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African American Lithographs

The House of Shango — African American artist
The House of Shango — African American artist

The House of Shango — African American artist

By Samella Lewis

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

forms a powerful link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean counterparts. The figure

Category

1990s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Profile of an African Woman — 1920s Modernism
Profile of an African Woman — 1920s Modernism

Profile of an African Woman — 1920s Modernism

By Boris Lovet-Lorski

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Profile of an African Woman), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed

Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Torso, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Torso, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

Torso, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

By Alvin C. Hollingsworth

Located in Long Island City, NY

, Description: A Modern lithograph by African American artist Alvin Carl Hollingsworth. This composition

Category

1980s Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Lithograph

3 Miles, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
3 Miles, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

3 Miles, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

By Alvin C. Hollingsworth

Located in Long Island City, NY

x 16.5 inches, Frame Size: 14.25 x 24.25 inches, Description: This lithograph by African American

Category

1980s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Pennies
Pennies

Joseph LeBoitPennies, 1935-1943

Unavailable

H 17.875 in W 12.625 in D 1 in

Pennies

Located in Raleigh, NC

RgrFineArts is pleased to offer this rare WPA lithograph of African American children collecting

Category

1930s American Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

1978  After Martha Diamond 'Paintings' African American Lithograph

1978 After Martha Diamond 'Paintings' African American Lithograph

By Martha Diamond

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 31 x 23 inches ( 78.74 x 58.42 cm ) Image Size: 31 x 23 inches ( 78.74 x 58.42 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Det...

Category

1970s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

The Busy Block — African American subject
The Busy Block — African American subject

The Busy Block — African American subject

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Daphne French Dunbar, 'The Busy Block', lithograph, c. 1935, edition 20. Signed, titled, and

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

KKK Lynching – African-American Artist
KKK Lynching – African-American Artist

KKK Lynching – African-American Artist

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

condition. Very scarce. ABOUT THE ARTIST Carl G. Hill (c. 1920-1943), a relatively obscure African American

Category

1930s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstraction II — African American artist
Abstraction II — African American artist

Abstraction II — African American artist

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Robert Blackburn, Untitled (Abstraction II), lithograph, c. 1950, unsigned, no edition–proofs only

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstraction I — African American artist
Abstraction I — African American artist

Abstraction I — African American artist

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Robert Blackburn, 'Untitled (Abstraction I)', lithograph, c. 1950, unsigned, no edition–proofs only

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Leap, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Leap, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

Leap, Modern Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth

By Alvin C. Hollingsworth

Located in Long Island City, NY

: This lithograph by African American artist Alvin Carl Hollingsworth shows a ballet dancer, elongated to

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman
Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman

Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman

By Francks Deceus

Located in New York, NY

Francks Deceus's "Hero" is a 24 x 48 inches mixed media work on canvas with collage. The work is partitioned in two distinct images. On the left side the artist depicted a baseball p...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Angelic -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Nature, Africa
Angelic -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Nature, Africa

Angelic -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Nature, Africa

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Josue M Pierre ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York Summer, Signed Black and White Photograph, 1963
Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York Summer, Signed Black and White Photograph, 1963

Fire Hydrant, Harlem, New York Summer, Signed Black and White Photograph, 1963

By Leonard Freed

Located in New york, NY

Punctuated by documentary photo essays such as Black in White America, Fire Hydrant is one of Leonard Freed's most iconic in his Harlem series. In the image of Fire Hydrant, two ch...

Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pi...

POEMS OF LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR
POEMS OF LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR

POEMS OF LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR

Located in Portland, ME

Senghor, Leopold Sedar. POEMS OF LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR with illustrations by Lois Maillou Jones. Limited Editions Club, NY, 1996. Number 88 of the edition of 300 copies signed by Seg...

Category

1990s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Bridgetown Barbados, Oil Monotype by Romare Bearden
Bridgetown Barbados, Oil Monotype by Romare Bearden

Bridgetown Barbados, Oil Monotype by Romare Bearden

By Romare Bearden

Located in Long Island City, NY

A unique oil print by Romare Bearden circa 1980. A bright city scene illustrated in a modern expressionist style. Artist: Romare Bearden, American (1911 - 1988) Title: Bridgetown, ...

Category

1980s Expressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Oil

PLAYMATES Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker, Black Children
PLAYMATES Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker, Black Children

PLAYMATES Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker, Black Children

By Elizabeth Catlett

Located in Union City, NJ

PLAYMATES is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the highly acclaimed African-American woman artist Elizabeth Catlett, master printmaker and sculptor best known for ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood
Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood

Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood

By Francks Deceus

Located in New York, NY

Francks Deceus's Harlem 125 is a 18 x 24 inches mixed media work . The medium is acrylic and silkscreen on paper. It depicts an African American couple standing at a street crossing,...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper, Acrylic

The Woodshed Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1980s
The Woodshed Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1980s

The Woodshed Exhibition Poster, Offset Print, Contemporary, 1980s

By Romare Bearden

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This original exhibition poster for Romare Bearden's work titled The Woodshed refers to a piece he created in 1967. The Woodshed depicts a scene filled with rich, layered imagery tha...

Category

1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights
YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights

YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights

By Elizabeth Catlett

Located in Union City, NJ

YOUNG DOUGLASS is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using linoleum cut printmaking techniques on white archival Somerset White paper, 100% acid free. Hand ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women
Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women

Don't Be Perfect, Be Real -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Women

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Eli...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage
JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage

JUMPIN' & JIVIN' Signed Lithograph, Jazz Club, Band Musicians, Color Collage

By James Denmark

Located in Union City, NJ

JUMPIN & JIVIN' is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American artist James Denmark printed on archival Somerset...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

BEARDEN Early Carolina Morning Serigraph African American Art
BEARDEN Early Carolina Morning Serigraph African American Art

BEARDEN Early Carolina Morning Serigraph African American Art

By Romare Bearden

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This reproduction silkscreen poster features Romare Bearden's vibrant work Early Carolina Morning, published by American Vision Gallery Inc. The piece has been reproduced with the pe...

Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Bopping at Birdland (Stomp Time) from the Jazz Series Signed Limited Edition
Bopping at Birdland (Stomp Time) from the Jazz Series Signed Limited Edition

Bopping at Birdland (Stomp Time) from the Jazz Series Signed Limited Edition

By Romare Bearden

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist : Romare Bearden Title; Bopping at Birdland (stomp time) Year: 1979 Size: 33 ¼ x 24 inches Lithograph on Arches Paper Edition; Signed in pencil and marked 114/175 (Gelburd/Ros...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007
Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

Faith Ringgold, Slavery, from Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 2007

By Faith Ringgold

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite silkscreen by Faith Ringgold (1930–2024), titled Slavery, from the folio Letter from Birmingham City Jail, originates from the 2007 edition published by The Limited Ed...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Delita Martin She Wears Constellations in Her Hair Limited Edition Print
Delita Martin She Wears Constellations in Her Hair Limited Edition Print

Delita Martin She Wears Constellations in Her Hair Limited Edition Print

By Phaidon

Located in New York, NY

Print Digital print 24.00 x 20.00 in 61.0 x 50.8 cm Edition of 100This work comes with a signed label. For She Wears Constellations in Her Hair, Delita Martin draws from oral ...

Category

2010s American Prints

Materials

Paper

Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden
Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden

Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62), Romare Bearden

By Romare Bearden

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Title: Girl in the Garden (Gelburd/Rosenberg 62) Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 33/150, plus proofs Size: 28.75 x 2...

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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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African American Lithographs For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of african american lithographs is available on 1stDibs. Today, if you’re looking for Modern editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes Abstract. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. African american lithographs available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes beige, black, gray, brown and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Jonathan Green, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, James Denmark and Ernest Crichlow produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph, offset print and pigment print. If space is limited, there are small african american lithographs measuring 7.63 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 42.5 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.

How Much are African American Lithographs?

Prices for pieces in our collection of african american lithographs start at $175 and top out at $9,000 with the average selling for $3,850.

Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You

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.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

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. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.