Vintage Jim Dine tool Poster Kestner Gesellschaft 1970 (Hammers 1970) retro red
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces Jim Dine’s 1970 lithograph Hammers, which is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Lithograph
Vintage Jim Dine tool poster Kunsthalle Bern (Saw) neon blue 1970s retro font
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Look closely – the artist’s name is filled with miniature waves. The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif.
Paper, Offset
Adjustable Spanner Wrench from Ten Winter Tools
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Classic Jim Dine tool iconography from Ten Winter Tools, 1973, this black and white lithograph pictures an adjustable spanner wrench sketched in outline, in detail, and then silhouet...
Lithograph
Tool Drypoint: Paintbrush by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images.
Drypoint
Tool Drypoint: Wrench by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif.
Drypoint
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973, Ten Winter Tools, Awl
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Awl Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Size: ...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973, Ten Winter Tools, Fork
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Fork Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Size:...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, Spoon
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Spoon Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Size...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, Shears
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Shears Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Siz...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Tool drypoint: Weed puller by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif.
Drypoint
$2,500
Tool Drypoint: Bottle opener by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images.
Drypoint
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, Wire Strippers
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Wire Strippers Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 7/10 I...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973. Ten Winter Tools, C-Clamp
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: C-Clamp Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image Si...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Jim Dine Watercolor Litho, Signed, Ten Winter Tools, Pliers and Adjust Wrench
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Pliers and Adjustable Wrench Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 E...
Watercolor, Lithograph
$2,000Sale Price|50% Off
The Astra Tool /// Contemporary Jim Dine Pop Art Wrench Lithograph Colorful NY
By Jim Dine
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jim Dine (American, 1935-) Title: "The Astra Tool" Portfolio: The Astra Set *Numbered, signed, and dated by Dine in pencil lower right Year: 1985 Medium: Original Lithograph ...
Lithograph
1966 Photo Screenprint Collage Donald Duck Tool Box Jim Dine Pop Art Print
By Jim Dine
Located in Surfside, FL
Literature: P. Hamill, Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, New York, 1995, p.116-117, illustrated in colors; Galerie Mikro, Jim Dine: Complete Graphics, London, 1970, no. 42, ill...
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper, Screen
Hole Punch (Jim Dine 30 Bones of My Body portfolio) tool dry point
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif.
Drypoint
Phillips Screwdriver (Jim Dine 30 Bones of My Body portfolio) tool dry point
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif.
Drypoint
Drypoint: Hand saw by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images.
Drypoint
Vintage Jim Dine Signed poster Complete Graphics Galerie Mikro 1970 rainbow pop
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This poster features one of Jim Dine’s trademark tools: a pair of scissors hangs on a long thread from Jim Dine’s name.
Lithograph
THE NEW FRENCH TOOLS 5 - BOULEVARD VICTOR DOUBLE SKY.
By Jim Dine
Located in Portland, ME
Dine, Jim. THE NEW FRENCH TOOLS 5 - BOULEVARD VICTOR DOUBLE SKY.
Etching, Aquatint
$280Sale Price|20% Off
Colorful Tools Offset Print, Pop Art, 20th Century, Unframed
By Jim Dine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"The Tel-Avic Museum hosts the Museum Modern Art Museum of NY February April 1980 in a retrospective of American Art in the 20th Century" Poster created for a retrospective exhibitio...
Offset
Tool Box 5 Screen Print, Hand Signed, 1966, Edition of 150, Framed
By Jim Dine
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front; numbered on verso by the artist. From the 'A Tool Box' Portfolio. Printed by Christopher Prater; published by Editions Alecto. Artwork is in excellent condition...
Screen, Paper
Tool Box 2 Screen Print, Hand Signed, Edition 14/150, Pop Art, Framed, 1966
By Jim Dine
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front; numbered on verso by the artist. From the 'A Tool Box' Portfolio. Printed by Christopher Prater; published by Editions Alecto. Artwork is in excellent condition...
Screen, Paper
The Astra Tool
By Jim Dine
Located in Santa Fe, NM
The Astra Tool is a 1985 color lithograph by Jim Dine. The Astra Tool is from edition of 50 plus artist and printers proofs.
Lithograph
Tool Box V
By Jim Dine
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Screenprint in Colors with Collage on Paper - Published by Editions Alecto London - Suite: A Tool Box Edition of 150
Screen
Tool Box VII
By Jim Dine
Located in Tbilisi, GE
Screenprint in Colors with Collage on Paper - Published by Editions Alecto London - Suite: A Tool Box Edition of 150
Screen
Sold
H 28.88 in W 22.5 in
Jim Dine Watercolor Lithograph, Signed, 1973, Ten Winter Tools, Metal Snips
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title:Metal Snips Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edition: 6/10 Image...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Sold
H 28.88 in W 22.5 in
Jim Dine Watercolor Litho, Signed, Ten Winter Tools, Three Adjustable Wrenches
By Jim Dine
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jim Dine Medium: Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor on Auvergne Narcisse Title: Three Adjustable Wrenches Portfolio: 1973 Ten Winter Tools (Hand-Colored) Year: 1973 Edit...
Watercolor, Lithograph
Ten Winter Tools (Crescent Wrench)
By Jim Dine
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Lithograph Edition of 100 Set of 10 prints
Lithograph
Ten Winter Tools (Slip Joint Pliers)
By Jim Dine
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Lithograph Edition of 100 Set of 10
Lithograph
Jim Dine Tool Box 2 Screenprint with Collage, 1966
By Jim Dine
Located in San Francisco, CA
This exceptional screenprint with collage is by Jim Dine (1935-) one of the foremost proponents of Pop Art. This work was done in 1966, at the height of the Pop Art movement. It was ...
Screen
Sold
H 23 in W 16 in
Vintage Jim Dine tool Poster Kestner Gesellschaft 1970 (Hammers 1970) retro red
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces Jim Dine’s 1970 lithograph Hammers, which is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Lithograph
Sold
H 23 in W 16 in
Vintage Jim Dine tool Poster Kestner Gesellschaft 1970 (Hammers 1970) retro red
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster reproduces Jim Dine’s 1970 lithograph Hammers, which is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Lithograph
Sold
H 27.76 in W 21.66 in D 0.08 in
Ten Winter Tools - 1970s - Jim Dine - Lithograph - Contemporary
By Jim Dine
Located in Roma, IT
This orginal lithograph by Jim Dine is from the set of ten prints: Ten Winter Tools.
Lithograph
Sold
H 31 in W 22 in
Tool Drypoint: Wrench by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif.
Drypoint
Sold
H 39.8 in W 26.375 in
SIGNED vintage Jim Dine Complete Graphics Galerie Mikro 1970 rainbow poster
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This poster features one of Jim Dine’s trademark tools: a pair of scissors hangs on a long thread from Jim Dine’s name.
Lithograph
Sold
H 39.8 in W 26.375 in
SIGNED vintage Jim Dine Complete Graphics Galerie Mikro 1970 rainbow poster
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This poster features one of Jim Dine’s trademark tools: a pair of scissors hangs on a long thread from Jim Dine’s name.
Lithograph
THE NEW FRENCH TOOLS 1 - VISE
By Jim Dine
Located in Portland, ME
Dine, Jim. THE NEW FRENCH TOOLS 1 - VISE. D;Oench and Feinberg 171.
Etching, Aquatint
"The New French Tools 2 - Three Saws from the Rue Cler"
By Jim Dine
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Jim Dine (b. 1935) The New French Tools 2 - Three Saws from the Rue Cler Etching, aquatint, and electric tools in colors on Arches paper, 1984 36 x 24-7/8 inches (91.4 x 63.2 c...
Etching, Aquatint
Tool Box VII (1966)
By Jim Dine
Located in Hudson, NY
Jim DINE 1935 - Tool Box VII (1966) 60.33x47.63 cm 23.75x18.75 in Screen print and collage with safety pin on graph paper signed "JD" on lower right numbered 96/150 on ...
Tampa Tool Relief
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Sold as a set of 5. Each relief weighs roughly 65 pounds. Edition: A-I, pictured is Set G.
The new french tools 2
By Jim Dine
Located in Paris, FR
Etching, drypoint and aquatint on Rives BFK paper, signed, dated and mentionned "BAT" Studio Piero Crommelynck The engraving is delivered with a certificate of authenticity si...
Channel Lock Pliers from Ten Winter Tools (hand colored)
By Jim Dine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 10 plus 4 artist's proofs Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
The new french tools 5 - Boulevard Victor, Blue Sky
By Jim Dine
Located in Paris, FR
Drypoint and aquatint in colors, signed and numbered "BAT" Studio Piero Crommelynck The engraving is delivered with a certificate of authenticity signed by Mrs Crommelynck.
$100Sale Price|20% Off
H 35 in W 24.5 in D 0.1 in
Gilbert and Sullivan Promotional Poster, Pop Art, Offset Print, 1968
By Jim Dine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Promotional Poster by Jim Dine for Gilbert and Sullivan Production at New York City Center, 1968 This promotional poster, designed by Jim Dine, was created for a production of Gilbe...
Offset
Untitled, Jim Dine
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
A familiar and iconic motif by the artist, this color woodcut was created by Jim Dine in 1996, is hand-signed in pencil and numbered. Measuring 26 1/8 x 19 ½ inches (66.4 x 49.5 cm...
Woodcut
$1,450
H 30.7 in W 22.2 in D 0.1 in
JIM DINE - FOUR HEARTS - NATIONAL GALERIE BERLIN Original Vintage Poster Signed
By Jim Dine
Located in Chicago, IL
JIM DINE - FOUR HEARTS - NATIONAL GALERIE BERLIN - Hand Signed By The Artist Authentic original vintage art exhibition poster pop art Artist: Jim Dine Condition: A Dimensions: 22 x 3...
Paper
$1,500
H 37.5 in W 27.5 in
Jim Dine European museum print on lithographic paper Limited Edition of 300
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine, 1985 Color Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges 38 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches Edition of 300 Unframed Signed in plate, unnumbered; bears museum copyright on the lower front...
Lithograph, Offset
Calico, Abstract Minimalist Screenprint by Jim Dine
By Jim Dine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Calico Jim Dine, American (1935) Portfolio: 11 Pop Artists III Date: 1965 Screenprint on Cartridge Paper, signed in pencil lower left Edition of 200 Size: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 c...
Screen
original lithograph
By Jim Dine
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph (in two sections). Printed in 1964 and published by Eberhard Kornfeld for the 1 Cent Life portfolio in an edition of 2000. Size: 16 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches (4...
Lithograph
$300
H 30.5 in W 22 in
Vintage Jim Dine poster Boymans Museum (Two Ties) red black 1970s retro pop art
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Original poster produced on the occasion of Jim Dine's 1971 exhibition at the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam. This vintage poster reproduces the artist’s lithograph Two Ties: neckties ske...
Offset
$995
H 2 in W 25 in D 41 in
Jim Dine Vintage Walker Center Exhibition Pop Art Lithograph Poster of Red Robe
By Jim Dine
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite striking 1980s Jim Dine (1935- ) offset lithograph Walker Center exhibition poster/print titled "Cardinal" featuring one of his most recognizable and coveted im...
Wood, Paper
Jim Dine, "Toolbox VII", hand signed
By Jim Dine
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original silkscreen collage on graph paper done in 1966. It is hand initialed "J.D." on the front right corner and numbered 14/150 on the back. This piece measure...
Mixed Media, Screen
$1,200
H 37 in W 26.25 in
Untitled, Abstract Expressionist Etching by Beverly Pepper
By Beverly Pepper
Located in Long Island City, NY
Beverly Pepper, American (1922 - 2020) - Untitled, Year: 1987, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Image Size: 22 x 16.25 inches, Size: 37 x 26.25 in. (93.98 x 66.68 cm)
Etching
$144Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 19.5 in D 0.1 in
Jim Dine 'Robe' 1984 Offset Print, Pop Art, Unframed, 30x19.5 in
By Jim Dine
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an original poster published by Pace in 1984 for the exhibition Jim Dine: Recent Prints, which ran from October to November 1984. In this piece, Dine revisits one of his icon...
Offset
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 26.25 in W 20.25 in
Jim Dine The Blue Heart Signed Lithograph in Color on BFK Rives Edition of 200
By Jim Dine
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Artist: Jim Dine Title: The Blue Heart Medium: Color Lithograph on BFK Rives Size: 26.25" x 20.25" Frame: 41.5" x 35.75" Edition: 129/200 Inscription: Signed, dated, and numbered on ...
Paper, Lithograph
$343
H 49.22 in W 31.5 in D 0.08 in
Jim Dine Recents Prints, Offset Print Poster, Contemporary, 1984
By Jim Dine
Located in Roma, IT
Jim Dine Recents Prints is an artwork realized in 1984, in occasion of a Jim's Dine exhibition. 12 oktober - 3 november 1984. Offset colored poster. h 125 x 80 cm. Good conditi...
Offset
$300
H 30.75 in W 22 in
Vintage Jim Dine Green Bathrobe exhibition poster, 1970s retro pop art font
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This original, vintage poster on poster stock features one of Jim Dine's most iconic motifs: the bathrobe. In 1964, Dine saw an ad in the New York Times: “The ad shows a robe with th...
Paper, Offset
$7,794
H 39.38 in W 28.35 in D 0.04 in
The Pincers Etching, Modern Style, Signed, Edition 49/75, 1973
By Jim Dine
Located in Roma, IT
The Pincers is an original artwork realized by Jim Dine in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower left margin, dated, numbered edition of 49/75 prints. Good conditions, except fo...
Etching
Five Paintbrushes (3rd State)
By Jim Dine
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Etching with drypoint, mezzotint and aquatint on Copperplate Deluxe paper, 1973 20-1/2 x 27-1/4 inches (52.1 x 69.2 cm) (image) Ed. 18/28 Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil along ...
Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint
$1,500
H 17 in W 27.5 in
The Old Professor (Oo La La) Jim Dine lithograph and Ron Padgett poetry
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Bright orange leaps up like flames, or swaying grass, over which hovers a large-eyed bee sketched in black and orange. Over the fire-red in neat handwriting Ron Padgett's poem: “The ...
Lithograph
$2,250
H 17.5 in W 12 in
Jim Dine Red Design for Satin Heart "The Picture of Dorian Grey" bleeding heart
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This proof depicts one of Jim Dine's signatures motifs, a deep red heart, which drips down the page. Along the right side of the heart, hand-drawn text reads: “Red design for satin h...
Etching
Airplane in landscape - landscape painting
By Jeroen Allart
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Jeroen Allart is part of his minimalist landscape and animal painting he did in his home country the Netherlands. 'A farm stands before you on the horizon....
Canvas, Oil
$3,150
H 22.375 in W 16.625 in
Untitled (From Eight Little Nudes) Etching, Drypoint, Aquatint on Paper, 1982
By Jim Dine
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed, numbered and dated by the artist. From Eight Little Nudes (D'Oench & Feinberg 123-30). Etching with drypoint and aquatint in colors on BFK Rives. Published by Pace E...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
$2,063
H 33.86 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Jim Dine Ties Lithograph, Signed Edition 66/150, 1976
By Jim Dine
Located in Roma, IT
Ties is a contemporary artwork realized by Jim Dine in 1976. Mixed colored lithograph. Edition of 66/150. The artwork is from the portfolio: Bathrobe, Hands, Ties, Saw, Rainbow,...
Lithograph
$1,875
H 33 in W 27 in D 1 in
Throat, from 11 Pop Artist's Volume II by Jim Dine, Hand Signed Screen Print
By Jim Dine
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on hand made wove paper. Hand signed on horizontal black bar by Jim Dine. Hand numbered 78/200 lower left. From 11 Pop Artist's Volume II (Mikro 36). Publi...
Paper, Screen
$2,850
H 22 in W 30 in
Shoe (third state) by Jim Dine still life of saddle shoe in black and white
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine Shoe (third state) 1973 Etching from one 20 x 26 in / 51 x 66 cm copper plate Printed in black on sheet of 22 x 30 in / 56 x 76 cm Copperplate Deluxe paper Edition of 15 w...
Etching
Blue Haircut
By Jim Dine
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jim Dine (b. 1935) was one of the original artists who defined Pop Art in the 1960s and redirected American art away from abstraction by including depictions of objects and items fro...
Etching, Lithograph, Offset
$2,063
H 17.33 in W 12.01 in D 0.04 in
Sybil As Juliet Original Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed, 1968
By Jim Dine
Located in Roma, IT
Sybil As Juliet is an original lithograph artwork realized by Jim Dine. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin, edition of 1/100 prints, on the rear. Titled on the lower ...
Lithograph
The Colorful Venus I
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph with relief printing from polymer plates on Rives BFK. Pencil signed and dated and numbered 274/400 on lower margin in pencil. Printed by Staib & Maye, Stuttgart. Pu...
Lithograph, Color
$1,200
H 17.5 in W 12 in
Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This print depicts a hand adorned with ornate jeweled rings, printed in teal turquoise. Underneath the hand is written “Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray’s Hand”. In Oscar Wilde’s n...
Etching
$1,500
H 26 in W 20 in
Jim Dine Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (weeds) fourth state with plants flowers
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait in a Flat Cap (weeds) fourth state 1974 Etching in black on Apta 501 paper plate 25.4 x 31.4 cm / 10 x 12⅜ in. paper 66.0 x 50.8 cm / 26 × 20 in. Edition 38 with 14 Ar...
Etching
The Ohio-born artist Jim Dine brought his ever-shifting, multidisciplinary vision to New York in 1958, a time of transition in the American art world. Abstract Expressionism, which had dominated the scene for years, was on the wane, and a group of young artists, including Dine, Allan Kaprow, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, was eager to replace it with a movement that flipped the traditional rules of art-making on their head.
Beyond dissolving the boundaries between mediums and genres, attaching found objects and detritus to their canvases, these revolutionaries began staging performative “happenings” in public spaces, redefining the very definition of a work of art. As Pop art took form, Dine used objects with personal significance, like his paintbrushes, to transform his paintings into two-dimensional sculptures. He was included in the Norton Simon Museum’s 1962 “New Painting of Objects,” often considered the first true Pop art exhibition in America, but he remained a chameleon, constantly changing his style, material and technique.
More than his contemporaries, Dine has forged new paths in drawing, scrawling words and names across the canvas to create graphic, abstract landscapes. He is obsessed by certain motifs — such as hearts and his own bathrobe — which recur in various forms throughout his oeuvre. He has occasionally worked in classical genres, such as portraiture, as exemplified by the 1980 aquatint Nancy Outside in July. He has also co-opted the bold, graphic vocabulary of advertising and commercials, as in the sleek 2010 composition Gay Laughter at the Wake.
Find Jim Dine prints 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.