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Figurative Prints For Sale
Hölle VII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Dokuro (yellow). Limited Edition (print) by Takashi Murakami signed, numbered
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Dokuro (yellow), 2000 by Takashi Murakami Offset print, numbered and signed by the artist in gold and silver ink 19 11/16 × 19 11/16 in 50 × 50 cm Edition 44/300 Dokuro (literally ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Offset

Creation
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Creation Lithograph from 1960. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Cerf De Corse - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Cerf De Corse is an artwork realized  by  Buvée l'Américain in 1771.   Etching B./W. print  on ivory paper. The artwork belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et par...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Salvador Dali - Nude and Lobster
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Nude and Lobster - Original Etching Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Edition: 390 1967 Editor : Au Cercle du Livre Précieux On Rives Vellum From the Serie Casanova Unsigned as ...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hand made Fine Bone China Trinket Box for The Rake's Progress Drop Curtain
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Hand made Fine Bone China Jewelry/Trinket Box for The Rake's Progress Drop Curtain, 2019 Fine bone china finished with platinum gilding in presentation gift box David H...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Porcelain

The Player - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Player is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Hand-colored lithograph. Good Condition except for ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait of a Man after Raphael - Etching by Nicholas Dupuis - 1755
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait After Raphael is an etching realized by N. Dupuis Junior in 1755. Good conditions. Signed in plate. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes. The etching was re...
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1750s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Artem (5071) - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. This impression is printed on Hahnemuhle archival paper. Hahnemühle FineArt, Inc. ...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Photographic Paper, Digital

Cabbage Rose and Spotted Munia— 19th century woodblock print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Imao Keinen, 'Cabbage Rose and Spotted Munia' from the series 'Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons', color woodblock Oban diptych, 1882. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream Japan paper, in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size: diptych 12 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches (321 x 452 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Kyoto, Imao Keinen (1845-1924) studied painting and calligraphy with Umegata Tokyo and Suzuki Hyakunen. He taught at the Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting and exhibited in shows in Japan and Paris. One of the most well-known Japanese painters of his time, Keinen was honored by his country with the title of 'Artist of the Japanese Empire...
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1880s Naturalistic Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Original "Frou Frou" Centre de L' Affiche French fashion poster Rene Gruau
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French poster of Rene Gruau's Frou Frou. Centre de L"Affiche; Mairie de Toulouse. Mai and Juin 2002. Gruau a.k.a. RENATO DE ZAVAGLI. This original French poster of Rene ...
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Early 2000s Feminist Figurative Prints

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Offset

1993 "Elvis" original etching by Al Hirschfeld. Hand signed and numbered.
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Elvis" original etching by artist Al Hirschfeld. Caricature portrait of Elvis Presley. Hand pulled in 1993 from an edition of 150 plus 30 artist's proofs. Hand numbered 14/150 in lo...
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1990s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Schwartzer Fleck" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Roethel 145. Printed in Paris in 1938 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 3). Image size: 7 x 8 1/2 inches (170 x 218 mm). Sheet ...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Kenny Scharf, Sajippe Kraka Joujesh
Located in New York, NY
SAJIPPE KRAKA JOUJESH Year: 1998 Medium: Silkscreen Size: 39 x 46 inches (99 x 117 cm) Edition: 150 Price: $4,000 Kenny Scharf was born in 1958, in Hollywood, California. The artis...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Original Vetements Forchic French fashion vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original lithograph, linen backed. Vetements Forchic. Pour Lui; Elle a Choise. Archival linen-backed vintage French fashion poster in fine...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition - Lithograph by Mino Trafeli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Lithograph realized by Mino Trafeli in 1980s. Edition 16/50. Hand signed. Good conditions. Mino Trafeli (Volterra, December 29, 1...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

"I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz TV Comedy Legends Emmy Awards Litho Emmys
Located in New York, NY
"I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz TV Comedy Legends Emmy Awards Litho Emmys Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) "I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Lithograph on heavy paper, 1989 Sigh...
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1980s Performance Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

de Segonzac, Eden Roc, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches Arjomari paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy, 1965. Published by Librairie ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

“Le Chapeau Epingle”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original etching and drypoint on wove paper. This is the third version and the second edition printed in 1921 of Le Chapeau Epingle. Condition is very good...
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1880s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching

Salvador Dali, signed and numbered drypoint etching 'The oak and the reed', 1974
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904 – 1989) The oak and the reed Drypoint etching with hand coloured pochoir, on Richard de Bas Auvergne, 1974 From the suite Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine pri...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Franz Marc, Der Traum, L'édition de tête (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, tête edition, Consacré au Blau...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Theatre - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Theatre is a lithograph realized by Raoul Dufy in 1920. Good conditions. Edition of 110. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced composition.
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTISH RAILWAY - LMS, 1925 vintage railroad poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) vintage Art Deco railway poster from 1925. The artist is Raymond Virac. Archival linen-backed and in excellent condition, ready to ...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

My Daughter
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching on buff wove paper, 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (250 x 322 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right margin. Some general age tone, and minor mat tone around the pe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

In the style of Henry Moore, Mother and Child in Rocking Chair
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a cast metal sculpture of a woman and child, mother and baby in a rocking chair. It has a patina on a white metal. Not sure if it is steel or aluminum. It is and older vintage piece and has wear to patina where it sits and rocks on table. It is not signed or numbered and there is no foundry mark. Hence it is being sold as being after or in the manner of Henry Moore. Henry Spencer Moore (1898 – 1986) Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a coal miner. He became well-known through his carved marble and larger-scale abstract cast bronze sculptures, and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the United Kingdom later endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts. After the Great War, Moore received an ex-serviceman's grant to continue his education and in 1919 he became a student at the Leeds School of Art (now Leeds College of Art), which set up a sculpture studio especially for him. At the college, he met Barbara Hepworth, a fellow student who would also become a well-known British sculptor, and began a friendship and gentle professional rivalry that lasted for many years. In Leeds, Moore also had access to the modernist works in the collection of Sir Michael Sadler, the University Vice-Chancellor, which had a pronounced effect on his development. In 1921, Moore won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art in London, along with Hepworth and other Yorkshire contemporaries. While in London, Moore extended his knowledge of primitive art and sculpture, studying the ethnographic collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. Moore's familiarity with primitivism and the influence of sculptors such as Constantin Brâncuși, Jacob Epstein, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Frank Dobson led him to the method of direct carving, in which imperfections in the material and marks left by tools became part of the finished sculpture. After Moore married, the couple moved to a studio in Hampstead at 11a Parkhill Road NW3, joining a small colony of avant-garde artists who were taking root there. Shortly afterward, Hepworth and her second husband Ben Nicholson moved into a studio around the corner from Moore, while Naum Gabo, Roland Penrose, Cecil Stephenson and the art critic Herbert Read also lived in the area (Read referred to the area as "a nest of gentle artists"). This led to a rapid cross-fertilization of ideas that Read would publicise, helping to raise Moore's public profile. The area was also a stopping-off point for many refugee artists, architects and designers from continental Europe en route to America—some of whom would later commission works from Moore. In 1932, after six year's teaching at the Royal College, Moore took up a post as the Head of the Department of Sculpture at the Chelsea School of Art. Artistically, Moore, Hepworth and other members of The Seven and Five Society would develop steadily more abstract work, partly influenced by their frequent trips to Paris and their contact with leading progressive artists, notably Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jean Arp and Alberto Giacometti. Moore flirted with Surrealism, joining Paul Nash's modern art movement "Unit One", in 1933. In 1934, Moore visited Spain; he visited the cave of Altamira (which he described as the "Royal Academy of Cave Painting"), Madrid, Toledo and Pamplona. Moore made his first visit to America when a retrospective exhibition of his work opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[28] Before the war, Moore had been approached by educator Henry Morris, who was trying to reform education with his concept of the Village College. Morris had engaged Walter Gropius as the architect for his second village college at Impington near Cambridge, and he wanted Moore to design a major public sculpture for the site. In the 1950s, Moore began to receive increasingly significant commissions. He exhibited Reclining Figure: Festival at the Festival of Britain in 1951, and in 1958 produced a large marble reclining figure for the UNESCO building in Paris. With many more public works of art, the scale of Moore's sculptures grew significantly and he started to employ an increasing number of assistants to work with him at Much Hadham, including Anthony Caro and Richard Wentworth. Moore produced at least three significant examples of architectural sculpture during his career. In 1928, despite his own self-described "extreme reservations", he accepted his first public commission for West Wind for the London Underground Building at 55 Broadway in London, joining the company of Jacob Epstein and Eric Gill. At an introductory speech in New York City for an exhibition of one of the finest modernist sculptors, Alberto Giacometti, Sartre spoke of "The beginning and the end of history...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Metal

'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 Figurative Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

I don't want to go to Heaven - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
I Don't Want to Go to Heaven, 2017 Giclee Print on Paper signed and numbered by the artists Edition of 150 166 x 106 cm - Sheet The Connor Brothers are a British artistic duo known ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Divine : Young Girl Hidden by the Curtains - Stone lithograph, 1930
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC Divine : Young Girl Hidden by the Curtains, 1930 Original stone lithograph Unsigned On Arches vellum 28 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 9 inch) Excellent condition
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Tugs on the Hudson
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching with engraving printed in black ink on Japanese mulberry paper, 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (113 x 84 mm), full margins. In superb condition. A beautiful New York City river...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Le Chat d'Espagne - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chat d'Espagne is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabine...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Moon. Paris. Limited edition print Surreal Established Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary colorful figurative surrealistic print on paper by Polish artist Rafal Olbinski. This print shows a woman sitting on chair with her feet on a Moon. There is parisian arc...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Color

Dufy, Paddock, Douze Contemporains (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Douze Contemporains, 1959; published by Éditions d'Art du Lion, Paris;...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Gluttony - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Gluttony - Purgatory, Plate- 23 - is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued....
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

JAVIER CALLEJA - ONCE IN MY LIFE (DIPTYCH) Limited edition Modern Anime Design
Located in Madrid, Madrid
JAVIER CALLEJA - ONCE IN MY LIFE (DIPTYCH) Date of creation: 2023 Medium: Two hybrid UV flatbed pigment print with silkscreen, varnish and embossments on Somerset paper Edition: Once...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Varnish, Inkjet, Screen

"Motif aus Improvisation 25: The Garden of Love" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Roethel 105. Printed in Paris in 1938 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 3). Image size: 8 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (217 x 220 mm). Sh...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45
Located in Soquel, CA
"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45 Portrait of a woman by artist, Dan Miller (American, b. 1928) made by layers of color in woodcuts in Miller's signature sty...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Rice Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut

High Quality Print of New York Rain III Painting by leading British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
High Quality Print of New York Rain III Painting by leading British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her New York Series. Hand signed by the ...
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2010s Realist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Board, Color, Digital

When hearts are trumps - Lithograph, 1896
Located in Paris, IDF
Will Bradley When hearts are trumps, 1896 Original lithograph Printed signature in the plate Printed on paper vélin Size 40 x 29 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.4") INFORMATION : Plate 52 of "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche", Paris, 1896, printed by l'Imprimerie Chaix. Bears the blind stamp of the editor bottom right. This image was created for a book of love poetry written by Tom Hall...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L'Angellus
Located in Fairlawn, OH
L'Angellus Etching, engraving and acquatint on Arches paper, 1902 Signed lower right by the artist (see photo) This is a first state impression printed in a brown/black ink, one of ...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Etching

Mao - Screenprint by Andy Warhol - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Mao is a contemporary artwork realized by Andy Warhol in 1974. Colour screenprint on wallpaper. Includes frame: 113 x 86 x 3 cm Hand signed by lower left. Prov. Galerie Vayhinger...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Inferno, Canto XXX (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"Personaje" 1991 Signed Original Silkscreen & Watercolor Proof 16x12in Cubism
Located in Miami, FL
"Juan Sebastian Barbera (Mexico, 1964) 'Personaje', 1991 Silkscreen and Watercolor on paper Velin Arches 300 g. 15.8 x 11.9 in. (40 x 30 cm.) ID...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen, Watercolor

David saved by Michal
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - David saved by Michal Lithograph from 1960. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and se...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A Fierce Bull
Located in Storrs, CT
A Fierce Bull. 1911. Drypoint. Hardie 108. 5 3/8 x 8 (sheet 8 5/16 x 11 7/8). Edition 8. An exceptional impression with rich drypoint burr printed on antique laid paper. A proof of t...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

A Fierce Bull
A Fierce Bull
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Surgical Instruments - Etching by Lorenz Heister - 1750
Located in Roma, IT
Surgical Instruments is part of the suite realized by Lorenz Heister in the series of Institutiones Chirurgicae, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesberg, 1750. Etching on paper. The work be...
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1750s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

'The Spirit of the Wine' — Japanese Legend from the Famed Chikamatsu Series
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hokuto Tamamura (1893-1951), 'The Spirit of the Wine' (Shuten Dōji) - from Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu (The Complete Works of Chikamatsu)', color woodblock, 1923-26. Signed 'Hokuto'. A fin...
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1920s Showa Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

OPHELIA (the artist's mistress / second wife) - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. This elegant etching titled the gilded youth is of the second wife of the artist ...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition (Vallier 137), Résurrection de l'oiseau, Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Résurrection de l'oiseau, Georges Braque, 1958. Publ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Heaven of Jupiter - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Heaven of Jupiter is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.20 (as...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"Magic Circus" framed lithograph by Michel Delacroix hand signed and numbered
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Magic Circus" lithograph by Michel Delacroix. Hand-signed MIchel Delacroix. Hand-numbered XX/C. Depicts a circus, complete with elephant and horses, traveling through a French city...
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20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Black Break, Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Black Break Year: 1973 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP, 300 Size: 26 in. x 20.2 in. (66.04 cm x 51.3...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

The Forest - Screen Print by Bohdan Hostinak - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Forest is an artwork realized by Bohdan Hostinak in the 1980s. Screen print on paper. Hand-signed and numbered, edition 22/50 prints. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare original print on Rives paper) Texte : Rare lithograph on Rives paper, handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. Leonor Fini was actually the life of the party during the Surrealist movement like Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Jacqueline Lamba and Claude Lalanne. Many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th centuryThis rare lithograph was made after the painting untitled Rogomelec, which was sold by Christie's on october 9th 2024 at GBP 907,200. Created in 1978, Rogomelec is an arresting example of Leonor Fini’s fantastical visions. Within a barren land stands a king dressed in an elaborate coat of peacock feathers. Light glints off his dazzling crown. He is magisterial, imperious, royalty incarnated. The painting shares its title with that of Fini’s third novella, first published in 1979; Rogomelec means ‘he who stones the king’. Written in the first person, the story tells of a traveller in a faraway land, home to a decaying monastery-turned-sanatorium, where monks proffer hallucinatory herbal cures, and culminates in an unsettling discovery during a ritual celebration of the king, the subject of the present work. Born in Buenos Aires, Fini moved to Trieste as a young child. There, she developed an early interest in Renaissance and Mannerist art – the latter’s influence is evident in the elongated figure of Rogomelec – as well as Gustav Klimt, the Pre-Raphaelites, and the German and French Romantics, artists she discovered while riffling through her uncle’s extensive library. Largely self-taught, she moved to Paris in 1931 where she befriended René Magritte, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Victor Brauner. Through them, Fini grew close with the Surrealists and participated in their exhibitions, including Peggy Guggenheim’s landmark show 31 Women at her eponymous gallery on West 57 Street in New York. Like her contemporaries, Fini’s paintings too seem wrenched from a dream and across her works she sought to reconcile the world that she experienced with that of her subconscious mind. In Rogomelec, the king’s clothing is meticulous, and the drama of the ensemble was likely influenced by Fini’s work outside the studio. She created sets and costumes for the ballet, stage, and film; collaborated on performances for the Paris Opéra and La Scala in Milan; and conceived of the bottle and packaging for Elsa Schiaparelli’s perfume...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Le Panthéon (Cramer 24; Mourlot 95), Derrière le miroir
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, and Julien Cain. Chagall Lithogr...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Doomrosie
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph printed in black ink and light beige on Zerkall cream wove paper. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil in lower right margin.
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1980s Feminist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (Cramer 101), Carnet de la Californie (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Year: 1959 Paper Size: 10.25 X 16.5 inches Catalogue raisonné reference: Cramer, illustration 101 Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and u...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Street in Marblehead, Massachussets
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching on white, buff laid paper with deckle edges, 8 13/16 x 12 inches (224 x 305 mm), full margins. One of only 25 proof impressions. In superb condition with excellent i...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Jean Cocteau - Blue Lady - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Blue Lady Signed in the plate Dimensions: 32 x 25.5 cm Edition: 200 1959 Publisher: Bibliophiles Du Palais Unnumb...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Decorating with Figurative Art Prints and Works on Paper

Bring energy and an array of welcome colors and textures into your space by decorating with figurative fine-art prints and works on paper.

Figurative art stands in contrast to abstract art, which is more expressive than representational. The oldest-known work of figurative art is a figurative painting — specifically, a rock painting of an animal made over 40,000 years ago in Borneo. This remnant of a remote past has long faded, but its depiction of a cattle-like creature in elegant ocher markings endures.

Since then, figurative art has evolved significantly as it continues to represent the world, including a breadth of works on paper, including printmaking. This includes woodcuts, which are a type of relief print with perennial popularity among collectors. The artist carves into a block and applies ink to the raised surface, which is then pressed onto paper. There are also planographic prints, which use metal plates, stones or other flat surfaces as their base. The artist will often draw on the surface with grease crayon and then apply ink to those markings. Lithographs are a common version of planographic prints.

Figurative art printmaking was especially popular during the height of the Pop art movement, and this kind of work can be seen in artist Andy Warhol’s extensive use of photographic silkscreen printing. Everyday objects, logos and scenes were given a unique twist, whether in the style of a comic strip or in the use of neon colors.

Explore an impressive collection of figurative art prints for sale on 1stDibs and read about how to arrange your wall art.

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