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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1880s
Raoul Dufy (after) - Autoportrait - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965. Printed signature Dimensions: ...
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1940s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Rue du Mont Cenis, Montmartre" original etching
By Charles Adams Platt
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on wove paper was printed in 1885 for the Sylvester R. Koehler portfolio of etchings and published by Cassell & Company. Plate size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (138 x 212 mm). Signed in the plate, not by hand. Condition: there is soiling in the margins and an old...
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1880s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Frederick Stuart Church “ The Wanderers Return”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Frederick Stuart Church: 1842-1924. Very well listed American artist. He is best known for his allegorical compositions. He has auction results...
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1880s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Henri Matisse, Of Color, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1945
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled De la couleur (Of Color), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IV, No. 13, originates from the 1945 issue p...
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1940s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Nocturnal Adversary' — Mid-Century Surrealist Abstraction
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'Nocturnal Adversary', color serigraph, 1946, edition 50, Ryan 137. Signed in pencil in the image, lower right. Titled, dated, and annotated '6 COLORS EDITION 50' in th...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Degas, Dancer at the bar, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Sundown, Stonington, Maine' — Artist-printed Exhibition Proof
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'Sundown, Stonington, Maine', wood engraving, artist's proof, edition not stated but small, 1969. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the block...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Henri Matisse, Series I, Var. 1, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 1 (Series I, Variation 1), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"The Token" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression was printed on laid paper and published in 1887 by the New York Etching Club. Plate size: 6 x 4 inches. Not signed.
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1880s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

original 1947 poster for the exhibition of Henri Matisse
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1947 poster was created for the exhibition of Henri Matisse’s legendary art book "Jazz", published by Tériade. Held at the renowned Pierre Berès gallery in Paris from D...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Degas, Femme debout dans une Baignoire, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Edgar Britton ‘Bird #2’ 1949 Vintage Modernist Black-and-White Monotype Print
Located in Denver, CO
Bird #2 is a striking vintage black-and-white monotype print by celebrated Colorado modernist Edgar Britton (1901–1982), created in 1949. This original mid-century work presents a bo...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Monotype

Mexican Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this lithograph, from an edition of 250. Signed in pencil by Covarrubias. Published by Associated American Artists, New York.
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Buen Viage - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Buen Viage is a black and White aquatint, drypoint, and etching printed in blue-black ink on laid paper from Caprichos realized after Francisco Goya in 1881-1886. 6th Edition.  Tit...
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1880s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Henri Matisse, Series O, Var. 18, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie O, var. 18 (Series O, Variation 18), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Santa Fe The Chief Way original American railroad poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Santa Fe The Chief Way vintage railroad travel poster. Archival linen backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. Most of the Santa Fe Railway posters feature American Indians, but this poster features the big boss, The Chief! The poster has about a 1" white border around the entire image, the linen backing is not counted in the poster's measurement. Several of the trains were named "Chief" which includes the San Francisco Chief, Texan Chief, Kansas City Chief...
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1940s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

The Embrace - Original Lithograph by Felice Casorati - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 100 prints plus 5 prints in Roman Numerals. From the portfolio: "Dieci Litografie (Numerus, Mensura, Pondus)". Very rare print in perfect conditions. This a...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

French Modern Art by Fernand Léger - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Lithography on paper printed in 40's, numbered 42/300, 54,5 x 75,5 x 0,1 cm - 21,4 x 29,7 x 0,04 in, printed by Moulot Editions Editions with the stamp Fernand Léger on Musee Biot pa...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, 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

Paul Jacoulet Le Marie Seoul, Coriée, Woodblock Print, 1948
Located in Austin, TX
Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 ) Title: La Mariée Seoul, Corée Medium: Woodblock Print Size: 15.5 in. x 12 in. Movement: Showa Markings: Si...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Vuillard, Intérieur aux tentures roses, L'œuvre gravé de Vuillard (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.375 x 9.5 inches; image size: 11.81 x 9.05 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'European Landscape' —Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Kupferman, 'European Landscape', drypoint, edition 50, 1942. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '7/50' in pencil. A superb, finely nuanced impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 to 1 3/4 inches); in excellent condition. Image size 10 7/8 x 13 3/8 inches; sheet size 13 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. An impression of this work is included in the permanent collection of the Syracuse University Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lawrence Kupferman (1909 - 1982) was born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston and grew up in a working-class family. He attended the Boston Latin School and participated in the high school art program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In the late 1920s, he studied drawing under Philip Leslie Hale at the Museum School—an experience he called 'stultifying and repressive'. In 1932 he transferred to the Massachusetts College of Art, where he first met his wife, the artist Ruth Cobb. He returned briefly to the Museum School in 1946 to study with the influential expressionist German-American painter Karl Zerbe. Kupferman held various jobs while pursuing his artistic career, including two years as a security guard at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. During the 1930s he worked as a drypoint etcher for the Federal Art Project, creating architectural drawings in a formally realistic style—these works are held in the collections of the Fogg Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In the 1940s he began incorporating more expressionistic forms into his paintings as he became progressively more concerned with abstraction. In 1946 he began spending summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he met and was influenced by Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract painters. At about the same time he began exhibiting his work at the Boris Mirski Gallery in Boston. In 1948, Kupferman was at the center of a controversy involving hundreds of Boston-area artists. In February of that year, the Boston Institute of Modern Art issued a manifesto titled 'Modern Art and the American Public' decrying 'the excesses of modern art,' and announced that it was changing its name to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). The poorly conceived statement, intended to distinguish Boston's art scene from that of New York, was widely perceived as an attack on modernism. In protest, Boston artists such as Karl Zerbe, Jack Levine, and David Aronson formed the 'Modern Artists Group' and organized a mass meeting. On March 21, 300 artists, students, and other supporters met at the Old South Meeting House and demanded that the ICA retract its statement. Kupferman chaired the meeting and read this statement to the press: “The recent manifesto of the Institute is a fatuous declaration which misinforms and misleads the public concerning the integrity and intention of the modern artist. By arrogating to itself the privilege of telling the artists what art should be, the Institute runs counter to the original purposes of this organization whose function was to encourage and to assimilate contemporary innovation.” The other speakers were Karl Knaths...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

(after) Jacques Villon - "Les Oliviers entre Cannes et Mougins" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the painting). Published by Louis Carré in 1948 for "L'Art Glorieux" in an edition of 1800. Printed in Paris by Mourlot Frères. Image size: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 i...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 16, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie L, var. 16 (Series L, Variation 16), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, In Memory of Auguste Lumiere, from Verve, Revue, 1945 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled A la memoire d'Auguste Lumiere (In Memory of Auguste Lumiere), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IV...
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1940s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 9.25 x 12.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Marie Laurencin, Young Woman and Her Son, from Antares, 1944
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Jeune femme et son fils (Young Woman and Her Son), from the album Antares, eaux-fortes originales de Marie Laurencin (An...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, TLautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1946 Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, TLautrec, 1946. ...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the pastel). A soft and delicate impression, printed in Paris in 1948 and published in an edition of 1200 by Braun et Cie. Size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (164 x 11...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Henri Matisse, Series O, Var. 17, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie O, var. 17 (Series O, Variation 17), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'We shall never surrender', Winston Churchill poster
Located in London, GB
Winston Churchill 'We shall never surrender.' Original vintage poster 50 x 34 cm 'We shall not flag or fail, we shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we sh...
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1940s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Vuillard, Intérieur aux tentures roses, L'œuvre gravé de Vuillard (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.375 x 9.5 inches; image size: 11.81 x 9.05 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Square Head of a Woman Half Smiling (Plate XII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Woman Half Smiling (Plate XII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Original etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" ...
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1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Degas, Au Salon, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 6.25 x 8.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Green Sugarbowl — Mid-Century Color Woodcut
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Ross Abrams, 'The Green Sugarbowl', color woodcut, 1949, edition 24. Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Artist’s proof' in pencil. A fin...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 17, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie L, var. 17 (Series L, Variation 17), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Circa 1940 Original poster by Henry Lemonnier - Liqueur Cordial - Médoc
Located in PARIS, FR
This poster was made around 1940s by Henry Lemonnier 🇫🇷 (1890-1954) a French poster artist. He worked for various printers as well as in advertising. The original Cordial - Médoc ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Erotic Scene - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original xilography artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1945. Hand-signed in the pseudonym of "Jean Baschie" which is the artist's signature in 1944-45 ca. erotic ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Original 1943 World War II poster, designed by Sloan Roberts
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1943 World War II poster, designed by Sloan Roberts, was part of the U.S. government’s War Bonds campaign, encouraging American citizens to financially support the war effort. During WWII, War Bonds were a crucial means of raising funds for military operations, and posters like this played a significant role in mobilizing patriotic sentiment across the nation. Roberts’ artwork for this poster is a striking example of wartime propaganda, using bold imagery and compelling text to inspire action. The composition typically features heroic figures—soldiers, civilians, or symbolic American icons—set against a powerful backdrop, reinforcing themes of duty, sacrifice, and national unity. The typography is strong and direct, emphasizing the message: "Buy War Bonds", a rallying cry repeated across numerous government-issued posters during the war. As a wartime artist, Sloan Roberts was known for his ability to evoke emotion and urgency through dynamic compositions and dramatic lighting. His work exemplifies the graphic design style of the era, which combined realistic illustration with bold, patriotic color schemes—often featuring reds, whites, and blues to reinforce national pride. These original 1943 posters were distributed widely across public spaces, factories, schools, and military recruitment centers, serving as a visual reminder of the home front’s responsibility in the war effort. Today, Sloan Roberts’ War Bonds poster is a highly collectible piece of WWII history, valued for its artistic, historical, and patriotic significance. This poster remains an iconic representation of American resilience and unity, making it a prized addition for collectors of vintage military propaganda, WWII memorabilia...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

City Scene II — Mid-Century Modernism, Precisionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Brussel-Smith, 'City Scene II', wood engraving, 1949, artist's proof, edition 100. Signed, titled, and annotated 'A.P.' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on whit...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Noonday Rest" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. A nice impression on cream laid paper, published for the American Art Review in 1880; the American Art Review was a lavishly produced revue featuring origin...
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1880s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'From the Sea' — Mid-Century American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Benton Spruance, 'From the Sea' also 'From the Sea — Pieta', lithograph, editions 30, 35, 1943. A superb, richly inked impression, on off-white wove paper; the full sheet, with decke...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original American Poster 1943 by Norman Rockwell - Freedom from Want
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Norman Rockwell was a well-known illustrator and painter who was best known for his many magazine covers created mainly for the Saturday Evening Post. During World War ll he created ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Taos Pueblo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Taos Pueblo Screen print in colors, c. 1945 Signed and titled in pencil by the artist Printed in Taos Taos is the oldest continually inhabited city/village in North America. How old ...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Degas, Dancer at the bar, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Seurat, Le nœud noir, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From th...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1946 at the atelier Lacouriere on BFK Rives paper and published in a limited edition of 300 for the "Alternance" portfolio (a collective art and ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

When Abdullah got the Net Ashore - French Art - Symbolism, Fauvism Art
Located in London, GB
MARC CHAGALL 1887-1985 [Shagal, Mark, Zakharovich, Moses] Vitebsk, Belarus 1887-1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes Title: When Abdullah got the Net Ashore…, from: Four Tales...
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1940s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original "Christmas Mailing Time" vintage poster WWII
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Christmas Mailing Time vintage poster: Artist: Bogorad. Original World War I (2) U. S. Army and Navy Postal Service. Linen backed in B co...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

"Wilhem van Heythuijsen" etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching. Etched by Jules Jacquemart after Frans Hals. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's very sca...
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1880s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Equus Uirumpu' — Mid-century American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
James Houston McConnell, 'Equus Uirumpu' (The Man's Horse), color serigraph, c. 1945, edition not stated but small. Signed and titled in pencil. Initialed in the image, lower right. ...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Henri Matisse, Series I, Var. 5, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 5 (Series I, Variation 5), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Henri de Waroquier, Untitled, from Alternation, 1946
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Henri de Waroquier (1881–1970), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Alternance (Alternation), originates from the 1946 edition published by Le Gerb...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 10, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie L, var. 10 (Series L, Variation 10), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Untitled, from The Varende, 1944 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (1840–1917), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio La Varende, Rodin (La Varende, Rodin), originates from the 1944 ...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Keep Em' Flying Hennies Bros Shows original vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Keep 'em Flying Hennies Bros Show original vintage military, carnival, and amusement park poster. Created during World War Two when entertainment and enj...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Oval Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XIX), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Oval Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XIX) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 18 3/4" x 16 3/4" ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Young Girl with Guitar - Original etching, 1945
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Young Girl with Guitar, 1945 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 28 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 8,6 inch) REFERENCES : Catalogue raisonné Marchess...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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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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