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Contemporary Figurative Prints

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Mystic Images, Dan Namingha lithograph Hopi contemporary abstract Kachina images
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Mystic Images, Dan Namingha lithograph Hopi contemporary abstract Kachina images
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Magician - Etching by Gaetano Pompa - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Magician is an original etching realized by Gaetano Pompa in the 1970s. Good conditions. hand-signed and numbered on the lower left. Edition, 52/75...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Flowers V, Lithograph by Helen Covensky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flowers V Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925–2007) Date: circa 1978 Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250 Size: 23.5 in....
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Zitouna Mosque - Tunisiaca - Original Photolithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 30 x 30 cm. Zitouna Mosque - D'Aprés Lumière is a wonderful black and white photolithograph on parchment, realized in 1996 by the Italian politician Bettino Craxi....
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

NY SCENE: FACES Signed Lithograph, Portrait Women Red Hair, Man Blue Yankee Cap
Located in Union City, NJ
NY SCENE: FACES is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson. Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Somerset printmaking paper 100% acid free, full bleed image, no margins. NY SCENE: FACES presents a city street scene portraying a head portrait of two doll-like women's faces looking in opposite directions. The two men positioned above them in the background also looking away, not at each other, all crowded together on a busy city street. The young women with full wavy auburn hair and red lips are the focal point, one wearing lively checkered print dress, the other a strand of white pearls. Easily visible on the upper right corner, one male figure sports a navy blue New York YANKEES cap...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Quiproquo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Pigment Print, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 50 The Françoise Nielly limited editions are available as pigment prints on aluminium: durable and colourfast hi-definition images with a smooth glass-like luminescent ef...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Pigment

Cosa si vede fuori
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 140 ex. Signed by the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Adami is the maestro of the unadulterated line,” writes the Swedish poet Lasse Söderberg i...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

San Basillio II
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Colombian (b. 1942) Title: San Basillio II Year: 2005 Edition: 75 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Aureus III - Original PhotoLithograph by Bettino Craxi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 35.5 x 21 cm. One of the Artist's proofs of the portfolio "Aureus". Realized at the beginning of the 1990s. Signed in the bottom with ballpoint pen. Excellent co...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vancouver - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Pigment Print, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 50 The Françoise Nielly limited editions are available as pigment prints on aluminium: durable and colourfast hi-definition images with a smooth glass-like luminescent ef...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Pigment

Ramona Orange Colorful 3-Dimensional Cobra group
Located in Miami, FL
A 3-D serigraph in bright multi colors is a Cobra group inspired Caribbean themed artwork by a well known Dutch artist. It is framed in a wooden frame. A l...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Wesley - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Figurative, Pigment Print, Portrait, Pop
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 50 The Françoise Nielly limited editions are available as pigment prints on aluminium: durable and colourfast hi-definition images with a smooth glass-like luminescent ef...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Pigment

Gyals - (1/20) Digital Illustration of Three Beautiful Women Pink+Black+Brown
Located in Gilroy, CA
“Gyals,” created by Washington DC based emerging artist Samantha Viotty, the digital illustration of a found image. The image is reconstructed by the a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Digital

'Street Scene With Building #2' original silkscreen signed by Lester Johnson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an original screen print signed by Lester Johnson, from his 'Street Scene Portfolio.' It features four figures, all wearing fashionable street clothing emblematic...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Woman - Original Etching by Raffaele Leomporri - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 33x38 cm. Interesting colored etching. Hand-signed and numbered with pencil on lower margin by the Italian artist, Raffaele Leomporri. Edition of 100 prints. In ex...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Coney Island 6
Located in New York, NY
CONEY ISLAND, 6 Year: 1994 Medium: 9-color silkscreen Size: 29 x 29 inches (74 x 74 cm) Edition: 75 Price: $3,700 Donald Baechler was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1956 and came...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Chevaliers - Original Screen Print by Rosario Mazzella - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 56 x 35.8 cm. Chevaliers is an original colored serigraph on Fabriano on watermarked paper realized by the Italian artist Rosario Mazzella (1932). A colorful orig...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Woman in Red - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces. Very good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Poppea - Original Lithograph by T. Zancanaro - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Artist's proof, plus 125 prints in Arabic numerals. Very good conditions. Antonio Zancanaro - also known as TONO - (1906-1985). After a promising start in...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

MUCHACHA EN UNA SILLA
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition of 135. Frame size approx 29 x 23 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reaso...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Dorothea and the Serpent - Etching by Gaetano Pompa - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dorothea e la biscia (Dorothea and the Serpent) is an original color etching, realized in 1963 by the Italian contemporary master, Gaetano Pompa. Image dimensions: 64 x 49.5 cm. H...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Hillbilly Kama Sutra, Collection of 13 Linoleum Cut Prints by Master Printmaker
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an extraordinary collection of Linoleum Cuts by master printmaker Tom Huck. The Suite of 13 linocuts is encased in a homemade glory hole cover and also include a protective centerfold cover. This artwork could be framed to hang in a grouping. Contact gallery for details. Tom Huck, also spelled Hück, (born 1971), is an American printmaker best known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. He lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri, where he runs his own press, Evil Prints. He is a regular contributor to BLAB! of Fantagraphics Books. His work is influenced by Albrecht Dürer, José Guadalupe Posada, R. Crumb, and Honoré Daumier. Huck’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as The Village Voice, The Riverfront Times, and the Minneapolis City Pages. Huck's woodcut prints are included in numerous public and private collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Library of Congress, Spencer Museum of Art, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Fogg Art Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, and New York Public Library. Huck has been represented by David Krut Art Projects in New York, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago and Eli Ridgway Gallery in San Francisco. Beginning in October 2017 Huck’s gallery representation is C. G. Boerner in New York. In September 2011 Huck was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. Huck is best known for creating large-scale woodcuts acting as both satirical narratives and social criticism.[1] He says in his artist statement: "My work deals with personal observations about the experiences of living in a small town in southeast Missouri. The often Strange and Humorous occurrences, places, and people in these towns offer a never-ending source of inspiration for my prints. I call this work 'rural satire'".[2] From 1995 to 2005, Huck created two woodcut folios: 2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities and The Bloody Bucket. 2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities, a thematically unified suite of 14 large woodcut prints, depicted 14 bizarre folk tales that allegedly occurred in Huck's hometown of Potosi, Missouri. The suite was produced in three years from 1995 to 1998. His second body of work, The Bloody Bucket, was based on violent legends surrounding a bar of that name in or around his hometown of Potosi. It comprises 10 large-scale woodcuts, executed between 1999 and 2005. In December 1999, Huck's work represented the United States in an exhibition entitled From Kandinsky To Corneille: Linoleum in the Art of the 20th Century held at the Cobra Museum in Amstelveen, Holland. Featured in the exhibition was a large scale linoleum cut by Huck entitled "Attack of the 50ft. Yard Ornament". The piece was commissioned specifically for the exhibition by the linoleum company Forbo-Krommenie in Amsterdam. The Whitney Museum of American Art in September 2003 featured two works by Huck in an exhibition entitled To Be Human. Both the works featured were woodcuts from the series 2 Weeks in August. Huck is currently working on a 14-triptych cycle of woodcut prints entitled Booger Stew. The first installment of the series, a triptych entitled "The Transformation of Brandy Baghead Pts. 1, 2, & 3", was completed in March 2009. An exhibition entitled Tom Huck and the Rebellious Tradition of Printmaking opened on August 28, 2009 at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Prints by Albrecht Dürer, William Hogarth, Jose Guadalupe Posada, and Max Beckmann were featured alongside Huck's "The Transformation of Brandy Baghead Pts. 1, 2, & 3". Electric Baloneyland On December 19, 2011, Huck announced the April 1, 2012, release of The Hillbilly Kama Sutra. This new suite of 15 linoleum cut prints is Huck's first portfolio of prints since 1998's 2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities. On April 12, 2012, a selection of prints from the new series were released in the St. Louis weekly publication The Riverfront Times. On May 4, 2012, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the debut exhibition of The Hillbilly Kama Sutra. In February 2013, Huck illustrated a cover story entitled "The 10 Weirdest Members of Congress" written by Caleb Hannan. The feature article appeared in The Riverfront Times and four other Voice Media Group publications: the Houston Press, Dallas Observer, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, and Minneapolis City Pages. All five had a cover caricature of Michele Bachmann's head on a snake, referencing the "Don't Tread On Me" motif. The story featured 9 politicians in caricature. In early spring of 2014 Huck completed work on his second major woodcut triptych from "Booger Stew" entitled "The Tommy Peeperz". "The Tommy Peeperz" debuted in a show of The Outlaw Printmakers entitled "The Dirty Dozen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Still Life With Lemons - Original Etching by Renato Guttuso - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life With Lemons is an original print by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso. A high-quality engraving on copper plate. Dimensions: cm 50,2 x 69,8. This wonderful print re...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Siesta - Original Screen Print by G. Tampieri - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Siesta is an original print realized by the Italian artist Giuseppe Tampieri in 1988. Original mixed colored serigraph. Hand-signed by the artist on lower right. Numbered on lower...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Monkey Business
Located in Greenwich, CT
Print depicting a man in a business suit climbing monkey bars. Edition of 10
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Digital

UNTITLED (VENTANAS SERIES)
Located in Aventura, FL
From the ' Ventanas' series. Lithograph on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition of 50. Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

CITY GROUP Signed Lithograph, Street Crowd, Women Men Faces, Peach Orange Brown
Located in Union City, NJ
CITY GROUP is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY figurative expressionist painter, Lester Johnson. Printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 10...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Vol d'oiseaux
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 200 ex. Paper: 300gr. Goya. Signed, dated and numbered. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has passed away. He died in Paris on Sunday, 5 September 2010 aged 88 years. Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo was born in 1922 in Liège, Belgium, to Dutch parents. After leaving school, he studied drawing at the Academy of Arts in Amsterdam from 1940 to 1943. As a painter, however, he was an autodidact. His first exhibition was in 1946 in Groningen in the Netherlands, together with artists from the Dutch experimental group, Reflex. Corneille first visited Paris in 1946 and felt immediately at home in the art metropolis. Together with Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, Dotremont and Constant, he founded the COBRA group in Paris 1948. Many other artists, poets and architects later joined the group, including the Swedish artists C-O Hultén, Max Walter Svanberg and Anders...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Close Up, Pop Art Lithograph by Lester Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lester Johnson, American (1919 - 2010) Title: Close Up Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Paper Size: 28 ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Letter G - Lithograph by Raphael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 99 prints plus 20 artist's proofs. Hand signed and numbered by the Artist. Very Good conditions. Alberti Rafael (El Puerto de Santa Maria 1902 – El Puerto de San...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Passing Crowd, Lithograph by Lester Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lester Johnson, American (1919 - 2010) Title: Passing Crowd Year: circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 30 Size: 28 in. x 21 in. (71.12 cm...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

New York Dancers, Lithograph by Lester Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lester Johnson, American (1919 - 2010) Title: New York Dancers (5) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition:...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

New York Dancers, Lithograph by Lester Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lester Johnson, American (1919 - 2010) Title: New York Dancers (3) Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 1...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Da Vinci's Restaurant, Lithograph by Lester Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lester Johnson Title: DaVinci's Restaurant Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Paper Size: 28 x 21 inches
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Happy Face
Located in Santa Monica, CA
living edition print
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Epoxy Resin, Digital Pigment

Three Women, Lithograph by Lester Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lester Johnson, American (1919 - 2010) Title: Three Women Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175, HC 25 Pa...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

RED HORSE ON ORANGE, THREE GEISHAS Signed Lithograph, Asian Women, Parrots, Fan
Located in Union City, NJ
Red Horse on Orange, Three Geishas is an original hand drawn lithograph on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned Chinese born artist Walasse Ting (DING...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L'oiseau familier
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition: 250 ex Paper: 300gr. Goya. Signed, dated and numbered. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has passed away. He died in Paris on Sund...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Tathagata
Located in Brecon, Powys
Limited Edition Giclee print of Sax Berlin's original painting "Tathagata". Original size Edition of 50. Signed by artist and printer comes with certificate of authentication. On 3...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Think & Create
Located in Kansas City, MO
Think & Create Offset lithograph on paper Year: 2020-2021 Signed and dated by hand Size: 24 x 36 inches COA provided *Lead Time may vary between 2-3 weeks Frank Shepard Fairey (bor...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sasha 1
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Alex Katz Sasha 1 2016 Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max paper 32 x 16 in. Edition of 90 Pencil signed & numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shienb...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Unknown, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Unknown" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through her vivid mixed media artworks....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Unknown, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Unknown" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through her vivid mixed media artworks....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Unknown, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Unknown" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through her vivid mixed media artworks....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

All About Love, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"All About Love" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through her vivid mixed media ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Bardot Butterfly, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Bardot Butterfly" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through her vivid mixed media ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Love is Love, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Love is Love" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture throug...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Rose is Back, Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Rose is Back" is a mixed media edition piece by Israeli artist Dganit Blechner. She expresses a unique perspective on urban life and pop culture through her vivid mixed media artw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Leo Guida, Tyler Shields, Giacomo Porzano, and E2 - Kleinveld & Julien. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative prints, so small editions measuring 0.04 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $20 and tops out at $200,000, while the average work sells for $536.

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