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Figurative Prints For Sale
Astrology - Zodiac : Libra - Original Etching, Handsigned in pencil 1979
Located in Paris, IDF
Raymond PEYNET
Astrology - Zodiac : Libra, 1979
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /220
On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches)
This etching is authentified by the...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Disco Moon
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: In rich, cinematic reds and browns, vivid yellows, and muted neutral shades, Adrian Samson’s photographs seduce viewers into a radiant, chromatic universe. With a ...
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Put On Some Lipstick, Pour Yourself a Drink and Pull Yourself Together
By Pure Evil
Located in London, GB
Pure Evil
Elizabeth Taylor - Put on some lipstick, 2021
Screenprint in colours
50 x 35 cm
60 x 45 cm - Framed
Edition of 100 + 1 AP
signed and numbered by the artist
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses' — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate and dated
'1730' lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb...
Category
1730s Baroque Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Every Bodies Been There (Signed twice with both printed AND rare hand signature)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin
Every Bodies Been There (signed twice), 1998
Lithograph on paper
Underneath that existing plate signature, Tracey Emin has, exceptionally hand signed and dated the work f...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Bread" lithograph by Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold lithograph titled "Bread" by Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945). This piece is one of the Lithographic reproductions of the original lithographs, plate 2 from a series of 10, pr...
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Les Amoureux en gris (Lovers in grey)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Framed 19 x 17.75 in
No. 194 in the Catalogue Raisonne of Chagall's lithographs
This lithograph was created by Chagall especially for this edition of the book "Chagall" by Jacques ...
Category
1950s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ciudad de Medio Millon y 25 Huevos Duros
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
$975 Sale Price
35% Off
La Grande Guerre - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1954 oil on canvas by René Magritte, plate-signed by Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mathias en Cuernavaca
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
-Pedro Friedeberg signed print featuring a fantastical surrealistic scene. Includes whimsical figures, optical art elements, and surreal details. framed in a hand-painted black and g...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
$840 Sale Price
40% Off
Mythology: Argus in Black
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Salvador Dali
Mythology: Argus in Black, Published 1963-1965
Medium: Copper and Drypoint Etching on Arches Paper
Edition: 106/150
Artwork Size: 22 x 30 in
Framed Size: 28.50 x ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1967 at the atelier of Clot, Bramsen et Georges and published in an edition of 2500 for "Les Temps Situationistes" (The Situationist ...
Category
1960s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Women Enjoying a Book - Original lithograph (L'Estampe Moderne 1897-1898)
By Louis Welden Hawkins
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Welden HAWKINS
Women Enjoying a Book, 1898
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Lithogr...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Werner Bronkhorst - Swing
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst
Swing, 2025
Giclée print on heavyweight 395gsm matte Canson Infinity PhotoArt ProCanvas, made with long-lasting Epson archival inks.
Hand-stretched over FSC-certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Flowers (Pink, Red, Purple Hues - Pop Art) (~65% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
By Jurgen Kuhl
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jürgen Kuhl
Flowers (Pink, Red, Purple Hues - Pop Art)
2010-2020
Color Silkscreen
Size: 32.8 × 32.8 inches
Unsigned
COA Provided
About Jurgen Kuhl:
In Cologne, the city of art ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
I Love…
Located in Bristol, GB
4 colour screenprint on Somerset Tub Sized Satin White 410gsm
Edition 117 of 125
76 x 60 cm (29.9 x 23.6 in)
Signed, numbered and dated on the back
Mint. Minor imperfections may appe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
David Hockney - 60 Years of Work - Tate Britain original British Pop art poster
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
David Hockney - 60 Years of Work - Tate Britain original poster, 2017
Offset lithograph and digital print
24 × 16 1/2 inches
Unframed, unsigned and unnumbered
Provenanc...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring-Apocalypse X Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage offset lithograph postcard published by Art Unlimited Amsterdam. Printed in Holland. The postcard is framed in a black wood frame with a front profile of 1 inch and a side pr...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Yoshitomo Nara - Dead of Night
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara
Dead of Night, 2021
Print on paper
20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
The Twin Rocks of Capri; I Faraglioni a Capri
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879
Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor margina...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Photogravure
BREAD LINE - Large Strong 30's Modernist Labor Print
By Iver Rose
Located in Santa Monica, CA
IVER ROSE (1899-1972)
BREAD LINE ca. 1935
Lithograph, signed, titled and no. 22/85 in pencil. Image 15” x 17 3/8. Large margins, sheet 18 x 22”. Generally good condition. Some slig...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau, The Mourning Tie, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled La cravate de deuil (The Mourning Tie), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Night Studio
Located in London, GB
Danielle Orchard
Night Studio, 2022
Archival pigment print on 290 gsm Hahnemuhle hemp paper
68.58 x 55.88 cm - sheet
76.2 x 63.2 cm - framed
Edition 4 of 50
hand-signed and numbered ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marc Chagall, Vision of Paris, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1953
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Vision de Paris (Vision of Paris), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 27–28, originates from the ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,756 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure in Movement
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original offset lithograph poster created for the 1985 Francis Bacon exhibition at Marlborough Gallery, featuring the haunting and visceral work Figure in Movement.
Kno...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
$176 Sale Price
29% Off
David Hockney, Letter L, from Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by David Hockney (born 1937), titled Letter L, from the folio Hockney's Alphabet, Drawings by David Hockney, originates from the 1991 edition published by A...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Silverstoned - Motorsports, Formula 1
Located in London, GB
Silverstoned, 2024
Gicleé print on Hahnemuhle Daguerre Canvas framed in Tasmanian Oak
edition of 42
100 x 100 cm
comes with hand-signed and numbered COA from the artist.
Werner Bron...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Hell 24 - The Thieves - Woodcut - 1963 (Field #p. 189)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Hell 24 - The Thieves
Original woodcut
Printed signature in the plate
1960/63
Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives
Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
REFERENCE...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
untitled (horseman)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This whimsical and surreal etching by Mexican artist Maximino Javier, dated 1984, embodies his unique visual language that blends fantasy, folklore, and satire. Executed with intrica...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
New York Skyline
By Louis H. Ruyl
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper with deckle edges, 4 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches (233 x 323 mm); sheet 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (240 x 338 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/75 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint
Harbour with a Round Tower
Located in Middletown, NY
1641. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches (128 x 195 mm), narrow margins. Printed 19th century on a remainder which has a partially trimmed, printed image of a Virgi...
Category
Mid-17th Century French School Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
Peter and John Healing the Cripple at the Gate... - Etching by Rembrandt - 1659
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, excellent proof of II state on IV, before the retouching of the ground and the vault on the right, margin line.
Ref. Bartsch, Hollstein 94; Hind 301; New Hollstein 312; Sto...
Category
1650s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78), Keith Haring
By Keith Haring
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Keith Haring (1958-1990) (after)
Title: Lucky Strike (Littmann P. 78)
Year: 1987
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches cotton rag paper
Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 70/80, a...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$40,000 Sale Price
20% Off
The Songs of Songs, Hand-Signed Lithograph Poster after Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, After, Russian (1887 - 1985) - The Songs of Songs, Year: 1975, Medium: Lithograph Poster, signed in color pencil lower right, Edition: 8500, Size: 30 x 20.25 in. (7...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall, Place de la Concorde, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1953
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 27–28, originates...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
Paris Opera : Ballerina in the Stairs - Original lithograph 1897
By Henri Boutet
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri BOUTET (1851 - 1919)
Ballerina in the Stairs, 1897
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION:...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Clemente Untitled B: surreal mythical landscape, voyage with ocean, Venus, snake
Located in New York, NY
A black and white, large-scale surreal mythical landscape of an ocean voyage, with a snake wrapped around a clock, a ship, Venus sculpture, greek urns, and snakes, printed in black o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Bataille De L'Argonne - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograp, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1935 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andre Lanskoy Dada Lithograph Mourlot Calligraphic French Poetry Brut Abstract
Located in Surfside, FL
ANDRE LANSKOY (French / Russian 1902-1976)
1966
Original color lithograph on watermarked Arches paper
The title sheet was hand signed in pencil on the justification page by the arti...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Little Old Man with a Mask - Original Lithograph (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973),
The Little Old man with a Mask, 1954
Original lithography (Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
Printed date in the plate
On paper 26 .5 x 35.5 cm (c. 10,2 x 13.7 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paris, Place Du Tertre
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Paris, Place Du Tertre" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on Arches paper by French artist Urbain Huchet, 1930-2014. It is hand signed and numbered 183/2...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Knights of King Arthur - Original etching Handsigned (Field #70-10M)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI
Les chevaliers du roi Arthur ("The cavaliers of King Arthut"), 1970
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil with his monogram
Limited to 125 copies
On Lana vellum 45 x ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Sans titre (Cramer 61; Mourlot 434), Le plafond de l'Opéra
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 13 x 9.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cain, Julien, and Fernand Mourlot. Chagall Lit...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Coursing 3, Art Nouveau Offset Lithograph after Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Louis Icart, After, French (1888 - 1950) - Coursing 3, Medium: Offset Lithograph on paper, signed in plate, Image Size: 14.5 x 23.75 inches, Size: 16 x 25 in. (40.64 x 63.5 cm), D...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Le Retour - 20th Century, Surrealist, Lithograph, Figurative Print
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Color lithograph after the 1940 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 300.
The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Mag...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nicole
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
signed and numbered lower right
edition of 60
Catalogue raisonné 00717
Published by Simmelink Sukimoto Editions
Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut, Woodcut
$30,000
Original World Cup USA 94 - Coca Cola Soccer poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World Cup USA ’94, Coca Cola sponsored vintage poster. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame. This World Cup ’94 poster is very rarely seen or available....
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Jean Cocteau, Hermetic Measure, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Mesure hermetique (Hermetic Measure), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by J...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
French Mid-Century 1970s Fashion Design Vintage Lithograph Print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original colour lithograph of a French fashion design from 'Haute Couture'. Published in a folio of designs for Summer 1971.
32cm by 22cm (sheet)
Category
1970s Post-War Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joan Miro, Untitled, Marvels with Acrostic Variations in Miro’s Garden, 1975
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Marvels with Acrostic Var...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Title: Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62)
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper
Edition: 33/150, plus proofs
Size: 28.75 x 2...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Nicholas Panesis, 'Negro', 1934, color lithograph, edition 18. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 8/28 in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower right. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 2 3/8 inches). Minor glue staining at the extreme sheet edges verso, where previously taped (not visible recto), otherwise in excellent condition. Very scarce.
Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches; (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 13/16 x 10 15/16 inches (376 x 278 mm).
Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA).
Impressions of this work are held in the public collections of La Salle University Art Museum (Philadelphia), U.S. General Services Administration, and Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Massachusetts, Nicholas Panesis (1913-1967) studied art at Syracuse University, NY, and went on to teach ceramics at Alfred University, NY.
Panesis moved to San Francisco in the early 1930s shortly before settling in Los Angeles, where he worked for different animation studios...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
NEW DREAMS Original Lithograph, Black History, African American Women
Located in Union City, NJ
NEW DREAMS is an original limited edition lithograph by the Harlem Renaissance, social realist African-American artist ERNEST CRICHLOW (1914-2005). NEW DREAMS was printed from hand d...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
TAKASHI MURAKAMI A RETURN FROM WANDERING Pop Art, Japanese Flowers Silver Black
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - A RETURN FROM WANDERING
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnish on paper
Edition: 300
Size: 71 cm Ø
Condition: In m...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
David Hockney, The Rake's Progress 100% Silk British Pocket Scarf in bespoke box
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
The Rake's Progress Silk Pocket Scarf, ca. 2020
100% silk scarf made in Italy and printed in the UK, held in the original presentation box
16 1/10 × 16 1/10 inches
Bear...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Silk, Screen
Wayne Thiebaud - Bakery Case
Located in Central, HK
Wayne Thiebaud
Bakery Case, 2018
Offset lithographic poster in colours on smooth wove paper
22 × 24 3/5 in 55.8 × 62.6 cm
Wayne Thiebaud is famous for his colorful paintings of mou...
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
The Creation - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Untitled, from Derriere le Miroir, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1966 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 158–159, published by Maeg...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Marc Chagall, Sarah and Abimelech, from Drawings for the Bible, 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Sara et Abimelech (Sarah and Abimelech), from Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible (Drawings for the Bible), Verve: Revue...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Original 'United Behind the Service Star' antique World War One vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: United Behind The Service Star ; Great vibrant colors. Linen backed. All the various support organizations that backed up the soldiers and war relief during World War One. A-, B+ condition. Paper tear from the bottom about 10" professionally laid down. No paper loss.
A large blue star appears over the flags, and below the image reads "United Behind the Service Star". The poster features American soldiers carrying the flags of seven major service organizations: the YMCA, the National Catholic War Council, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Salvation Army, War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the YWCA. These organizations were instrumental in providing various forms of support, such as food, medical care, and morale-boosting services, both to soldiers and civilians.
If you have ever looked to have a 'supreme' version of this great war poster...
Category
1910s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
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.