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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Lithographie Originale I
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale I Color Lithograph Year: 1981 Size: 12.5 × 9.6 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Cramer 177, Der Lithograph IV, 1969-1972 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jonathan Winters, The Umbrella Dancers, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a giclée after an original painting created by Jonathan Winters in 1970. Jonathan Winters was an American comedian, actor, author, and artist whose iconic career spanne...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Sous l'averse" original etching and aquatint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint with drypoint. Catalogue reference Bourcard/Goodfriend 154. This work is also known as "Le petit enterrement". Printed in 1902 on laid paper and...
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Early 1900s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd 48 x 72 i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Original AIRS DE CHANCE Loterie Nationale original French lottery poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original AIRS DE CHANCE Loterie Nationale French vintage poster. Translated, it means, "In the moonlight, my friend Pierrot, lend me your money to win the jackpot." Linen-backed original French lottery...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Foyer VI, Milan - Italian architectural color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Foyer VI, from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan which began as a special project for the 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan. It was well received and the artwork has become ...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Snoopy Architectural" - Acrylic on paper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Gary John has been a street artist since 1985, originally from Seattle Washington, then moving to Venice Beach selling his art on the boardwalk for 10 years before exploding onto the...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Acrylic

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from The White Book, 1930
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Le Livre blanc (The White Book), precede dun fronti...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Razzia Limited Edition Hand Signed and Numbered Poster for Pasta 2007
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is one of a series of 6 signed and numbered prints created by the great French poster artist, Gerard Courbouleix, known as Razzia. This print measures 10.5" x 14.5" and is from...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1958 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 11) and published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Sheet size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (314 x 242 mm). N...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"The Lake of Terni" by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot; lithograph
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Jean Baptiste Camille Corot was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. His prolific works simultaneously referenced the Neo-Classical tradition a...
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1860s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Soft Lime, Signed/N 1970s geometric abstraction by renowned Op Artist 38" x 46"
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Soft Lime, 1976 8 Color silkscreen on Lenox 100% Cotton paper 38 × 46 inches Pencil signed and numbered 41/75 on the front; bears printers blind stamp from NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) Unframed We have not seen another example of this gorgeous mid century silkscreen...
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1970s Op Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Pencil

WESTERN PEAKS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HAROLD LUKENS DOOLITTLE (1873 - 1974) WESTERN PEAKS c. 1945 Aquatint signed and titled in pencil. 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 sheet 9 5/8 x 12 3/4. Good condition save for just a hint of darkening within the window and small bits if tape on the sheet edge verso. Doolittle was a renaissance man. His day job was as an engineer for the Edison Electric Co. But he produced an outstanding body of prints for 5 decades as well as photographs. His very rare arts and crafts furniture is highly sought after. He was a long time member and officer in the California Print...
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1940s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

House of Music (Soca Boat)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Peter Doig Title: House of Music (Soca Boat) Year: 2023 Medium: Giclée Print on Cotton Smooth Rag, Oak frame with Optium Tru Vue Acrylic Glass Edition: 250; signed and number...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Beautiful archival pigment print of the supermodel and fashion icon by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Black and White, Archival Pigment

Le Compliment & Les Bouquets, pair French aquatints by Debucourt , 1787 and 1788
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Le Compliment ou La Matinee du Jour de L'an, Dediee aux Peres de Famille' (The Compliment, or New Year's Morning, Dedicated to the Fathers of the Family) and it's pair 'Les Bouquets...
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Late 18th Century Romantic Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

1958 exhibition poster Picasso at the Maison de la pensée Française
Located in PARIS, FR
The year 1958 marked a significant moment in the artistic journey of Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century art. This was the year when Picasso, renowned ...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper

Academic Books, Hanoi - Multi-color Asian Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Shot in Hanoi in 2016, there are so many beautiful elements to this piece. The lines, the tone and the abstract nature of the books allowing you to make it your own bookcase. This a...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Next Sign - large format landscape photograph with conceptual road sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
Next Sign by Frank Schott from a series of works capturing conceptual roadside signs in iconic American landscapes captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

WOMAN DRAWING
Located in Portland, ME
Packard, Emmy Lou (American, 1914 - 1998). WOMAN DRAWING. Color Woodcut, not dated. Edition size not known. Signed in pencil. 18 1/16" x 14 1/8" inches (...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Keith Haring Fun Gallery exhibition poster 1983 (vintage Keith Haring)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983: Original 1983 Keith Haring illustrated exhibition poster published on the occasion of Haring's historic 1983 show at the Fun Gallery in the East Village. A classic array of early Haring imagery that reveals red and black interlocking figures. A rare example in very good overall vintage condition. Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper. 23 x 29 inches. Only some minor signs of handling; in otherwise very good overall vintage condition with strong colors; one of the better examples we've come across. Stored away from light; never mounted or framed. Unsigned from an edition of unknown; scarce. Catalog Raisonne: Keith Haring: Posters (Prestel Publishing). References: Included in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. About the Fun Gallery: Historic, short-lived, East Village gallery known for giving Keith Haring, Basquiat & Kenny Scharf some of their first solo shows. “FUN Gallery was a place where neighborhood kids, downtown artists, b-boys, rock, film, and rap stars mixed with museum directors art historians and uptown collectors at wild openings featuring artists like Futura, Fab 5...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Cynthia juliana 2. Anartia amalthea 3. Junonia orthosia' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hand painted Set of 2 Editions-Golden Sunlit-British Awarded Artist-on Aluminium
Located in London, GB
The limited editions are hand painted on Giclee , made of the best quality of aluminiums and 80% of the edition is hand painted and finishing with original paints and hand varnished ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Childhood in America, Pop Art Linocut by Richard Mock
Located in Long Island City, NY
Richard Mock, American (1944 - 2006) - Childhood in America, Year: 1999, Medium: Linocut on BFK Rives, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 80, Image Size: 17 x...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Somewhere in France
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on antique cream laid paper with a partial watermark (likely Arches), 12 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (308 x 156 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil in the lower right margin...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Handmade Paper, Etching

Astrology, the Zodiac : Aries - Original Etching Handsigned, 1979
Located in Paris, IDF
Raymond PEYNET Astrology - Zodiac : Aries, 1979 Original etching and watercolor Handsigned in pencil Numbered /220 On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches) This etching is auth...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Pallas Athene" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pallas Athene, no. 9 from the third installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts The Klimt-led Vienna Secession which rebelled against the Academic State-run e...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Belleville" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Roy Lichtenstein 'Black Flowers'- Pop Art, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This offset lithograph, Black Flowers, is part of a six-print portfolio published by the Guggenheim Museum, showcasing Roy Lichtenstein’s signature Pop Art aesthetic. Departing from ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama Color woodcut triptych, c. 1860's Signed in the block lower left corner Signed: "Ichimosai Yoshitora ga" Condition: Mounted to a rose colored silk backing (stable) Staining (visible) in the joining of the right and center sheets Colors very slightly faded Image size: 15 3/8 x 31 3/8 inches (triptysch sheets joined to make one print) The 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa opened Japan to the West. Curiosity about the never-before-seen foreigners spurred a market in Yokohama-e (Yokohama prints), named for the area to which foreign dignitaries and merchants were confined. Yoshitora became one of the best known and most active artists of the Yokohama-e school. Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e). He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted. Yoshitora was prolific: he produced over 60 print series and illustrated over 100 books. In 1849 he produced an irreverent print called Dōke musha: Miyo no wakamochi ("Funny Warriors—Our Ruler's New Year's Rice Cakes"), which depicts Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
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Mid-19th Century Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Nautical Triptych Blue Pebble Beach Handmade Cyanotype, Watercolor Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These...
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2010s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Velasquez Vision, Pop Art Nude Lithograph by Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Ramos Title: Velazquez Vision Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 245/250 Image Size: 16 x 23 inches Paper Size: 19.25 x 27 inches Fr...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Better World, Peter Max, hand signed limited edition WFUNA lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This colorful work by Peter Max was created in 1988. The vintage WFUNA lithograph "The Better World" has an Authentication certificate attached on the verso #443/750 There is no ch...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Lithograph

1936 french poster by Paul Colin - French National Lottery - Grand prix de Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
In this dynamic and visually compelling poster from 1936, renowned French poster artist Paul Colin celebrates the excitement of horse racing and its association with the French Natio...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Geometric Abstraction, Ex-Bank of New York Collection Lithograph SIgned/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Piero Dorazio Abstract Composition (Bank of New York Corporate Collection), 1971 Lithograph on wove paper Pencil signed, numbered 73/75 and dated on the front. The back bears a label...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Quarry
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg Title: Quarry Medium: Offset lithograph in colors Year: 1968 Edition: 500 Frame Size: 41 1/2" x 33" Sheet Size: 35 1/2" x 26 1/2" Signature: Signed in the...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Enlèvement III, from Séries 347 - Cubist Etching by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Appearing like ghosts against a black background are three white figures rendered in an almost Abstract style. One, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sits atop a horse and looks down to th...
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1960s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Mnemonic Device, Silkscreen with hand coloring, Signed/N British Pop Art pioneer
Located in New York, NY
Joe Tilson Mnemonic Device, 1975 Silkscreen with hand coloring on Thin Bamboo Wood Sheet 21 1/4 × 19 1/2 inches Edition 96/100 Hand signed and numbered from an edition of 100 on rect...
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1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Ink

THERE IS A WOMAN IN EVERY COLOR Signed Relief Print, Black Woman Rainbow Figures
Located in Union City, NJ
THERE IS A WOMAN IN EVERY COLOR is a hand pulled limited edition relief print created using linocut, woodcut, and silkscreen printmaking techniques on white archival printmaking pape...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

1967 'Making Posters' Vintage Art Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Making Posters by Vernon Mills, 17-25 september . Published by Watson-Guptill. Paper Size: 7.5 x 4.75 inches ( 19 x 12 cm ) Shipping and Handling: We ship Worldwide. For Domestic...
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1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Original DISCOVER FRANCE BY TRAIN -SNCF - French National Railways 1953 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
1953 “Discover France by Train” — A. Planson — French National Railways (SNCF) — Original Vintage Poster, archival linen-backed, Grade A. Ready to frame. In 1953, the SNCF, France’...
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1950s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Flowers on the Window Sill, Lithograph by Guy Charon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flowers on Window Sill by Guy Charon, French (1927) Date: circa 1977 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250, EA Image Size: 25.5 x 19.5 i...
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1970s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism, ~60% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Max Bill Composition with white center Color silkscreen Year: 1972 Edition: Edition for "Look at" Size: 23.3 × 23.3 inches Unsigned, unknown edition size (pres. ~2,000) - sometimes a...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Soleil de Paris (after) Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right margin. It is additionally hand numbered in pencil, edition 133/150, at the lower left margi...
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1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Industrial Train - Bob Dylan
Located in London, GB
Giclée print in colours 58 × 76 cm - Paper size 62 x 80 cm - Framed size Edition of 295 hand-signed and numbered by the artist. comes with COA from the publishers. framed by the pub...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

(after) Marino Marini - "Cavaliers et chevaux" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the lithograph). Printed by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, and published in Paris in 1955 by Heinz Berggruen. The image measures 5 x 4 inches (130 x 100 mm). N...
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1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Cadmium Orange
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Josef Albers (1888-1976) is affiliated with numerous defining movements of 20th century art. Historians credit Albers with fusing elements of American and European abstraction while ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Reflected Overhang IV, Contemporary Screenprint by David T. Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
David T. Kessler, American (1950 - ) - Reflected Overhang IV, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 15/100, Image Size: ...
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1980s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Historic invitation to mid century book launch of "In the Bottom of My Garden"
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Extremely rare, historic early hand made invitation to book launch of "In the Bottom of My Garden" Serendipity 3, 1954-1956 Offset lithograph invitation designed by Warho...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Offset

Horse Series, Serigraph on Paper, Black, Red Color by Modern Artist M.F. Husain
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
M.F. Husain - Horse - 14 x 20 inches (unframed size) Serigraph on Paper, Edition 238/250 ( Unframed & Delivered ) MF Husain , world acclaimed artist has been famous for various of his series ,  however Ganeshas have been a close favorite by him which he has painted over and over again. The set of serigraphs make his works more affordable and helps us have a piece of Husain in our lives. Needless to mention they satiate the much needed space for the very auspicious imaginary of Ganesha in our spaces. This work is from the series of Ashtavinayak , meaning Eight Ganeshas of which the series comprised. A wonderful wonderful work to collect by one of the famous Indian Artist...
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1990s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Archival Ink

Kozo "Allegory of the Arts"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: , Kozo Title: Allegory of the Arts Date: 2025 Medium: Mixed Media with Tattoo ink on paper Framed Dimensions: 65" x 49.5" Signature: Pencil signed Edition: 7/15 KOZO ...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Mixed Media

Le Banquet (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
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1930s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Antonio Bueno - Original 1981 "Art Expo NY Coliseum" Exhibition Poster
Located in Winterswijk, NL
"Art Expo NY Coliseum" by Antonio Bueno is an original color lithograph poster from 1981, created for the famous New York exhibition. This Italian lithograph features a portrait orie...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Vintage David Hockney Poster Galerie der Spiegel 1970 (Boy in an Egg) with bird
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces The Boy Hidden in an Egg by David Hockney from his Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 1969. A shirtless young man curls up inside a d...
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1970s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Boheme (Metropolitan Opera), Offset Lithograph by Jamie Wyeth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jamie Wyeth, American (1946 - ) Title: La Boheme (Metropolitan Opera) Year: 1978 Medium: Poster on Heavy Stock Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

The Judgment of Paris
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: The Judgment of Paris MEDIUM: Lithograph SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: 226/250 MEASUREMENTS: 21.5" x 29.5" YEAR: 1979 FRAM...
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1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Guys and Dolls" Broadway Musical Tony Awards Signed Nathan Lane & Faith Prince
Located in New York, NY
"Guys and Dolls" Broadway Musical Tony Awards Signed Nathan Lane & Faith Prince Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) "Guys and Dolls" Lithograph on heavy pape...
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1990s Performance Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching, Lithograph

Set of Six Fine Antique British Hand Coloured Botanical Prints, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Six Hand Coloured Botanical Prints/Lithographs and Engravings Published by G. Ridgway, S. Curtis, W. Baxter and W. Fitch Early Mid 19th Century Size: image: 9.5 x 5.5 inches P...
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Early 19th Century Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Color

Chartres; Cathedral of Notre Dame from the River
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb impression on Japon paper, one of only three proofs. Etching on handmade Japon paper with a deckle edge, 13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches (333 x 252 mm); sheet 18 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches ...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Etching

Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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