Modern Figures Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Stone Lithograph of modern figures, circa 1960. Artist unknown.
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1960s Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Modern Lithographs
Lithograph I (1037), 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 I Catalogue Raisonne.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1985 original lithograph by Charles Kiffer - Maurice Chevalier plante
By Charles Kiffer
Located in PARIS, FR
The title, “Plante,” reinforces this metaphorical connection, likening Chevalier’s contributions to the cultural landscape to a plant that continues to flourish and inspire. Collect...
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Lithograph III (1117), Framed 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 III Catalogue Raisonne.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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.
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1980s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Lithographs II (1040), 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.
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithographs IV (1259), 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 V Catalogue Raisonne.
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1980s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Lithograph V (1256), 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 V Catalogue Raisonne.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph III (1115), 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 III Catalogue Raisonne.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Frances MyersFrank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, Los Angeles - Lithograph on Paper, 1980
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, Los Angeles - Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, Los Angeles - Lithograph on Paper Clean, modern lithograph of the Ennis House in Los Angeles by Frances Myers (American, 1936-2014).
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1964, Excellent condition
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph from 1964. Dimensions of work: 30 x 27 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris. The work is in Excellent cond...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Matadores, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Matadores, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Figure, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Excellent condition
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Figure Lithograph from 1957. The edition no. 211/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithographs II (1039), Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithographs II (1042), Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro was a Spanish Surrealist artist, world-renowned for his unique art style that blended surrealist fantasy and modern life. This lithograph is part of the series "Lithographs...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Notre Dame, Deschamps, Lithograph, Modern, 1979
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Notre Dame Lithograph from 1979. Countersigned by Henri Deschamps. Marked “E.A.” (artist’s proof) and bearing a Mourlot, Paris stamp. Inscribed “Henri D...
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1970s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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Lithograph
Marc ChagallNativité, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1950, Excellent, 1950
$891Sale Price|20% Off
Nativité, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1950, Excellent
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Nativité Lithograph from 1950. Dimensions of work: 38 x 56 cm. Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jacqueline, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Cubist Portrait, Lithograph, Modern, 1939, Excellent
By Georges Braque
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Cubist Portrait Lithograph from 1939. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure ...
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1930s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Bacchanale, Lithograph, Modern, 1967, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Bacchanale Lithograph from 1967. With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of the publisher. Dimensions of work: 42 x 54.5 cm Publisher: Au Vent ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Bacchanale, Lithograph, Modern, 1967, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Bacchanale Lithograph from 1967. With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of the publisher. Dimensions of work: 42 x 54.5 cm Publisher: Au Vent ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Le Bacchanale, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Bacchanale Lithograph from 1957. The edition 153/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 65 x 44 cm Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, Pa...
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1950s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Jesus, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Refrence: Cramer 112; Orozc...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Modern Marilyn - Original handsigned lithograph
By Jean-Baptiste Valadie
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE Modern Marilyn Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Limited /199 copies On vellum 76 x 56 cm (c. 30 x 22 in) Excellent condition
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lucio FontanaConcetto Spaziale, Lithograph, Modern, 1975, Excellent, 1975
$3,024Sale Price|30% Off
Concetto Spaziale, Lithograph, Modern, 1975, Excellent
By Lucio Fontana
Located in OPOLE, PL
Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) - Concetto Spaziale Lithograph from 1975. This impression comes from the special edition of 55 copies reserved for artists, editors, friends, and collabor...
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1970s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Granada, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1962, Signed
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Granada Etching and aquatint from 1962. The edition of XVII/XXV. Dimensions of work: 53.5 x 38 cm. Hand signed. Reference: Kornfeld 121. The work is ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Creation, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1960, Excellent
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Creation Lithograph from 1960. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Lithograph III (1047), Framed 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 III Catalogue Raisonne.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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 IV Catalogue Raisonne.
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Pablo PicassoFigure, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Framed, Excellent, 1957
$1,364Sale Price|20% Off
Figure, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Figure Lithograph from 1957. The edition no. 211/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, ...
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1950s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
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 III Catalogue Raisonne.
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Quai de Bercy, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1954
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Quai de Bercy Lithograph from 1954. Sheet dimensions: 55 x 38.2 cm. Publisher: Maeght Éditeur, Paris. Reference: Mourlot 93. The work is in Excellent ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Femme La Paix, Lithograph, 1954, Modern, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme La Paix Lithograph from 1954. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.5 cm. Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition.
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Les errants perpétuels, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1959
Located in OPOLE, PL
Moïse Kisling (1891-1953) - Les errants perpétuels (The Perpetual Wanderers) Lithograph from 1959. The edition of 230 impressions. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Publisher: Bern...
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1950s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
La belle clairvoyante, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1959
Located in OPOLE, PL
Moïse Kisling (1891-1953) - La belle clairvoyante (The Beautiful Clairvoyant) Lithograph from 1959. The edition of 230 impressions. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Publisher: Ber...
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1950s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Don Quichote, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Refrence: Cramer 112; Orozc...
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Lithograph
Coral Poles, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1973, Signed
By Sam Francis
Located in OPOLE, PL
Sam Francis (1923-1994) - Coral Poles Lithograph from 1973. The edition of 3/20 on BFK Rives wove paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 92 x 67.4 cm. Hand signed. Publisher:...
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Scheherezade, Lithograph on Arches Paper, Modern, 1967
By René Magritte
Located in OPOLE, PL
René Magritte (1898-1967) - Scheherezade Lithograph from 1967. H.C. XXV/XL on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 73.7 x 52.7 cm Publisher: Art204, Paris and Chalk & Vermillion, Ne...
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Lithograph
Don Quichote, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle ...
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Lithograph
Don Quichote, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Refrence: Cramer 112; Orozc...
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1960s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Le Ballet, Lithograph, Modern, 1954, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Ballet Technique: Lithograph Year: 1954 Dimensions: 31 × 22 cm Publisher: Pantheon Signature: Signed in Plate Catalogue Reference: Cramer 62 Condition...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Basket, Lithograph, Modern, 1946, Excellent condition
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Basket Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 32.8 x 48 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Weeping Woman, 15 Drawings, Lithograph, Modern, 1946
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Weeping Woman Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shipment.
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Le Coq, Lithograph, Modern, 1952, Excellent Condition
By Georges Braque
Located in OPOLE, PL
Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Le Coq Lithograph from 1952. Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm Publisher: Tériade, Paris. The work is in Good condition. Fast and secure shipment.
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Lithograph
Gianfranco BaruchelloDesigns, Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed, 1971, Unframed, 1971
$400Sale Price|20% Off
Designs, Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed, 1971, Unframed
Located in Roma, IT
Designs is an original lithograph realized in 1971 by Gianfranco Baruchello .
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1970s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Don Quichote, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Refrence: Cramer 112; Orozc...
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Lithograph
La Bastille, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1954, Signed
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Published by Maeght Éditeur in Paris, one of the most influential publishers of twentieth-century modern art, the work is recorded as number 111 in Fernand Mourlot’s authoritative ca...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Sirene with Pine, Lithograph, Modern, 1967, Excellent
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Sirène au pin (Sirene with Pine) Lithograph from 1967. An unsigned proof apart from the edition of 150 numbered in Arabic numerals and the edition of 75 ...
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Lithograph
Sirene with Poet, Lithograph, Modern, 1967, Excellent
By (after) Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Sirène au Poète (Sirene with Poet) Lithograph from 1967. An unsigned proof apart from the edition of 150 numbered in Arabic numerals and the edition of 7...
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Lithograph
Le Pot, Lithograph, Modern, 1957, Excellent Condition
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Pot Lithograph from 1957. The edition 127/275. With Arches watermark. Dimensions of work: 44.5 x 33.5 cm. Publisher: Fernand Mourlot Éditeur, Pari...
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1950s Modern More Prints
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Lithograph
Arlequin, Un éventail, Lithograph, Modern, 1962, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Arlequin Lithograph from 1962. An unnumbered impression from a limited edition of 260. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions d'Ar...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Guitare, Un éventail, Lithograph, Modern, 1962, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Guitare Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered impression from a limited edition of 260. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditi...
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Modern Lithographs For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of modern lithographs is available on 1stDibs. Finding the ideal Modern, Abstract or Surrealist examples of these works for your living room, whether you’re looking for small- or large-size pieces, is no easy task — start by shopping our selection today. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made 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 modern lithographs on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, beige, brown, white and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Jean Cocteau are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in lithograph, paper and offset print. Not every interior allows for large iterations of these items, so small modern lithographs measuring 0.1 inches across are available.
How Much are Modern Lithographs?
Prices for pieces in our collection of modern lithographs start at $49 and top out at $170,000 with the average selling for $833.
A Close Look at Modern Art
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You
Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.
Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.
For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)
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