$7,500
H 29 in W 38 in
"Balcony" 1938 WPA Print Mid 20th Century American Broadway Theatre Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Balcony" 1938 WPA Print Mid 20th Century American Broadway Theatre Modernism. Silk screen on
Paper, Screen
$2,450
H 17.5 in W 15 in D 1.5 in
Hilaire Hiler 1934 Native American Fox Costume WPA-Era Color Serigraph Print
By Hilaire Hiler
Located in Denver, CO
headdress. Executed in striking contrasts of black, red, and white, the print exemplifies Hiler’s semi
Screen
$1,500
H 17 in W 19.5 in D 1 in
Archie Musick WPA-Era Signed Lithograph “Prospector’s Cabin” 1937
By Archie Musick
Located in Denver, CO
addition for collectors of WPA art, Regionalist prints, and Modernist works on paper.
Lithograph
$750
H 19.5 in W 17 in D 0.75 in
Hand Colored Etching by WPA Artist Agnes Mills, 1982, Unique
Located in New York, NY
3/4 x 11 1/4 in. Framed: 19 1/2 x 17 x 3/4 in. Titled lower right Inscribed "AP" bottom Signed and
Etching
$600
H 20.5 in W 15 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Lithograph
$600
H 20.5 in W 15 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Lithograph
$600
H 20.5 in W 15 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Lithograph
$600
H 20.5 in W 15 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Lithograph
$600
H 20.5 in W 15 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Lithograph
$600
H 20.5 in W 15 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Lithograph
$850
H 5 in W 3.44 in
"Golddigger, " Isaac Friedlander, WPA, New York City, Social Realism, 1931
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Seattle Art Museum and the Library of Congress. "Golddigger" measures 11 1/4" x 9 1/8" framed.
Engraving
$1,150
H 19 in W 23 in
Ethel Magafan “Corralled Horse” 1940s WPA-Era Modernist Etching, Artist’s Proof
By Ethel Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
collectors of WPA-era prints, American modernist art, and Western Americana, offering both historical
Etching
$1,350Sale Price|50% Off
H 24.5 in W 19.5 in D 0.5 in
WPA-Era Central City, Colorado, 1930s Modernist Lithograph, Cityscape 3/25
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
showcases intersecting lines and planes, emblematic of Rönnebeck's "living cubism" style, reflecting the WPA
Lithograph
$2,900
H 18 in W 21 in D 1 in
Five Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modern Baltimore Black & White Photograph
Located in New York, NY
, numerous books and magazines, on calendars, as murals, and as framed prints decorating homes. Aubrey
Silver Gelatin
$950
H 8 in W 10 in
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural Underwood and
Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 15.75 in W 18.75 in D 1 in
American WPA Grant Wood Original Signed Lithograph "December Afternoon" 1941
By Grant Wood
Located in Portland, OR
, crisp impression with wide margins, framed with museum acid free archival materials & under UV glass
Lithograph
Sold
H 26.5 in W 21 in
Circus Acrobat on Horse Silkscreen Print William Gropper American WPA Modernist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
William Gropper Silkscreen Print American Modern Art Circus acrobat on horseback, Dancer Frame
Screen, Lithograph
Sold
H 21.25 in W 17 in D 1 in
WPA Etching "Sky Riders" Industrial Steelworkers New York Skyscraper Signed
Located in Portland, OR
WPA programmes". In 1932, Allen first entered his prints in juried exhibitions and his work began to
Etching
Sold
H 17 in W 14 in D 1 in
"Juggler" Associated American Artist Circus Scene Modernism WPA LGBT artist Deco
By Mac Harshberger
Located in New York, NY
"Juggler" Associated American Artist Circus Scene Modernism WPA LGBT artist Deco" 10 x 7 ½ inches
Paper, Etching
$450,000
H 28 in W 24 in
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
$59,000
H 15 in W 18 in D 1 in
"Winch" British Linocut Grosvenor School Machine Age 1930 Woman Artist Print
By Sybil Andrews
Located in New York, NY
"Winch" British Linocut Grosvenor School Machine Age 1930 Woman Artist Print "The Winch" 1930. 7 3/4 x 11 (sight) inches. Linocut in colors on tissue-thin Japan paper. Numbered 15/...
Linocut
$5,500
H 16 in W 15 in
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) Subway Scene, 1930s 8 x 9 inches Ink and wash on paper Singed lower ...
Paper, Ink, Gouache
$6,900
H 23 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century
By Letterio Calapai
Located in New York, NY
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century Letterio Calapai (American 1902-1993) ''Labor in A Diesel Plant'' Wood engraving, 1940 17 x 10 1/2...
Lithograph
$15,000
H 25 in W 28 in
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century Carlos Lopez (1910-1953) "Bounty" WPA Mural Study for Michigan Post Office 19 ½ x 22 ½ inches Oil on B...
Oil, Board
$4,900
H 33 in W 38 in
"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Heusing (20th Century) "High School Dance" 27 x 32 inches Oil on canvas Signed and dated '47 Lower Righ...
Canvas, Oil
'The Steps' — WPA Era Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Steps', wood engraving, 1933, edition 200. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed. 200' in pencil. Initialed in the block, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impr...
Woodcut
$1,120Sale Price|36% Off
H 13 in W 15.5 in
"The Green Parasol, " Henry Hannig, American Impressionist, Woman in Beach Scene
By Henry Hannig
Located in New York, NY
Henry Charles Hannig (1883 - 1948) The Green Parasol Oil on canvas mounted on board 6 x 7 3/4 inches Provenance: R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, Illinois Private Collection, Lake Orio...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$7,500
H 26 in W 31 in
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago Harold Haydon "History of the U.S. Postal Service" 21 x 25 1/2 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1938 Estate s...
Canvas, Oil
$75,000
H 17 in W 21 in
"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation
Located in New York, NY
"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation Daniel Ralph Celantano (1902-1980) "Pelham Bay" 12 1/4 x 16 inches Oil on canvas Signed lower cente...
Oil, Canvas
$16,000
H 27 in W 23 in
"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992) Industrial Cityscape 20 x 16 inches Oil on board Signed lower ri...
Oil, Board
$33,000
H 31 in W 43 in D 2 in
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) "Union Square" 24 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c.1940s Signed lower center. A ...
Canvas, Oil
Stanley William Hayter, Le Beche
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in New York, NY
Black & Moorhead 145. The title, Le Beche, is The Shovel in English. Signed and dated in pencil under image at right.
Intaglio
$12,500
H 23 in W 18 in
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) "Going to the Festival," 14 1/2 x 10 1/2. Watercolor on paper, c. 1930s....
Paper, Watercolor
$9,500
H 20 in W 22 in
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Mixing Mortar 12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inches (sight) Framed 19 1/2 X 21 3/4 in...
Gouache, Board
$12,000
H 30 in W 35 in D 3 in
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century Frederick "Fritz" Frey Rockwell (1917-1977) Coney Island Fire Eaters 25 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Si...
Canvas, Oil
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.)
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