Bauer Lithograph
untitled (Young Woman Washing)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Young Woman Washing)
Lithograph, c. 1910
Signed in pencil lower right; signed in the
Category
1910s Jugendstil Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reclining Nude on Bed
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reclining Nude on Bed
Lithograph, c. 1910
Signed in pencil lower right and in the plate, lower
Category
1910s Jugendstil Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Couple dancing.
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New York, NY
Couple dancing. Lithograph printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper.
Signed in pencil & in
Category
1920s Brücke Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Toilette No. 60.
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper. Signed in pencil and in the stone. 15 3/4 x 12
Category
1920s Brücke Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
untitled (Woman with Hands on Hips)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Woman with Hands on Hips)
Lithograph on tan wove paper, c. 1910's
Signed in pencil lower
Category
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
In the Salon
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
In the Salon
Lithograph on tan wove paper, c. 1910
Signed in pencil lower right; signed in the
Category
1910s Expressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Circle of Life
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Circle of Life
Lithograph on tan paper, c. 1910's
Signed in pencil lower right; signed in the plate
Category
1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman Walking Away from Gentleman
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A well dressed woman takes leave of a gentleman.
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in Lindenwald
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Fairy Tale
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
surrounded by lions, leopards and other felines.
Marius Bauer made this etching for his print series after
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
An Indian Fortune Taller
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
x 16-inch archival mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Street in Smyrna
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
-inch archival mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Market Day
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
in pencil. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Leaving the Mosque
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch painter, etcher
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Turkish Funeral.
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Cavalcade.
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
16-inch archival mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Night: William Dunas Dance 4 (Pamela)
By Alex Katz
Located in Greenwich, CT
Night: William Dunas Dance 4 (Pamela) is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 25 x 31.25
Category
20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Pablo Casals
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
both the public and the press. He toured Spain and Holland with the pianist Harold Bauer (1900-1901
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Bauhaus "Neue europäische Graphik" 3rd Portfolio German Artists
Located in Berlin, DE
:
Sheet 1 Rudolf Bauer, Bantama, lithograph, circa 1921
Sheet 2 Willi Baumeister, Visieren (Sitzende
Category
1920s Bauhaus Prints and Multiples
Materials
Parchment Paper
H 22.64 in W 18.11 in D 0.98 in
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Figure Allonges
By Henry Moore
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Figures Allonges
Color Lithograph, 1971
Unsigned (as usual)
Published: XXe Siecle, Volume 33, 1971
Published by G. di San Lazzaro for A. Maeght, Paris
Printed by Mourlot, Paris
Editi...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Drunkard in Spring —after Gustav Mahler's 'The Song of the Earth'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Arthur Paunzen, 'Der Trunkene im Frühling' (The Drunkard in Spring) from the suite 'Song of the Earth', etching, aquatint, and drypoint, 1920. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in ...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint, Aquatint
Abel Pann Israeli Bezalel School Lithograph Judaica Biblical Print Jewish Art
By Abel Pann
Located in Surfside, FL
Abel Pann (1883–1963) was a European Jewish painter who settled in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem in the early twentieth century and taught at the Bezalel Academy of Art under...
Category
Mid-20th Century Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Toilette Assise, 1925 Lithograph by Pierre Bonnard
By Pierre Bonnard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pierre Bonnard, French (1867 - 1947)
Title: La Toilette Assise
Year: 1925
Medium: Lithograph, signed 'PB' in the plate, signed 'P. Bonnard' lower right and numbered lower lef...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Haiku #19 - Digital Vector Drawing B&W Seated Female Nude Woman Figure
Located in North Vancouver, CA
Haiku #19 - Digital Vector Drawing B&W Seated Female Nude Woman Figure
This is a limited edition (50) digital black & white print of a seated female nude, executed in 17 vector line...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Digital
Degas, La Toilette, Les Monotypes (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on Marais vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, E. Degas Les Monotypes, 1948. Published by Quatre...
Category
1940s Impressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Two Palms" Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Two Palms" Photography 45" x 30" in Edition 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish
Comes with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
H 45 in W 30 in D 0.1 in
Untitled
By Alexander Calder
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Color lithograph, 1966
Unsigned as issued
From:Derriere le Miroir, Volume 156
Large unsigned edition
Printed by Mourlot, Paris
Published by Aime Maeght, Paris
Condition: Usu...
Category
1960s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La toilette - Original handsigned etching
By Suzanne Valadon
Located in Paris, FR
Suzanne VALADON
La toilette
Handsigned original engraving (drypoint)
Signiture printed in the plate (in the upper right corner)
On BFK Rives vellum at view 13.7 x 9.4 inches (35 x ...
Category
1890s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Nude Woman - Original Etching - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an original etching artwork on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
With the stamp of "Galerie J. Frapier Paris" o...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Nude Sketch #2
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A rare work on paper by Ben Fenske. A sketch of a female nude, posing. Drawn from direct observation using a live model. White chalk is used to create highlights. Not framed. Wrapped...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Male Nude Posing as Atlas, a Large Framed Study in Charcoal
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Male nude posing as Atlas, a large framed study in charcoal
This is an excellent, and due to its size, an imposing piece, an interesting life study and very well executed, there i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts Posters
Art Deco Nude Porcelain Women and Ballerina Dancers in Classic Poses Blond Girl
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Blond girls, Nude and scantily clad feminine figures, and ballerina dancers, with delicate, refined fingers and toes, are captured in idealized poses with soft pastel colors. In the...
Category
2010s Art Deco Nude Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Washing on a Line - Modern British Figurative Garden Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful Modern British oil on canvas by Ruth Farrelly which depicts a lady putting her washing out on a line in her garden. Superb quality and striking painting, presented in the...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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H 18.9 in W 22.84 in
Three Figures - Original Etching and Drypoint by Pierre Girieud - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Three Figures is an Original Etching and Drypoint realized by Pierre Girieud (1876-1940).
Foxing and stains on top center.
Includes a white cardboard passpartout (69x49 cm).
Hand ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
No Reserve
H 24.22 in W 16.54 in D 0.04 in
Clive Fredriksson After Toulouse-Lautrec - Contemporary Oil, La Toilette
By Clive Fredriksson
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in an ornate wood effect frame. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Sketch No. 12 after Gustav Klimt, 1922 lithograph
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Culver City, CA
patterns of nature. His most famous paintings are The Kiss (1907) and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (1907
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 10.75 in W 8 in D 0.1 in
Die verschiedenen Stande im menschlichen leben.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Original handcoloured pen style lithograph on a vellin type paper.
Plate 414. Title: 'Die
Category
1850s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bauer's Parrakeet, Antique Bird Parrot Chromolithograph, circa 1885
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Colour woodblock, finished by hand, by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) after Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917).
From WT Greene's 'Parrots In Captivity'. Alexander Francis Lydon was a...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of a Woman Drawing, Austrian Lithograph Art Nouveau Vienna Secession
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
are the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and The Kiss (1907–08).
Klimt travelled little, but
Category
20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Place de la Concorde
By Marc Chagall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original lithograph printed in colors on wove paper bearing the Arches script watermark
Hand
Category
1960s More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dancing (a couple dances)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a dancing couple in another vignette of German society in the early 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
On the Dance Floor (a couple dances)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a dancing couple in another vignette of German society in the early 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Woman and her shoe
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a woman adjusting one shoe in another vignette of German society in the early
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman with Hand on Hip (Posing with one leg tilted back)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A woman looks at the viewer with her right hand on her hip and her right leg akimbo.
Rudolf Bauer
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Embrace (a moment of intimacy between two lovers)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovers share a moment if intimacy.
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in Lindenwald, Germany-Poland
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude Woman on Divan (Young woman lies nude with one arm raised above her head)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A young sensual nude woman lounges on a divan with upraised arm.
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman at Basin (a young woman freshens up at a basin)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Freshening Up
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in Lindenwald, Germany-Poland. The son of a wealthy
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman with Hand on Her Hip
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a confident young woman standing with her hand on her hip in another vignette
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude Washing at Basin
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a nude woman washing up at a basin in another vignette of German society in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seated Woman with Crossed Legs
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a confident young woman in a corset and garters seated with crossed legs in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Couple looking through binoculars (man and woman look skyward toward the stars)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer portrays a man and woman looking through binoculars skyward toward the stars.
Rudolf
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude in a Mirror (voluptuous nude woman leg on stool admires herself in mirror)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer portrays a voluptuous nude woman with a leg on a stool admiring herself in a mirror
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude Woman Dancing (nude dancer kicks out one leg. raises arms in sensual dance)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer portrays a nude woman dancing with one leg thrust out and arms akimbo.
Rudolf Bauer
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.75 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
Woman on a Bed (Woman lounges on a big draped bed with abstract oil on wall)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
is an abstract painting hanging on the side wall.
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in Lindenwald
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Before the Party (seated man in bow tie and fashionable woman standing by piano)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
. Behind her is a grand piano and a bouquet of flowers in a vase.
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Kiss (well-dressed couple share a kiss in German society))
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A kiss is just a kiss or is it?
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in Lindenwald, Germany-Poland. The
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Circle of Nudes
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Matisse?
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in Lindenwald, Germany-Poland. The son of a wealthy engineer
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reclining Full-Frontal Nude with Knee Raised
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
A sensual full-frontal nudes languidly lies on a divan.
Rudolf Bauer was born in 1889, in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reclining Nude on Bed
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reclining Nude on Bed
Lithograph, c. 1910
Signed in pencil lower right and in the plate, lower
Category
1910s Jugendstil Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman Reclining on Pillows (Lady of leisure in German society of early 20th C)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rudolf Bauer depicts a nude woman reclining on pillows in another vignette of German society in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Embrace (the back of the man is seen with only the arms of the woman visible)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
appearance of her arms around his back, the full skirt of her dress and one leg visible.
Rudolf Bauer was
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seated Nude / Arms Raised (Head reclines on back of chair)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in New Orleans, LA
. The image size is 16 1/2 x 11 inches. The paper size is 20 3/4 x 15 1/2.
Rudolf Bauer was born in
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Metallic Poster-Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Printed in Austria
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster. Measures 16 x 16 inches and is Unframed. Good/Fair Condition-signs of wear consistent with age and handling.
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Etchings set of 3 India 1890's Orientalist Impressionist Indian 19th century
Located in Norfolk, GB
lithographer, best known for his Oriental scenes; his style was largely Impressionistic. In the 1890’s Bauer
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
A Pasha
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and lithographer, best
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Entry of a Queen
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Oriental Shop
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch painter, etcher, and lithographer, best known
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Temple at Tanjore
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
archival mat.
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January 1867 – 18 July 1932) was a Dutch painter, etcher
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Oriental Interior.
By Marius Bauer
Located in Storrs, CT
. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat suitable for framing
Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (25 January
Category
Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Study for "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" (Plate 5) by Gustav Klimt
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph created from Gustav Kilmt’s Study for Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Edited by Alice
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
H 16.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.1 in
Erotic Sleeping Woman Austrian Lithograph Nude Boudoir Drawing
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and The Kiss (1907–08).
Klimt travelled little, but trips to Venice
Category
20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Sleeping Woman Austrian Lithograph Nude Boudoir Drawing
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
are the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and The Kiss (1907–08).
Klimt travelled little, but
Category
20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Embracing Nude Couple Austrian Lithograph Art Nouveau Vienna Secession
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
are the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and The Kiss (1907–08).
Klimt travelled little, but
Category
20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of a Woman Drawing, Austrian Lithograph Art Nouveau Vienna Secession
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
-Bauer I (1907) and The Kiss (1907–08).
Klimt travelled little, but trips to Venice and Ravenna, both
Category
20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Nude Couple with Baby Austrian Lithograph Art Nouveau Vienna Secession
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Surfside, FL
are the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) and The Kiss (1907–08).
Klimt travelled little, but
Category
20th Century Vienna Secession Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Amarant"- Original Vintage Swedish Cosmetics Poster Art Deco 1920s
By Bauer
Located in Boston, MA
This original poster is a beautiful 1920 ca. design for a Swedish cosmetics line called Amarant. A stunning and rare Art Deco poster with rich jewel tones!
This is an original vint...
Category
1920s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Handzeichnungen (Sketch) by Gustav Klimt, 1922 Lithograph
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Culver City, CA
patterns of nature. His most famous paintings are The Kiss (1907) and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (1907
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
H 10.75 in W 8 in D 0.1 in
The Concert by Kokoschka
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph by Oskar Kokoschka (1886 - 1980), published by Paul Cassirer, Berlin and printed by Pan
Category
1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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Bauer Lithograph For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the bauer lithograph you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Modern and Expressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a bauer lithograph from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right bauer lithograph for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of orange, beige and white. Artworks like these — often created in lithograph — can elevate any room of your home. A large bauer lithograph can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 4.5 high and 4 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
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A bauer lithograph can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $163, while the lowest priced sells for $100 and the highest can go for as much as $800.
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.)
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Just What Is an Intaglio Print, and What Makes It a Good Investment?
Bay Area art publisher Rhea Fontaine explains the difference between intaglio and woodcut printing, how to frame fine art prints and what makes them attractive to collectors.
Andy Warhol Piles Up the Gifts in This Fanciful Christmas Print
Created in the late 1950s, it’s one of a surprising number of holiday-themed works by the prolific Pop artist.
A Derrick Adams Double Portrait Brings Out the Interior Lives of His Subjects
Adams has skyrocketed to art superstardom with his exuberant depictions of Black life. Here's what makes his work important to our times.