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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Lions Club, Modern Art Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful signed lithograph by French Modern artist Jean Cocteau. This print features a stylized dancing lion with the title “Lions Club” in the upper left corner and a signature an...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Les Papillons, Modern Colorful Lithograph by Fernand Leger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Papillons Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955) Date: 1948 Lithograph on Arches (unsigned) Image Size: 20 x 16 inches Size: 25.75 x 19.5 in. (65.41 x 49.53 cm) Printer: Mourlot, Pari...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Gallo
Located in Miami, FL
Mariano Rodriguez Gallo, 1984 Serigraph Ed. VII of XXV 29 x 22 in
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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bible : Simeon, Angels and Red Birds - Lithograph (Mourlot 1962)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Bible : Simeon, Angels and Red Birds, 1962 Lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On Vellum 32.5 x 24 cm INFORMATION: Lithograph produced by Chagall in 196...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original, Linen backed New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival poster from 1983. A fun image with a crawfish holding an umbrella with streamers. 1983 JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL PRO-MO ...
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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Offset

36x48 Bison American Buffalo Photography Art Exhibition Poster Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original offset lithograph poster printed on acid-free archival paper Shane Russeck Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Dimensions: 36"x48" sheet. Photograph © Shane Russeck Excellen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Young Love Walking to School, Signed Lithograph by Norman Rockwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Young Love Walking to School Norman Rockwell American (1894–1978) Date: ca 1970 Lithograph on paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original 1942 Pour L'An II COMPAGNONS Rooster vintage French poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Professionally archival linen-backed vintage French poster: pour L'An II COMPAGONS Tous Unis Celebrons, Notre Pain, Notre Sang, Notre Terre. This full lithograph antique poster fe...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Brooch Oiseau (Bird) Zamak, gold tone finished, nickel free (Incised Signature)
Located in New York, NY
Niki de Saint Phalle Brooch (Oiseau), ca. 2005 Zamak, gold tone finished, nickel free (Incised Signature) Incised signature on the back of the jewelry (Niki De Saint Phalle) and the ...
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Early 2000s Modern Animal Prints

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Metal, Enamel

LION PRINT PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPH AFRICA EXHIBITION POSTER
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition Poster from the Shane Russeck Pop up gallery in Los Angeles. Printed on acid-free archival paper Dimensions: 24" x 36" sheet. Photograph © Shane Russeck Excelle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

The Swan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Swan Etching and soft ground intaglio, 1957 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Titled and numbered lower left (see photo) From the second edition of 75 impressions, printed...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Intaglio

Canaries on a Tree
Located in London, GB
Canaries on a Tree, 2003 Screenprint Edition size: 300 Image and paper size: 28.5 x 24cm hand-signed and numbered by the artist on verso published by Advanced Graphics accompanied by signed and numbered book (206/300) that matches the print's edition number. Craigie Aitchison...
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Early 2000s Modern Animal Prints

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Screen

Original 1945 Paris (France) vintage travel poster travel by train
Located in Spokane, WA
Original PARIS linen-backed 1946 vintage travel poster, preservation linen-backed and ready to frame. Very good condition, Grade A- Original 1946 Paul Colin Paris Vintage Poster ...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original Fly TWA India vintage travel poster David Klein
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Fly TWA India vintage travel poster. Artist: David Klein. Archival linen backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. This poster features a...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Offset

Original Coppertone suntan lotion vintage poster - Italian
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Coppertone” Colore di Rame vintage Italian poster. Colore de Rame translates into the color of copper. Abbronzatevi! (suntan) Non bruciatevi! (don’t burn) Archival linen-backed in fine condition, ready to frame. This original Coppertone poster is in A condition. The background in the poster is a brighter yellow; after all, it is a sunny day, and you need suntan lotion! Coppertone is an American suntan cream. Interestingly, the American poster of this famous little girl and dog...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Offset

About A Cat, CoBrA Group Modern Lithograph by Karel Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
This signed and numbered lithograph on Japon paper is from a portfolio of 17 prints by Modern artist Karel Appel. He admired the domestic house cat for its aloof, yet instinctive, de...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Innocent Cat, CoBrA Group Modern Lithograph by Karel Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
This signed and numbered lithograph on Japon paper is from a portfolio of 17 prints by Modern artist Karel Appel. He admired the domestic house cat for its aloof, yet instinctive, de...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Resting Cat, CoBrA Group Modern Lithograph by Karel Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
This signed and numbered lithograph on Japon paper is from a portfolio of 17 prints by Modern artist Karel Appel. He admired the domestic house cat for its aloof, yet instinctive, de...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Lions Club, Modern Art Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful signed lithograph by French Modern artist Jean Cocteau. This print features a stylized dancing lion with the title “Lions Club” in the upper left corner and a signature an...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Seattle United Air Lines original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original excellent condition, linen backed United Airlines: Seattle, the 1968 airplane airline aviation travel poster promoting travel to Seattle, Washington aboard United Airlines and featuring art of a Native American Indian totem pole...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Offset

Snipe - Mixed Colored Woodcut Print - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Snipe is a modern artwork realized in 1870. Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London, Bell & Sons, 1870. Name of the bird printed in plate. This work is part of a print su...
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1870s Modern Animal Prints

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Woodcut

Braque, Oiseaux, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, The Intimate Sketchbooks of G...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

HORSE FRIGHTENED BY LIGHTNING - Proof imp - One of Sheet's Most Important Prints
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MILLARD SHEETS (1987 – 1989) HORSE FRIGHTENED BY LIGHTNING, 1939 Lithograph signed in pencil, annotated “TRIAL PROOF”. The published edition is 75. Image, 17 x 22”. Sheet 19 ½” x 2...
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1930s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Rat and the Elephant - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #179
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall Fables : The Rat and the Elephant, 1952 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Montval vellum 39 x 30 cm (c. 15.5 x 12 in) With COA of the gallery and photo...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Bible : Dove and Menorah candlestick - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Bible : Dove and Menorah candlestick, 1962 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On Vellum 32.5 x 24 cm REFERENCE: Mourlot catalog raisonné #366 ...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original 1919, Give the World The Once Over in the United States Navy poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1919 Give The World The Once Over in the United States Navy vintage poster. Archival linen backed. This poster presents itself very fine condition. The lower text por...
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1910s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

“Le Picador II” from the book Sabartés
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
“Le Picador II” from the book Sabartés, “A los Toros avec Picasso“ 1961, from the edition of unknown size, printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, published by Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo. ...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Elephant, Lions Bold Color Lithograph Alexander Calder Unfinished Revolution
Located in Surfside, FL
1975 Color Lithograph by Alexander Calder from Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio One of 250 copies, with the printed signature and date on offset paper. This is not pencil signed ...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Lion Défendant sa Proie (Lion Defending Its Prey)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Joseph Hecht, 'Lion Défendant sa Proie (Lion Defending Its Prey)', engraving, 1931, edition 50, Tonneau-Ryckelynck & Plumart 215. Signed and numbered '18/50' in pencil. A fine impres...
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1930s Modern Animal Prints

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Engraving

Horses in the Moonlight, Lithograph by Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) Title: Horses in Moonlight Year: circa 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Edition: Epreuve d'Artiste Size: 25.25 x 19.5 in. (64.14 x...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

'Leaving the Nest', Japanese, United Nations, Unesco, Tree of Peace
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Keiko Minami' (Japanese, 1911-2004) and inscribed, lower left, with number and limitation, '26/50'. Japanese painter and printmaker, Keiko Minami became well kn...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Hounds
By Kimi Salamonová
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, limited edition of 10, Hahnemuehle paper, signed by the author, with gallery certificate.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Digital

"Bird #2" - 1949 Vintage Black & White Modernist Monotype Print by Edgar Britton
Located in Denver, CO
Bird #2 is a striking vintage black-and-white monotype print by renowned Colorado artist Edgar Britton. Created in 1949, this original work features a bold composition of a white dov...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Monotype

Horses in the Moonlight, Lithograph by Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) Title: Horses in Moonlight Year: circa 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil Edition: Epreuve d'Artiste Size: 25.25 x 19.5 in. (64.14 x...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Le Coq, from Verve Vol VII No. 27-28
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Georges Braque Title: Le Coq Portfolio: Verve Vol VII No. 27-28 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1952 Edition: 6000 Frame Size: 22" x 18 1/4" Sheet Size: 14" x 10" Signature: Unsigned
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Antique American Modernist Portrait Signed Limited Edition Serigraph Interlude
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist interior scene by Will Barnet. Titled "Interlude". Signed and numbered limited edition from 1982.
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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Screen

Monkey - Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Monkey is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de ...
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1850s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

The Cats and Kitty - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Cats and Kitty is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was ...
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1850s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Egyptian slit-faced Bat - Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
Egyptian slit-faced Bat is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and...
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1850s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Picasso, Le Papillon, Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bible : Ruben, Ocean, Sky and Sun - Lithograph (Mourlot 1962)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Bible : Ruben, Ocean, Sky and Sun, 1962 Lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On Vellum 32.5 x 24 cm INFORMATION: Lithograph produced by Chagall in 1962 f...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Nebraska Evening
Located in London, GB
A fine impression with good margins published by Associated American Artists.
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Domestic Cats - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
Domestic Cats is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was publi...
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1850s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Bird, School Prints, Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on English cartridge paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Published by School Prints Ltd., London; Printe...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Wolf and The Lamb - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #98
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall Fables : The Wolf and The Lamb, 1952 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Numbered 61 / 85 On Montval vellum 39 x 28 c...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Carousel" Blue Abstract Horse Serigraph
By Barbara Maples
Located in Houston, TX
Blue toned serigraph of a carousel with horses. The work is signed and numbered by the artist. It is not framed but comes with a white matte. Artist Biography: Barbara Maples...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Luna llena (Full Moon) (1/30)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Luna llena (Full Moon), 2023 Serigraph in five colors 21.70 x 21.70 in Edition of 30 This serigraph (silkscreen or screen print) is part of a limited edition of 30....
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Screen

Al unísono (In Unison) [triptych] (1/15)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Al unísono (In Unison) [triptych], 2022 Serigraph in five colors Each of the three pieces is 15.75 x 15.75 in Edition of 15 This serigraph (silkscreen or screen pri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Screen

'Equestrian Actress', Modernism, Circus, Vietnamese, French, Horse, Acrobats
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Lebadang' and with number and limitation, 163/215, lower left. Also known as Dang Lebadang (Vietnamese-French, 1922-2015) this not...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Pablo Picasso - Jeu de la Cape - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph by Picasso Atelier Mourlot. Paper: Vélin. Dimensions : 9 5/8 x 12 7/16 inches Reference: Bloch 1015 Picasso is not just a man and his work. Picasso is always a legend, ...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

24x36 Arctic Wolf Exhibition Print Photography Photograph Art Wolves
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition Poster from the Shane Russeck Pop up gallery in Los Angeles. Original offset lithograph poster printed on acid-free archival paper from the 2019 exhibition/opening of S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

24x36 Bison American Buffalo Photography Art Poster Print Fine Art Photogrtaph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Museum quality archival exhibition poster print. Dimensions: 24" x 36" sheet. Photograph © Shane Russeck Excellent condition (Brand new, never framed or displayed).
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Braque, Composition, Les Peintres mes amis (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Peintres mes amis, 1965. Published by Éditions d'art Les Heures Cla...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Haystack
Located in London, GB
A fine impression of this very popular image with full margins (smaller on top and bottom) published by Associated American Artists.
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1930s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original 1918 "Join the Army Air Service, Be An American Eagle!" vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original U. S military World War 1 poster: Join the ARMY AIR SERVICE Be an American Eagle! Consult your local draft board. Read the illustrated booklet at any recruiting office, or write to the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, Washington D. D. Linen backed in very good condition; ready to frame. Professionally restore fold marks that are inconspicuous. Artist: Charles Livingston Bull Extremely rare original World War 1 poster. When you research all the major museums that have a copy of this poster, it is usually in bad shape with missing paper. This original c. 1917 has no missing paper and is bright and vibrant. It should be in the finest condition original available. Explore The United States Army Air Service was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 1. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U.S. War Department during World War I by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation Section, Signal Corps as the nation’s Air Force, and March 19, 1919, establishing a military Director of Air Service to control all aviation activities. Its life was extended for another year in July 1919, during which time Congress passed the legislation necessary to make it a permanent establishment. The National Defense Act of 1920 assigned the Air Service the status of “combatant arm of the line” of the United States Army with a major general in command. Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932) was an American illustrator known for his illustrations of wildlife. Bull studied taxidermy in Rochester, New York, and his first job at the age of 16 was preparing animals for mounting at the Ward’s Museum in Rochester, New York. During World War I, he designed recruiting posters, including the famous Join the Army Air Service poster...
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1910s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Donkey in the Roman Countryside - Etching After Charles Coleman-1992
Located in Roma, IT
The donkey in the Roman Countryside is an original etching artwork realized after Charles Coleman (1807, Yorkshire - 1874, Roma) in 1992. Signed on the plate, the rare edition of on...
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1990s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

Pablo Picasso - La Petite Corrida - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pablo Picasso - Original Lithograph La Petite Corrida (The Small Bullfight) 1958 Edition of 2000, unsigned Published in the journal XXe Siecle Dimens...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bull - Original Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bull is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence) Lithograph print, mid-20th century. Very good conditions. Jean L...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bird and Spirit Figure - Original Lithograph, Hand Signed (Ryckelynck #6641)
Located in Paris, IDF
Wifredo Lam Bird and Spirit Figure, 1967 Original lithograph Hand signed in pencil Numbered / 300 On Arches vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) REFERENCE : Catalog raisonne Tonneau...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Barnacle Geese Affrighted
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper, full margins. Signed and numbered 59/75 in pencil, lower margin. Notations in pencil along the lower sheet edge, recto, well outside of ima...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Prints

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Alexander Calder Circus Reproduction Lithograph of a Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
(after) Alexander Calder "Calder's Circus" offset lithograph on wove paper a reproduction lithograph after the drawings by the artist Published by Art in America and Perls gallery in 1964 (from drawings done in the 1930's) these range slightly in size but they are all about 13 X 17 inches (with minor variations in size as issued.) These have never been framed. The outer folio is not included just the one lithograph. James Sweeny from the introduction “The fame of Calder’s circus spread quickly between the years 1927 and 1930. All the Paris art world came to know it. It brought him his first great personal success. But what was more important, the circus also provided the first steps in Calder’s development as an original sculptor” Clive Gray wrote ”A visit to the studio of Alexander Calder led to the chance discovery of some hundred masterful circus drawings completed over thirty years ago. We publish, for the first time, a choice of sixteen from that group.” With signed introduction by Miro. These whimsical drawings, done in the style of wire sculpture, include acrobats, clowns, jugglers, trapeeze artists, an elephant, dog and lion. they are great. Alexander Calder is widely considered to be one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century. He is best known for his colorful, whimsical abstract public sculptures and his innovative mobiles, kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents, which embraced chance in their aesthetic. Born into a family of accomplished artists, Calder's work first gained attention in Paris in the 1930s and was soon championed by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, resulting in a retrospective exhibition in 1943. Major retrospectives were also held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1964) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1974). Calder’s work is in many permanent collections, most notably in the Whitney Museum of American Art, but also the Guggenheim Museum; the Museum of Modern Art; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Centre Georges Pompidou. He produced many large public works, including .125 (at JFK Airport, 1957), Pittsburgh (Carnegie International prize winner 1958, Pittsburgh International Airport) Spirale (UNESCO in Paris, 1958), Flamingo and Universe (both in Chicago, 1974), and Mountains and Clouds (Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1976). Although primarily known for his sculpture, Calder was a prodigious artist with a restless creative spirit, whose diverse practice included painting and printmaking, miniatures (such as his famous Cirque Calder), children’s book illustrations, theater set design, jewelry design, tapestry and rug works, and political posters. Calder was honored by the US Postal Service with a set of five 32-cent stamps in 1998, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously in 1977, after refusing to receive it from Gerald Ford one year earlier in protest of the Vietnam War. Calder moved to New York and enrolled at the Art Students League, studying briefly with Thomas Hart Benton, George Luks, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and John Sloan. While a student, he worked for the National Police Gazette where, in 1925, one of his assignments was sketching the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Calder became fascinated with the action of the circus, a theme that would reappear in his later work. In 1926, Calder moved to Paris, enrolled in the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and established a studio at 22 rue Daguerre in the Montparnasse Quarter. In June 1929, while traveling by boat from Paris to New York, Calder met his future wife, Louisa James (1905-1996), grandniece of author Henry James and philosopher William James. They married in 1931. While in Paris, Calder met and became friends with a number of avant-garde artists, including Fernand Léger, Jean Arp, and Marcel Duchamp. Cirque Calder (on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art at present) became popular with the Parisian avant-garde. He also invented wire sculpture, or "drawing in space," and in 1929 he had his first solo show of these sculptures in Paris at Galerie Billiet. Hi! (Two Acrobats) in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art is an early example of the artist's wire sculpture. The painter Jules Pascin, a friend of Calder's from the cafes of Montparnasse, wrote the preface to the catalog. A visit to Piet Mondrian's studio in 1930, where he was impressed by the environment-as-installation, "shocked" him into fully embracing abstract art, toward which he had already been tending. Dating from 1931, Calder’s sculptures of discrete movable parts powered by motors were christened “mobiles” by Marcel Duchamp, a French pun meaning both "motion" and "motive." At the same time, Calder was also experimenting with self-supporting, static, abstract sculptures, dubbed "stabiles" by Jean Arp in 1932 to differentiate them from mobiles. Public commissions increasingly came his way in the 1960s. Notable examples are .125 for JFK Airport in 1957, Spirale for UNESCO in Paris 1958 and Trois disques, commissioned for Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Calder's largest sculpture at 25.7 meters high was El Sol Rojo, constructed outside the Aztec Stadium for the 1968 Summer Olympics "Cultural Olympiad" events in Mexico City. Many of his public works were commissioned by renowned architects; I.M. Pei commissioned his La Grande Voile (1966), a 25-ton, 40-foot high stabile for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Part of Calder's repertoire includes pivotal stage sets for more than a dozen theatrical productions, including Nucléa, Horizon, and most notably, Martha Graham’s Panorama (1935), a production of the Erik Satie symphonic drama Socrate (1936), and later, Works in Progress (1968). In addition to sculptures, Calder painted throughout his career, beginning in the early 1920s. He picked up his study of printmaking in 1925, and continued to produce illustrations for books and journals.As Calder’s professional reputation expanded in the late 1940s and 1950s, so did his production of prints. Masses of lithographs based on his gouache paintings hit the market, and deluxe editions of plays, poems, and short stories illustrated with fine art prints by Calder became available for sale. One of Calder's most celebrated and unconventional undertakings was a commission from Dallas-based Braniff International Airways to paint a full-size Douglas DC-8-62 four-engined jet as a "flying canvas." Calder created over 2,000 pieces of jewelry over the course of his career, many of them as gifts for friends and relatives. For his lifelong friend Joan Miró, he set a shard of a broken porcelain vessel in a brass ring. Peggy Guggenheim received enormous silver mobile earrings and later commissioned a hammered silver headboard...
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1930s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Modern Israeli Lithograph Reuven Rubin Views Of Israel Judaica Crowing Rooster
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithograph printed by Chez Daniel Jacomet, Paris, France 1960 offset lithograph in colors on Arches, signed in crayon on the justification sheet (this auction is just for the one lithograph pictured as the 1st photo, the justification sheet with the original drawing is just included for provenance and is not part of this sale), on Arches deckle edged paper. limited edition of 250. plate signed and hand signed in pencil. Israeli views Lithograph by Israeli Master. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovici (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Gala?i to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik, with whom he had shared a studio in Cernovitzu. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery.Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judea competition. He died in 1974 Artistic career Joseph Zaritsky...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Horse : Polo Game - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Vincent HADDELSEY (1934-2010) Horse : Polo Game, 1974 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Arches vellum 53 x 38 cm (c. 23 x 15 in) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Cat and Mouse : Original etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Mordecai MOREH Cat and Mouse, 1982 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 300 On vellum 9 x 21 cm (c. 4 x 8 inch) INFORMATION : This etching was created for the Greeting ...
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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

'Leaving the Nest', Japanese, United Nations, Unesco, Tree of Peace
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Keiko Minami' (Japanese, 1911-2004) and inscribed, lower left, with number and limitation, '26/50'. Japanese painter and printmaker, Keiko Minami became well kn...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Mute Swan - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Mute Swan is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) . Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London...
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1870s Modern Animal Prints

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Woodcut

Paul Jouve - Chimpanzee - Original Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jouve - Chimpanzee - Original Engraving Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Artwork by Paul Jouve. Original copper engraving ...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Engraving

Original Watch Out .. Safe Direction NRS vintage gun safety poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Watch Out .. Point the Muzzle in a SAFE Direction” vintage National Rifle Association of America vintage poster. Printed in 1946 on a thick cardboard stock. Excellent ...
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1940s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

'Equestrian Actress', Modernism, Circus, Vietnamese, French, Horse, Acrobats
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Lebadang' and with number and limitation, 163/215, lower left. Also known as Dang Lebadang (Vietnamese-French, 1922-2015) this not...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Elephant Family" 1983 is an original large color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Leroy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 63/300 in pe...
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Prints

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Screen

Modern animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern animal prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow, blue, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jean Jeacques Grandville, Louis Legrand, TURPIN, P[ierre Jean Francois], and Pablo Picasso. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern animal prints, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for animal prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $36 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work sells for $176.

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