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Raccoon by Audubon
Raccoon by Audubon

Raccoon by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Raccoon by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T. Bowen

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Polar Hare by Audubon
Polar Hare by Audubon

Polar Hare by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Polar Hare by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T. Bowen

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gray Fox by Audubon
Gray Fox by Audubon

Gray Fox by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of Gray Fox by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T. Bowen

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Musk Ox by Audubon
Musk Ox by Audubon

Musk Ox by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of Musk Ox by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T. Bowen

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Cougar by Audubon
The Cougar by Audubon

The Cougar by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Cougar by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T. Bowen

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Prairie Wolf  by Audubon
Prairie Wolf  by Audubon

Prairie Wolf by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Prairie Wolf by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Tailed Skunk by Audubon
Large Tailed Skunk by Audubon

Large Tailed Skunk by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Large Tailed Skunk by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mexican Marmot Squirrel by Audubon
Mexican Marmot Squirrel by Audubon

Mexican Marmot Squirrel by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of Mexican Marmot Squirrels by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Common American Deer by Audubon
Common American Deer by Audubon

Common American Deer by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Common American Deer by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition published by

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hudson's Bay Lemming by Audubon
Hudson's Bay Lemming by Audubon

Hudson's Bay Lemming by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Hudson's Bay Lemming by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Tailed Spermophile by Audubon
Large Tailed Spermophile by Audubon

Large Tailed Spermophile by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Large Tailed Spermophile by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jay's Marmot Squirrel by Audubon
Jay's Marmot Squirrel by Audubon

Jay's Marmot Squirrel by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Jay's Marmot Squirrel by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Black Footed Ferrett by Audubon
Black Footed Ferrett by Audubon

Black Footed Ferrett by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Black Footed Ferrett by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pennant's Marten or Fischer by Audubon
Pennant's Marten or Fischer by Audubon

Pennant's Marten or Fischer by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Pennabt's Marten or Fischer by John J. Audubon, 1870. Octavo edition

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hoary Marmot The Whistler by Audubon
Hoary Marmot The Whistler by Audubon

Hoary Marmot The Whistler by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Hoary Marmot by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Caribou or American Rein Deer by Audubon
Caribou or American Rein Deer by Audubon

Caribou or American Rein Deer by Audubon

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Chromolithograph of a Caribou by John J. Audubon, c. 1870. Octavo edition published by J.T. Bowen

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19th Century Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Canada Porcupine
Canada Porcupine

John James AudubonCanada Porcupine, 1856

Unavailable

H 19.5 in W 15.5 in D 1 in

Canada Porcupine

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

on his monumental double elephant folio edition, Birds of America, Audubon started planning an octavo

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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph, Watercolor

Pied Duck
Pied Duck

John James AudubonPied Duck, 1856

Unavailable

H 13.25 in W 15 in D 1 in

Pied Duck

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. BIRDS OF AMERICA from Drawings Made in the United States and Their

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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Bernacle Goose

John James AudubonBernacle Goose, 1856

Unavailable

H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in

Bernacle Goose

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. BIRDS OF AMERICA from Drawings Made in the United States and Their

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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Red-headed Duck
Red-headed Duck

John James AudubonRed-headed Duck, 1856

Unavailable

H 13.25 in W 15 in D 1 in

Red-headed Duck

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. BIRDS OF AMERICA from Drawings Made in the United States and Their

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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Hutchin's Goose
Hutchin's Goose

John James AudubonHutchin's Goose, 1856

Unavailable

H 15.5 in W 12.5 in D 1 in

Hutchin's Goose

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. BIRDS OF AMERICA from Drawings Made in the United States and Their

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Mid-19th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Snow Goose
Snow Goose

John James AudubonSnow Goose, 1856

Unavailable

H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in

Snow Goose

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. BIRDS OF AMERICA from Drawings Made in the United States and Their

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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Harris's Buzzard
Harris's Buzzard

John James AudubonHarris's Buzzard, 1856

Unavailable

H 20.75 in W 17.25 in

Harris's Buzzard

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. BIRDS OF AMERICA from Drawings Made in the United States and Their

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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Watercolor

Audubon Bird Wildlife Red-Tailed Buzzard
Audubon Bird Wildlife Red-Tailed Buzzard

Audubon Bird Wildlife Red-Tailed Buzzard

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON Birds of America Octavo Edition Philadelphia, 1839 New York 1856-71 Lithographs

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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard

John James AudubonCommon Buzzard, 1839

Unavailable

H 16.5 in W 12.75 in

Common Buzzard

By John James Audubon

Located in Florham Park, NJ

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON Birds of America Octavo Edition Philadelphia, 1839 New York 1856-71 Lithographs

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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Mid-19th Century "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare" Audubon Print
Mid-19th Century "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare" Audubon Print

Mid-19th Century "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare" Audubon Print

By John James Audubon

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Mid-19th century "Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare" Audubon Print from the 1st Octavo Edition of "The

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Antique Mid-19th Century American Romantic Prints

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Paper

Mid-19th Century "Grey Rabbits, Old & Young" Audubon Print
Mid-19th Century "Grey Rabbits, Old & Young" Audubon Print

Mid-19th Century "Grey Rabbits, Old & Young" Audubon Print

By John James Audubon

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Mid-19th century "Grey Rabbits, Old & Young" (Eastern Cottontail) Audubon Print Octavo Edition of

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Antique Mid-19th Century American Romantic Prints

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Paper

Black-tailed Hare from the “Quadrupeds of North America" by J.J. Audubon, 1849
Black-tailed Hare from the “Quadrupeds of North America" by J.J. Audubon, 1849

Black-tailed Hare from the “Quadrupeds of North America" by J.J. Audubon, 1849

By John James Audubon

Located in Kenilworth, IL

Black-tailed Hare from the first volume of the octavo edition of Audubon's “Quadrupeds of North

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Antique Mid-19th Century American Prints

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Paper

Cayenne Tern
Cayenne Tern

Cayenne Tern

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a

Category

1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Common American Partridge
Common American Partridge

Common American Partridge

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version

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1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Octavo Edition (1840-1844). Printed by John T. Bowen and published by John James Audubon and J.B

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1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Ruddy Duck
Ruddy Duck

Ruddy Duck

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version

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1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Pipiry Flycatcher
Pipiry Flycatcher

Pipiry Flycatcher

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first octavo

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1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Duskey Duck
Duskey Duck

Duskey Duck

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a

Category

1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Common Mocking Bird
Common Mocking Bird

Common Mocking Bird

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first octavo edition was sold by

Category

1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Canada Goose
Canada Goose

Canada Goose

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which

Category

1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Wood Ibis
Wood Ibis

Wood Ibis

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first octavo

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1840s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

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Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare: an Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare: an Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph

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",...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Reddish Egrets, Adult & Young: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Reddish Egrets, Adult & Young: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

Reddish Egrets, Adult & Young: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

By John James Audubon

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Reddish Egret, 1. Adult, Full Spring Plumage 2. Young in Full Spring Plumage Two Years Old", No. 75, Plate 37...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

American Crow 1858 Chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Plate, Julius Bien Edition
American Crow 1858 Chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Plate, Julius Bien Edition

American Crow 1858 Chromolithograph by J.J. Audubon Plate, Julius Bien Edition

By John James Audubon

Located in Paonia, CO

American Crow by J.J. Audubon from his Birds of America folio shows an adult male crow in a Black Walnut bush with a nest of a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in a branch below the cr...

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1850s Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Caribou or American Reindeer: Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Caribou or American Reindeer: Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph

Caribou or American Reindeer: Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph

By John James Audubon

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored quadruped lithograph entitled "Caribou or American Rein Deer", No. 26, Plate CXXVI, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of Nor...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Missouri Meadow Lark: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Missouri Meadow Lark: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

Missouri Meadow Lark: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

By John James Audubon

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Missouri Meadow Lark, Male", No. 98, Plate 489 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, p...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Lithographs of Ducks by John Gould
Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Lithographs of Ducks by John Gould

Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Lithographs of Ducks by John Gould

By John Gould

Located in Alamo, CA

A pair of hand-colored lithographs of ducks entitled "Tadorna Vulpanser" (Sheldrake Ducks) and "Mergus Umbellus' (Smew or Nun Ducks) from John Gould's publication "Birds of Great Br...

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1860s Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Yellow-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

Yellow-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

By John James Audubon

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an original 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1. Male, 2, Female, Papaw Tree", No. 55, Plate 275 from Audubon's "B...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

American Bittern: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
American Bittern: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

American Bittern: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph

By John James Audubon

Located in Alamo, CA

This is an original 19th century 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "American Bittern, 1. Male 2. Female", No. 73, Plate 365 from Audubon's "Birds...

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Trumpeter Swan. (Young).
Trumpeter Swan. (Young).

Trumpeter Swan. (Young).

By John James Audubon

Located in New York, NY

Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition, by John James Audubon. Plate 383. Philadelphia, J.T. Bowen, ca. 1839-44.

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1870s Animal Prints

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Paper

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Audubon Octavo For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate audubon octavo for your needs in our varied inventory. You’re likely to find the perfect audubon octavo among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 19th Century as well as those made as recently as the 19th Century. On 1stDibs, the right audubon octavo is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes beige, gray and gold. Finding an appealing audubon octavo — no matter the origin — is easy, but John James Audubon each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in lithograph, animal skin and gold leaf — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Audubon Octavo?

The average selling price for a audubon octavo we offer is $1,025, while they’re typically $375 on the low end and $18,000 for the highest priced.

John James Audubon for sale on 1stDibs

John James Audubon (April 26, 1785, Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) – January 27, 1851 (aged 65) Manhattan, New York, U.S.), born Jean-Jacques Audubon, was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species.

Finding the Right Prints-works-on-paper 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.

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