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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Crazy over the top (With background Noise)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Bochner, Mel Title: Crazy over the top (With background Noise) Date: 2018 Medium: Screenprint in colors with black gloss ink on wove paper Unframed Dimensions: 21.7" x 23.6" Framed Dimensions: 24" x 26" Signature: Signed by Artist Edition: 17/30 Published by Two Palms Press, Inc., New York, Printed by Luther Davis, BRT Printshop, Brooklyn, New York Reference: Krakow Witkin...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

The Corridor of Katmandu, from The Hippies
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: The Corridor of Katmandu Portfolio: The Hippies Medium: Etching on Arches wove paper Date: 1969 Edition: 43/145 Framed Size: 31" x 26 1/2" Sheet Size: 26...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Girafe en Feu (Field 76-2-A; Michler & Lopsinger 1449), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Le Girafe en Feu Year: 1976 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: CXLII/CCL; 250 Roman Numerals, plus proofs...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (Horodisch D10), Serge Lifar, Destin d'un danseur (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Saint-Vincent-de-Blanzat des Papeteries Navarre paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Sources du vent 1915-1929, avec ...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Safe Sex! (Gundel 60), Keith Haring
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Keith Haring (1958-1990) Title: Safe Sex! (Gundel 60) Year: 1987-1988 Medium: Offset lithograph on paper mounted on rice paper Size: 29.52 x 27.36 inc...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Black Horse
By Tokuriki Tomikichiro
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1950. Woodblock print in black and gray ink on Japon laid paper, 10 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (260 x 398 mm), full margins. With the artist's embossed chop mark in red ink in the l...
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Mid-20th Century Edo Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Woodcut

Marilyn Forever I (Limited Edition Print)
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* Celebrating the one and only Marilyn Monroe by Mauro Ol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Robert Rauschenberg 'Favor Rites (No Text)' 1994- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a reproduction of Favor Rites by Robert Rauschenberg, from a rare exhibition poster in the Collection of European Masters series, published by Achenbach Editions for the Kuns...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Talleyrand - Etching by A. Ethiou - 1837
Located in Roma, IT
Talleyrand is an original Etching realized by A. Ethiou in 1837. Good conditions. The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition. the artwork and belongs to the suite suite...
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1860s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Klimt, Mohnwiese, Gustav Klimt, Eine Nachlese (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure, collotype, metallic inks on vélin paper. Paper Size: 18.86 x 17.91 inches; image size: 11.93 x 12.09 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....
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1930s Symbolist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Portrait of Woman, Etching by Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Portrait of Woman, Portfolio: Poesies de Stephane Mallarme, Year: 1932, Medium: Etching, Size: 13 x 9.75 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm), Provenance: Fr...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Satiricon - Lithograph on Cardboard by Leonor Fini - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Satiricon is a colored lithograph, realized in 1970 by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Surrealist movement. Not signed nor numbered. In very good condition. From series "Satiricon de Petron". The artwork represents a portrait of a nude woman with her delicate beauty expressed perfectly through confident strokes by bright and harmonic colors. Leonor Fini (1907-1966) was an emblematic painter, illustrator, writer, scene painter and draftswoman; one of her favorite subjects was human bodies painted with hybrid shapes, as animals, plants or minerals. Her subjects are neither naked nor dressed, their body is crossed by nervous tissues, veins and blood vessels.
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Cardboard, Lithograph

Peter Grippe, Symbolic Group
Located in New York, NY
This work is signed, titled, and dated, in pencil. Grippe was a master printer, highly creative printmaker, and sculptor.
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1950s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

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

WAITING FOR THE BOYS Signed Lithograph, Women Wide Brim Hats, Art Deco Staircase
Located in Union City, NJ
WAITING FOR THE BOYS by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on arch...
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1980s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Aldborough Anemones, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aldborough Anemones' Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image. Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Signe paysage II
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph Ed. EA Biography Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, P...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Reclined Nude - Lithograph by Rinaldo Geleng - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is a contemporary artwork realized by Rinaldo Geleng (1920-2003) in 1970s Lithograph on paper. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Numbered, edition of 100 prints. Goo...
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Intimite (Mourlot, Paris, Master Printer)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jacques Villon Intimite 1964 Original Reproduction of a Gouache on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Signed in the stone Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Printer: Mourlot, Paris COA provided Notarized facsimile of the imprint showing the edition size included Framing in a simple white or black frame made from composite wood with plex and mat available for $90. Please inquiry within. Ref.: 924802-1542 Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. Many important museums include works by Villon in their collections, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio); Museum of Modern Art, New York City...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Vellum

Lovers with a Bouquet of Flowers - Original lithograph HANDIGNED (Mourlot #1037)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Lovers with a Bouquet, 1984 Original color lithograph Signed with the artist's stamp Justified EA (artist proof) On Arches vellum, 56 x 43 cm (c. 22 x 17 in) Authenticated by the artist's studio dry stamp REFERENCES: Sorlier / Mourlot catalogue raisonné...
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1980s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Bullfight No. 5 original signed limited edition lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
      Bullfight No. 5 is a signed limited edition ( 4/300 ) original lithograph by Salvador Dali from the Taureaumachie Suite of five original lithographs. Published by Phyllis Lucas...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Black Cats
Located in Bristol, GB
12 Colour Screenprint with a Varnish Overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper Edition of 125 Signed and numbered on the back Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process. Sold with COA from Jealous Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Chagall, Composition (Cramer 71; Mourlot 488), XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From XXe siècle, N° 29, Published and printed under the direction of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro,...
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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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

Cosmic Runner (Retro Suite I), Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Cosmic Runner (Retro Suite I) Year: 1994 Edition: 137/300, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 11 x 11 i...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

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

Action Plus
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Action Plus Lithograph, 1950 Signed lower right (see photo) Titled lower left (see photo) Edition 250 Published by Associated American Artists, New York Illustrated: AAA catalogs 195...
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1950s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Paris : Parisian Club - Original Etching, 1927 (Juffermans #JE4)
Located in Paris, IDF
Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) Paris : Parisian Club, 1927 Original etching Unsigned Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 33 x 25 cm (c. 12.9 x 9.8 in) REFERENCE : Catalogue ra...
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1920s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

“Quiet evening”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Itzchak Tarkay, “Quiet Evening” Signed serigraph framed. In good condition. Measures 44x37
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Landscape, Modern Drypoint with Embossing by Alena Kučerová
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alena Kucerova, Czech (1935 - ) - Landscape, Year: 1971, Medium: Drypoint with Embossing, Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil, Edition: 1/100, Image Size: 10.5 x 15 inches, Siz...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

28x40 Tupac Shakur 2pac "All Eyez On Me" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "All eyez on me" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic ta...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Jimmy Carter Inaugural (Plains, GA)
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on wove paper. Signed and numbered 35/100 in pencil, lower right. Published by The 1977 Presidential Inaugural Committee, Washington, D.C. From the 1977 Inaugura...
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1970s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Screen

Albert Moore 'Pomegranates' 1994- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 23.75 x 31.5 inches ( 60.325 x 80.01 cm ) Image Size: 22 x 31.5 inches ( 55.88 x 80.01 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additi...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

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

Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) Title: Winter Landscape Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Color etching with aquatint on silk Edition: Unknown Plate mark (Image) size: 17.25 x 13.75 inches Framed size: 23 x 19.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: very good Frame: Custom framed in a silver and gold frame About the artist. Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) was a noted painter and etcher, who was well known for his aquatint etchings on paper or satin of European and American landscape and cityscape scenes, as well as paintings of landscape and cityscape scenes, Tyrolean Alp scenes of villages and chalets, street scenes, harbor and marine scenes. Hans Figura was born January 22, 1898, in the small town of Nagy-Kikinda near the Austro-Hungarian border, to Austrian parents. His father was a railway official and he spent his childhood in various small villages along the railway line between Vienna and Hungary. He graduated from the highschool in Vienna and also studied at the Higher Graphical Federal Education and Research Institute, a vocational school there (Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr und Versuchsanstalt) As a young man, he served as an officer in the Austrian Army during WWI from 1916-18 on the Russian and Italian fronts. After the war he attended medical school at the University of Vienna for several years beginning in 1918, and seven semesters later, he passed his first state exam, but eventually decided that he preferred the arts to medicine. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) and by 1922 he had devoted himself to painting and etching, while also working in other artistic printing mediums, batik, illustration, bookbinding and working with leather. From 1923-28, Figura made numerous art study trips throughout Europe including; Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. His first major success came in 1924, when he won acclaim for his etchings exhibited in Italy and the United States. In 1929, he visited the United States and in 1930, he traveled back to France, Holland and also Switzerland. During this time, Figura maintained studios in both New York City and Vienna, Austria. Throughout the course of his career, he exhibited his paintings and prints in many of the large cities throughout Europe and the United States and many of his etchings and paintings were acquired by museums and galleries, including The Kulturamt, Vienna, Austria; the Landesmuseum of Lower Austria; as well as The Society of Art Lovers, Berlin and Munich. Select Exhibitions: 1924- Exhibitions in Italy and the United States. Circa Mid 1920's-1939- All the exhibitions at the Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria. 1926- "Secession...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Sea Creatures, German antique underwater aquarium chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aquarium' German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Central vertical fold as issued. 240mm by 305mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Shepard Faiery AK-47 Silkscreen Letterpress Print Contemporary Street Art War
Located in Draper, UT
Letterpress on thick cream cotton paper with hand-deckled edges. 13 × 10 in 33 × 25.4 cm Edition of 450 Part of a limited edition set "Inspired by Vietnam War protesters who would...
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen

THE EXPEDITION Signed Lithograph, Group Portrait, African Safari Tropical Jungle
Located in Union City, NJ
THE EXPEDITION by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) printed in 15 colors using hand lithography tech...
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1980s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Salvador Dalí­ -- Thomas (Lancelot healing Sir Urre) from The Twelve Apostles
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali Thomas (Lancelot healing Sir Urre) from The Twelve Apostles, 1977 Lithographs in colors with embossment on Arches paper Hand signed lower right Edition EA lower left Sh...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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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 #84 Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condition: NEW....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce
Located in Fairlawn, OH
XXXIII Fig. I Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce .View of the Remains of the Peristyle of the House of Nero, Etching, 1756 Signed in the plate (see photo) From: Le Antichità Roma...
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1750s Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Eld of The World
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: The Eld of The World Medium: Color Etching and Carborundum on Handmade Paper Signed: Hand Signed Edition Number: 81/125 Measurements: 47.12" x 40" F...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Pinnacle Indian, by John Van Hamersveld
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Title: Pinnacle Indian Artist: John Van Hamersveld Medium: Archival digital print from original drawing Image Size: 35.5” x 35.5” Signed and Numbered Edition of 30 Year: 2007 John Van Hamersveld (born September 1, 1941) is an American graphic artist and illustrator who designed record jackets for pop and psychedelic bands from the 1960s onward. Among the 300 albums[3] are the covers of Magical Mystery...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

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

La Grande Fortune, Old Masters Etching by Amand Durand after Albrecht Durer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Amand-Durand, French (1831 - 1905) after Albrecht Dürer, German (1471 - 1528) Title: La Grande Fortune Year: 1873 (original circa 1502) Medium: Heliogravure on thin l...
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1870s Old Masters Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Griffon With Woodcock original signed etching by Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Griffon With Woodcock is an original etching by Leon Danchin showing a Griffon in a field pointing at a Woodcock trying to hide in the brush. This color etching is in good conditi...
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20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A - By Alberto Burri - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A  is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Hand-numbered in pen...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: PANDA FAMILY AND ME Pop Art Japanese Skulls Flowers Colors
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - PANDA FAMILY AND ME Date of creation: 2013 Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper Edition: 300 Size: 50 x 50 cm Observations: Offset lithograph with silver...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset

HARBORLIGHTS MUSIC FESTIVAL 1981 Rare Vintage Art Poster Abstract Jazz Musicians
Located in Union City, NJ
ROMARE BEARDEN 1970-1980 HARBORLIGHTS MUSIC FESTIVAL 1981 OUT CHORUS Music Event Poster reproduced from Bearden's original color monoprint entitled "OUT CHORUS" Music Festival took...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Gold Tiara Round Crown
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Image of a young girl with a crown and brooch. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, the...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

'J' From 'Hockney's Alphabet' By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
'J' From 'Hockney's Alphabet' By David Hockney David Hockney is a renowned British artist known for his vibrant paintings and innovative use of technology in art. His work often e...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Femme en Rose Avec un Arbre
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Andre Brasilier (French, born 1929) Title: Femme en Rose Avec un Arbre Year: c.1975 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Inscribed "Bien Amicalement" (With Friendship) in pe...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homage to the Square - P2, F28, I1
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Mana (Girl), Hopi Kachina lithograph by Dan Namingha black and white
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Mana (Girl), Hopi Kachina lithograph by Dan Namingha black and white hand pulled color lithograph signed and numbered by the artist unframed
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Japanese Woodblock Print', By Unknown, Color Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 21.25" x 37.5" framed Japanese woodblock print, depicts a busy scene that includes many figures within, and upon a large boat. The boat takes up the majority of the horizontal c...
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19th Century Edo Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

(after) Richard Mortensen - "Tavignano" serigraph
By Richard Mortensen
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: serigraph / silkscreen. Printed in 1964 on thin wove paper by Imprimerie Mazarine and published in Paris by Galerie Denise Rene for the rare exhibition catalogue "Hard Edge"....
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

PEARL JAM X Streaming Seattle Poster on Wood Veneer Ian Williams
Located in Draper, UT
"Pearl Jam Seattle 2021 Streaming Event" Wood Edition by Ian Williams Discover the rustic charm of "Pearl Jam Seattle 2021 Streaming Event" by acclaimed artist Ian Williams. This uni...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Salvador Dali The Alps Les Alpes Skiing French travel poster SNCF
Located in London, GB
To see our other vintage travel posters, many of which have skiing subjects, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a me...
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1960s Surrealist 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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