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Art Subject: Animal
Cuvier's Sabre-wing Hummingbirds: A 19th C. Hand-colored lithograph by Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Campylopterus Cuvieri" (Cuvier's Sabre-wing Hummingbird) by John Gould, as plate 52 published in his "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London between 1849 and 1861. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts two mostly green-colored hummingbirds with brown wings perched on a branch of a tropical long leafed plant, possibly bamboo with ferns in the background. This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph is augmented with gum-arabic paint. It is in very good condition, other than some discoloration at the edges of the upper and lower right corners and residual binding material where the print was bound in the 19th century publication. The original descriptive text page from Gould's 19th century publication is included. There are several other unframed Gould hummingbird lithographs available on our 1stdibs and InCollect storefronts. Two or more of these striking lithographs would make an attractive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of a set depending on the number. These additional Gould hummingbirds may be viewed by typing Timeless Intaglio...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Astrology and Zodiac : Aries - Lithograph, Ltd 100 copies
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Marais (1913 - 1998) Astrology and Zodiac : Aries Original lithograph Signed with the stamp of the artist (Also bears printed signature in the plate) Numbered / 100 copies On v...
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Randal Ford - Cheetah No. 1 (BW), Photography 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 37.5 x 30 in Edition of 15 50 x 40 in Edition of 10 60 x 48 in Edition of 5 Over 40,000 years ago, we began to depict animals in cave drawings. Throughout history, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Black and White

1998 After Carlos Amorales 'Black Cloud' Contemporary Black & White Israel
By Carlos Amorales
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 27 x 38 inches ( 68.58 x 96.52 cm ) Image Size: 25 x 38 inches ( 63.5 x 96.52 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: High quality, elegant capture ...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Lord Howe Island Crow-Shrike, Bird lithograph with hand-colouring, 1928
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Strepera Crissalis (Lord howe Island Crow-Shrike)' Limited edition lithograph with original hand colouring by Henrik Gronvold. From Mathews 'The Birds of N...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Prints

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Lithograph

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 Image/Plate size: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 10 5/16 inches Created while the artist was a commercial artist working in Minneapolis, after his tenure of being an instructor at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in the 1930's. Paul H. Winchell (1903 – 1971) was a printmaker, illustrator, teacher, and gilder according to Crump, 2009 (Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900- 1945, Minnesota Historical Society Press). He was the son of Mrs. Looman Winchell of Shepherd Rd as noted in a 1937 newspaper article (Painsville, O. Telegraph). Winchell grew up in North Perry, Ohio and then studied and worked as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied with Leon Kroll (1884 – 1974), Boris Anisfeld...
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1940s American Realist Animal Prints

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Drypoint

Moon Panther (Blue), Kate Willows, Animal Art, Bright Contemporary Handmade art
Located in Deddington, GB
Moon Panther (blue) by Kate Willows [2021] limited_edition Ink on Paper Edition number 50 Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look This print shows a moonlit panther, inspired by a woodcut by the 18th century English artist Thomas Bewick...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Randal Ford - Leopard Appaloosa Horse No. 1 (BW), 2024, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Available Sizes: 30" x 45" Edition of 15 40" x 60" Edition of 10 48" x 72" Edition of 5 The second I saw Eva; I knew I had to create a portrait of her. Her classic leopard appaloos...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Black and W...

Bomber and Buckeroos by Till Goodan, Westward Ho Company
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Bomber And Buckeroos ca. 1939 Till Goodan Offset Lithograph PRINTS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. PRINTS MAY HAVE SMALL FLAW ALONG EDGE OF PAPER, DOES NOT EFFECT THE PRINT IMAGE All the prints are 26 x 31 inches, Mustang Peeler, Bombers and Buckaroos, The stranger, Guardians of the Range and Range Baby. Note that “The Mustang Runner” is 3 inches shorter in height, 23 x 31 inches The print by Till Goodan was originally a painting and reproduced by the Westward Ho company as a set. Westward Ho produced the most sought after Western dinnerware ever made. The most popular pattern was the Rodeo pattern by Till Goodan. He Illustrated and branded many accessories sold by the Westward Ho Company. Tillman Parker Goodan 1896-1958 To the casual observer his paintings are exciting and colorful. To the scholars of the Western Era they are benchmarks of authenticity. Such is the style of Till Goodan. He was born Tillman Parker Goodan in Eaton, Colorado on March 27, 1896. His father was a true western pioneer, mayor of Eaton, publisher of its first newspaper, and County Commissioner for several years. After moving to California in 1905 and settling on a little farm that bordered the Michel Cattle Ranch, Till spent much of his boyhood with the Michel sons working on their ranch. There he developed his expertise as a calf roper and the skills of a working cowboy. As a young man Till pursued endeavors that would initially callous his emerging artistic hands. He worked for the famous Miller and Lux Ranch in California. He packed mules and ran pack trains into the Sierra Mountains. He broke horses and competed in local rodeos riding saddle broncs and roping calves. And during the quiet hours he would draw pictures of ranch life and the action of the rodeo. People began commenting on his talents as an artist. In 1917 he left the rodeo circuit and turned his full attention to a career in art. He studied with Roger Sterrett, William Paxton, and Dana Bartlett, all highly respected California artists. Till soon became a free-lance commercial artist doing work for Grauman’s Chinese and Lowe’s Theaters, Helms Bakery and Security Bank. He later assumed a position as Art Director for the Richfield Oil Company. However, his first love was still the art of the old west, horses, cowboys, and ranching. So, he left Richfield and gave his full attention to the field of fine arts. He did oil painting, water colors and lithographs. He drew the Gene Autry Comic Books. He illustrated and hand lettered a large collection of stories about famous bucking horses, ranches, horsemen of the world, and western gear. In association with W.C. Wentz, he started producing a complete line of western gift wares, ceramics, bronzes, leather, paper, and fabric. By the 1930′s he was beginning to receive recognition for his western art and by the early 1940s, he and his daughter, Betty, were illustrating comic books for his longtime friend, Gene Autry. Betty was also a world champion cowgirl. Till Goodan designs appeared in virtually every medium. But, the most famous was the four lines of dinnerware produced by Wallace China...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Silvery Marmoset Amazon Monkey: Framed Audebert 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century folio-sized colored stipple engraving with hand-finishing entitled "Le Mico. Buff, Simia Argentata. Linn", which was drawn and engraved by Jean Baptiste Audebert...
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Late 18th Century Animal Prints

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Engraving

English early 20th century, An Irish Hare and a Mountain hare in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Vintage Archibald Thorburn colored chromolithograph. The colors are amazing, giving the painting a really great appearance . Printed circa 1919, the picture is inscribed ...
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1910s Victorian Animal Prints

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Paper

Le Paon - Etching by Catherine Haussard - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Paon is an etching realized by Haussard in 1771. Signed in plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la d...
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1710s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Townsend's Cormorant /// John James Audubon Ornithology Bird Art Natural History
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Townsend's Cormorant" (Plate 418, No. 84) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,200 Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA Sheet size: 10.13" x 6.5" Image size: 4.38" x 5" Condition: Light toning to sheet. Some light foxing and small areas of discoloration. Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing on verso. The white background was recently also hand-colored. In otherwise good condition with strong colors Notes: Provenance: private collection - Nashville, TN; acquired from a gallery in Nashville, TN. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. Based on a composition probably painted in London in 1838, from a specimen obtained near the mouth of the Columbia River. Brandt's cormorant is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America. It ranges, in the summer, from Alaska to the Gulf of California, but the population north of Vancouver Island migrates south during the winter. To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...
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1840s Victorian Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Lithograph

William Sharp, Lincoln Park Marabous (probably Chicago)
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp, largely known as a court reporter, was based in New York City. Probably this scene of Lincoln Park Marabous is Chicago. There are several ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

Animals Muzzles - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - Animals Muzzles is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and...
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1810s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Sooty Tern and Panayan Tern, antique sea bird chromolithograph print, 1889
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Sooty Tern and Panayan Tern' Chromolithograph from Gracius Broinowski's 'The Birds of Australia' , 1887-1891. Gracius Joseph Broinowski (1837-191...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Marsh Tern and White Tern, antique sea bird chromolithograph print, 1889
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Marsh Tern and White Tern' Chromolithograph from Gracius Broinowski's 'The Birds of Australia' , 1887-1891. Gracius Joseph Broinowski (1837-1913)...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Chickens /// Contemporary Pop Art Screenprint Animal Funny Blue Farm Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Chickens" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 2003 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded soft-cream wove paper Limite...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Screen

The Physiognomy - The Insects - Original Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
The Physiognomy - The Insects is an original etching artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the...
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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Pug, Greyhound, Terrier
Located in Columbia, MO
Pug, Greyhound, Terrier 1883-84 Chromolithograph 8.5 x 11 inches
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1880s Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Colored Engraving Collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational Histor...
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17th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Engraving

Takeru Amano, The Dog - Signed Screen Print, Japanese Pop Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Takeru Amano (Japanese, b. 1977) The Dog, 2022 Medium: Screenprint on 300gsm Somerset satin rag paper Dimensions: 27 1/5 × 27 1/5 in 69 × 69 cm Edition o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Cat with a Habit /// Contemporary Animal Smoking Humor Screenprint Black
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Cat with a Habit" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1995 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Lim...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Screen

"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"The Cougar, Female and Young": Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "The Cougar, Female and Young", No. 20, Plate XCVII, 97 from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North Ameri...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Latham (English, 1740-1837) Title: "Parrot-billed Grosbeaks", "White backed Coly", "Banksian Cockatoo", and "Variegated Tanager" Portfolio: A General History of Birds Year: 1821-1828 (second edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Hand-Colored Engravings on watermarked wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Jacob & Johnson, Winchester, UK Publisher: John Latham, Winchester, UK Reference: Brunet III, 872; Lowndes II, page 1314; Fine Bird Books page 87; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer page 376 Sheet size (each): approx. 11.25" x 8.88" Image size (each): approx. 5.75" x 4.75" Condition: "Parrot-billed Grosbeaks" and "White backed Coly" have light offsetting to their sheets. "Banksian Cockatoo" and "Variegated Tanager" have moderate offsetting to their sheets. The "Variegated Tanager" also has a few light spots of discoloration at top in margins. They are all otherwise in good condition with strong colors Rare Notes: Provenance: acquired from Christie's, New York, NY, December 19, 1990. Comes from Latham's famous eleven volume portfolio "A General History of Birds" (1821-1828) (second edition), which consists of 193 hand-colored prints, made from engraved plates. "Parrot-billed Grosbeaks" and "Variegated Tanager" have an unidentified "1821" watermark lower right and upper right respectively. "Banksian Cockatoo" as a partially visible "1820?" watermark lower right. Biography: John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds...
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1820s Victorian Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio

Le Leopard - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Leopard is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Ro...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

19th century color lithograph birds landscape nature grass sky water figure
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting on the Prairie" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a hunter shooting at fowl in an open field. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" art 20 1/4" x 23 3/4" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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1870s Other Art Style Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Landscape Large Photograph Nature Elephant Wildlife Africa Orange Trees Sunset
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh Untitled photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 44" x 65" unframed (112cm x 165cm) 2016 Edition 1/8 *Should you wish the photograph to be printed at a different size for a specific project, we are happy to discuss this. Please message with your request. This would still be Edition 1/8 Dicky Singh's images have enthralled many and have given him a following worldwide. Institutions and individuals alike seek out his knowledge on wildlife and habitats. He has lent his expertise to BBC, National Geographic and many very well-known wildlife photographers. He has been photographing and documenting generations of families of Tigers, learning behaviours and understanding their role in the wider context of the Forest at Ranthambhore National Park in India. His knowledge is vast, not only of big cats but the other flora and fauna that co-exist special places. In 2016 he was asked to lead a photography, conservation expedition to Kenya. This powerful image shows a lone female...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Lucky Grasshoppers, Walasse Ting 丁雄泉
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper size: 21.75 x 29.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 145/200, as issued. Notes: Published by Atelier Dum...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

The Boats - Etching by Giovanni Omiccioli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Boats is an artwork realized by Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – March 1, 1975) in the 1970s. Etching print. Good conditions. Giovanni Omiccioli (February 25, 1901 – Ma...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Fish FS IIIA.40 (estate stamped silk scarf)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on silk scarf. Edition size unknown, as they were intended as holiday gifts. Scarf size 35.5 x 36 inches. Frame size: approx 40 x 40.5 inches. Printed by Rupert Jasen...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Silk

Le Lapin Domestique - Etching by Jacques De sève - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Lapin Domestique 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 cardb...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Chien Courant - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chien Courant is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Seal With a Kiss
Located in Greenwich, CT
Seal with a Kiss is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size. From the edition of 395, numbered 60/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP), framed in a contemporary, silver-t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Trumpeter Swan: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Trumpeter Swan, Young", No. 7...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

It’s What I’d Like To Be (1998)
Located in Woodbury, CT
It's What I'd Like to Be, from 10 Supastore Supastars 1998 Lithograph, on heavy, wove paper, the full sheet. S. 41.7 x 59.7 cm (16 3/8 x 23 1/2 in.) Signed, titled, dated and numbere...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Zebra - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Zebra is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is en...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Tofcia II and Tofcia III. Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Animals, Dogs
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative etching print by Polish arist living in Canada, Pawel Zablocki. Print depicts dog Tofcia in dynamic poses viewed from the side. Artist's unique technique of p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Rooster, Lithograph by Bernard Buffet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bernard Buffet, French (1928 - 1999) Title: Rooster Year: 1953 Medium: Lithograph mounted on Board, signed in the plate Image Size: 15 x 10 in. (50.8 x 36.83 cm) Frame: 22 x ...
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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Dog - Etching by Antonio Tempesta - 1610s
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). Not signed. In good conditions. Including a cream-colored cardboard passepartout, 34 x 50 cm. An exciting original print, with all the dignity of a mythological or epic story, represented with an incredible balance of black and white, light and shadow, and a typical Baroque dynamism. Antonio Tempesta, also known as Il Tempestino (Florence, 1555 - Rome, 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver of the early Baroque period. Antonio Tempesta trained in the culture of late Mannerism, with a naturalistic but also calligraphic taste, acquired from the frequentation of Giovanni Stradano, with whom he collaborated in the decoration of Palazzo Vecchio. Moving to Rome in 1573, he worked for Pope Gregory XIII, frescoing some maps of Rome in the Vatican, including the famous Map of Rome (1593). In the pontifical capital, he worked for many noble families and for important cardinals, such as Alessandro Farnese and Scipione Borghese. His works are in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, at the villa in Caprarola, in Tivoli. He returned to Florence for a brief stay, where he collaborated with Alessandro Allori...
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Early 17th Century Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bird of Prey: A 16th/17th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Aldrovandi
Located in Alamo, CA
This very rare, first edition, folio hand-colored woodcut engraving of a bird of prey is plate 219 from Ulisse Aldrovandi’s 'Opera Omnia', published ...
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Early 17th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Engraving

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...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

White-throated Capuchin Monkey: Framed Audebert 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 18th century folio-sized colored stipple engraving with hand-finishing entitled "Le Sai a gorge blanche. Variete A. Buff. Simia capucina. v.a.", which was drawn and engraved by Jean Baptiste Audebert...
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Late 18th Century Animal Prints

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Engraving

Marta F's dog - Contemporary Print, Figurative, Black & white, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZDZISŁAW WIATR (born 1960) He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, at the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice, where in 1986 he received a diploma with the honourable m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Digital

TÊTES DE HIBOUX #4, portrait of an owl by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Portrait the head of an owl against a black background. Image is printed to the edge of the sheet. by Franco-Iranian artist Marjan Seyedin. In her works, birds and animals provide an...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Etching

Flamingo! 2, Art print, Animal print, Landscape, Flamingo
Located in Deddington, GB
Flamingo! 2 is a limited edition giclée print hand finished with screen printed layers of diamond dust and varnish by printmaker Benjamin Thomas Taylor. The diamond dust animates the...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Giclée, Screen

Dark Still Life Photography FIne Art Print - Natura Morte 5 by Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Dark Still Life Photography FIne Art Print - Natura Morte 5 by Koukouwitakis From the series "Natura Morte" still life The photographic image of the withered flowers, rotten fruit, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Prints

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Giclée, Lithograph

"Horses", 1960's Pop Art Etching A/P
Located in Soquel, CA
A late 1960's modern Pop Art etching of horses by Marc Foster Grant (American, b.1947). The galloping horse motif is repeated, in the style of Warhol...
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1960s Pop Art Animal Prints

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Printer's Ink, Etching, Paper

Dancers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Dancers" c.1990is a color offset lithograph by noted equine American artist Fred Stone, 1930-2018. It is hand signed in pencil by the a...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Le Coq - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Coq is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807). Titled and Signed on the plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière a...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Aegiothus Linaria (Common Redpoll) /// John Gould Ornithology Bird Lithograph
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881) Title: "Aegiothus Linaria (Common Redpoll)" (Vol. 3, Plate 51) Portfolio: The Birds of Great Britain Year: 1862-1873 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 750 Printer: Walter or Walter & Cohn, London, UK Publisher: Taylor and Francis, John Gould, London, UK Reference: Sauer No. 23; Ayer/Zimmer page 261; Wood page 365; Nissen No. IVB 372; Sitwell page 78 Sheet size: 21.63" x 14.75" Image size: 13.75" x 10.5" Condition: Faint UV stain to sheet. Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing on verso. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography and hand-coloring by John Gould and English artist Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902). Comes from Gould's five volume "The Birds of Great Britain", (1862-1873) (First edition), which consists of 367 hand-colored lithographs. Other contributing lithographers were German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Irish artist William Hart (1830-1908). "The Birds of Great Britain" is recognized as Gould's greatest work. Gold gilded edges as issued. The common redpoll or mealy redpoll is a species of bird in the finch family. It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs. Biography: John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species".
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1860s Victorian Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Lithograph

The Paint Horse: Van Gogh
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paint Horse: Van Gogh is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 174/275 (there were also 100 Roman an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

"Alpomado Falcon" Hand Colored Bird Lithograph from USPRR Exploration & Survey
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand colored stone lithograph of a "Alpomado Falcon" was created by John Cassin (1813-1869) and is Plate 1 in the "USPRR Exploration and Survey Report", published in Washington, DC in 1859. There is an occasional spot, but the lithograph is otherwise in very good condition. The 12 volume report was authorized and funded by the US government to determine the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. These explorations and subsequent reports represented the greatest collection of knowledge of the topography and natural history of the Western United States created during the nineteenth century. John Cassin was an ornithologist and illustrator. He was named curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in 1842 and worked with John Bowen...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bill Schenck, Last Horizon, Serigraph
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Last Horizon, 1991 Bill Schenck Serigraph, Printers Proof Size: 27.75 x 29.75 inches Billy Schenck has been known internationally for 44 years as one of the originators of the cont...
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1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Screen

Sitting Hare, Joanna Padfield, Linocut Print, Brown Art, Affordable Animal Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Joanna Padfield Sitting Hare Limited Edition Linocut Print on Paper Edition of 50 Image Size: H20 cm x W 15cm Paper Size: H25cm x w21cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Animal Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Landscape Photography Nature Animal Large African Lion Wildlife Orange Sunset
Located in Norfolk, GB
Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, Photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 44" x 65" unframed (112cm x 165cm) 2017 Edition 1/8 Dicky Singh's images have enthralled many and...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

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 printsabstract 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. 

There is animal art to fit every collection on 1stDibs. Explore a wide selection of animal prints in a range of styles to match any home or office.

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