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Picasso: Minotaure et Jeune Femme enlacés rêvant sous une Fenêtre (S.V. 91) B199

Picasso: Minotaure et Jeune Femme enlacés rêvant sous une Fenêtre (S.V. 91) B199

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New York, NY

Etching printed on laid Montval, before steelfacing Printer's proof From the Suite Vollard (S.V. 91) Printed by Lacourière, 1939 Published by Vollard, 1939 Image: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inc...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Arcanum V

Arcanum V

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Arcanum V is from an edition of 85 plus artist and printers proofs. Ancanum V is signed by Rauschenberg.

Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Diptych Lithographs by Susan Hall 'Landfall State I and II'
Diptych Lithographs by Susan Hall 'Landfall State I and II'

Diptych Lithographs by Susan Hall 'Landfall State I and II'

By Susan Hall

Located in Austin, TX

Framed color lithographs, "Landfall State I", 3/3 WP, and "Landfall State II", 1/2 Printers proof, both dated 1981, both signed lower right Susan Hall (NY/CA b. 1...

Category

Vintage 1980s American Contemporary Art

Soviet / American Array lI

Soviet / American Array lI

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Soviet / American Array II is from an edition of 55 plus artist and printers proofs. Soviet / American Array II is signed by Rauschenberg.

Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Intaglio

Soviet / American Array Vl

Soviet / American Array Vl

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Soviet / American Array VI is from an edition of 59 plus artist and printers proofs. Soviet / American Array VI is signed by Rauschenberg.

Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Intaglio

Blue/Red-Orange/Green

Blue/Red-Orange/Green

By Ellsworth Kelly

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Blue/Red-Orange/Green is from an edition of 64 plus artist and printers proofs. The vibrant shapes of Blue/Red-Orange/Green appear to dart off the stark white paper.

Category

1970s Minimalist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Large Head
Large Head

Large Head

By Lucian Freud

Located in New York, NY

etching on Somerset Satin Textured 300gsm paper printers proof 1 of 2 aside from the edition of 40 plate: 27 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (69.5 x 54 cm) sheet: 32 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (82.6 x 66.7 c...

Category

1990s Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin II, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition
Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin II, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin II, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Publisher: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 10, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Valérie Collart explores, in her wor...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

St. George and the Dragon 1984 FS II.324
St. George and the Dragon 1984 FS II.324

St. George and the Dragon 1984 FS II.324

By Andy Warhol

Located in London, London, City of

Published by Editions Schellmann & Kluser, Munich and New York” This is 38/50 Edition of 50, 12 Artist Proofs marked 'AP,' 5 Printer's Proofs marked 'PP,' and 4 Hors Commerce mark...

Category

20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Shield 3

Shield 3

By Mimmo Paladino

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Shield 3 is from an edition of 20 plus artist and printers proofs. The work is signed in graphite by Paladino.

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Screen

Shield 1

Shield 1

By Mimmo Paladino

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Shield 1 is from an edition of 20 plus artist and printers proofs. The work is signed in graphite by Paladino.

Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

John Hultberg "Fragments of a Dream", limited edition screen print
John Hultberg "Fragments of a Dream", limited edition screen print

John Hultberg "Fragments of a Dream", limited edition screen print

By John Hultberg

Located in Glenview, IL

"Fragments of a Dream" by American artist John Hultberg (1922 - 2005) is a Printers Proof limited edition screen print number 4 out of a total of 6.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Tracey Emin, HRH Royal Britannia

Tracey Emin, HRH Royal Britannia

By Tracey Emin 1

Located in Chelsea, London

Presented in a lime waxed frame with conservation mount and glass. Printers proof aside from the edition of 200. Signed lower right by Emin.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Contemporary Art

John Hultberg "Actors", limited edition screen print
John Hultberg "Actors", limited edition screen print

John Hultberg "Actors", limited edition screen print

By John Hultberg

Located in Glenview, IL

"Actors" by American artist John Hultberg (1922 - 2005) is a Printers Proof limited edition screen print number 4 out of a total of 6.

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Contemporary Etching, Sugar & Spit Bite Aquatint w/ Hand Colored Unique Elemets
Contemporary Etching, Sugar & Spit Bite Aquatint w/ Hand Colored Unique Elemets

Contemporary Etching, Sugar & Spit Bite Aquatint w/ Hand Colored Unique Elemets

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Publisher: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 22, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Julie Sass’ painterly work consists ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Contemporary Etching, Sugar & Spit Bite Aquatint w/ Hand Colored Unique Elemets
Contemporary Etching, Sugar & Spit Bite Aquatint w/ Hand Colored Unique Elemets

Contemporary Etching, Sugar & Spit Bite Aquatint w/ Hand Colored Unique Elemets

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Publisher: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 22, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Julie Sass’ painterly work consists ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Contemporary Etching, Sugar Lift Aquatint & Hand Coloured Unique Elements
Contemporary Etching, Sugar Lift Aquatint & Hand Coloured Unique Elements

Contemporary Etching, Sugar Lift Aquatint & Hand Coloured Unique Elements

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Publisher: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 22, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Julie Sass’ painterly work consists ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Archive Site
Archive Site

Archive Site

By Nathan Oliveira

Located in Berkeley, CA

It was done in an edition of fifty impressions, plus the artist proofs and printer proofs on German etching paper.

Category

1970s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Archival Paper, Etching

New Moon over the marsh
New Moon over the marsh

New Moon over the marsh

Located in Lafayette, LA

Rigid fiberboard backing protects the artwork. This print is a Printers proof.

Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Acrylic

Silver  Tunica
Silver  Tunica

Silver Tunica

Located in Lafayette, LA

Rigid fiberboard backing protects the artwork. This print is a Printers proof.

Category

2010s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic

Kiku, (Chrysanthemum), 1983

Kiku, (Chrysanthemum), 1983

By Andy Warhol

Located in Oakland Hills, CA

Created in 1983, this color screen print trial proof is an unsigned unique color variant. Printed aside from the numbered and signed edition of 300, 30 Artist's Proofs, 15 Hors Comme...

Category

1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

"Beets"

"Beets"

By James Aponovich

Located in Emeryville, CA

These Aponovich's are all printers proofs.

Category

1980s Photorealist Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Black Flowers w Rainbow Colors

Black Flowers w Rainbow Colors

By Nina Bovasso

Located in New York, NY

Each is a lovingly and skillful creation although the work was created in an edition. 18 x 23 7/8 in. (45.7 x 60.6 cm) Signed, dated and numbered AP 2 in pencil (a printer's proof, ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment, Screen

New Moon over the marsh 24
New Moon over the marsh 24

New Moon over the marsh 24

Located in Lafayette, LA

Rigid fiberboard backing protects the artwork. This print is a Printers proof

Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Acrylic

Black & White, Contemporary, Césarée II, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition
Black & White, Contemporary, Césarée II, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Black & White, Contemporary, Césarée II, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 10, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Valérie Collart explores, in her work, the relationship between sculpture a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin VI, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition
Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin VI, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin VI, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 10, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Valérie Collart explores, in her work, the relationship between sculpture a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin V, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition
Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin V, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Black & White, Contemporary, Ruin V, Photogravure, Fine Art Limited Edition

Located in Copenhagen, Copenhagen

Printer: Printer's Proof, Copenhagen Edition: 10, plus proofs Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Valérie Collart explores, in her work, the relationship between sculpture a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Photogravure

John Baldessari

John Baldessari

Unavailable|$6,800

John Baldessari

By John Baldessari

Located in Chicago, IL

As one of only ten artist’s proofs in a final edition of 60 (with two printer’s proofs), this framed color lithograph by the influential American conceptual artist, John Baldessari, ...

Category

20th Century American Modern Prints

Black Brook
Black Brook

Black Brook

By Alex Katz

Located in New York, NY

Alex Katz Black Brook, 1992 aquatint, Edition of 50 (Printers Proof available) 30 1/4 x 67 in. (76.8 x 170.2 cm) Alex Katz has painted scenes of the countryside in the American stat...

Category

1990s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Notepad Doodle 2 (State II)

Notepad Doodle 2 (State II)

By Jonas Wood

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Notepad Doodle 2 (State II) is from an edition of 20 plus artist and 4 printers proofs. The brightly colored piece is signed by Wood in graphite.

Category

2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mick Jagger, 1975

Mick Jagger, 1975

By Andy Warhol

Located in Oakland Hills, CA

Numbered from the edition of 250 in the lower left, this work was printed aside from the 50 Artists Proof’s (AP) and 3 Printers Proof’s (PP). Hand signed by Andy Warhol (Pennsylvania...

Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

American Signs Portfolio (Blues- Ed. 74)

American Signs Portfolio (Blues- Ed. 74)

By Robert Cottingham

Located in New York, NY

From the signed, numbered, and dated printer’s proof edition of 10, aside from the edition of 100.

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist More Prints

Materials

Screen

American Signs Portfolio (M)

American Signs Portfolio (M)

By Robert Cottingham

Located in New York, NY

From the signed, numbered, and dated printer’s proof edition of 10, aside from the edition of 100.

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist More Prints

Materials

Screen

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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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