$6,500
H 39 in W 26.5 in
Golden Winged Woodpecker by J.J. Audubon Bien Edition 1860
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
his father, John Woodhouse Audubon decided to reissue this great set of prints. Julius Bien, as
Lithograph
$8,500
H 39 in W 26.5 in
Blue Grosbeak original chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Bien edition 1860
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
Blue Grosbeak is an original chromolithograph from the rare Bien edition 1860 by J.J. Audubon
Lithograph
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 39.5 in W 26.5 in
American Crow 1858 Chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Plate, Julius Bien Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
, John Woodhouse Audubon decided to reissue this great set of prints. Julius Bien, as printer for the
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 26.38 in W 20.5 in
House Wren and its Hat House, from the Bien edition of Birds of America
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Audubon Bien Edition. Plate 120: House Wren (Troglodytes Aedon), Male, 1, Female 2, Young, 3,4,5
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 27 in W 39 in
"Great White Heron" After Audubon Chromolithograph, from the 1860 Bien Edition
By After John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
between 1858 and 1860, the Bien edition of Audubon’s Birds of America is the physically largest (27 x 40
Lithograph
Glossy Ibis, Bien Edition
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original Audubon chromolithograph of the Glossy Ibis Plate 358 is from the Bien Edition of Birds of
Lithograph
Black-Winged Hawk
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original Audubon chromolithograph Black-Winged Hawk from the Bien Edition of Birds of America
Lithograph
Crested Titmouse and Black and White Creeper
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
1858 and 1860, the Bien edition of Audubon’s Birds of America is the physically largest (27 x 40 inches
Lithograph
Purple Martin
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original color lithograph of Purple Martin from John James Audubon, The Birds of America, Bien
Lithograph
Sold
H 37.5 in W 50 in
Great White Heron 1860 Audubon Bien Edition Original Chromolithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
decided to reissue this great set of prints. Julius Bien, as printer for the second edition, used the
Lithograph
Black-Winged Hawk by J.J. Audubon Bien Edition 1860
By John James Audubon
Located in Paonia, CO
by J.J. Audubon, Chromolithy, Julius Bien, lithographer New York 1860 from Audubon's Birds of
Lithograph
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H 39 in W 27 in
Boat-tailed Grackle, from the Bien edition of Birds of America
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Grackle by John James Audubon published in 1860 by New York printer and publisher Julius Bien. Seven
Lithograph
Belted Kingfisher
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
James Audubon, The Birds of America, Bien Edition, 1860. Unframed. Image size: 38.5 x 26.75 inches
Lithograph
Iron strong box or safe. 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Safe box. Iron. XIX century. Rectangular safe made of iron, with a rectangular base, two handles on the sides and classicist-influenced molding decorations on the fronts and top. It...
Other, Iron
$1,575
H 14.88 in W 21.75 in
A Family of Moorhens & Lilly Pad: A 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Gallinula Chloropus" (Moorhen) by John Gould, published in his "Birds of Great Britain", published in L...
Lithograph
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
English Regency sideboard from the early 19th century. Solid mahogany and veneered. Two-tier body standing on 6 turned legs, the front of which is predominantly veneered with flam...
Mahogany
$2,675
H 6.5 in W 10.13 in
"Bald Eagle", an Original Audubon Hand-colored First Edition Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "White-headed Sea Eagle or Bald Eagle", No. 3, Plate ...
Lithograph
$94,500
H 32.29 in W 88.19 in D 22.45 in
George Nakashima Double Sliding-Door Cabinet in American Black Walnut
By George Nakashima Studio, George Nakashima
Located in Waalwijk, NL
George Nakashima, sideboard, American black walnut, hickory, United States, 1969 With regard to its essential form, material use, and woodwork, this double-sliding door cabinet is a...
Walnut
Hermes Vintage Leather and Bronze Desk Magnifying Glass
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Hermes Leather and Bronze Desk Magnifying Glass Elegant gilt bronze magnifying glass with black leather handle stamped Hermes Paris from the Art Deco style, 20th Century Me...
Bronze
Art Deco pendant light in the Sabino style
By Sabino Art Glass
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco pendant light circa 1930. Pressed molded opalescent glass cup. Decorated with dragonflies and flowers. Bronze and nickel-plated brass frame. Electrified 110 V, 1 light, E14 ...
Brass, Bronze
Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique brass bound coromandel Victorian Gothic Revival casket by Parkins and Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860 in date. The rectangular box fe...
Brass
Rene Lalique Glass 'Cigalia' Perfume Bottle
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear and frosted glass 'Cigalia' perfume bottle. Details are highlighted with grey/black staining. The pattern features a cicadas on each of the four corners. Book refe...
Glass
$302,488
H 56.01 in W 70.01 in
Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli – Nick Brandt, Elephant, Photography, Africa
By Nick Brandt
Located in Zurich, CH
NICK BRANDT (*1966, England) Elephant on Bare Earth, Amboseli 2011 Archival pigment print Sheet 177,8 x 142,24 cm (70 x 56 in.) Edition of 10, plus 2 AP; AP1 (from a sold out edition...
Archival Pigment
French Art Deco Frosted Chandelier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Art Deco chandelier with three arms having steel construction with an octagonal molded glass center dome and three lights mounted with curved arms having matching conical form shades...
Steel
Plan of Paris, France, by A. Vuillemin, Antique Map, 1845
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This large and detailed plan of Paris was published by Alexandre Vuillemin in 1845. The map conveys a wonderful amount of information and is decorated throughout with pictorial vigne...
Paper
$675
H 7 in W 10.5 in
Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare: an Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare", No. 1, Plate III, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America",...
Lithograph
$260,000
H 6.75 in W 17.5 in D 12.25 in
19th C. Gold, Damascene, Etched Steel Casket Box/Safe with Noble Coat of Arms
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible 19th Century Royal Casket Box/Safe with Coat of Arms, Made of Gold, Damascene, and Etched Steel. Charles Le Hon, a Belgian politician, lawyer and industrialist, served...
Gold, Steel
Monumental Oak Glazed Haberdashery Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1890 Monumental Oak Glazed Haberdashery Bookcase Cabinet Provenance: St James's, London. An exceptional example sku 1788A Base W437 x D45 x H96 cm Top W457 x D28 x H216 cm Toge...
Mahogany, Oak
$1,375
H 14 in W 8.88 in
Lemons "Limon Peretto": An Early 18th Century Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
By Johann Christoph Volkhamer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Limon Peretto" from his publication "Nurmbergische ...
Engraving
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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