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Photorealist Figurative Prints

PHOTOREALISM

A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.

Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.

The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.

Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”

The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.

On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.

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Style: Photorealist
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Silkscreen on Arches paper. Image size 30 x 30 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by C...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

AMERICAN HI FI
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37. Image size: 32 x 32. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Landscape with Ravine, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Landscape with Ravine Year: 1968 Edition: 200, plus proofs Medium: Etching on vélin de Rives paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Inscrip...
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1960s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Olive Grove in Moonlight, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Olive Grove in Moonlight Year: 1968 Edition: 200, plus proofs Medium: Etching on vélin de Rives paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: Published and printed by Ian Hornak, New York IAN HORNAK (January 9, 1944 – December 9, 2002) was an American draughtsman, painter and printmaker. Described by The New York Times as being, “right at the top of romantically descriptive painters today,” Hornak was one of the founding artists of the Hyperrealist and Photorealist fine art movements. Hornak's personal papers and effects entered into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art in 2007. His artwork is owned by the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art; the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History; the Library of Congress; the Corcoran Gallery of Art; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art; the Allen Memorial Art Museum; the Austin Museum of Art; the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; the Canton Museum of Art; the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College; the Detroit Historical Museum; the Flint Institute of Arts; the Forest Lawn Museum; Galleria Internazionale; The George Washington University Art Galleries; Guild Hall; the Children's Hospital Boston (Harvard Medical School affiliate); the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction; the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages; the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library; the National Hellenic Museum; the Ringling College of Art and Design; the Rockford Art Museum; the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University; the Florida State Capital; St. Mary's University, Texas; The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland; the University of Texas at San Antonio; the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College; the Washington County...
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1960s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jackie Stewart, Photorealist Racer Screenprint by Ron Kleeman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - ) Title: Jackie Stewart Year: 1972 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in white pencil Edition: 41/150 Size: 2...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Audrey Flack On Painting (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack)
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Flack Audrey Flack On Painting (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack), 1981 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack) ...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

The Hunter, Mid-Century Photo Realist Drypoint Etching Portrait, Limited Edition
By Gilbert Schoenbrod
Located in Soquel, CA
An incredible photo-realist drypoint etching of a Native American man by Gilbert Adam Shoenbrod (American, 1903-1996), 1937. Titled "The Hunter", this hyper detailed portrait depicts...
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1930s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Transparent Barricades, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Transparent Barricades Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen in colors vélin de Rives BFK paper Size: 26 x 40 inches Edition: 86/200, plus proofs Condit...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Viola Adorata, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Viola Adorata Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 30 x 38 inches Size: 37...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Judy in Lingerie, Photorealist Lithograph by John Kacere
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Kacere, American (1920 - 1999) Title: Judy Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, 40 AP Image Size: 24 x 20 inches Size: 29 in. x 21....
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Waiting in the Wings, Photorealist Ballet Screenprint by Douglas Hofmann
By Douglas Hoffman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Douglas Hofmann, American (1945 - ) Title: Ballerinas Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Image Size: 33.5 x 20 inches Frame Size...
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1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Santa Monica Harley, Tom Blackwell
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Tom Blackwell (1938-2020) Title: Santa Monica Harley Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Masonite Edition: 56/60, plus proofs Size: 23 x 37.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription:...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

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Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Sheet size: 38 x 37 inches. Image size: 32 x 32 inches. Frame size approx 41 x 40 inches. Edition of 100. From American Signs portfolio. Certificate of Authenticity included. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

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$2,590 Sale Price
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Arrested Vehicle with Red, Photorealist Lithograph by John Salt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Painter John Salt is known for his photorealistic depictions of the deteriorating American landscape. His favored subjects include junkyard jalopies and broken-down mobile homes. Bor...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Esperanza, Screenprint by Audrey Flack
Located in Long Island City, NY
Esperanza by Audrey Flack, American (1931) Date: Circa 1972 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 34 in. x 24 in. (86.36 cm x 60.96 cm) Published by Shorewood
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Fire Engine, FNDY, Photorealist Silkscreen by Ron Kleemann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ron Kleemann, American (1937 - ) Title: Fire Engine (FDNY) Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph on Somerset Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Editio...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 2021 -JR, 18 mai 2021, 19h58
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 18 mai 2021, 19h58, Paris, France, 2021 2021 Giclée Print Laminated with G-gloss, Mounted on 3mm Dibond 64 × 96 cm (25.2 × 37.8 in) In mi...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rolling Stock for Armyn by Robert Cottingham
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Cottingham, American (1935 - ) Title: Rolling Stock Series: For Armyn Year: 1992 Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed, numbered and titled in pencil Edition: 43/60 Im...
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1990s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Barn Find (Ford F100)" Limited Edition Giclée Print
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's "Barn Find (Ford F100)" is a limited edition giclée print that meticulously reproduces the original artwork's vibrant patina and character. This print, available unfram...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Pink Camellia, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Pink Camellia from the Stamps Series Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Shabbas Candles, Modern Portrait Lithograph by Sandu Liberman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Sandu Liberman, Romanian/Israeli (1923 - 1977) Title: Shabbas Candles (Green) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 136/150 Image Size: ...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Shatzi, Tom Blackwell
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Tom Blackwell (1938-2020) Title: Shatzi Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on Masonite Edition: 24/100, plus proofs Size: 47.25 x 61 inches Condition:...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Wrapped Christmas Goat
Located in Malmo, SE
Unframed. Edition of 375 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Reality or fantasy? What is the difference between fantasy and fact, between night and day, between torment and transports of d...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

"1951 Chevrolet Truck" (2021) By Shan Fannin, Limited Edition Giclée Print
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1951 Chevrolet Truck" is a limited edition giclée print that depicts a front view of a red 1951 Chevy Truck with shiny new chrome and a blue sky in the back...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Pool Water Series. #1. Florida
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer is an authority on reality. In February of 1977, Singer attended the Whitney Museum Biennial where he met Salvador Dali while viewing a Richard Estes painting. Both...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Archival Ink

Architecture Parlante
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Paul "Architecture Parlante" From Portfolio "Portrait #14 - Peter Paul" with Karin Szekessy Year: 1973 Medium: Color Lithograph on Arches Edition: 80 Size: 25.59 x 19.88 in. Pu...
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1970s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

A Course in Miracles iconic limited edition Signed print photorealist art legend
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Flack A Course in Miracles, 1984 Kodachrome 35mm Color Dye Transfer Print Dry mounted to 4 ply 100% cotton fiber board Hand signed and titled by Audrey Flack on the front 20 ×...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Board, Dye Transfer

Wrapped Christmas Goat
Located in Malmo, SE
Unframed. Edition of 375 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Reality or fantasy? What is the difference between fantasy and fact, between night and day, between torment and transports of d...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Ivy Mike - Contemporary, 21st Century, Pigment Print, Limited Edition, Nature
Located in Zug, CH
Robert Longo, Ivy Mike Pigment print Edition of 15 113,9 x 86,4 cm (44.8 x 34 in.) Signed and numbered, accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity In mint condition, as acquired from...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Pigment

20th century lithograph figurative print child subject doll realistic signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Little Girl With Doll" is an original lithograph by James Ormsbee Chapin. The artist signed the piece in pencil lower right. It depicts a small girl holding a doll. 12" x 7" image...
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1940s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

QUARTET
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Silkscreen on Arches paper. Framed size approx 38 x 45 inches. Image size 30 x 40 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Au...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

QUARTET
QUARTET
$2,100 Sale Price
30% Off
Studio Lexington - Contemporary, 21st Century, Dry-print, Limited Edition
Located in Zug, CH
Cy Twombly, Studio Lexington Contemporary, 21st Century, Dry-print, Limited Edition Dry-print on cardboard Edition of 50 43.1 x 27.9 cm (17 x 11 in) Signed and numbered, accompanied ...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Digital

Contact is content at Seljalandsfoss, Contemporary, 21st Century, C Print
Located in Zug, CH
Contact is content at Seljalandsfoss, Contemporary, 21st Century, C Print C-Print Edition of 100 Each 53 x 42 cm (20 x 16.5 in.) Signed and numbered on adhesive label In mint conditi...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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C Print

Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 2021 -JR, Set 4, Print, Art, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro (Portfolio of 4) 2021 Giclée Print Laminated with G-gloss, Mounted on 3mm Dibond 64 × 96 cm (25.2 × 37.8 in) In matching edition numbers I...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Que haces tu para Evitor Esto?
Located in New York, NY
Que haces tu para Evitor Esto? Ayuda a Madrid. Ca 1936 -1939. ( What are you doing to prevent this? Help Madrid) On Linen. Hand-modified photographic image of a tearful mother and child in foreground with bombed-out building and war planes...
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1930s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Offset

AMERICAN SIGNS (PORTFOLIO OF 12)
Located in Aventura, FL
Each hand signed, titled, numbered and dated, lower margin. Screen print in colors on wove paper with full margins. Each sheet size: 38 x 37. Each image size: 32 x 32. Certificate of Authenticity included. Complete Suite, edition 69/100. Published by Greg Smith...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

Pool Water Series. #2. Florida
Located in Henderson, NV
Clifford Singer is an authority on reality. In February of 1977, Singer attended the Whitney Museum Biennial where he met Salvador Dali while viewing a Richard Estes painting. Bot...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Archival Ink

JR Au Palais De Tokyo, 28 Aout 2020, 16h12, Paris - Contemporary, 21st Century
Located in Zug, CH
JR Au Palais De Tokyo, 28 Aout 2020, 16h12, Paris, France, 2020 Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition Lithograph Edition of 180 70 x 100 cm (27.5 x 39.5 in.) Signed on the bottom right corner (stamp and lead), numbered on the bottom left corner Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher The piece is offered unframed. Edition number might vary from what is shown in the images. The street artist and photographer JR started out his artist practice in the streets of Paris. Using the pseudonym JR, the artist is keeping his identity hidden from the public. As part of the "Jusqu'ici tout va bien", an exhibition by students from the Kourtrajmé school that JR is in charge of the art section of the school, JR created a pasting on the facade of the Palais de Tokyo, in Paris, through an anamorphic image. The collage was visible from August until September 2020, between the buildings of Clichy-Montfermeil and the Eiffel Tower, whose shadow is outlined on the visual in anamorphosis. What is very characteristic of JR’s art is the impermanence nature of the project, which the only way that the installation is captured, is through the creation of this lithograph - commemorating its presence, as the sun dries the glue, and the wind and rain tears the fragile paper with every moment. JR JR is a photographer and artist whose identity is unconfirmed. After he found a camera in the Paris subway...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Charlie Chaplin by JR, The Kid movie, Jackie Coogan, Litograph, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
From street artist and photographer JR, this artpiece depicts Charlie Chaplin in the legendary scene from "The Kid" as a celebration of the movie's 100th anniversary in 2021. JR Unframed, Charlie Chaplin revu par JR, The Kid, Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Inside Out, Haiti - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition
Located in Zug, CH
JR, Inside Out, Haiti Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph, Limited Edition 20 colors lithograph on white paper BFK Rives - 300 grams Edition of 180 70 x 100 cm Signed on the bott...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19H07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021
Located in Zug, CH
JR La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19H07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021 100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.5 in.) 14 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine White paper BFK Rives - 300...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

In the Container Wall, Le Havre, France - Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph
Located in Zug, CH
JR, In the Container Wall, Le Havre, France Contemporary, 21st Century, Lithograph 20 colours lithograph Edition of 180 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in) Signed and numbered In mint condi...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Saturn - Contemporary, 21st Century, Limited Edition, Pigment Print
Located in Zug, CH
Robert Longo, Saturn Contemporary, 21st Century, Limited Edition, Pigment Print Pigment Print Edition of 30 39.6 x 59.9 cm (15.5 x 23.5 in) Signed and signed, accompanied by Certific...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Pigment

Trompe l'oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 pm, California, USA
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 pm, California, USA, 2021 14 colors lithograph printed on Marinoni machine on White paper BFK Rives - 270 grammes Editi...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mississippi Street Intersection
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 2007, this color soft ground etching with aquatint on paper is hand-signed and dated by Robert Bechtle (San Francisco, 1932 - Berkeley, 2020)...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 2021 -JR, Set 2, Print, Art, Edition
Located in Zug, CH
JR Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro (Set of 2) 2021 Giclée Print Laminated with G-gloss, Mounted on 3mm Dibond 64 × 96 cm (25.2 × 37.8 in) In matching edition numbers In mint...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Photorealist figurative prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Shan Fannin, Robert Cottingham, John Kacere, and Lowell Nesbitt. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Digital Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist figurative prints, so small editions measuring 8.08 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 $150 and tops out at $26,250, while the average work sells for $900.

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