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Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints
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1920s American Realist Landscape Prints
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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Early 1900s American Impressionist More Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Paper, Printer's Ink, Etching
1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Paper, Ink, Etching
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Laid Paper, Etching
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1980s Portrait Prints
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Mid-18th Century Modern Figurative Prints
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Prints
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1980s Landscape Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Landscape Prints
Drypoint
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Aquatint, Archival Paper, Etching
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Handmade Paper, Etching
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Screen, Etching, Aquatint
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Expressionist Abstract Prints
Woodcut
1990s Post-Modern Abstract Prints
Mixed Media
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1970s American Modern Abstract Photography
Paper, Etching, Photogram
1850s More Art
Copper, Steel
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Prints
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
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1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Watercolor, Etching
1940s Vienna Secession Landscape Prints
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Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
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Mid-19th Century Modern Landscape Prints
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1970s Surrealist More Prints
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1920s American Realist Landscape Prints
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1940s Landscape Prints
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1930s Academic Figurative Prints
Archival Paper, Etching
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
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1990s Realist Landscape Prints
Etching, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Aquatint
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Etching
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
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1970s American Modern Landscape Prints
Etching, Laid Paper
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Paper, Etching
1970s American Modern Landscape Prints
Etching, Laid Paper
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Aquatint
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1970s American Modern Landscape Prints
Drypoint, Etching
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Laid Paper, Lithograph
1920s Bauhaus Nude Prints
Woodcut
1970s Bauhaus Abstract Prints
Color, Woodcut
1950s American Modern Landscape Prints
Woodcut
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
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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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