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Figurative Prints For Sale
Period: 1920s
Period: 1910s
Jesus and the Disciples - Original Woodcut print by François Bouchot - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Jesus and the Disciples is an Original woodcut print realized by François Bouchot in 1922. The artwork is in good condition and included a brown cardboard passpartout (36.5x27.5 cm). No signature. François Bouchot (1800-1842), peintre et graveur, est né à Paris en 1800. Il étudia la gravure sous la direction de Richomme, puis devint élève de Regnault, puis de Lethière, et obtint le grand prix...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Matisse, Crayon, Dessins de Henri-Matisse (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Resurrection (aka Flying Figures; Border of the Lake)
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Resurrection (aka Flying Figures; Border of the Lake), drypoint and aquatint on zinc, 1916, signed with the estate stamp lower right. Reference: Price 2...
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1910s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Modes et Manières d'Aujourd'hui
Located in Wilton, CT
7 volumes, complete. Six 8vo volumes (292 x 190 mm), and one 4to (Huitieme année, 1919, 310 x 245 mm). Publisher's pictorial paper board portfolios, patterned endpapers, housing loos...
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1910s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Gouache

"Salsomaggiore" Original Lithograph poster by Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph in custom frame by artist Gail Potocki. Artist insignia in lower right corner.
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.10 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
The European Macabre Dance N.10 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good conditions. Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 - Milan, 1954); was an Italian draftsman, painter, engraver and illustrator, forerunner of the surrealist movement...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Les Allies a Versailles
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate. From the portfolio “Le Bonheur du Jour” by George Barbier. Etching and Pochoir. Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Selfportrait with a Baby Dog - Signed Stone Lithograph - 1928
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Selfportrait with a Baby Dog (1928) Stone Lithograph Printed in Atelier Mourlot Plates signed On China paper 42 x 31 cm (c. 17 x 12") Excellent condition
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original War Fund Week Keep this Hand of Mercy at its work vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original WW1 poster: Keep this Hand of Mercy at its work. War Fund Week. One hundred Million Dollars. Original WW1 lithograph, archival line...
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1910s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

L'Ecuyère - Lithograph by Georges Rouault - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
L'Ecuyere is a beautiful original lithograph realized by Georges Rouault in 1920. Hand-signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Edition of 25 prints. 5th ad final state of a s...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Klimt, Danae, Das Werk von Gustav Klimt (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure, collotype vélin paper. Paper Size: 18.23 x 17.32 inches; image size: 10.94 x 11.69 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the f...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The European Macabre Dance N.38 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
The European Macabre Dance N.38 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Signed ...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Homeland Figures - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Homeland figures from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz in 1922. The artwork is the plate n. 47 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published betwee...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

DeVilbiss Purfume Art Deco Poster by George Petty for the A.C. Schultz Company
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Art Deco poster was realized by the esteemed American Artist George Petty for the A.C. Schultz Company in 1926. The work is an advertisement for DeVilbiss Perfume, which depicts a "Petty Girl" (as they came to be known) in the center of the composition floating in a pentagonal black color block. With short cropped silvery white hair and red lipstick, the female figure in center (suggestive of a stylized flapper) squeezes the atomizer of her perfume bottle misting herself in fragrance. Skyscraper style geometric forms suggesting elaborately faceted gemstones- in hues of rose, lavender, orange sapphire and yellow diamond- explode around her, suggesting the stage design for the set of the iconic film "Metropolis". The top of the composition features a bronze color block reading "DeVilbiss Perfume sprays" and in scrolling Deco lettering text reads “A drop of perfume bursting into myriad atoms of fragrance makes the use of perfume an added delight” near the bottom of the piece. Additionally, there is a solid black color block with crystalline black forms emanating outwards at the base of the composition, as well as a geometric abstract form on the right side of the piece imbuing it with a distinctly modernist inflection. With its quintessentially Art Deco sensibility, this piece is sure to delight discerning collectors of the period as well as those with a distinct appreciation for unusual (and stunning) fine art pieces. its vibrant palate and clean modernist lines make this piece a winning addition to any style of interior from classic Deco to contemporary. The piece comes presented in a custom gallery frame and is in excellent vintage condition. George Petty was an American illustrator known for his series of pin-ups known as "Petty Girls" which he created for Esquire magazine. The Petty Girl were coquettish women whose legs were elongated to create idealized female forms. They were featured on magazine centerfolds, billboards, and calendars for companies such as Ridgid Tools. Born George Brown Petty IV on April 27, 1894 in Abbeville, LA, Petty received his formal training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under Ruth Van Sickle Ford...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Banquet of Love  - Etching by Alberto Martini - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Banquet of love is a modern artwork realized by Alberto Martini in 1917. Etching and drypoint. Second state of three.  Signed on plate Printed in 1945 in 25 specimen. Alberto Mar...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Don Juan
Located in Missouri, MO
Aquating Engraving Image Size: approx. 20 1/4 x 13 3/8 Framed Size: 28 x 20.5 inches Pencil Signed Lower Right Louis Justin Laurent Icart was born in Toulouse in 1890 and died in Paris in 1950. He lived in New York City in the 1920s, where he became known for his Art-Deco color etchings of glamourous women. He was first son of Jean and Elisabeth Icart and was officially named Louis Justin Laurent Icart. The use of his initials L.I. would be sufficient in this household. Therefore, from the moment of his birth he was dubbed 'Helli'. The Icart family lived modestly in a small brick home on rue Traversière-de-la-balance, in the culturally rich Southern French city of Toulouse, which was the home of many prominent writers and artists, the most famous being Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Icart entered the l'Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Toulouse in order to continue his studies for a career in business, particularly banking (his father's profession). However, he soon discovered the play writings of Victor Hugo (1802-1885), which were to change the course of his life. Icart borrowed whatever books he could find by Hugo at the Toulouse library, devouring the tales, rich in both romantic imagery and the dilemmas of the human condition. It was through Icart's love of the theater that he developed a taste for all the arts, though the urge to paint was not as yet as strong for him as the urge to act. It was not until his move to Paris in 1907 that Icart would concentrate on painting, drawing and the production of countless beautiful etchings, which have served (more than the other mediums) to indelibly preserve his name in twentieth century art history. Art Deco, a term coined at the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, had taken its grip on the Paris of the 1920s. By the late 1920s Icart, working for both publications and major fashion and design studios, had become very successful, both artistically and financially. His etchings reached their height of brilliance in this era of Art Deco, and Icart had become the symbol of the epoch. Yet, although Icart has created for us a picture of Paris and New York life in the 1920s and 1930s, he worked in his own style, derived principally from the study of eighteenth-century French masters such as Jean Antoine Watteau, François Boucher and Jean Honoré Fragonard. In Icart's drawings, one sees the Impressionists Degas...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Aquatint

Akt mit Fächer
Located in New York, NY
A superb, richly-inked impression of an early etching and drypoint. With burr throughout and crisp plate edges. First state (of 2). Edition of 100. Signed in pencil by Chagall. Print...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Illustration from the series "Les Fleurs du Mal" after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Illustration from the series "Les Fleurs du Mal" is an etching print realized after Odilon Redon and published by Henri Felury in 1923. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions, w...
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Original Your Country Needs You! Join the Navy Now! vintage WW1 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original WW1 poster: "Your Country Needs You! Join the Navy Now!" Original poster printed by the U.S. Food Administration during World War One. Archi...
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1910s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gustav Klimt "2nd Study for Water Serpents" collotype from Funfundzwanzig folio
Located in Chicago, IL
Title page numbered: 263/450
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Grand-mere et Petite-fille - Pochoir by G. Barbier - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
This pochoir belongs to the portfolio 'Le Bonheur du Jour', by George Barbier. A very fine work of one of the most important and famous european illustrators of Art Deco, whose infl...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

Three Girls Playing Music - Stone Lithograph - 1928
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN Three Girls Playing Music (1928) Stone Lithograph Printed in Atelier Mourlot Printed signature in the plate On China paper 31 x 42 cm (c...
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1920s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gustav Klimt "Study for Woman in Boa" collotype from Funfundzwanzig folio
Located in Chicago, IL
Title page numbered: 263/450
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1910s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Maps - Héliogravure by Käthe Kollwitz - 1910 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Maps is a work realized by Kate Kollwitz, 1910 ca. Portfolio, two-page cover sheet with text and 13 insert sheets with mounted heliogravures based on drawings by Käthe Kollwitz, ed...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Amicalement - from Rues et Visages de Paris - Drypoint/Etching - 1920s - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Amicalement is a hand-colored etching and drypoint, signed by Chas Laborde on the lower right margin. Hand-titled on the lower left margin. This original print is hand-colored with t...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Tempera, Watercolor

Bullfight
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bullfight Lithograph, 1928 Signed and dated in pencil lower right (see photo) Numbered lower left (see photo) Edition: 41 (22/41) Reference: Davis L37 Printed chine applique on wove ...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

La Roulette in the Casino, from Monte Carlo, 2nd Serie, by SEM
By George Gourset
Located in Paonia, CO
La Roulette in the Casino, from Monte Carlo from -Album n.15 – Planche n.12 is an original vintage reprint from the 1920 color lithograph by French c...
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1920s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Color

Couple - Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Couple from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 57 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition o...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig;...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Engraving

"Yanagibashi in Snow, " Color Woodcut Portrait with Umbrella
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Yanagibashi in Snow" is an original color woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada. This woodblock print depicts a woman walking in the snow near the Motoyanagi canal, which was located in Tokyo...
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1920s Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Le Gladiateur (B/W)
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered.This lithograph is from the portfolio “Metamorphosis”. Reference: A. Ciranna, Giorgio de Chirico. Catalogo delle opere grafiche, Milan-Rome, p. 32, n.12 V...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rodin, Composition, Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 12.2 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Douze aquarelles de Auguste Ro...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Das Grosse Tier II - Etching by Richard Muller - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Das Grosse Tier II is an original etching and drypoint, realized by Richard Müller in 1919, signed on the plate, numbered 60/74 and signed in pencil l...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Klimt, Weibliches Bildnis, Das Werk von Gustav Klimt (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure, collotype vélin paper. Paper Size: 18.23 x 17.32 inches; image size: 14.57 x 8.58 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the fo...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Couple - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 78 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of Der Malik-Verlag...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Le Gladiateur - Lithograph - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Coloured Lithograph, 1929. Dimensions: 41,2 x 31 cm. Hand signed and numbered. This lithograph is from the portfolio “Metamorphosis”. Reference: A. Ciranna, Giorgio de Chirico. C...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Illustration from the series "Les Fleurs du mal" - Etching After O. Redon
Located in Roma, IT
Monogram of the artist on plate. Edition of 150 copies. One of the 50 H.C.copies in Roman Numerals. This print is one of the illustrations realized by Odilon Redon for an important e...
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Amanti (Lovers) - Etching by Carlo Carrà - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Rare limited edition of 75 copies. Image Dimensions: 28 x 36.5 cm Good condition except for the brownishing of paper.
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Ange Déchu - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Ange Déchu is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. Tit...
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Studies - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Studies is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.10 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper, Offset

Rodin, Composition, Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.2 x 15 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Douze aquarelles de Auguste Ro...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Robe Grise
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Robe Grise Pochoir (silk screen) printed in colors, 1923 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) The artist won a gold medal in Paris in 1925 for his pochoirs Condition: Two spots in the upper left corner associated with the printing. Victor Max Ninon (Vittorio Accornero de Testa, Italian, 1896-1982) Biography Vittorio Accornero de Testa was born in Casale Monferrato in 1896. He completed his first studies at the "Leardi" institute, but was forced to interrupt them due to the war events of the First World War . At 19 he was second lieutenant of the Alpine troops and in 1916 he took one of the first pilot's licenses. During the war he knows the bitterness of shooting down in air combat (for which he is decorated), but also the good fortune to stay alive, albeit with a disability. His art blossomed in the postwar period, first signing his works simply Ninon and then, probably at the suggestion of a French publisher, under the pseudonym of "Victor Max Ninon" (Victor and Max indicate strength and masculinity, Ninon boyhood) .In 1919 and 1924 he made illustrations for theGiornalino della Domenica , also together with his first wife Edina Altara , for Ardita and La Lettura . In 1923 he won the cover competition organized by the magazine El Hogar of Buenos Aires and in 1925 with his pochoirs he imposed himself in Paris at the international exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts , obtaining a gold medal. In the same year he made two covers for the US magazine The Smart Set . In the 1920s he made numerous series of art deco style postcards for the Milanese publishing house Degami . On June 4, 1929, aGenoa embarks on the Conte Grande together with his wife Edina Altara , for New York . The two stayed in the American metropolis for a few months: in this period Accornero worked on the creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine . Accornero gets awards and prizes, but the great economic crisis of the time and the nostalgia for Italy convince the two to return to their homeland, where they resume their activity as illustrators. In 1934 Accornero moved to Milan, separated amicably from his wife and continued to dedicate himself to the illustration of children's books, abandoning the pseudonym Victor Max Ninon. It illustrates about 60 books, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of Poe , as well as the famous Pinocchio and Cuore published by Mondadori, Mursia, Hoepli, Martello. Several books illustrated by Accornero have been published in French, Spanish, German and English. In addition to the periodicals already mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The Italian Illustration , Fantasies of Italy , The Woman , Cordelia , For You Lady , Grace , Metropolis , La Domenica del Corriere , The Corriere dei Piccoli . In 1936 enters the world of cinema, creating sets and costumes for Wedding Vagabonde of Guido Brignone and The White Squadron of Augustus Genina . From 1935 to 1950 he also devoted himself to the theater, taking care of sets and costumes for numerous operettas, ballets and performances at the Scala in Milan and for the Milanese theaters Manzoni, Lirico and Olympia. Stages Marcello di Giordano, Nina pazza d'amore by Paisiello, I cantori di Nurimberga by Wagner, La Bohème by Puccini and other works. For this activity he is also cited in the Theater encyclopedia. In the 1940s and 1950s he wrote and illustrated six books for children for Mondadori: Tomaso (1944), Giacomino (1949), Tomaso Cacciatore (1950), Zio Stefano (1950), In Campagna che delizia! (1953), Tomaso, dear Tomaso (1955). His illustrations of Perrault's Tales published in those years by Hoepli are famous. His art in the fifties evolves towards hyperrealism . There are many personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including those at the Gallerie Gussoni (1959) and Bolzani (1963 and 1966) in Milan and Walcheturm (1962) in Zurich. Eminent critics praise his work, from Orio Vergani to Enrico Piceni, from Reto Roedel to De Chirico himself. On the Domenica del Corriere , the journalist, writer and painter Dino...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

Coquette
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Coquette Pochoir (silk screen) printed in colors, c. 1923-1925 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right; numbered in ink on the image, (see photo) Edition: 250 (100/250) in pencil in image (see photo) Image size: 10-1/2 x 12-3/4" The artist won a gold medal in Paris in 1925 for his porchoirs Victor Max Ninon (Vittorio Accornero de Testa, Italian, 1896-1982) Biography Vittorio Accornero de Testa was born in Casale Monferrato in 1896. He completed his first studies at the "Leardi" institute, but was forced to interrupt them due to the war events of the First World War . At 19 he was second lieutenant of the Alpine troops and in 1916 he took one of the first pilot's licenses. During the war he knows the bitterness of shooting down in air combat (for which he is decorated), but also the good fortune to stay alive, albeit with a disability. His art blossomed in the postwar period, first signing his works simply Ninon and then, probably at the suggestion of a French publisher, under the pseudonym of "Victor Max Ninon" (Victor and Max indicate strength and masculinity, Ninon boyhood) .In 1919 and 1924 he made illustrations for theGiornalino della Domenica , also together with his first wife Edina Altara , for Ardita and La Lettura . In 1923 he won the cover competition organized by the magazine El Hogar of Buenos Aires and in 1925 with his pochoirs he imposed himself in Paris at the international exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts , obtaining a gold medal. In the same year he made two covers for the US magazine The Smart Set . In the 1920s he made numerous series of art deco style postcards for the Milanese publishing house Degami . On June 4, 1929, aGenoa embarks on the Conte Grande together with his wife Edina Altara , for New York . The two stayed in the American metropolis for a few months: in this period Accornero worked on the creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine . Accornero gets awards and prizes, but the great economic crisis of the time and the nostalgia for Italy convince the two to return to their homeland, where they resume their activity as illustrators. In 1934 Accornero moved to Milan, separated amicably from his wife and continued to dedicate himself to the illustration of children's books, abandoning the pseudonym Victor Max Ninon. It illustrates about 60 books, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of Poe , as well as the famous Pinocchio and Cuore published by Mondadori, Mursia, Hoepli, Martello. Several books illustrated by Accornero have been published in French, Spanish, German and English. In addition to the periodicals already mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The Italian Illustration , Fantasies of Italy , The Woman , Cordelia , For You Lady , Grace , Metropolis , La Domenica del Corriere , The Corriere dei Piccoli . In 1936 enters the world of cinema, creating sets and costumes for Wedding Vagabonde of Guido Brignone and The White Squadron of Augustus Genina . From 1935 to 1950 he also devoted himself to the theater, taking care of sets and costumes for numerous operettas, ballets and performances at the Scala in Milan and for the Milanese theaters Manzoni, Lirico and Olympia. Stages Marcello di Giordano, Nina pazza d'amore by Paisiello, I cantori di Nurimberga by Wagner, La Bohème by Puccini and other works. For this activity he is also cited in the Theater encyclopedia. In the 1940s and 1950s he wrote and illustrated six books for children for Mondadori: Tomaso (1944), Giacomino (1949), Tomaso Cacciatore (1950), Zio Stefano (1950), In Campagna che delizia! (1953), Tomaso, dear Tomaso (1955). His illustrations of Perrault's Tales published in those years by Hoepli are famous. His art in the fifties evolves towards hyperrealism . There are many personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including those at the Gallerie Gussoni (1959) and Bolzani (1963 and 1966) in Milan and Walcheturm (1962) in Zurich. Eminent critics praise his work, from Orio Vergani to Enrico Piceni, from Reto Roedel to De Chirico himself. On the Domenica del Corriere , the journalist, writer and painter Dino Buzzati...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

Le Liseur - Lithograph after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Le Liseur is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. Titl...
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Engagement - Original Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Engagement is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the platen. 17 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Mal...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mademoiselle Spinelly chez elle - Pochoir by G. Barbier - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Pochoir. This is one of the artworks in the portfolio 'Le Bonheur du Jour', by George Barbier. Passepartout included : 34 x 49 cm
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Stencil

Les Pavots Noirs - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Les Pavots Noirs is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923....
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Pegase Captif - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Pegase Captif is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. ...
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Still Life - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life 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

Materials

Lithograph

"He Made Fun of Hindenburg" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition ...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Siren - Lithograph by Ferdinand Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
The Siren is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922. Signed and dated on plate on the lower central margin: F. Bac 1...
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, "Peintre ramassant son Pinceau" from Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original etching from "Le Chef- d’Œuvre Inconnu" by Pablo Picasso, created in 1927 and published in 1931. It is hand signed and numbered 7/99 in red brush from the edition of 9...
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1920s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Etching

Old Lad Glory - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Old lad glory is an original offset and lithograph print, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 52 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

La Terrasse
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful lithograph on Chinese paper, signed and dated (1923) on plate on the lower right margin. An intimate artwork representing a woman with her kids singing on a terrace. Excell...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Suffering Folk - Original Etching by Louis Jou - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Suffering Folk is an original etching realized by Louis Jou in the Early 20th Century. Applied on a Passpartout by gluing: 47 x 63 cm. Hand-Signed, Numbered. Edition, 14/40. Good conditions. Louis Jou (Gracia, 1882 - Baux, 1968), the twentieth-century etcher and wood engraver, was a prolific illustrator of a large number of books in France, authored by big names like Andre Gide...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hard Times - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Hard Times from is an original offset lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.27 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 19...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Offset, Paper, Lithograph

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Crouching Female Nude" Collotype plate V
Located in Chicago, IL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful...
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1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

Ballet und Pantomime "Orientalische Tänzerin" (Oriental Dancer), plate #18.
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

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Paper

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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