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Man Ray, Composition, Man Ray (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Man Ray, 1984. Published by Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Ni...
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1980s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Peter De Pannemaeker - Mid 19th Century Lithograph, Masdevallia Polysticta
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming, highly collectable chromolithograph from the 19th century book L'Illustration horticole. Artist name and flower species printed in plate. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Monoprint of a Lotus
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful monoprint by the noted San Francisco artist Gary Bukovnik (1947-) has a wonderful energy borne of bright colors and bold gestures. It is a beautiful abstract composition, improvisational, yet balanced and harmonious. The work measures 23.5”x9.75” the image, 29.5”x15.5 the sheet and 32.75”x18.75” framed. The print is signed and dated in the lower margin, “Gary Bukovnik 1987”. The print is mounted and floating on a linen backing, framed in a bleached wood frame and protected by Plexiglas. It is in excellent condition. The frame and Plexiglas are in fair-to good condition, with one very small chip on the left bar of the frame, which I have shown in the final photograph, as well as a few very light scratches in the Plexiglas (not over the image).. This exceptional art would look beautiful in a variety of settings – home or office. Born and educated in Cleveland, Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for more than a third of a century. Primarily using the media of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations, creating floral and culinary images of great depth, intensity, and size. In 2003 and 2005, invited Bukovnik was Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2003 and 2005 and was an artist-in-residence at the Michigan Institute of Arts in Kalamazoo in 2010, as well as making a tour of exhibitions and watercolor demonstrations across Japan in 2010. Solo exhibitions include Caldwell Snyder...
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1980s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Monoprint

Bazaine, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 55-56, 1953. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; ...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Fiedler, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 116, 1959. Published by Aim...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Flowering Lily Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Cataputia Vulgaris, Parietaria Sylvestris, Nummularia", depicting flowering Spanish Nut, Yellow Turk's-cap Lily, Yellow Turk's...
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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Braque, Composition, Braque Espaces, 13 Dessins, Lavis, Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin papier a la cuve du moulin richard de bas specialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Braque, Composition, Braque Espaces, 13 Dessins, Lavis, Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin papier a la cuve du moulin richard de bas specialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Man Ray "Nature Morte" (Large Signed & Numbered Lithograph, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very limited edition lithograph, signed and numbered 20/175, by the great 20th-century artist Man Ray. This piece is sizable, professionally framed and matted, and ready to hang. M...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Zen Minimalist Flowers Etching American Modernist Ed Baynard Pop Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
ED BAYNARD (American, 1940-2016) Flowers, Flowers in a Vase, Etching. 1979/1980, Hand signed, dated l.r., Hand numbered from small edition 12/24, Dimensions: 23 by 19 in. Framed 25 by 21 in Born in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Raised in Washington, D.C. and newly graduated from high school, he flew to Europe living off and on in Paris and London. During this time, he designed costumes for Jimi Hendrix, worked as a graphic designer for the Beatles as well as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Returning to New York, he dedicated his life to art after a surprise success with his first show in 1971 at the Willard Gallery in NYC. Ed's images are Zen-like in their simplicity and grace rendered in a flat, graphic style that recalls Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. His watercolors are luminous, like the rest of his representations regardless of the medium. The Japanese inspired ukiyo-e style woodblock prints and lithograph works he created at Tyler Graphics in 1980 contain a 20th century "floating world" sensibility. Ed's wish was to bring harmony, color, and a meditative stillness to this chaotic planet. He did so in a gentle and powerful way, always as an expression of his deep gratitude for the love and beauty, friendship, and concerns he held dearest. His first solo exhibition was in 1971 at New York's legendary Willard Gallery on the recommendation of Agnes Martin. Baynard went on to have exhibitions at galleries including Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1973); Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (1977); John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco (1980); and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York (1980/81).. Baynard manages to retain a simplicity of form inspired by a love of Japanese Woodblock prints. His new works reflect the same poetry of his earlier paintings, retaining his stylized compositions with their Zen like minimalism and Oriental calm, along with a new sense of rhythm and movement. Baynard uses familiar themes such as flowers, plants, pots, and vases, incorporating them into his delicate watercolor still lifes, thus creating stunning visual feasts. He was included in the 1972 Landscape exhibition at MoMA NY alone with other luminaries James Boynton...
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1980s American Modern Still-life Prints

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Etching

de Segonzac, Paysage d'Hiver, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1967 Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Dunoyer de Segonzac...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Braque, Atelier VI, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 144-145-146, 1964. Publishe...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

poppy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The formality, ornamental qualities and boldness of botanical art strongly influence Bardon's art. It is easy to see her inspiration in the patterns, line and simplicity of form foun...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Medley
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered lithograph from the edition of 250. Vibrant image of fruits, inluding strawberries, lemons, blueberries and melons. A whole series of different fruits and vegetab...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Recollections
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 10. Yuji Hiratsuka was born 1954 in Osaka, Japan. In 1985 he moved to the United States to pursue graduate degrees in printmaking at New Mexi...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Intaglio

Frontispiece from the Rilke Portfolio, Minimalist lithograph by Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Frontispiece (Portrait) from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Flowers - Lithograph by Renzo Vespignani - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a modern artwork realized by Renzo Vespignani in 1980. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left. Artist's proof....
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1980s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Vorfuehrung
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hans-Jürgen Diehl Vorfuehrung Year: 1971 Medium: Color Etching Edition: 20 Size: 33.5 x 25.5 in. Publisher: Ketterer, Germany Signed, numbered and/or titled Hans-Jürgen Diehl was bo...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching

Kastani VII (Chestnuts)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The illusions and reflections in Sietens prints often bring M.C. Escher to mind, but his prints have a distinctive feel all their own. The hyper realistic detail of each chestnut in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Still Life - Offset print after Giorgio Morandi - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is a vintage offset print, reproducing the original watercolor by Giorgio Morandi. Signature and date by the artist is perfectly reproduced on plate. Image Dimensions: 1...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Offset

Vuillard, Bouquet De Fleurs, Douze pastels (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper mounted on backing museum board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Vuillard, Douze Pastels P...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Matisse, Nuit De Noël (Duthuit 139), Verve: Revue Artistique (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. IX, N° 35-36...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Diamond Ring, Richard Bernstein
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Richard Bernstein (1939-2002) Title: Diamond Ring Year: 1977 Medium: Silkscreen on Vellum paper Edition: 177/200, plus proofs Size: 20 x 30 inches Condition: Good Inscription...
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1970s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Vintage Exhibition Poster Morandi - Offset Print - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Exhibition Poster Morandi is a vintage Offset print realized for the exhibition at Galleria Marino in Rome after Giorgio Morandi. Good condition Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Offset, Paper

The Drape - Vintage Offset Print after Renato Guttuso - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Drape is a vintage offset realized after a drawing by Renato Guttuso, in 1980s. The picture is in very good conditions, hand-signed by the artist on the lower margin. Image Dim...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Offset

Shell Ginger, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Shell Ginger Year: Circa 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175, AP 30 Ima...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Green Herbarium
Located in London, GB
Marc Quinn Green Herbarium, 2024 Hand-pulled 4-Layer Screen Print on Mohawk Superfine 352gsm paper Embossed, signed and numbered on the front 60 x 45 cm Edition of 45 Marc Quinn is ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Kastani III (Chestnuts)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Surreal composition of Kastani (chestnuts) with a floating tree limb suspended above. Chestnuts are a comman subject for Sietins, and the level of detail he creates in his mezzotints...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Tàpies, Composition (Galfetti 315), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 200, 1972. Published by Aim...
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1970s Post-War Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

California Gothic
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an edition of 25., signed, titled and numbered by the artist Photography and digital print of trees with moss in a foggy California landscape. Based in San Francisco, Mark Jenk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Prints

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Digital

The Harbor Cafe - Original Etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Émile LABOUREUR The Harbor Cafe, 1921 Original etching Signed in pencil by the artist Numbered on / 50 copies On vellum 32.5 x 39.5 cm (c. ...
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1920s Analytic Cubist Still-life Prints

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Etching

Flowers I Michele Zalopany, black white large abstract floral still life flowers
Located in New York, NY
Large scale black and white stunning abstracted floral still life with sweeping brushstrokes and draped cloth. Lush and painterly composition for minimalist, contemporary and modern ...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Monotype

Cosovo No 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
Girl's shoes, heels or tap shoes in bronze, black and gold, featured in this Monotype ev edition 8/8 with hand coloring. Kim Frohsin spent 12 years working o...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Gouache, Mixed Media, Monotype, Pastel

Midday Sun (18 x 24 inch hand-printed toned cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. This is a cyanotype, a kind of lensless photography dating back to the 1800s. This butter yellow cyanotype sta...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Cyclamen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cyclamen" 1985 is a original color lithograph on Arches paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 64/225 in ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Elizabeth's Cone
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Elizabeth's Cone', Aquatint Etching with the plate (image itself) 15 x 22 inches. On a larger sheet of archival paper. An iconic still life image featuring the “tragedy” of a drop...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Floral Bouquet, Silkscreen by Nadine Prado
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nadine Prado Title: Flower Bouquet Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, 25 AP Paper Size: 30 in. x 30 in. (76.2 cm x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

"Night Moves" - Abstract Etching in Ink on Paper (Artist's Proof)
Located in Soquel, CA
"Night Moves" - Abstract Etching in Ink on Paper (Artist's Proof) Textural abstract print by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). This piece is composed of overlapping fabric patt...
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1980s Abstract Still-life Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Tribute, Pop Art Serigraph by Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Tribute Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 30 Image Size: 22 x 25 inches Size: 26 in. x 29....
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Western Lullabys N°4, Statement Floral Art, Dramatic Realist Still Life Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Diasec® mounting is a time proven system that has set the benchmark for face mounting photographic and fine art prints. Developed in the late 1960’s Diasec® was the first system that...
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2010s Photorealist Still-life Prints

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Metal

Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 157, 1966. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
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1960s Post-War Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Pears
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan (American, born 1951) Title: Pears Year: 1989 Medium: Color silkscreen and lithograph Edition: Numbered 87/125 in pencil Paper: Arches 88 Image size: 12 x 12 inches paper size: 22 x 23 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher : Parasol Editions Press L.T.D. Portland, Oregon. Condition: Excellent Frame: Framed in a custom wooden maple frame, with fabric bevel and matting. Description: From the suite, Fruits Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and print maker, well-known for large-scale still life paintings and the use of industrial materials such as tar, enamel, spackle and vinyl tiles. He has been exhibiting internationally in prominent museums and galleries, and his works are included in important museum collections all over the globe. Donald Sultan rose...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

"Queen Ann's Lace" (2000) By Kate Breakey, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Denver, CO
"Queen Anne's Lace" (2000) by Kate Breakey is a limited-edition archival pigment print that is hand colored using pencil and pastel that depicts a vase of wilted plants. About the a...
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2010s Realist Still-life Prints

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Pastel, Pencil, Archival Pigment

Still Life - Original Screen Print by Luigi Servolini - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1950s by the Italian artist Luigi Servolini (Livorno, 1906 – Livorno, 1981). Original screen print. Signed on the lower right corner and numbered in the opposite corner 2/125. Good condition. Luigi Servolini (Livorno, 1906 – Livorno, 1981). He g raduated in Literature at the University of Pisa, then he graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, then he specialized in History of Medieval and Modern Art at the University of Florence. Since that time he has held various roles within the Italian academic world. In 1935 he promoted the creation of a Museum of Xylography in Carpi, the birthplace of the master Ugo da Carpi...
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1950s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Arsenic and Old Lace, Pop Art Violin Screenprint by Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arman, French (1929 - 2005) Title: Arsenic and Old Lace Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 150, AP 3...
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1970s Dada Still-life Prints

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Screen

Spring Hope, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Spring Hope, Year: 1978, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm), Des...
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1970s Folk Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

CONE
Located in Burlingame, CA
'CONE, an iconic still life image featuring the “tragedy” of a dropped ice cream cone. The artist came to see dropped cones as fleeting promises of joy. Whether devoured or dropped, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Jim Dine, "Toolbox VII", hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original silkscreen collage on graph paper done in 1966. It is hand initialed "J.D." on the front right corner and numbered 14/150 on the back. This piece measure...
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1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen, Mixed Media

Flowers, Folk Art Screenprint by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Flowers, Medium: Screenprint, numbered in pencil, Edition: TP, Image Size: 18.5 x 26 inches, Size: 21 x 28 in. (53.34 x 71.12 cm), Des...
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1980s Folk Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Anenomes, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Anenomes, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm), Descri...
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1970s Folk Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Giacometti, Fleurs, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes, 1972. Published by Fernand Mourlot, ...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Fortnum and Mason, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Fortnum and Mason, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 24.5 x 18.5 inch...
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1980s Folk Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Opening
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joseph Goldyne American (1942 - ) Title: Opening Year: 1984 Medium: 14-color lithograph printed offset from 8 plates Image Size: 23.75 x 18 inches Sheet size: 31 x 22.5 i...
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1980s Realist Still-life Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Candy Apples - Candy Americana
Located in London, GB
This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Thiebaud", at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘65’ [1965] next to the signature. It is also hand numbe...
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1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Floating Stones" Monoprint in Ink on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Floating Stones" Monoprint in Ink on Heavy Paper High-contrast composition by California artist Stacey Pollard (American, b. 1962). Although primarily abstract in nature, there are...
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Early 2000s Post-War Still-life Prints

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Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph

Mixed Flowers with Heather, by Dan McCleary
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching Year: 2019 Image Size: 10 x 8.25 inches Edition of 20, signed and titled by the artist McCleary was born in Santa Monica, California. He graduated from Loyola High S...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching

Vinegar, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Vinegar, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 14 x 11 inches, Size: 26....
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1980s Folk Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Tàpies, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 175, 1968. Published by Aim...
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1960s Post-War Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

3 x Prints - Rise Up, Stand Up, Speak Up
Located in London, GB
Ben Eine 3 x prints Rise Up, Stand Up, Speak Up 1 layer blend with black overlay on Somerset printmaking paper 50 x 50 cm - each 19.69 x 19.69 in Edition of 150 Ben Eine is a promin...
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2010s Street Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Tàpies, Composition (Galfetti 83-86), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 168, 1967. Published by Aim...
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1960s Post-War Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Still-Life Prints and Other Still-Life Wall Art for Sale on 1stDibs

As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, original still-life prints and other still-life wall art can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.

Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, popular still-life prints often feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.

During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these still-life paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers that were the subject of their work.

While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting and printmaking, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.

Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.

Still-life art enthusiasts and collectors of Warhol prints have lots of reasons to love the cultural icon — when Warhol brought the image of a Campbell’s soup can out of the supermarket and into the studio, in 1961, he secured his legacy as a radical contemporary artist. After Warhol painted the soup cans, he realized that he could more readily achieve the mass-produced aesthetic he was seeking with silkscreens, also called screen-prints, and he began experimenting with silkscreening on canvas. He used the technique to print paintings of Coke bottles and dollar bills (both in 1962), as well as his treasured Brillo box sculptures (1964).  

When shopping for a still-life print, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.

On 1stDibs, the collection of still-life prints and other still-life wall art includes works by Jonas Wood, Alex Katz, Nina Tsoriti and many more.

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