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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1880s
Henri Matisse, Series B, Var. 5, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie B, var. 5 (Series B, Variation 5), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jupiter and Venus - Etching by Max Klinger - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized in 1909. Belongs to the series "Amor und Psyche. Opus V". Very good condition.
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1880s Symbolist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

A ca. 1940 Etching Titled "Tip of Manhattan" by Artist Nat Lowell
By Nat Lowell
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1940 etching of a view of the Manhattan skyline by artist Nat Lowell. Signed and titled in pencil, ca. 1940. Artworks size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/4". Arc...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Paper

Seurat, Fort de la Halle, 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

Mystery of Womanhood 1947 original signed Emilio Pucci Kaleidoscopic lithograph
By Emilio Pucci
Located in Paonia, CO
Mystery of Womanhood is an original 1947 pencil signed limited edition ( 31 / 100 ) lithograph by Emilio Pucci. It is from a set of six lithographs...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, TLautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1946 Paper Size: 13 x 17 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

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

Buste de Bellone, Modern Etching by Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Buste de Bellone, Year: 1883, Medium: Etching on Japon, Image Size: 6 x 4 inches, Size: 13 x 9 in. (33.02 x 22.86 cm), Reference: Thorson 11, ...
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1880s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Vuillard, Le Jardin devant l´atelier, L'œuvre gravé de Vuillard (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 19.25 x 12.5 inches; image size: 15.35 x 11.42 inches, with centerfold, as issued Inscription: Unsigned and unnu...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Nativity - Original Etching by R. Cazanove - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Nativity is a superb black and white etching on cream-colored and laid paper, realized by Raymond Cazanove, as it is reported on the lower left margin. A touching scene of the nati...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Rider and Dancer - Original Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Rider and dancer, 1949 Color etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11in) INFORMATION : Created by Laurencin and engraved by Lo...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape
By John Stoll
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape capturing dock workers' afternoon break by John Theodore Edward Stoll (b. Germany; 1889, d. California; 1974). Signed "John Stoll" lower right. Titled "Drowsy Bu...
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1940s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Printer's Ink, Etching

"Le Jardin des Tuileries" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original Edouard Vuillard lithograph). Printed on Renage wove paper in 1948 by the atelier Mourlot and published in an edition of 2500. Image size: 11 1...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Descanona - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Le Descanona 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.  T...
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1880s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Executed by Tissot for the "Rene Mauperin" suite of etchings, published in Paris in 1884 by Charpentier in a limited edition of 550. This is a nice impressi...
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1880s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Hombre contemplando la luna" signed / numbered original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint. Signed in pencil and numbered 68 of 80. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as a speci...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Duendecitos - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Duendecitos 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.  Ti...
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1880s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Seurat, Le haut-de-forme, 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

Circa 1940 original poster by French designer Jean Carlu - Roosevelt
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1940 original poster by French designer Jean Carlu, titled V - Franklin D. Roosevelt, is a striking wartime propaganda piece aimed at rallying support and confidence in Ame...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series D, Var. 8, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie D, var. 8 (Series D, Variation 8), 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

Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita 'Profil de madone ' lithograph. signed in pencil, 1957
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita Title: 'Profil de madone' Year: 1957 Medium: lithograph on paper Size: 55.5 x 38 cm. (21.85 x 14.96 in) Edition: 165/220 signed & numbered in penc...
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1940s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

L' Enterrement de Pierrot, Plate X From Jazz
Located in New York, NY
Matisse’s Jazz is one of his most renowned and beloved seris. Pochoir in colors on Arches paper with the center fold (as issued) from the Edition of 250, published by Tériade, Pari...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Stencil

Henri Matisse, Series D, Var. 7, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie D, var. 7 (Series D, Variation 7), 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

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Images de Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin Polifilo paper Year: 1947 Paper Size: 13.78 x 10.24 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, I...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Edward Sacks, Seated Figure
Located in New York, NY
Little is known about the artist, Edward (Ed) Sacks, although this print may have been made at the Art Students League in NYC. it is a cross between, as the title suggests, a Seated ...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Deux Femmes et un Chien, Impressionist Lithograph by Marie Laurencin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marie Laurencin, French (1885 - 1956) - Deux Femmes et un Chien, Year: circa 1945, Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate, Image Size: 13.25 x 9.75 inches, Size: 17.5 x 14 in. (44...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Challenge in the Aegean - Plate 3 - Lithograph by Giorgio De Chirico - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
The Challenge in the Aegean is a black and white artwork realized by Giorgio De Chirico in the half of 20th Century. Rare specimen on light blue paper. Original title: "La sfida in ...
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1940s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1941 Unknown 'Rage in Heaven'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 40.75 x 27 inches ( 103.505 x 68.58 cm ) Image Size: 38.75 x 25 inches ( 98.425 x 63.5 cm ) Framed: No Condition: C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible ma...
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1940s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Dios la Perdone: Y era su Madre - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Dios la perdone: Y era su madre  is a black and White aquatint, drypoint, and etching printed in blue-black ink on laid paper from Caprichos realized after Francisco Goya in 1881-188...
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1880s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Circa 1944 original poster showcasing the Swastika Broken by the Allies
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1944 original poster showcasing the "Croix gammée brisée par les alliés" (Swastika Broken by the Allies) is a powerful piece of World War II propaganda art. This poster cap...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series N, Var. 1, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie N, var. 1 (Series N, 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

La Chevre-Feuille Suite, Suite of Surrealist Etchings by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - La Chevre-Feuille Suite, Year: 1943, Medium: Suite of 18 Color Etchings, with cover sheet, Image Size: 10.5 x 8.25 inches, Size: 11 x 9 in. (2...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Seurat, Femme au manchon, 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

Henri Matisse, Series P, Var. 5, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie P, var. 5 (Series P, 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 Matisse, Series K, Var. 3, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie K, var. 3 (Series K, Variation 3), 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 Matisse, Series I, Var. 6, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie I, var. 6 (Series I, Variation 6), 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

Degas, Les Femmes, 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: 4.75 x 6.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Old Man Reading
Located in London, GB
Accompanied by a lantern, an elderly man sits alone, engrossed in a newspaper. Benton used a lithographic process to draw and produce this image. He renders the face and paper well-l...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Pasiphae Plate 12: Seule, au pied du grand caroubier
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 12: Seule, au pied du grand caroubier (Only, At the Foot of the Great Carob Tree) Portfolio: Pasiphae Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Date: 1944 E...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the drawing). This impression in violet ink was printed in France in 1944 for the rare "Correspondances" portfolio, published by Teriade in a limited editio...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Animals - Original Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Animals is an original artwork realized by Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence) . Lithograph print, mid-20th Century. Perfect conditions. Jean Lurçat (1892-1966) ...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original American WWII 1944 Poster by Bingham - Next 6th War Loan Large
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Next! 6th War Loan is a 1944 WWII American propaganda poster by James R. Bingham. The 6th War Loan emphasized a drive to target Japan in the South Pacific front. The image shows a ru...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Bing Crosby Personality Poster-Parmount Films vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Bing Crosby Paramount Films vintage personality poster. Archival linen-backed and ready to frame. There is some foxing along the original fold marks; otherwise, this poster ...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Du, du liegst mir im Herzen. [Musicians of Bremen]
Located in New York, NY
Du, du liegst mir im Herzen. [Musicians of Bremen.] This brightly colored large-scale color lithograph was published by C. Burckardt, Deponirt "Druck u.Verlag v. C. Burckardt's Na...
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1880s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1947 travel poster for Stresa by Theo Taimonti - Lake Maggiore
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1947 travel poster for Stresa, created by artist Theo Taimonti, is a breathtaking example of mid-century tourism advertising. Designed as part of Italy’s post-war tourism revival...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

“Tending the Sheep”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed original hand colored lithograph using gouache and watercolor. Scene in Surrey, England. Signedxwith monogram in plate lower left, Myles Birket Foster. Published by M. H. Long. Condition is very good. In original 2 inch wide birdseye maple antique frame with thick museum mat with gold innner edge. Overall 22 by 26 inches. Biography Myles Birket Foster (4 February 1825 – 27 March 1899) was a popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster. Life and work Foster was born in North Shields, England of a primarily Quaker family, but his family moved south to London in 1830, where his father founded M. B. Foster & sons — a successful beer-bottling company. He was schooled at Hitchin, Hertfordshire and on leaving initially went into his father's business. However, noticing his talent for art, his father secured an apprenticeship with the notable wood engraver, Ebenezer Landells, where he worked on illustrations for Punch magazine and the Illustrated London News. On leaving Landells' employ, he continued to produce work for the Illustrated London News and the Illustrated London Almanack. He also found work as a book illustrator and, during the 1850s, trained himself to paint in watercolours. His illustrations of Longfellow’s Evangeline and books of poetry by other contemporaries were a great success, and he quickly became a successful artist in watercolours. Birket Foster became an Associate of the "Old" Watercolour Society (Later the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1860 and exhibited some 400 of his paintings at the Royal Academy over more than 2 decades. Birket Foster travelled widely, painting the countryside around Scotland, the Rhine Valley, the Swiss lakes and in Italy, especially Venice. In 1863 he moved to Witley, near Godalming in Surrey where he had a house ("The Hill") built. Being friendly with Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, he had the house decorated and furnished in contemporary style, with tiles and paintings by Burne-Jones and Morris' firm, Morris and Company. The same year he published a volume of "English Landscapes," with text by Tom Taylor...
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1880s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Watercolor, Gouache

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
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1940s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Degas, Famille Cardinal, 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 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

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

Degas, Dancer standing, in profile, 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

Rembrandt, Composition, Rembrandt, Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin Hamilton Kilmory paper Year: 1947 Paper Size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Rembrandt, Drawings...
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1940s Baroque Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Désespoir, Surrealist Lithograph by André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Désespoir pour les Poèmes d'Emily Brontë, Year: circa 1945, Medium: Lithograph on thin wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 12/3...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Au bord de la mer (At the Sea Side)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Au bord de la mer (At the Sea Side) Etching and drypoint, 1880 Signed in the plate middle left edge (see photo) Edition: c. 100 A very rich impression, full of burr and contrasts Pri...
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1880s Impressionist 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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