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ALCHIMIE & POESIE 5
Located in LILLE, FR
Signed and numbered art print by Julio Le Parc from the series "ALCHIMIES" containing a poem by Julio Le Parc.
Very Limited edition Print of only 12 copies !
Technic : Pigment print on pure Cotton paper 270gr.
Format :30x42 cm
Edition Size : 12 signed and numbered copies.
This is number 4 from an edition of 12.
OPTIONAL Frame : 32x44 cm white painted oak, plexiglass U.V. Proof for 200€.
Julio Le Parc (born September 23, 1928) is an Argentina-born artist who focuses on both modern op art and kinetic art. He is a precursor of Kinetic Art and Op Art, founding member of Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel and recipient of the Grand Prize for Painting at the 33rd Venice Biennale in 1966, Julio Le Parc is a major figure in modern art history.
Upon arriving in Paris in 1958 he connected with Jesús Rafael Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez who were already in Paris. There they met Victor Vasarely, Georges...
Category
2010s Op Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
All Hysterical
Located in London, GB
Archival Giclée print on Hahnemuhle Photorag Paper
Limited Edition of 60
Signed, dated, numbered and stamped.
Category
2010s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment, Digital, Archival Paper
50 Spaces - Contemporary art, 21st Century, Pastel Inks, Editions, Screenprint
By Rachel Whiteread
Located in Zug, CH
Rachel Whiteread
50 Spaces - Contemporary art, 21st Century, Pastel Inks, Editions, Screenprint
2021
Screenprint
Edition of 300
60 × 76 cm
(23.62 × 29.92 in)
Signed, titled and numbered
In mint condition
PLEASE NOTE: Edition numbers could vary from the one shown in the images.
Rachel Whiteread, along with seven other leading international artists, were asked to create a print to celebrate Tate Modern’s 21st anniversary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Hours of the Day series, 10pm
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day Series, 10pm
1975
Etching with aquatint
25 x 36 in.
Edition of 9
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Untitled (Fleur Tombe), 1962
Located in Palo Alto, CA
The rich blue color bursts from the page in Georges Braque Untitled (Fleur Tombe), 1962, overtaking the black lettering and white background. Drawn onto the title page of the book “Braque Le goût de notre temps” by Albert Skira this hand applied watercolor is striking. In several strong stokes, a flower is presented with its blue petals seeming to float down the page until almost reaching the bottom. The delicate blue touches the page which in turn lights up with brilliant flowers. The petals are slightly smudged, and you can see the brushstrokes that Braque applied to the page. PArt of what makes this unique watercolor so wonderful is that the viewer can so clearly see and feel the hand of the artist. Caught in between the flower and falling petals is the black hand...
Category
1960s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor
King Corpse, 1986
By Sam Francis
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1986, Sam Francis King Corpse, 1986 is a unique color trial proof screenprint on Arches cover paper hand signed by Sam Francis (San Mateo, 1923- Santa Monica, 1994) in the...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
The Circular House - The Rotaflex Lamp
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
The Circular House
"D'Aigurande proceeded to buy rounded pieces of furniture" - The Rotaflex Lamp
1974/2018
Deep etching and intaglio printing on Arches paper, Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Interior at Fontenay aux Rose with Large Tortoise
"Skylight screen and vase of articial looking flowers"
1974/2018
Intaglio and relief printing on Arches paper, Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Balsam of Mecca
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer
Balsam of Mecca
1974/2018
Soft ground etching with aquatint on zinc plate and collage on Arches paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 66 x 50.7 cms (26 x 20 ins)
Plate siz...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Bedroom
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from five zinc plates, using tusche and crayon with splatter, printed in red, orange, green, black, and pink. On J Green paper (250 gsm)
Signed, numbered and dated '68 in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Takashi Murakmai flowers drawing 2018 (Murakami The Octopus Eats its Own Leg).
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakmai Flowers Drawing 2018:
A unique Takashi Murakami hand-drawing featuring the artist’s 2 most iconic motifs: Flowers & DOB. This work was executed in 2018 on the interior front page of the 2018 exhibition catalogue: Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg. Hand signed and dated.
Medium: Felt tip marker drawing on a removed interior exhibition catalog page (Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg).
Approximate Dimensions. 11.25 x 9.5 inches.
Signed and dated in ink on the lower edge. Unique.
Very good overall condition.
Provenance:
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Swann Auction galleries New York.
Takashi Murakami (American/Japanese, b.1962) is a painter and sculptor famous for his integration of Fine Art, commercialism, Japanese aesthetics, and cultural criticism into his work. Murakami received his BFA, MFA, and PhD from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he studied Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting). He first gained recognition as a sculptor during the early 1990s, exploring otaku (the Japanese term for an obsession with anime and cartoons) and the contradictions between contemporary Japanese society and American culture in his work.
In 1996, he created the Hiropon Factory in Japan, which later developed into Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., a large art-making and artist management corporation. Murakami is also a curator and a critical observer of Japanese art. In 2000, he founded the "superflat" movement, a post-modern style drawing inspiration from Japanese manga (comics created in Japan), graphic design...
Category
2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink
Man's Ruin
By Don Ed Hardy
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 25.
In Man’s Ruin, a wolf is portrayed as a nurse, two iconic images often seen in tattoo flash. Below the wolf are two brigh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Horse head Leon Danchin original limited edition etching signed
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Horse Head by Leon Danchin... 1887-1938... is a handsome portrait of a thoroughbred turning his head to look behind him. Born in Lille, France Danchin began his career as an artist a...
Category
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - Head of Veal - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Head of Veal - Original Etching
Embossed signature
From the edition of 731
Dimensions: 38,5 x 28,5 cm
1969
References : Field 69-1 / Michler & Lopsinger 305
Category
1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VI
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué
64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins)
Edition 50
Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper
Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar to...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Untitled (Diptych)
Located in New York, NY
Fred Sandback was a minimalist conceptual-based sculptor known for his yarn sculptures, drawings, and prints. He majored in philosophy at Yale Universit...
Category
1990s Minimalist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Roy Lichtenstein-Guggenheim Museum-1969 ORIGINAL Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: EF380
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein
Title: Guggenheim Museum
Year: 1969
Signed: No
Medium: Serigraph
Paper Size: 28.75 x 28.75 inches ( 73.025 x 73.025 cm )
Image Size: 23.25 x 23.25...
Category
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
"A VERY LARGE FLYING BOAT TAKING OFF"
Located in New York, US
Signed by artist, Artist's Proof
Lithograph print and color pencil on paper
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
"A VERY LARGE FLYING BOAT TAKING OFF"
Located in New York, US
Signed by artist, Artist's Proof
Lithograph print and color pencil on paper
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depi...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
"A VERY LARGE FLYING BOAT TAKING OFF"
Located in New York, US
Signed by artist, Artist's Proof
Lithograph print and pencil on paper
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depiction...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Wagon Crossing a Bridge (Wagen auf einer Brucke)
Located in New York, NY
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), Wagon Crossing a Bridge (Wagen auf einer Brucke), woodcut, c. 1941, signed in pencil lower left, with the artist’s work number lower center (1867). Reference: Prasser W 82, only state. In very good condition, with margins, 3 1/2 x 4 3/4, the sheet 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches.
A fine fresh proof impression of this intricate cubist composition, printed in black ink on a thin Japan wove paper.
Prasser notes a few proofs, on various papers, some unsigned. This print was included as No. 5 of the portfolio Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger, 1941, edition of 30; as with many of his small woodcuts...
Category
1940s Cubist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
"NECKTIES"
Located in New York, US
Edition 1/20
Signed by artist, Artist's Proof, stamped
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his gritty depictions on canvas, whi...
Category
1880s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Mickey Mouse, Disney
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Seven colour silkscreen print on Somerset Tub White 410gsm paper. Edition 113/250. Signed and numbered by the artist.
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
City 191, Geometric Serigraph by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - )
Title: City 191
Year: 1971
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 29 x 22.5 in. (73.66 x 57.15 cm)
Category
1970s Conceptual Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
RUSSELL'S WAY
By Al Held
Located in Three Oaks, MI
In excellent condition from an edition of 50, this piece is beautifully framed in museum-quality materials. Al Held is best remembered for his large-scale paintings of bright, hard-e...
Category
1880s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
By Jean Capdeville
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jean Capdeville, French (b. 1917)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Etching with Carborundum, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 27/50
Image Size: 19.5 x 14 inches...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Frank Stella 'Angriff' 1971
By Frank Stella
Located in Miami, FL
FRANK STELLA (1936-Present)
Screenprint printed in black and gray on Fabriano paper, full margins. Signed, dated and numbered 13/150 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Styria Studio...
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
1968 Saul Steinberg 'Louisiana'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 29 x 21.75 inches ( 73.66 x 55.245 cm )
Image Size: 29 x 21.75 inches ( 73.66 x 55.245 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Henri Matisse - Nadia Au Menton Pointu - 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sku: R176
Artist: Henri Matisse
Title: Nadia Au Menton Pointu
Year: 1995
Signed: No
Medium: Offset Lithograph
Paper Size: 23.5 x 17.5 inches ( 59.69 x 44.45 cm )
Image Size: 16 x 12....
Category
20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Basquiat Test Pattern 1979 (Basquiat Gray)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Test Pattern 1979:
Basquiat created this flyer on the occasion of a performance by his band, Test Pattern (later renamed to ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
South Ridge Series #66, Abstract Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful abstracted landscape, mixed media print and painting, in soft pastel hues by California artist Katherine Chang Liu (American, 20th-century). Signed and dated "Katherine C...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Oil, Archival Paper, Etching
I've Got Your Lipstick
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint
Edition of 125
Numbered on the reverse
Excellent. Minor soft creasing in bottom left and right of print.
Please note that this artwork is sold on consignment from the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Marginalia
Located in New York, NY
Marginalia, 1988
Lithograph
48 x 31 3/4 inches
Edition of 66
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Etching, 2014. Line etching, 70 x 50cm, limited edition of 30 prints
Located in Tuscany, Pisa
Bobby Dowler (b. 1983, London) studied Filmmaking at FH Salzburg and Southampton Institute/Solent University and Art and Design at Camberwell College, London. Bobby is a painter work...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Paulo en Costume d'Arlequin, Lithograph, Abstract Faces, African Mask, Stripes
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973)
Title: Paulo en Costume d'Arlequin (Paulo in Harlequin Costume)
Year of Original Artwork: 1926
Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Pape...
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
1939 Pierre-Joseph Redoute 'Oreilles D'Ours"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 16 x 12.5 inches ( 40.64 x 31.75 cm )
Image Size: 13 x 9.5 inches ( 33.02 x 24.13 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional ...
Category
1930s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Original 1937 Imperial Airlines Poster - An Ensign Air Liner for Empire Services
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Imperial Airways: An Ensign Air Liner for Empire Services 2 decks 200 mph 20 tons featuring a great technical drawing...
Category
1930s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Gangsta Rat
By Banksy
Located in Nottingham, GB
Limited Edition Print (Unsigned)
Edition of 350
Complete with full Pest Control COA
Presented in a black frame.
Rats are one of Banksy’s greatest sources of inspiration and one of ...
Category
2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
1975 Wendy Chazin 'Interior, Still Life' HAND SIGNED
By Wendy Chazin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.75 x 29.5 inches ( 80.645 x 74.93 cm )
Image Size: 25 x 25.5 inches ( 63.5 x 64.77 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additio...
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Frontispiece - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.I - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm.
Single sheet with passepartout.
"...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow grows." T. Delord.
Les Fleurs animées...
Category
1840s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1979 and published in Barcelona by La Poligrafa in an edition of 1000. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 188 mm). Not signed.
Category
1970s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Robert Bob Stanley "I'M GOING TO WORK ON MY TAN" 1978
Located in New York, US
Lithograph print + artist's hand additions, Signet by artist, Working Proof, stamp
Bob Stanley (b. 1932 - d. 1997 New York, United States), an American painter renowned for his grit...
Category
1970s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Keith Haring Eight Ball Book Agreement 1989
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Eight Ball 1989:
This extremely rare 4 page printed/faxed document was created by Haring in 1988/1989, as a set of instructions to his publisher on “Eight Ball - Haring’...
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'Favourite Flowers' Limited edition book with signed aquatint 'Salpiglossis'
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Favourite Flowers (Salpiglossis)’
By Elizabeth Blackadder
A limited edition book of 100 copies specially bound for the Mercury Gallery. No 1 to 50 contain and original etching/aqua...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
The Shower - Original Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 pieces.
Very good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Austrian Sound Space Architect Bernhard Leitner Photo Lithograph Hand Signed Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernhard Leitner, (Austrian, 1938)
From a portfolio "Sound : Space" "Ton : Raum"
Self published by artist in 1975/1976,
Limited edition of 50
Hand signed in pencil by artist.
Acc...
Category
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Inside The Rainbow Heart
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Murakami, Takashi
Title: Inside The Rainbow Heart
Date: 2022
Medium: Offset Lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper
Unframed Dimensions: 2...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hand-Colored Penguin Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving, hand-colored at the time of publication, after the work of George Edwards from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel" by Johann Michael Seligma...
Category
Mid-18th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper
Split Ring Image C
Located in New York, NY
Associated with the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s, Mangold developed a reductive vocabulary based on geometric forms, monochromatic color, and an emphasis on the flatness of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
original lithograph
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1979 and published in Barcelona by La Poligrafa in an edition of 1000. Size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 188 mm). Not signed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Set of Six Botanical Prints
Located in New York, NY
These colored engravings are from Edward Joseph Lowe's 1861 book "Beautiful Leaved Plants. Being a Description of the Most Beautiful Leaved Plants ...
Category
1860s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper
Joan Miro (Plate 2)
By Joan Miró
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro
Title: Plate 2
Portfolio: Joan Miro
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1956
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 17" x 24"
Sheet Size: 9" x 15"
Image Size: 7 1/2" x 14"
Signature:...
Category
1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract Expression #605
Located in San Antonio, TX
Laredo Jackson, American, Texas, b. 1987.
Abstract Expression #605, 2024. Signed.
This Medium Sized print measures 16x20 and is a one-off print, editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples
Materials
Digital
Original Vintage Cartoon Batman Poster For The Iconic Comic Superhero "...Uhh!"
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Batman cartoon poster featuring a colourful illustration of the comic book superhero wearing his grey and blue costume, mask and cape with the bat logo on a yellow background on his chest, the cartoon character leaning back as he's hit by something with his speech bubble reading: Nonsense! There are no such things as – Uhh! Artwork by the notable American comics artist Carmine Michael...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper
Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph
Title: Abstract Composition
Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Edition: 64/99
Signed and Numbered in pencil
Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016
Miotte came o...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Diplomatic Employees - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Diplomatic employees is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
B./W. Woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 2/89 specimens and title...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
ANDY WARHOL Halston Advertising Campaign Poster, 1982
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 22.75 x 29.5 inches ( 57.785 x 74.93 cm )
Image Size: 22.75 x 29.5 inches ( 57.785 x 74.93 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additio...
Category
1980s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Original "The Virgin Queen" US 1-sheet vintage movie poster NSS 55/302
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "The Virgin Queen" vintage movie poster. NSS: 55/302
Archival linen backed with original issued fold marks restored. Linen-backed and in excellent condition. No pape...
Category
1950s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Fine Art Prints for Sale — Animal Prints, Abstract Prints, Nude Prints and Other Prints
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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