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Art Subject: Animal
Sheep in Landscape (C. 558)
By Henry Moore
Located in New York, NY
Sheep in Landscape (C. 558), 1974
Lithograph in colors, on wove paper
18 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. (46 x 51.4 cm)
Edition of 50
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Suite Ravensburg (Movimiento a la derecha)
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
De la serie Suite Ravensburg.
Impresión en serigrafía sobre papel japonés Torinoko.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Stallion Portrait: Slickly - Mane - Champion Horse's hair portrait print
Located in London, GB
Slickly was a world champion miler and leading French sire.
Series: Studio Portraits, Slickly - 'Mane', 2009 by John Reardon
Archival Pigment Print on Ha...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Col...
Cape Cross - Studio Portrait, Stallion, Champion, Equine Art Print Unframed
Located in London, GB
Cape Cross (13 March 1994 – 21 April 2017) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a son of the July Cup winner Green Desert and Cheveley Park Stakes, winner Park Appeal who ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Bla...
Flying intelligence
Located in MADRID, ES
Linocut printed on paper, Unique print
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Prints
Bullseye Purple - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue dog in the center of a yellow circle on a purple background. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on...
Category
1990s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
John Gould - Himalayan Nuthatch from 'The Birds of Asia' c.1850
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Himalayan Nuthatch - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 37 cm
excellent Condition
Accompanied by the information page from 'The Birds of Asia...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Beat My Drum - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 4 frames each with a dog and different colored backgrounds. One is a red background with a yellow center, one is purple background with a yellow center...
Category
1990s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
"Old Barney"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958).
One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope Sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled Blue Dog With Red Eyes - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of 3 different outlined portraits of dogs. One frame is 1 dog on a white background, another is 2 dogs on a dark blue background with a moon and the 3rd i...
Category
1990s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
I'm the Real Thing Pink - Signed Silkscreen Blue Dog Print
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a pink background with a blue dog with soulful yellow eyes sitting to the right of an old-fashioned style Coca-Cola machine. This pop art animal origi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
John Gould - Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch from 'The Birds of Asia' C. 1850
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 37 cm
excellent Condition
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished colour is from the esteemed John Gould’s Birds...
Category
Late 18th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
John Gould - Alca Torda - Razorbill from 'Birds Europe' C. 1832
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alca Torda (Razorbill) - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 36 cm
Good Condition
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with...
Category
Early 18th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rodrigue: A Man And His Dog Black - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a blue dog sitting on a yellow chair with a black background. The work has writing on it in white with the artist's name in red as follows: "Rodrigue: a man and his dog...
Category
1990s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Hands of Fate - Signed Silkscreen Print Blue Dog
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of the dog sitting on a sheer pair of hands on a blue background surrounded by 3 yellow moons. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal orig...
Category
1990s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Dropping In
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dropping In
Drypoint, c. 1940
Signed lower right (see photo)
Titled lower left
Condition: Excellent
Brown paper tape around the sheet edges from
the printing and air dryi...
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Black Ducks (Marsh Ducks)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Black Ducks (Marsh Ducks)
Etching, 1964
Signed in pencil lower right
Titled in pencil lower left
Edition: 250
Published by Associated American Artist, New York
Illustrated: AAA catal...
Category
1960s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Three Ducks Taking to Flight)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Three Ducks Taking to Flight)
Drypoint, c. 1940
Signed lower right
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Winchell Heirs by descent
Condition: Excellent
Ima...
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Two Pointers Hunting a Pheasant original etching by Leon Danchin 1938
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Two Pointers Hunting a Pheasant is an original color etching by the well known sporting artist Leon Danchin. Two Pointers, one black and white and...
Category
1930s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Nr. 0168) Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0168) Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culmination of a six-year photographic journey through Baja, Mexico. Ben Cope and Rowan Daly began their travels in 2014, working their way through the towns of la Salinas, Baja Mar, and Cantamar, down through Ensanada and la Bufadora. This series of photographs depicts the pair’s adventures and explorations. Off the Grid documents the textures, people, and places visited during this incredible journey.
Ben Cope is a Los Angeles based portrait artist with a BFA in ceramic sculpture and photography from Columbus State University. He maintains a successful career with a diverse portfolio including fashion, editorial, celebrity portraiture and advertising. He is widely known for his celebrity and fashion portraiture, which has been published internationally in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, GQ, The Work Magazine, Fucking Young, and l’Officiel, and has shot international campaigns for such clients as Adidas, L’Oréal, Paul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sunflower Fields by Kate Heiss, Sunflowers, Lavender, Bees Art, Bumblebee Art
By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
Kate Heiss
Sunflower Fields
Linocut
Edition of 30
Image Size 30 x 30cm
Mounted size 40x 40cm
Oil based inks on 300GSM Soft white Somerset Velvet Paper
Signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
GEORGE RODRIGUE Truly Rudy, 2000 - Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 22.25 x 17.5 inches ( 56.515 x 44.45 cm )
Image Size: 20.25 x 15.5 inches ( 51.435 x 39.37 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additio...
Category
Early 2000s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
I Am Elegant
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint
Edition of 125
Signed on the accompanying COA and numbered on the back
Excellent. Minor soft creasing in bottom left and right and top middle of print.
Please note that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Tea For Two - Brock
By Harry Bunce
Located in Deddington, GB
Tea for Two – Brock [2017]
limited_edition
Screenprint
Edition number 156
Image size: H:31 cm x W:25 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49 cm x W:41 cm x D:0.3cm
Sold Unframed
Ple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Old Cat
Located in London, GB
12 Colour Screenprint with a Varnish Overlay on Somerset Tub Sized 410gsm Paper. Limited edition of 125. Hand signed and numbered verso by David Shrigley.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Lioness i- Etching by Evert Louis van Muyden - 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Lioness is a modern artwork realized by Evert Louis van Muyden (Albano, Lazio 1853 - 1922 Orsay) in 1900 .
Black and white etching.
Signature and date on plate.
Includes passe-pa...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Zebra Zambo
Located in Long Island City, NY
This vibrant serigraph by Victor Vasarely shows two zebras with their necks entwined in front of a disco-style grid of various colors. The style of warping figures and skewed shapes ...
Category
1980s Op Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Horse head Leon Danchin original limited edition etching signed
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Horse Head by Leon Danchin... 1887-1938... is a handsome portrait of a thoroughbred turning his head to look behind him. Born in Lille, France Danchin began his career as an artist a...
Category
20th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
(after) Pablo Picasso - Flying Dove with a Rainbow - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Pablo Picasso - Flying Dove with a Rainbow - Lithograph
1952
Dimensions: 28 x 38 cm
Signed and dated in the plate
Numbered in pencil
Edition : /10...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Fox Terriers original etching by Leon Danchin
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Two Fox Terriers is an original signed etching by Leon Danchin in good condition.
paper size 22.50 x 29.75 image size 15 x 20
Leon Danchin, born in Lille, France in 1887...
Category
20th Century Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Young Rabbit, by Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist from an edition of 125. Portrait of a young Rabbit against an abstract background.
Trevor Southey was born in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimba...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Original "Less Dangerous than Careless Talk" vintage World War Two poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Less Dangerous than Careless Talk” vintage World War Two poster. Archivally linen=backed in fine condition A-, ready to frame. Bright colors and excellent detail. Ver...
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Offset
Little Boodge
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph on wove paper. Published in 1993. Copyright © David Hockney, verso.
Category
1990s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Wisdom" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
A 19” x 19” x 1" Magic Realism Figurative Artwork by artist Evgeniya Golik. This piece is a Handmade Linocut Print with Gold Leaf on Pearl Paper. A certificate of authenticity will a...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original "Speedy Travel, German Federal Railroad" vintage travel poster, train
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Speedy Travel, German Federal Railroad” vintage travel poster. The DB stands for the Deutsche Bundesbahn. Archivally linen-backed in very good condition and ready to fra...
Category
1950s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Skeleton Quadrupedes - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Skeleton Quadrupedes is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on car...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Love Sick
Located in Greenwich, CT
Love Sick is a lithograph on paper, 4.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 111/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Animal Skeleton - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Animal Skeleton is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardbo...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Deer Skeleton - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Deer Skeleton is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboar...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Sheep Skeleton - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Sheep Skeleton is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboa...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Mouflon Wild Sheep - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Mouflon Wild Sheep is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on ca...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Deer Horns - Etching by Buvée l'Américain - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Deer Horns is an artwork realized by Buvée l'Américain in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard....
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Faon du Cerf - Etching by Jacques De Sève - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Faon du Cerf is an artwork realized by Jacques de Seve in 1771.
Etching B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate on the lower left margin.
The work is glued on cardboard...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Be Yourself Just Be Yourself
Located in Bristol, GB
12 colour screenprint with a two varnish overlay
Edition of 125
Signed, numbered and dated on the back
Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process. Sold with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
I've Got Your Lipstick
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint
Edition of 125
Numbered on the reverse
Excellent. Minor soft creasing in bottom left and right of print.
Please note that this artwork is sold on consignment from the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Plants and Animals - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Plants and Animals is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of t...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andy Warhol 'Cow Yellow on Blue Background (sm)' 2000- Poster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33.5 x 20.25 inches ( 85.09 x 51.435 cm )
Image Size: 33.5 x 20.25 inches ( 85.09 x 51.435 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Cow Yellow on Blue by A...
Category
Early 2000s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Richard Berner, Solitude & Liberty (Signed)
Located in Manchester, GB
Richard Berner, Solitude & Liberty (Signed Print)
Classic Version:
Signed Giclee Print on 330gsm Somerset Paper
110 x 100 cm (43.31 x 39.37 in)
Signed by the artist
Edition of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Andy Warhol 'Cat (Blue)' 1996- Poster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.5 x 23.5 inches ( 80.01 x 59.69 cm )
Image Size: 34.5 x 23.6 inches ( 87.63 x 59.944 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Published and printed by t...
Category
1990s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Magnus Gjoen, SÈVRES LUCANUS CERVUS
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in Manchester, GB
Magnus Gjoen, Sevres Lucanus Cervus
Archival pigment inks on 308 gsm cotton rag
50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in)
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist with a COA
Edition of 150
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
David Hockney 'The Boy Hidden In Egg' 1970- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33.5 x 25 inches ( 85.09 x 63.5 cm )
Image Size: 27 x 23.5 inches ( 68.58 x 59.69 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Referenced number 24 in the Hock...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Richard Berner, The Tempest (Signed)
Located in Manchester, GB
Richard Berner, The Tempest (Signed)
Giclee print on 300g Somerset Paper with hand-torn edges. Hand finished with 24c gold leaf detailing
50 x 50 cm (19.69 x 19.69 in)
Signed by t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Toulouse-Lautrec, Ecuyere de haute ecole, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1952. Published the Par...
Category
1950s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Toulouse-Lautrec, Un Petit Cob, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec, 1952. Published the Par...
Category
1950s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Magnus Gjoen, SÈVRES GOLIATHUS SCARABAEIDAE
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in Manchester, GB
Magnus Gjoen, Sevres Goliathus Scarabaeidae
Archival Pigment Inks on 308 gsm Cotton Rag
50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in)
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Edition of 50
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Magnus Gjoen, SÈVRES DICRANOCEPHALUS WALLICHII
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in Manchester, GB
Magnus Gjoen, Sevres Dicranocephalus Wallichii
Archival pigment inks on 308 gsm cotton rag paper
50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in)
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Magnus Gjoen, SÈVRES EUDICELLA GRALLI
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in Manchester, GB
Magnus Gjoen, Sevres Eudicella Gralli
Archival pigment inks on 308 gsm cotton rag paper
50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in)
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Edition of 150
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Richard Berner, Lionfish of Destiny (Signed)
Located in Manchester, GB
Richard Berner, Lionfish of Destiny (Signed)
Giclee print on 330gsm Somerset Paper
60 x 60 cm (23.62 x 23.62 in)
Signed and numbered by the artist
Edition of 25
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
Horse Art Prints, Giraffe Art Prints and Other Unique Animal Wall Art
Shopping for animal prints to spruce up a nursery, living room, bedroom or some other corner of your home?
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home. And animal prints depict the beauty and power of nature in an elegant way that can complement any room. Interacting with animals has long captured the imagination and has been interpreted in diverse artistic media.
Some of the oldest works of art have included animals, such as a cave painting found in Indonesia dating back more than 45,500 years that shows a wild pig in red ocher pigment. Animals have continued to appear in every era and style of art, from realism to Pop art and everything in between.
Some prints and animal paintings portray animals in their natural habitat, highlighting the majesty of wild creatures roaming the plains, forests and jungles. You might find unique animal prints that feature deer, tigers, wild mustangs, giraffes and other wildlife. Others focus on domestic animals such as dogs — pay a visit to the Museum of the Dog if you don’t believe us — as well as cats and how they interact with the world and their owners.
Picking the right animal painting or animal print for a room — as well as knowing how to arrange your new wall art — can take time. But, in the end, it will tastefully reflect your interests and passions. While an expansive landscape painting helps open up a small space, for example, hanging a horse print in a den shows a love for equine culture and can invite compelling conversation.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room.
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