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Expressionist Figurative Prints

EXPRESSIONIST STYLE

While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. 

Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.

Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.

Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.

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Style: Expressionist
Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Suite Provinciale (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Suite Provinciale avec 92 dessins inédits de Marc Chagall...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Angel (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25), Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Angel with sword (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, David (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25), Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, The Lovers' Heaven (Mourlot 393; Cramer 56) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, 1963; publis...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Jeremiah (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25), Drawings from the Bible (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, Verve: Revue Artistique et...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 36-37-38, published by Derrière le miroir, Paris; printe...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 729; Cramer 94) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1969-1973, 1974; published by Crown Publ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 689), Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Message Biblique Marc Chagall, 1973. Published by Fernand Mourlo...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 651), Derrière le Miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition with centerfold, as issued; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le Miro...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 646), Ceramics and Sculptures of Chagall (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, The Ceramics and Sculptures of Chagall, 1972. Published by Éditions...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 605), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 182, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 194; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 557; Cramer 77) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1962-1968, 1969...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bateau-Mouche au Bouquet (Mourlot 352; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Regar...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Regards sur Paris-The Place de la Concord (Mourlot 353; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: Extracted from the folio, Regar...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 411; Cramer 59), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 147, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 412; Cramer 59), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 147, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Quai de la Tournelle (Mourlot 351; Cramer 53), Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Lithograph on Arches paper. Edition: 180, plus proofs. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition, with centerfold, as issued; neve...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 297; Cramer 40), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 119, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 207; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 206; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 201; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 200; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 205; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 204; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 203; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 199; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 195; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 197; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 196; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Mour...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 198; Cramer 34) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Chagall, 1957. Published by Maeght, Édi...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, The Clown with Flowers (Mourlot 399; Cramer 56) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, 1963; publis...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Vision of Paris (Mourlot 287; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Auto-Portrait (Mourlot 282; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, The House in My Village (Mourlot 283; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Nocturne at Vence (Mourlot 400; Cramer 56) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, 1963; publis...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Lovers With Red Sun (Mourlot 285; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Profile and Red Child (Mourlot 284; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Woman Juggler (Mourlot 290; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Acrobats at Play (Mourlot 401; Cramer 56) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, 1963; publis...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, The Circus (Mourlot 289; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Couverture (Mourlot 391; Cramer 43), The Lithographs of Chagall (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, Clown in Love (Mourlot 394; Cramer 56) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Chagall Lithograph 1957-1962, 1963; publis...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chagall, The Angel (Mourlot 288; Cramer 43) (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Lithographs of Chagall 1922-1957, 1960...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Expressionist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist 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 orange, blue, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including George Grosz, Marc Chagall, Todd White, and Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Expressionist figurative prints, so small editions measuring 3 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 $88 and tops out at $975,000, while the average work sells for $1,100.

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