and organic possibilities of abstract watercolor and acrylic. ...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Inkjet

FALLING RIBBON Signed Mini Lithograph, Red Satin, Surreal Beach Scene
Located in Union City, NJ
FALLING RIBBON is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival A...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Circa 1930 Original travel poster - Krakow Polish State Railways
Located in PARIS, FR
"Stefan Norblin 🇵🇱 (1892- 1952) was a versatile artist with a mastery of the Art Deco style, known in his day for his paintings, posters, illustration...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Rufino Tamayo 'Deux Tetes' from Mujeres Suite, Limited Edition, Signed Print
Located in San Rafael, CA
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991). Deux Tetes, from Mujeres Suite (P. 107), 1969. Lithograph in colors on wove paper  Signed in pencil and numbered 27/150 (there was also an edition...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

ARTIST UNKNOWN 'Untitled'- Serigraph- Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 28.75 x 16 inches ( 73.025 x 40.64 cm ) Image Size: 22.75 x 10.5 inches ( 57.785 x 26.67 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Supplement...
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Late 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Pleiades. Antique Astronomy celestial print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour lithograph, 1890. 210mm by 285mm (sheet). From W Peck's 'A Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy', 1890. Sir William Peck FRSE FRAS (1862 – 1925) was a Scottish astronomer and scien...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Purity of Soul (Blue Dog Series), George Rodrigue
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: George Rodrigue (1944-2013) Title: Purity of Soul (Blue Dog Series) Year: 2005 Edition: 142/190, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on archival pap...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Princess Hyacinthe" Original 1911 Lithograph, Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
“One of Mucha’s best Czech posters, printed by the firm of V. Neubert in the Smichov quarter of Prague, was for Princezna Hyacinta, a fairy-tale ballet and pantomime with music by Oskar Nedbal and libretto by Ladislav Novák. The portrait of the popular actress Andula Sedlácková as the princess dominates the poster. The plot develops as a dream of a village blacksmith who falls asleep after digging for a buried treasure. In his dreams he becomes lord of a castle, and his daughter Hanicka becomes the Princess Hyacinth. Of her three suitors, one is a sorcerer who abducts her to his underground palace, but she is rescued by a poor knight who looks like her real-life lover. Mucha used the motif of the hyacinth throughout the entire design, from embroideries to silver jewelry, and for an elaborate circle sparkling against the mossy green background. The portrait of the actress is seen against a sky full of stars and encircled with images from the dream: the blacksmith’s tools...
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1910s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

BLUE BOY Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figure, Blue Pants, Pink Yellow Stripes
Located in Union City, NJ
BLUE BOY is a limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. BLUE BOY presents a fant...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Tiger Portrait" - 36x24 Photography Wildlife Art Photograph Poster Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary fine art poster print of a Tiger by Shane Russeck. 36x24 Edition of 150 Printed on archival paper using archival inks Original offset lithograph poster print...
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Blue Rythms (Agerup 188) after the 1966 painting, Peinture.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Blue Ruthms (Agerup 188) after the 1966 painting, Peinture. Etching with aquatint, 1968 Signed, dated and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition: 95 (74/95) Plate: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2" ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 by Clot, Bramsen et Georges and issued in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist Times -- a radical...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ibiza Hound puppy, Cecil Aldin 1930s puppy dog lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ibiza Hound puppy' Cecil Aldin dog lithograph, 1935. Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life....
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1930s English School Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sun in my room , 70x70cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas Edition 20 pcs.
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Canvas, Color

Ares Aristides Esteban Cuban Artist Original Hand Signed Poster Rolling Stone 4
Located in Miami, FL
Arístides Esteban (ARES) Hernández Guerrero (Cuba, 1963) 'The Rolling Stone (verde)', 2016 silkscreen on paper 27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 49.8 cm.) Edition of 50 ID: ARE-204 Hand-signed ...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Young Man Rising up out of the Sea. In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. A signed Certificate of Authority will be included with all photographs. A nude yo...
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2010s Photorealist Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, Digital

Aristophane, Impressionist Etching after Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Aristophane, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, Image Size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches, Size: 11 x 9 in. (27.94 x 22.86 cm), Printer: Bracquemond, Description...
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1880s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Bananas
Located in London, GB
9-colour screen print on rising museum board 71.1 x 58.4 cm 28 x 23 in Edition of 200 hand-signed and numbered by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Kusama Plush Pumpkin (Kusama red & white pumpkin)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Red & White Pumpkin (plush): An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art piece - this Kusama plush pumpkin features the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors for which t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Nylon

Untitled - Lithograph by Primo Conti - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary artwork realized by Primo Conti in 1970. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed, dated and numbered on the lower margin Includes frame Edition of 7/90
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"One Day At A Time" Limited Edition Drawing
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rare Limited Edition Serigraph of John Lennon's "One Day At A Time" originally drawn in 1979, this limited edition was released by Bag One Arts (The Lennon Estate) in 1990 and has b...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

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

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Lithograph

Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt: A 19th C. Lithograph by David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century duotone lithograph entitled "Thebes" by David Roberts, from his Egypt and Nubia volumes of the large folio edition, published in London by F. G. Moon in 1849. The lithographs were prepared by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) from drawings and paintings by Roberts. The resultant large folio editions of 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia' are considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. The print depicts a view of the imposing pair of sitting...
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1840s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Favor Rites
By (After) Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The title Favor Rites for this poster references a theme or concept related to rituals, preferences, or influential practices in art or culture. Rauschenberg's use of titles often co...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

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

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Lithograph

Wassily Kandinsky 'Watercolor from the Hess Guest Book' 1990- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 19.75 x 15.75 inches ( 50.165 x 40.005 cm ) Image Size: 14.75 x 10.5 inches ( 37.465 x 26.67 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: "Watercolors from the...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Plensa 101 VERTICAL, Untitled etching original
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Untitled 1 Etching original painting Plate, Iron 100x70 cm Jaume Plensa Suñé (Barcelona, 1955) is a Spanish plastic artist, sculptor and engraver. Very versatile artist who has also ...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching

General Sir Francis Grenfell KCB, Vanity Fair military caricature portrait, 1889
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Vanity Fair portrait of General Sir Francis Grenfell KCB Chromolithograph, 1889. Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British Army offic...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled, Two Women Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled, Two Women Sitting" is an original color serigraph on paper by noted Israeli artist Isaac Maimon, b.1955. It hand signed and numbered XXVI/CXXV in pencil by t...
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Late 20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Oeurves Recentes" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Henri Matisse created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Frere...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jeu de la Cape
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph in black ink was created by the artist in 1961. From A Los Toros avec Picasso, this lithograph is dated 6.3.61.III in the stone and measures 10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Flower - Original Lithograph by Tomaso Binga - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Flower is an original colored lithograph print, hand retouched realized by Tomaso Binga. On the back, the label of the certificate of authenticity by the...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original "Cycles Omnium" turn of the century vintage bicycle poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Cycles Omnium antique vintage French bicycle poster from the late 1880s-1890s. Printer: N. Weill, Paris, France. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. There was an area in the right-hand sky (creamish yellow) top area that had had some restoration. Touched up the border in the upper right corner. The poster was folded in half, with the fold mark restored during linen backing. Artist is: F. Capelli. Printer: Imp. N. Weill, Paris The image of a couple with their child on a bicycle ride out in the countryside of France, all in art nouveau clothing...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Lithograph Abstract Cubist Composition
Located in Surfside, FL
Pablo Picasso (after) "Nature Morte au Verre" limited edition print on Arches paper, Hand signed by Marina Picasso lower right and numbered 277/500 lower left From the estate of Pablo Picasso with an embossed blindstamp in the lower right side of the piece. After Pablo Picasso's death in 1973, his granddaughter Marina authorized the printing of these original lithographs, which have come to be known as the Picasso Estate...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Salvador Dali, American Trotting Horses No. 2, Lithograph with collage
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: American Trotting Horses No. 2 Date: 1971 Portfolio: Currier & Ives as Interpreted by Salvador Dali Medium: Litho...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Lithograph

Annecy - Le Pont Morens, Lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Laurent Marcel Salinas, Egyptian/French (1913 - 2010) - Annecy - Le Pont Morens. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 18 x 13.5 inches, S...
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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Variant I /// Josef Albers Abstract Geometric Screenprint Minimalism Bauhaus Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Variant I" Portfolio: Ten Variants *Unsigned edition Year: 1967 Medium: Original Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Limited edit...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Homage to the Square - P2, F5, I1
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Screen

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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