$3,500
H 13.75 in W 21.75 in D 1 in
Joan Miro Lithograph Titled "Miro Sculptor Japan, " Signed and Numbered
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
This is a Joan Miro lithograph. Titled: Miro Sculptor Japan. It was a print exclusively for
Paper
$95,000
H 61.5 in W 46 in
Le Matador, 1969 - Hand-Signed and Numbered Etching by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Etching Aquatint and Carborundum Signed to lower right Pencil Signed and Numbered 54/75 Sheet Size
Etching
$5,650
H 12.9 in W 20.5 in
Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print numbered lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983) 'Joan Miró. Fotoscop', 1974 lithograph on paper 12.9 x 20.5 in. (32.7
Paper, Lithograph
Unavailable
H 28 in W 36.75 in D 2.5 in
Joan Miro 'Untitled' 'Limited Edition' Aquatint Etching, Signed and Numbered
By Joan Miró
Located in Denver, CO
published 1934), illustrated by the artist Joan Miro in 1976, Jacques Dupin, engraver (France). Numbered
Paper
Unavailable
H 32 in W 38 in
Joan MIRO Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed & Numbered Sculptures II Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 29.93 in W 22.05 in
Joan Miró - "II Congrés", 1980. Etching and aquatint hand signed and numbered.
By Joan Miró
Located in Calella de Palafrugell, Girona
II Congrés de Pediatres de Llengua Catalana Medium: Lithograph Printed by Damià Caus, Barcelona Published by Congrés de Pediatres de Llengua Catalana, Palma de Mallorca Edition o...
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 22.25 in W 17.75 in
Joan Miro Hand Signed Lithograph III Modern Abstract Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed Lithograph on Arches
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 20 in W 25.5 in
Joan Miro Color Lithograph La Naissance du Jour Hand Signed
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph Color Lithograph on Arches Paper by Joan Miro titled
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 22.25 in W 17.75 in
Joan Miro Hand Signed Lithograph II Modern Abstract Framed Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed Lithograph on Arches
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 30 in W 38 in
Joan Miro Ceramiques Color Lithograph Hand Signed Abstract Modern Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 15 in W 22.63 in
Joan Miro Sobreteixims Escultures Color Lithograph Hand Signed Abstract Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 35 in W 27.5 in
Joan Miro Original Espriu Aquatint Etching Hand Signed Modern Abstract Portrait
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 42 in W 31 in
Joan Miro Large Color Lithograph Sculptures Ceramiques Abstract Hand Signed Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 34 in W 27.5 in
Joan Miro Original Espriu Etching Carborundum Hand Signed Landscape Modern Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 27.75 in W 34 in
Joan Miro Espriu Etching Aquatint Carborundum Large Hand Signed Original Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 20 in W 26 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Und Katalonian Hand Signed Modern Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 38 in W 30 in
Joan Miro Hand Signed Original Abstract Modern Artwork Maravillas Lithograph SBO
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 22.5 in W 29.75 in
Joan Miro Original Color Etching Hand Signed Modern Abstract Picasso Reventos
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Etching, Professionally Custom framed and listed with
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 22.5 in W 29.75 in
Joan Miro Color Etching Aquatint Hand Signed Modern Abstract Picasso Reventos
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Etching, Professionally Custom framed and listed with
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 29.125 in W 22.5 in
Joan Miro Original Aquatint Carborundum Regne Vegetal Hand Signed Abstract Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Aquatint
Unavailable
H 29.25 in W 22.25 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed Large Abstract Teatre Cataunya
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 29.32 in W 22.13 in
Joan Miro Umbracle Color Lithograph Hand Signed Abstract Modern Large Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 34 in W 27.5 in
Joan Miro Large Original Color Etching Espriu Hand Signed Abstract Aquatint Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 35.5 in W 28.5 in
Joan Miro Original Aquatint Etching Espriu Hand Signed Large Modern Abstract Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 28 in W 26.5 in
Joan Miro Color Lithograph Hand Signed Abstract Modern Sala Pelaires Palma Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 22.5 in W 29.75 in
Joan Miro Pablo Picasso Els Reventos Color Etching Aquatint Hand Signed Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Etching, Professionally Custom framed and listed with
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 28 in W 24 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed XXe Siecle Modern Abstract Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand-Signed & Numbered Color Lithograph, Custom Framed and listed with the
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 16 in W 12 in
Joan Miro XXE Siecle Color Lithograph Hand Signed Abstract Animal Modern Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 41 in W 35 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Album 21 Hand Signed Abstract Modern Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 33 in W 27 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph L'Oiseau Solaire Lunaire Hand Signed Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 37 in W 40 in
JOAN MIRO Authentic Signed Artwork Original Color Etching Still Life Moulin RARE
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Aquatint, custom framed and listed with
Etching
Unavailable
H 36 in W 42 in
Joan Miro Original HAND SIGNED Color Lithograph Album 21 Plate 6 Abstract Modern
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Lithograph
Unavailable
H 41.74 in W 29.53 in
"L´otarie savante", 1978. Etching and aquatint hand signed and numbered.
By Joan Miró
Located in Calella de Palafrugell, Girona
Author: Joan Miró Title: L´otarie savante Technique: Etching and aquatint hand signed and numbered
Etching, Aquatint
Unavailable
H 41.74 in W 29.53 in
"Le Tambour-major", 1978. Etching and aquatint hand signed and numbered.
By Joan Miró
Located in Calella de Palafrugell, Girona
Author: Joan Miró Title: Le Tambour-major Technique: Etching and aquatint hand signed and numbered
Etching, Aquatint
"Nocturne"
By Joan Miró
Located in Baltimore, MD
Joan Miro's "Nocturne" c.1953. Signed and numbered in pencil LL, Edition of 100. The original
Lithograph
Sold
H 27 in W 33.5 in D 1 in
Mid-Century Modern Joan Miro Signed Numbered La Megere Et La Lune 22/50 1973 COA
By Joan Miró
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Miro, entitled "La Megere et La Lune," signed, circa the 1970s, numbered 22/50. Comes with a COA from
Sold
H 26 in W 22 in D 1 in
Mid-Century Modern Framed Joan Miro XXE Siecle Signed Numbered Lithograph, 1960s
By Joan Miró
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is "XXE Siecle," an original, framed lithograph, signed and numbered by Joan
Paper
Sold
H 36.25 in W 45.25 in
Hand-signed and numbered Joan Miró "L'Oiseau Destructeur" etching and aquatint
By Joan Miró
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Joan Miró (1893-1983) L'Oiseau destructeur, 1969 Etching, aquatint and carborundum in colors on
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 11.7 in W 11.3 in
Joan Miró, Les Essencies de la Terra 1968 Lithograph Signed/Numbered Japon Nacre
By Joan Miró
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A wonderful 1968 lithograph by Joan Miro titled “Les Essencies de la Terra” Signed & Numbered on
Archival Paper, Black and White, Lithograph
ODA A JOAN MIRO
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Fantastic work by the Spanish artist JOAN MIRO. Representative lithograph signed and numbered in
Lithograph
Carborundum Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Stamford, CT
A carborundum lithograph on linen by Joan Miro, "L'Esquimau Febrile." Signed and numbered 47/75 in
Paper
JOAN MIRO - LITHOGRAPHY GRAPHYCS - "HOMENATGE A JOAN PRATS"
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Fantastic graphic work by Spanish artist Joan MIRO. Original lithograph signed and numbered in
Paper, Lithograph
Sold
H 33 in W 26 in D 1.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Joan Miró Framed Signed Lithograph L'Oiseau Solaire Lunaire67
By Joan Miró
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a framed lithograph, "L'olseau Solaire," signed by Joan Miró, numbered 17
Paper
Sold
H 24 in W 20.5 in D 1.5 in
Mid-Century Modern Joan Miro Framed Pencil Signed Lithograph in Colors 53/80
By Joan Miró
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is an incredible, framed lithograph in colors, signed by Joan Miro, numbered
Paper
JIOAN MIRO - LITHOGRAPHY - "HOMENATGE A JOAN PRATS"
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Fantastic graphic work by Spanish artist Joan MIRO. Original lithograph signed and numbered in
Paper, Lithograph
Sold
H 15.75 in W 13 in
Abstract Composition - Original Lithograph Hand Signed & Numbered /15 - #M313
By Joan Miró
Located in Paris, IDF
Joan Miro Abstract Composition, 1963 Original lithograph Hand signed in pencil Numbered /15 copies
Lithograph
Courtesan Grotesque
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original aquatint etching by Modern Master, Joan Miro. It is hand-signed and numbered from a
Etching
Sold
H 38 in W 31 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Large Hand Signed Abstract Homenatge Prats
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and
Lithograph
Sold
H 35 in W 27.5 in
Joan Miro Original Espriu Aquatint Etching Hand Signed Modern Abstract Portrait
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 48 in W 38 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Homenatge Gaudi Large Signed Modern Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Lithograph
Joan Miro Signed And Numbered Lithograph
Located in Bedford, NY
FRAMED COLOR LITHOGRAPH WHICH IS PENCIL SIGNED BY JOAN MIRO. NUMBERED 117/300 EDITION- MULTI
Paper, Glass
Sold
H 60 in W 43 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Large Hand Signed Le Gourou Deploye Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph, Professionally Custom Framed and
Lithograph
Sold
H 41.25 in W 35.125 in
Joan Miro Espriu Plate 7 Color Carborundum Etching Aquatint Hand Signed Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 15.75 in W 22.75 in
Joan Miro Color Lithograph Hand Signed & Numbered Abstract Animal Art Authentic
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, custom framed and listed with the Submit
Lithograph
Sold
H 24 in W 41 in
Joan Miro Large Hand Signed Color Lithograph Graphismes Modern Abstract Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed Up for sale here we
Lithograph
Sold
H 41.375 in W 35.5 in
Joan Miro Original Carborundum Aquatint Etching Espriu Hand Signed Large Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic Hand Signed and Numbered Color Etching, Professionally Custom Framed and listed
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 20.875 in W 29.5 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Hand Signed Abstract Modern Artwork Framed
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Sold
H 30 in W 38 in
Joan Miro Large Color Lithograph Hand Signed Ceramiques Modern Abstract Artwork
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Sold
H 33.75 in W 23.25 in
Joan Miro Large Color Lithograph Sculptures Ceramiques Abstract Hand Signed Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
Sold
H 26 in W 22 in
Joan Miro Original Color Lithograph Plate Hand Signed Abstract Modern Framed Art
By Joan Miró
Located in Bloomington, MN
Joan Miro Authentic, Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph, Professionally Custom framed and listed
Lithograph
$5,680
H 26.38 in W 21.26 in D 0.79 in
Joan Miró -- Plate 7 (from the Joan Miró Lithographs I portfolio)
By Joan Miró
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Joan Miró Plate 7 (from the Joan Miró Lithographs I portfolio), 1974 Lithograph in colors on Arches Image size: 30 × 24 cm Frame size: 67 x 54 x 2 cm Hand-signed lower right Edition...
Lithograph
Patricia Jean Burg Color Lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Color Lithograph by Patricia Jean Burg. Canadian artist and printmaker, active in the United States, born 1934. Very decorative work of art bursting with eye-catching color...
Chrome
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 80.32 in W 133.86 in D 1.97 in
El Gozo de la Tribu, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Enrique Pichardo
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 204x340cm Signed FREE SHIPPING ROLLED UP About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacio...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.87 in W 15.47 in
Miró, Joan Miró Fotoscop (Cramer 209; Mourlot 938) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Guarro vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by Galerie Börjeson, Malmö; printed by La Polígrafa, Barcelona, 19...
Lithograph
$7,500
H 21 in W 29.5 in
Joan Miro, M.1067 from Maravillas con variaciones acrosticas, 1975, hand signed
By Joan Miró
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Joan Miró "M.1067" from Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas Original lithograph in colors on Vélin de Rives paper Hand signed by the artist and numbered III/XV from an edition of f...
Lithograph
$144,061
H 24.81 in W 17.56 in D 0.04 in
Jacqueline au chapeau à Fleurs. I - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on Arches wove paper with watermark, realized in 1962. Image dimension 34.9x27; Sheet dimension 63x44.6. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of 49/50, hand nu...
Linocut
Femme assise au chignon
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
ABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Femme assise au chignon, 1962 Linocut printed in four colors on vélin d’Arches paper 24 3⁄4 x 17 1⁄2 inches ; 62.8 x 44.4 cm Numbered ‘11/50’ and signed ‘Pic...
Linocut
$2,500
H 31 in W 37 in
Mid 20th Century Canadian snow covered landscape, Halliburton Highlands Ontario
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding Oil on board a snow-covered Canadian landscape of the Haliburton Highlands near Ontario. Andrew B Phin is a painter, who is listed as a 20th-century Canadian painter of ...
Oil, Board
"Les amoureux et luna park II"
By Joan Miró
Located in Warren, NJ
Frame: 47.5 x 39.5 x 2 Picture: 32.5 x 22.5 Frame has a lot of ware Picture itself is in excellent condition
Lithograph
$3,025
H 32 in W 28 in D 1 in
Modern Twentieth Century Signed Miro Lithograph Le Lezard aux Plumes D'Or
By Joan Miró
Located in ludlow, GB
Modern Twentieth Century Signed Miro Lithograph Le Lezard aux Plumes D'Or - Signed on the Plate and authenticated by the Mourlot family. This Lithograph by Miro was originally for G...
Lithograph
$38,000
H 22.5 in W 27 in D 2 in
Print of Frank Stella Wall Relief Sculpture, Hand Signed, Dated by Artist Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella (after) Untitled, for the Very Special Arts Gallery (Hand Signed by Frank Stella), 1992 Photo lithograph and offset litho on thin board (hand signed by Frank Stella) Fra...
Offset, Lithograph
Fernando García Ponce "Composición #3" Lithograph Print
Located in Mexico City, MX
A "Composición #10" BAT lithography by Mexican artist Fernando García Ponce. This print is a classic García Ponce composition with black block brushes and collage elements on top. It...
Paper
Lithographs II (1041), Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro is known for his abstract, expressive, and child-like Modern style. Original lithograph published in Miro Lithographe II Catalogue Raisonne. Nicely framed. Lithographs II ...
Lithograph
Joan Miro Abstract Lithograph, Unsigned, 1956, Framed, "Plate 2"
By Joan Miró
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro Title: Joan Miro (Plate 2) Portfolio: Joan Miro Medium: Lithograph Date: 1956 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 17" x 24" Sheet Size: 9" x 15" Signature: Unsigned Ref...
Lithograph
"Vision of Paris" original lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 81. Printed in 1952 at the atelier Mourlot for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriad...
Lithograph
$1,436Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.87 in W 15.47 in
Miró, Miró Escultor (Cramer 192; Mourlot 935) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Guarro vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by Publicações Europa-América, Lisbon; printed by La Polígrafa, Ba...
Lithograph
With his wide-ranging oeuvre, comprising strikingly original paintings, prints, ceramics, sculptures, metal engravings and murals, Catalan modernist Joan Miró was a critical force in moving 20th-century art toward complete abstraction. Although often considered an early Surrealist because of his nonobjective imagery and evocation of the subconscious, he defies neat categorization.
Miró’s identity is largely rooted in the city of his birth: Barcelona. To this day, a number of his public artworks can be found there, including the 72-foot-tall statue Dona i Ocell (Woman and Bird), 1983. Female and avian forms, along with bright colors and the theme of Catalan pride, are recurring elements in his work.
The radical visual world Miró created with his expressive lines, signature symbols and biomorphic shapes influenced such American Abstract Expressionists as Jackson Pollock and Color Field painters like Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman.
Mirò continued to work and experiment until his death at the age of 90 in 1983. Five years before that, he was quoted saying, “I painted these paintings in a frenzy, with real violence so that people will know that I am alive, that I’m breathing, that I still have a few more places to go. I’m heading in new directions.”
Find a collection of original Joan Miró 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.)
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