$2,195
H 12.63 in W 10 in
Henri Matisse Linocut Print on Arches Vellum, 1944, Plate 1 from Pasiphae
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 1: Et il Faudra Mourir sans Avoir Tué le Vent (And He Will Die
Linocut
$956Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.4 in W 9.65 in
Henri Matisse, Teeny, from XXe Siecle, 1959 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite linocut after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Teeny (Teeny), from the album XXe
Linocut
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.4 in W 9.65 in
Henri Matisse, Teeny, from XXe siecle, 1938
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite linocut by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Teeny, from the album XXe siecle
Linocut
$19,996Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.24 in W 7.48 in
Tête de Femme (Duthuit 21), Le Poème pulvérisé, Henri Matisse
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
engraving by Henri Matisse and signed by the artist and the author. The plate was destroyed after the draw
Linocut
Linocut Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Naples, Florida
” Published in XXe Siècle, 1959 edition Henri Matisse was one of the defining figures
Paper, Ink, Linocut
$598
H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
Teeny - Original linocut, 1938 - Referenced in Duthuit #723
By Henri Matisse
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE Teeny Original linocut Printed signature in the plate On light wove paper 31 x 24 cm
Linocut
"Teeny" lithograph by Henri Matissse
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Hinsdale, IL
HENRI MATISSE (1869 – 1954) Teeny Duthuit-Garnaud 723 Linocut, c. 1938 From an edition of 1500
Lithograph, Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 12: Seule, au pied du grand caroubier
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 12: Seule, au pied du grand caroubier (Only, At the Foot of the
Linocut
$4,595
H 13.75 in W 10.75 in
Pasiphae Plate 17: J'irai à ce que j'ai voulu, sans fierté comme sans remords
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 17: J'irai à ce que j'ai voulu, sans fierté comme sans remords
Linocut
$2,695
H 19 in W 16.5 in
Plate 6: Mais Soudain le Soleil, Secouant sa Criniere, from Pasiphae
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 6: Mais Soudain le Soleil, Secouant sa Criniere (But Suddenly
Linocut
Plate 14: Ténèbres de moi-meme, je m'abandonne à vous
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Title: Plate 14: Ténèbres de moi-meme, je
Linocut
TETE DE FEMME EN MASCARON
By Henri Matisse
Located in Aventura, FL
Linoleum cut printed in colors on wove paper. Duthuit-Matisse 702. Hand signed and numbered 7/25
Paper, Linocut
$450
H 0.4 in W 10.4 in D 13.98 in
Verve No. 4; Jan-Mar 1939- Rouault, Matisse, Derain, + photos and texts.
By Georges Rouault
Located in Middletown, NY
"La Danse by Henri MATISSE as well as two linocuts "Patineurs", four lithographs titled "Au Jardin
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 20 in D 0.2 in
Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Soquel, CA
by Henri Matisse's famous cut-outs, this linocut is unabashedly two dimensional and turns the
Paper, Ink, Linocut
Florentine
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Linocut on Daragnès paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 52 x 33 cms (20 1/2 x 13 ins) image size: 18.5
Linocut
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire Artist : Henri MATISSE 13 x 10 inches Edition
Linocut
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire Artist : Henri MATISSE 13 x 10 inches Edition
Linocut
Henri Matisse (French 1869 - 1954); Teeny; Linocut
By Henri Matisse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwɑ matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954
Linocut
HENRI MATISSE, Teeny, 1938
By Henri Matisse
Located in Torino, IT
HENRI MATISSE, Le Cateau Cambrésis 1869 - Nice 1954 Teeny, 1938 Linoleumgrafia originale
Linocut, Woodcut
. . . ON DIRAIT QU'ELLE NE M'A JAMAIS VUE . . .
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
Unavailable
H 12.75 in W 9.75 in
. . . ET IL FAUDRA MOURIR SANS AVOIR TUÉ LE VENT . . .
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
Unavailable
H 9.63 in W 7.07 in
. . . ET SE COUCHER CHAQUE SOIR DANS SON MALHEUR . . .
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
Unavailable
H 12.75 in W 9.75 in
. . . EMPORTÉS JUSQU' AUX CONSTELLATIONS . . . (Variant VIII)
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on white Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate
Linocut
ORNEMENTS, BANDEAUX ET CULS-DE-LAMPE (Variant XI)
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
corner of the sheet. One of seventy-one full page linocut plates (apart from the cover and many designs
Linocut
. . . Dors, dormeuse aux longs cils . . ."
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
". . . Dors, dormeuse aux longs cils . . . "
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
". . . Dors, dormeuse aux longs cils . . . "
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
Unavailable
H 9.63 in W 9.75 in
". . . Et je me reposerai enfin dans le rien que je convoite . . . "
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
Unavailable
H 9.63 in W 7.07 in
". . . Mais soudain le soleil, secouant sa crinière . . ."
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original linocut printed in black ink on Rives wove paper. Bearing the artist's estate monogram
Linocut
Sold
H 19.75 in W 17.25 in
Henri Matisse Pasiphae Linocut, Modern Framed Art, Frontispiece
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Pasiphae Frontispiece Portfolio: Pasiphae Medium: Linocut on Arches
Linocut
Le Retenu
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Henri Matisse Le Retenu Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Original linocut Title: Le Retenu Year: 1939
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 39
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 39 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 36
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 36 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 61
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 61 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae (Book II)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut Portfolio: Pasiphae (Book II) Year: 1981 Edition: 62/100
Linocut
Pierre A Feu
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Original linocut Title: Pierre A Feu Year: 1947 Edition Size: 950
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 59
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 59 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 37
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 37 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 23
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 23 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981 Edition: XV/XXV
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 38
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 38 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 32
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 24 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 54
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 54 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 48
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 48 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 44
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 44 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 25
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 24 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 22
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 22 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 53
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 53 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Henri Matisse Pasiphae Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Portfolio: Pasiphae Year
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 24
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 24 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Frontispiece
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Title: Frontispiece Portfolio: Pasiphae Year
Linocut
Sold
H 13.75 in W 10.75 in
Plate 15: Un Meuglement Different des Autres (A Moo Different from Others)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 15: Un Meuglement Different des Autres (A Moo Different from
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 5: Dors, Dormeuse aux Longs Cils
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Title: Plate 5: Dors, Dormeuse aux Longs
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 5: Dors, Dormeuse aux Longs Cils
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Arches vellum Title: Plate 5: Dors, Dormeuse aux Longs
Linocut
Sold
H 13.75 in W 10.75 in
Pasiphae Plate 4: L'Angoisse qui s'Amasse en Frappant sous la Gorge
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 4: L'Angoisse qui s'Amasse en Frappant sous la Gorge (Mounting
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 42
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Medium: Linocut on Rives Title: Plate 42 Portfolio: Pasiphae Year: 1981
Linocut
Pasiphae Plate 10: Tout joyeux de sa jeune force
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Plate 10: Tout joyeux de sa jeune force (Rejoicing in his Young
Linocut
Sold
H 19.75 in W 17.25 in
Pasiphae Plate 9: Elle y pose sa joue, elle l'embrasse (She Lays Her Cheek, She
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Pasiphae Plate 9: Elle y pose sa joue, elle l'embrasse (She Lays Her
Linocut
Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Henri Matisse Teeny, 1938 is bold and dramatic in scale and perspective. The first wife of Henri
Linocut
Florentine
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Linocut on Daragnès paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 52 x 33 cms (20 1/2 x 13 ins) image size: 18.5
Linocut
TETE DE FEMME EN MASCARON
By Henri Matisse
Located in Aventura, FL
Linoleum cut printed in colors on wove paper. Duthuit-Matisse 702. Hand signed and numbered by
Paper, Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Signed Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - KTeeny Artist : Henri MATISSE Signed 1938/1959 31
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Yellow Flowers
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Yellow Flowers Artist : Henri MATISSE 13 x 10 inches Edition
Linocut
Original Linocut - Henri Matisse - Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Linocut by Henri Matisse - Teeny Artist : Henri MATISSE 1938/1959 with the artist's
Lithograph
Henri Matisse Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Teeny Portfolio: Other Portfolios Medium: Linocut Date: 1938 Edition
Linocut
Henri Matisse Teeny
By Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Teeny Portfolio: Other Portfolios Medium: Linocut Date: 1938 Edition
Linocut
Nu au Bracelet, Henri Matisse
By Henri Matisse
Located in New York, NY
An image of simplicity and grace, Nu au Bracelet was created by Henri Matisse in 1940 as an
Linocut
Nu au Bracelet, Henri Matisse
By Henri Matisse
Located in New York, NY
An image of simplicity and grace, Nu au Bracelet was created by Henri Matisse in 1940 as an
Linocut
$500 / item
H 18.7 in W 13.2 in D 3 in
Manly P Hall, the Secret Teachings of All Ages, First Edition Book & 4 Prints
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition. Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcan...
Foil
Geometric Mid Century Open Bookcase
Located in Westwood, NJ
Finished in Batavia Black with a Sandbar finish interior, this bookcase showcases rhythmic, crescent-shaped oval cut-outs that form an architectural silhouette—an homage to the sculp...
Wood
$288,070Sale Price|20% Off
H 52 in W 40 in D 2 in
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...
Oil
Birds & Other Animals with Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
A groundbreaking study of animals through the rarely seen sketches by legendary artist Pablo Picasso The masterful drawings of Pablo Picasso teach animal recognition to the youngest...
Paper
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp.
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Jeweled Feather Table Lamp. New York, Circa 1910 Base signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 584, Height 22 Inches Shade signed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 1439, Diameter 16....
Bronze
$750
H 6.5 in W 6.5 in D 5.5 in
Natural Blue Coral Specimen, Real. Beautiful Deep Blue w/Whitish around Bottom
Located in Warrenton, OR
Natural Blue Coral Specimen, Real. Beautiful Deep Blue w/Whitish at Bottom. ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing in May and items will not be available thereafter.*** This is an abs...
Coral
$103,871
H 15 in W 14 in
Sir Anthony Van Dyck 17th Century Oil Painting Study of a Head of a Man
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641, Flemish) Study of a Head of Man Circa 1627-32, Van Dyck’s second Antwerp period Oil on paper, laid down on canvas Dimensions 15 x 14 inches (38.1 x 3...
Oil
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Oil, Canvas
$355,000
H 30 in W 25 in
Portrait of Lady Bagot - Niece to the Duke of Wellington
By Sir John Hoppner
Located in Miami, FL
The sitter is Mary Charlotte Anne Wellesley-Pole, eldest daughter of William, 4th Earl of Mornington, and niece to the Duke of Wellington and two-time Prime Minister of England. This...
Oil
$28,000Sale Price|37% Off
H 21 in W 25.38 in
Femme Couchée et Homme au Grand Chapeau
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Color linoleum cut, 1959. Signed by Picasso and numbered 32/50 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Image size: 21 x ...
Linocut, Color
$12,118
H 22 in W 25 in
Les Collines du Dauphine - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape by Victor Charreton
By Victor Charreton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Beautiful signed oil on board landscape circa 1920 by sought after post impressionist painter Victor Charreton. The piece depicts a figure walking through green rolling fields with h...
Oil, Board
$13,295Sale Price|20% Off
H 40 in W 35 in D 2 in
Portrait of a Lady with Pink Bow - British c 1820 Old Master art oil painting
By Sir Thomas Lawrence
Located in Hagley, England
This lovely British Old Master portrait oil painting is attributed to circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Painted circa 1820 it is a seated half length portrait of a beautiful lady in a b...
Oil
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Renaissance style Entree Dish
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Renaissance-style round sterling silver entree dish. The bottom of the entree dish is smooth, while a border made with the casting technique with acanthus leaf motifs has been welded...
Sterling Silver
$35,004
H 16 in W 19.5 in
La Roses de Bagatelle - Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting by Louis Valtat
By Louis Valtat
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas landscape circa 1910 by French painter Louis Valtat. This stunning piece depicts a view of Bagatelle Park in the north of France in summer when all of th...
Canvas, Oil
$5,900
H 11.38 in W 15.38 in D 1 in
SCHULZ - Peanuts Jubilee - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING OF SNOOPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SCHULZ, Charles. TITLE: Peanuts Jubilee. My Life and Art With Charlie Brown and Others. PUBLISHER: NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCR...
Paper
LE PROPHETE (MOURLOT 713)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered by Marc Chagall. Mourlot 713. Edition 41/50. Image size 27.25 x 21 inches. Sheet size 32 x 24.25 inches. Frame ...
Paper, Lithograph
Whether working as a draftsman, a sculptor, a printmaker or a painter, Henri Matisse was a master of color. Although classically trained at the Académie Julian, in Paris, he quickly abandoned traditional techniques and genres to pioneer a style all his own, marked by quick, gestural strokes and fluid contours.
Along with fellow painter André Derain, Matisse was the leading proponent of Fauvism, a movement whose name is derived from the French word for "wild beast.” Marked by vibrant hues, Fauvist paintings like Matisse’s famous 1906 composition Le Bonheur de vivre use wild, active brushstrokes and a palette unconstrained by nature, resulting in women with purple skin and trees with orange leaves. Often, these compositions unite pure color with the white of exposed canvas to create a sense of transparency and light.
In addition to masterful landscapes and still lifes, Matisse loved to paint erotic subjects, particularly the female nude. Rejecting strict realism, he distilled the form into its essential parts and then translated these into voluptuous, rounded contours. With its striking colors and sculptural modeling of the figure, Odalisque couchée aux magnolias is among Matisse’s most famous works — and the most expensive work of his ever sold — depicting Henriette Darricarrère, his muse and favorite model for around seven years, lounging luxuriously in his Nice studio. In pictures like the lithograph Nu Bleu, he explored the expressive power of a body in motion by placing his figures in twisted or contorted poses, transforming their limbs into tangles of color and shape that push figure painting toward abstraction.
Find original Henri Matisse prints, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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.)
Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.