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Boat at Sea Landscape - Original Lithograph Handsigned
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in Paris, FR
Pierre ALECHINSKY
Boat at sea landcape
Original lithograph, 1989
Handsigned in pencil
Artist proof (aside the edition of 99 copies)
On Arches vellum, size 90 x 60 cm. (c. 35,4 x 23,...
Category
1980s Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 35.44 in. W 23.63 in.
"Ships of War - Screw Gun Boat" lithograph by Day & Son, 1864
Located in London, GB
A Victorian framed print of "SHIPS OF WAR - Screw Gun Boat" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate 84: The Modern System of Naval Architecture, John Scott Russell, 1864.
...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Paper
André Minaux - Abandoned Boat - Original Lithograph
By Andre Minaux
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
André Minaux - Abandoned Boat - Original Lithograph
1964
Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm
Edition of 200 (one of the 200 on Vélin de Rives)
Mourlot Press, 1964
Andre Minaux French, (1923 - 19...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.82 in. W 7.88 in. D 0.04 in.
YELLOW BOAT Hand Drawn Lithograph, Shoreline, Sand, Sail Boat, Turquoise Water
By Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Union City, NJ
YELLOW BOAT is an original hand drawn lithograph by the Egyptian French artist Laurent Marcel Salinas printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% aci...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Three Boats - Original handsigned lithograph - 50 copies
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, FR
Jean HELION
Three Boats
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 50
On BFK Rives vellum 38 x 53 cm (c. 15 x 21 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lucite, Lithograph
Sailing Boats in French Harbour - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Moise KISLING
Sailing Boats in French Harbour
Original Lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum
38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inches)
Excellent condition
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Boat - Original Lithograph by Franco Testa - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Boat is an original lithograph, realized by Franco Testa in 1990s.
Signed on the lower right.
Numbered edition XXV/XXV
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Shee...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 19.69 in. W 27.56 in. D 0.04 in.
Red Boats on Orange, Lithograph by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Red Boats on Orange
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Lithograph on Japon Paper with Remarque Drawing, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 29 ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Seine River and Boat in Chatou - Lithograph, 1972
By (after) Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice de VLAMINCK (after)
Seine River and Boat in Chatou
Color lithograph after a painting
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches Vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch)
Excellent ...
Category
1970s Fauvist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Floating Boat - Original handsigned lithograph - 100ex - 1983
By Lee Hang-Sung
Located in Paris, FR
LEE Hang Sung
Floating Boat, 1983
Original hand signed lithograph
Numbered 47/100
Printed on Korean paper 31 x 22 cm (c. 12 x 9 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.21 in. W 8.67 in.
Dream Boats - Limited edition Lithograph by Norman Rockwell
By After Norman Rockwell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
-- Artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity
-- Numbered and hand signed by Norman Rockwell
-- Comes with a premium quality frame
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
1970 Andre Minaux 'Boat Scene' Modernism Black & White Lithograph
By Andre Minaux
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches ( 38.1 x 55.88 cm )
Image Size: 9.75 x 15 inches ( 24.765 x 38.1 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A: Mint
Additional Details: Signed in pencil and numbered...
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
H 15 in. W 22 in. D 0.1 in.
Violon and Boat - Original Lithograph by Gaetano Tranchino - 1975
By Gaetano Tranchino
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Artist's proof.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 18.12 in. W 25.6 in. D 0.04 in.
Fishermen working on a Boat - Original handsigned lithograph - 50 copies
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, FR
Jean HELION
Fishermen working on a Boat
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 50
On BFK Rives vellum 38 x 53 cm (c. 15 x 21 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lucite, Lithograph
H 14.97 in. W 20.87 in.
Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Saint Tropez Harbor with Boats
By Jean Carzou
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of sea blue, black and gree...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15 in. W 22.25 in. D .2 in.
Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Paris Cathedral Architecture with Boat
By Jean Carzou
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in shades of red, orange, green, yell...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15 in. W 22.25 in. D .2 in.
Japanese Boats - Original Lithograph After Hiroshige- Mid 20th Century
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Boats is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1857 and from the series "Meisho Edo H...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.16 in. W 10.24 in. D 0.04 in.
Boats - Original Lithograph by Paul Petit - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boats is an original lithograph realized by Paul Petit in the mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered, 67/75
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.03 in. W 8.27 in. D 0.08 in.
Greek Island, Fishing Boats - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Greece, Hills, Shore
By Charles (Prince of Wales)
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Greek Island, Fishing Boats by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artwo...
Category
1990s Academic Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 14.57 in. W 17.33 in. D 0.79 in.
Carzou French Modernist Color Lithograph Grand Canal Venice with Gondola Boat
By Jean Carzou
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
This is a hand signed in pencil, vintage, limited edition lithograph modern art print, printed in Switzerland on Rives French art paper in 1968. in vivid shades of blue. It depicts L...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15 in. W 22.25 in. D .2 in.
BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN Signed Lithograph, Boston Park, Fall Foliage, Swan Boat
By Jim Buckels
Located in Union City, NJ
The limited edition lithograph BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN is a stylized Boston park landscape scene that combines the real and the surreal. Created in 1990 by the Iowa born artist Jim Buck...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Boat in Ajaccio Port, Corsica - Lithograph Signed in the Plate & Numbered
By Paul Signac
Located in Paris, FR
(after) Paul Signac
Boat in Ajaccio port
Lithograph in colors
Signed in the plate
Limited edition of 250 copies numbered in pencil
On Arches vellum size 46 x 64 cm (c. 18 x 25 in)
V...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SUMMER DAY HONFLEUR Signed Lithograph, Sail Boats, Historic Port Normandy France
By Laurent Marcel Salinas
Located in Union City, NJ
SUMMER DAY HONFLEUR is an original hand drawn lithograph by the Egyptian French artist Laurent Marcel Salinas printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper ...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
EARLY CATCH Signed Lithograph, New England Fisherman, Small Boat Print, Seagulls
By Sally Caldwell-Fisher
Located in Union City, NJ
EARLY CATCH is an original hand drawn lithograph(not a photo reproduction or digital print) by the American woman artist Sally Caldwell-Fisher, printed using hand lithography techniq...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Paris : Notre Dame and Boats on the Seine River - Original lithograph
By Paul Aizpiri
Located in Paris, FR
Paul AIZPIRI
Paris : Notre Dame and Boats on the Seine River
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 43 x 56 cm (c. 17 x 22 inch)
Very good condition,...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 16.93 in. W 22.05 in.
SAILBOATS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Seascape, Asian Boats, Aqua Blue Green Red
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
SAILBOATS is an original hand drawn lithograph by the renowned American Pop artist, Peter Max, printed in 1980 in an edition of 165, using traditional hand lithography techniques on ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seascape with Boats - Original Lithograph by Paul Petit - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape with Boatsis an original lithograph realized by Paul Petit in the mid-20th.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition, 16/50.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 5.91 in. W 8.67 in. D 0.08 in.
Paris, Ile Saint Louis : Seine River, Boats and Notre Dame - Original lithograph
By Fanch Ledan
Located in Paris, FR
Fanch LEDAN (Francois LEDAN, Called)
Paris, Ile Saint Louis : Seine River, Boats and Notre Dame
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 45 x 56 cm (c. 18...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 17.72 in. W 22.05 in.
CAY RUNNER Signed Lithograph, Realistic Runner Boat on Calm Water, Marine Art
By John Lutes
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist - John Lutes (1926-2001)
Title - Cay Runner
Year Published - 1980
Print Size - 29" x 22"
Cay Runner is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph, (not a photographic...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Framed Lithograph View of the Lake with Boats, Signed
By Henri Martin
Located in Arles, FR
A very colorful lithograph professionally framed, signed.
Will enhance any space.
Measures: 26 1/8" H x 33 5/8" W x 1 1/8" D.
Category
20th Century French Prints
Materials
Paper
Pierre Bonnard Ltd Ed Lithograph Printed at Mourlot Paris 1958 Sail Boats, Lake
By Pierre Bonnard
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
This is from a limited edition portfolio of original lithographs print Fernand Mourlot in Paris in 1958 from work done in collaboration with Bonnard which began in 1928.
This is f...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Poppies & A Boat
By Varujan Boghosian
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract expressionist mixed media collage by American artist Varujan Boghosian (1926-2020). Boghosian was born in New Britain, CT and after serving in the United States Navy,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Board, Lithograph
Lady and Boats
By Marcelle Simone Stoianovich
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marcelle Stoianovich (French, 1926-2014)
Title: Lady With Boats
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Inscribed E.A in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Children in a Boat
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "Children in a boat" 1976 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed and inscribed A.P (Arti...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red Boat and Hut I
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Red Boat and Hut I
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Lithograph with Intaglio Etching, Signed in pencil
Edition: HC
Size: 29.5 x 2...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Intaglio, Lithograph
Hoi Lebadang Abstract Art Boats Along River Lithograph 267/275 Hand Signed 1970s
Located in National City, CA
Hoi Lebadang Limited edition Lithograph 267/275 abstract Art Boats Along River
Artist Lebadang was born in Vietnam and emigrated to France in 1939. He is critically acclaimed for th...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 31 in. W 16.75 in. D 1 in.
Modern Figurative Impressionist Boat Dock Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Blue tonal abstract expressionist painting of figures at a boat dock. The work is stamped by the artist and is framed in a wooden frame.
Dimensions without Frame: H 11.5 in x W 18.5 ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
"Three Boats" Print After Hugo De Soto
By Hugo De Soto
Located in Clinton Twp, MI
Print Published By International Art Publishing Co. Inc. Detroit
Measures 25 x 17.5 in.
In Good Condition
Category
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
On the Dock, Banana Boat, New Orleans
By Joseph Webster Golinkin
Located in New York, NY
Chicago-born Golinkin studied at the Artist Students League with George Luks. After working as an illustrator for New York papers he joined the Navy in 1939 and retired as a Rear Adm...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Three Boats-'75. International Art Publishing Co. Detroit, Michigan
By Hugo De Soto
Located in Clinton Twp, MI
Poster. International Art Publishing Co., Inc. Detroit, Michigan. Measures 23 x 17.5 inches and is unframed. The piece is in Good Condition-wrinkling consistent with age and handling.
Category
1970s More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Boat-tailed Grackle, from the Bien edition of Birds of America
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus Major, (Male: 1 and Female: 2). Chromolithograph of the Boat-tailed Grackle by John James Audubon published in 1860 by New York printer and publisher J...
Category
1860s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Fishing Boats on the Atlantic Coast', School of Paris, Post Impressionism
By Jacques Petit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jacques Petit' with number and limitation, '34/275', lower left; additionally, certificate of authenticity from the Societe Verification de la Nouvelle Gravure I...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 15.75 in. W 21.5 in.
The Diver, or Cyclist, Bathers and Sailing Boats / Le Plongeoir, ou Cycliste...
By Raoul Dufy
Located in London, GB
RAOUL DUFY 1877-1953
Le Havre 1877-1953 Forcalquier (French)
Title: The Diver, or Cyclist, Bathers and Sailing Boats / Le Plongeoir, ou Cycliste, Baigneuses et Voiliers, 1925
Tech...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Neptune Washington", Fisherman Polling His River Boat in the Rain by Ron Adams
Located in Alamo, CA
"Neptune Washington" is a large contemporary lithograph by Ron Adams (1934- ), created in 1996. It depicts a muscular African-American fisherman polling his fishing boat in a river i...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 38 in. W 30.25 in. D 1.25 in.
Leaf Boat: Storm In the Studio for Museum of Contemporary Art in Sao Paolo
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Leaf Boat: Storm In the Studio for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sao Paolo, Brazil
Claes Oldenburg (after), Swedish/American (1929)
Date: 1993
Lithograph, signed in the plate and...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marcel Mouly Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed Cubism Artwork Boats Harbor
By Marcel Mouly
Located in Bloomington, MN
Marcel Mouly Authentic and Original, Hand-Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option
Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale here we have ...
Category
20th Century Cubist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cubist Boats - Original Lithograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 28.1 x 42.3 cm.
Cubists Boats Is an interesting colored artwork realized during the 1970s by an artist whose signature is not readable.
Mixed colored lithograph.
...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Boat - Original Lithograph by Eduard Pellens - 1918
Located in Roma, IT
Boat is an original lithography artwork on greenish paper realized by Eduard Pellens (1872 - 1947).
Signed on the pate on the lower right.
With the description and date on the rear...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 8.47 in. W 11.42 in. D 0.04 in.
John Stobart Night Run to Friar’s Point Signed Lithograph River Boat Landscape
By John Stobart
Located in Dayton, OH
"1981 lithograph print of “Night Run to Friars Point” by John Stobart, pencil signed and numbered 465/750, published by Maritime Heritage Prints, Inc. “A marine painter of harbor sce...
Category
Vintage 1980s Prints
Materials
Paper
H 26 in. W 1 in. D 33 in.
Ice-Boat Race on the Hudson.
By Currier & Ives
Located in New York, NY
This small folio lithograph “ICE-BOAT RACE ON THE HUDSON” was published in the early 1870s by Currier & Ives. It is listed in the Original Best Fifty (1930s) as #4 and, the New Bes...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Schweizer Segelschule Thunersee" Original Vintage Boating Poster
By Otto Baumberger
Located in Boston, MA
Few artists in the long history of the poster had more talent or versatility than Zurich's Otto Baumberger. Beginning in 1911, he paved the way for Swiss Object, Design, and Travel p...
Category
1930s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Grande Concorso Motonautico Venezia" Original Vintage Speed Boat Poster 1930s
By Giuseppe Riccobaldi
Located in Boston, MA
In the early 20th century, no other country seemed as intoxicated by speed as Italy. In 1909, the father of Futurism F.T. Marinetti wrote: "A race car . . . roaring, as if running on...
Category
1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original vintage poster for Cagnes sur Mer (Cote d'Azur) featuring sailing boats
By Raymond Pallier
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for Cagnes sur Mer, Cité des Peintures, Pres Nice PLM Golf Club. Image of sailing boats along the Cote d'Azur coast line with mountains in the background. Art...
Category
Early 20th Century French Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
H 39.97 in. D 28.94 in.
Boat
By Rene Ricard
Located in Union City, NJ
lithograph print
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Boats - Lithograph
By (after) Raoul Dufy
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
(after) Raoul Dufy
Lithograph after a watercolor, published in the book "Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy." Paris, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1965.
Printed signature
Di...
Category
1940s Fauvist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red Boats on Orange, Lithograph by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Red Boats on Orange
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Lithograph on Japon Paper with Remarque Drawing, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 29 ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph
Three Boats - Original handsigned lithograph - 50 copies
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, FR
Jean HELION
Three Boats
Original lithograph
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 50
On BFK Rives vellum 38 x 53 cm (c. 15 x 21 in)
Excellent condition
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lucite, Lithograph
Seine River and Boat in Chatou - Lithograph, 1972
By (after) Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice de VLAMINCK (after)
Seine River and Boat in Chatou
Color lithograph after a painting
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches Vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch)
Excellent ...
Category
1970s Fauvist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seine River and Boat in Chatou - Lithograph, 1972
By (after) Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice de VLAMINCK (after)
Seine River and Boat in Chatou
Color lithograph after a painting
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches Vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch)
Excellent ...
Category
1970s Fauvist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Return (Woman, Greyhound and Boat) - original lithograph (1897-1898)
By Georges De Feure
Located in Paris, FR
Georges de FEURE (1868 - 1943)
Return
Original lithograph
Printed signature, as issued
1897/98
Printed on paper Vélin (wove)
Size 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12")
INFORMATION : Published ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 15.75 in. W 12.21 in.
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Boats Lithographs For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of boats lithographs is available on 1stDibs. There are many Modern, Contemporary and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful pieces of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the boats lithographs on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, beige, blue, black and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Georges De Feure, Jean Carzou, Hoi Lebadang, Laurent Marcel Salinas and (after) Maurice de Vlaminck are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, paper and lucite, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much are Boats Lithographs?
The average selling price for boats lithographs we offer is $675, while they’re typically $165 on the low end and $17,090 for the highest priced.
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.
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