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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1910s
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original This Device Means U. S. Marines vintage WW1 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “This Device on Hat or Helmet means U. S. MARINES” vintage poster. Archivally linen-backed in excellent condition. No paper loss an...
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1910s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Diane Thorne Children at The Beach
By Diana Thorne
Located in San Francisco, CA
Diane Thorne: 1895-1963. Listed Canadian artist who was born in Russia. She is best known for her etchings of dogs and children. She has auction results as high as $1300 for a single...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Original Buick Care Keeps Buicks Best vintage automotive poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Buick Care Keeps Buicks Best” 1940s vintage automobile poster. Conservation linen backed in excellent condition, ready to frame...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
La Voiture Th. Schneider, Car - 1912
Located in London, GB
GAMY and MONTAUT, Ernest.
La Voiture Th. Schneider, 1912 gagne à Dieppe Dinant et à la Sarthe vitesse et régularité / Magneto Bosch Corburateur Claudel Roues Riley.
Mabileau & Co., ...
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1910s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen, Stencil
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris by Mourlot and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton project Surréalisme en 1947. Issued in...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original "Less Dangerous than Careless Talk" vintage World War Two poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Less Dangerous than Careless Talk” vintage World War Two poster. Archivally linen=backed in fine condition A-, ready to frame. Bright colors and excellent detail. Very clean. The images shown are the exact poster you will receive. A-
"Less Dangerous than Careless Talk" is a World War II propaganda poster designed to caution against the dangers of loose lips...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Childwood Memory - Woodcut Print by L. Spacal - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Childwood Memory is an original Modern artwork realized by Luigi Spacal (Trieste, 1907 - Trieste, 2000) in the half of the 20th Century.
Original B/W woodcut on cardboard.
Excellent conditions.
Lojze Spacal...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Dignimont, Jours de gloire, Histoire de la libération de Paris (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on papeteries vélin de Lana paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with full margins. Notes: From the folio, Jours de gloire, Histoire de la ...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Ottokar Mascha Folio: plate 11 "5th Secession Exhibition Poster" by Kolo Moser
Located in Chicago, IL
after KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918) 5TH SECESSION EXHIBITION POSTER, 1899, (In Mascha, no. 11) A pivotal figure in early-20th century Austrian ...
Category
1910s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
WWII-Era Pullman Company Poster "Moving Troops and You" in Original Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
An offset lithograph, WWII-Era Pullman Company Poster "Moving Troops and You" in its original frame! Image size: 26 1/2" x 20 1/2". Framed size: 28 1/2" x 22 1/2".
The Pullman C...
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1940s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Original "Me Travel? not this summer Vacation At Home vintage poster 1945
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World War Two, U. S. Military poster: ME TRAVEL? … NOT THIS SUMMER, VACATION AT HOME. Artist Albert Dorne. This is the large format printing (26" x 37") of this poster...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Original "You Can Lick Runaway Prices, You Hol The 7 Kesys to Hold Down Prices"
Located in Spokane, WA
Original WWII poster: YOU CAN LICK RUNAWAY PRICES ORIGINAL VINTAGE WWII POSTER BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
Distributed originally by OWI for the Office of Economic Stabilization.
1. Buy and hold War Bonds.
2. Pay willingly our share of taxes.
3. Provide adequate life insurance and savings for our future.
4. Reduce our debts as much as possible.
5. Buy only what we need and make what we have last longer.
6. Follow ration rules and price ceilings.
7. Cooperate with our Government's wage stabilization program. Publisher: [S. l.]: Distributed by O.W.I. for the Office of Economic Stabilization.
Linen backed fine condition. Restored original Government fold marks (on all World War 2 American vintage posters)
James Montgomery Flagg is best known for depicting Uncle Sam in recruitment and public service announcement posters of both World War I and II. You Can Lick Runaway Prices? Features a new painting created by Flagg in c.1942. The poster emphasizes seven steps that the average American could take to prevent inflation. Among these points include significant themes of buying war bonds, conservation, and food rationing. The seven steps correspond to the seven letters that spell Victory. The imagery references Flagg's iconic I Want You poster...
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Alternance, Édouard Goerg
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on Rives BFK paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Alternance, 1946. Published by Le Gerbier, Paris; printed by atelier Quesnevill...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
1915 Original WWI poster Remember! 1914 Nothing German! Nothing from the Germans
Located in PARIS, FR
E. Lemielle's poster with the message "Souvenez-vous ! 1914 rien d'allemand!!! rien des allemands." (Remember! 1914 Nothing German !!! Nothing from the Germans) is a poignant artifac...
Category
1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Second World War booklet: Birth of a bomber
Located in London, GB
Birth of a Bomber
Photographic reproduction
38 x 40 cm
'This is the story of the production of the Handley-Page "Halifax" heavy bomber. The Air Ministry of Aircraft production tel...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Churchill Poster: Calling Out of the Whole Army Reserve
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster
Calling Out of the Whole Army Reserve
Letter Press
51 x 48 cm
A royal call to arms...
'His majesty the king has been graciously pleased to direct by procla...
Category
1940s Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
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1910s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Original "Men Working Together" vintage 1942 poster horizontal WWII
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World War II poster: "Men Working Together", horizontal original American World War II antique vintage military poster. Size 40" x 30". Year:...
Category
1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
"Woman of the Aït MGuild" from "Costumes of Morocco", Gouache on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
"Femme Des Aït MGuild" translated to "Woman of the Aït MGuild" is plate number 19 in Jean Besancenot's stunning portraits and depictions of the people ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gouache, Paper
The European Macabre Dance N.37 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
The European Macabre Dance N.37 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915.
Signed...
Category
1910s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig;...
Category
1910s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving
„Pinocchio“ Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1940.
Located in Cologne, DE
Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie „Pinocchio“, USA 1940.
Pinocchio with his father and maker on a raft on the wild sea.
Keywords: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantas...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Ginestet/Pouillon 65-72), Jacques Villon, Huit lithographies
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in pencil and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jacques Villon, Huit Lithographies Originales, 1962. Published ...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nude Woman - Original Etching y A.E. Guillez - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Women is an original etching on paper, realized by Arthur Edouard Guillez (1865-1916) in 1913. Hand-signed and dated.
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sh...
Category
1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
1947 original poster Fiestas Mujer Andaluza - Spain - Tourism
Located in PARIS, FR
1947 original poster by Fiestas Mujer Andaluza embodies the vibrant spirit of Andalusian culture and celebration. This artwork serves as a visual invitation to immerse oneself in the...
Category
1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
The Dance of Death. 1914-1918
Located in Storrs, CT
The Dance of Death. 1914-1918. 1921. Portfolio of 7 etchings with drypoint. Sheet: 18 1/2 x 15 1/2. Edition 100. Title page annotated in ink by the arti...
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1910s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Long live the Soviet Fleet Original Poster 1947 Military Communist Navy
Located in PARIS, FR
A very nice Soviet poster from 1947, depicting the grandeur of the Soviet Navy fleet.
The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally 'Naval Military Forces of the USSR') represents the war navy...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Linen, Lithograph
Composition (Saphire 24-38), Les Illuminations, Fernand Léger
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, 1941
By Myron Kozman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled
Color serigraph, 1941
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Very small edition (less than 10)
(Looks like a red brick building with white windows, probably in Chicago whe...
Category
1940s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Bonnard, Composition (Terrasse 54), Pierre Bonnard Correspondences (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...
Category
1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage propaganda poster, 'Join the School Saving Bank'
Located in London, GB
Join the School Saving Bank
Vintage poster, lithograph
36 x 25 cm
Printed 1967, numbered 4/67
The post-war period in the United States saw the growth of the school savings bank mov...
Category
1940s Minimalist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"Woman Of Tagmout (Singing the Ahwash)" from "Costumes of Morocco"
Located in Detroit, MI
"Femme de Tagmout Chantant L'Ahwas" translated to "Woman Of Tagmout (Singing the Ahwash)" is plate number 44 in Jean Besancenot's stunning portraits and depictions of the people of Morocco from his series "Costumes du Maroc" ("Costumes of Morocco). The woman depicted here is veiled and draped and in the midst of singing the "ahwash", a traditional song and dance from the regions of southern Morocco, such as Tagmout, and which has some roots in the pre-Islamic cultures of the Amazigh (also known as the Berbers) and is performed primarily by the Shilha, a sub-group of the Berbers. The ahwash is a community performance that incorporates song, dance, poetry, and frame drums...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Mein Weg mit dem Weib #18 - Original Etching by W.R. Rehn
Located in Roma, IT
Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper.
Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...
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1910s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Original poster by Albert Guillaume - Soldat Prends chaque jour ta Quinine
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1915 original poster by Albert Guillaume, titled Le Permissionnaire: Soldat! Prends chaque jour ta Quinine, is a striking example of wartime public health propaganda during...
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1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
1917 Original advertising poster for "Les On Dit" satirical newspaper - WWI
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1917 original advertising poster for "Les On Dit" stands as a testament to the vibrant press culture of its time. This satirical publication, with its bold and compelling poster,...
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1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Tanks & Trees — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Eugene Fortess, 'Tanks & Trees', lithograph, c. 1940, edition 100. Signed, titled, and numbered '100/P' in pencil. Inscribed 'For Usui - K.' in the bottom left margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches); a slight crease across the top right sheet corner, well away from the image; otherwise in excellent condition. Image size 13 1/8 x 10 inches; sheet size 17 3/8 x 13 3/16 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Provenance: Estate of Francis Pratt.
Francis and her husband Bumpei Usui...
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1940s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Temples of New York
Located in Storrs, CT
Temples of New York. 1919. Drypoint. Leicester 44, Guichard 26, Black 55. 7 3/4 x 6. Edition 50. New York set. Trinity Church facade from the back, which faces Wall Street. Illustrat...
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1910s Futurist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
YMCA Workers Lend Your Strength original World War 1 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed World War 1 YMCA poster. "Workers Lend Your Strength the Red Triangle, YMCA, Help the "Y" help the fighters fight, United War Work C...
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1910s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original poster by Aleksandr Deineka - Victory for Our Most Orthodox Emperor
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1914 poster by Aleksandr Deineka titled Victory for Our Most Orthodox Emperor! reflects the spirit of Imperial Russia during the First World War. While primarily known for ...
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1910s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Eve Déchue - Lithograph by Georges Rouault - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Third state, edition of 10 plus some artist proofs, signed.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil.
Very good condition.
Reference Catalogue Raisonné: "George...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
1916 German Expressionism Figurative Lithograph Man Two Horses Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949)
"Man & Two Horses" Lithograph
1916
Frame: 21" X 17"
Image: 13.5" X 10.5"
Rare Artist's Proof
Provenance: bears labels from ACA Galleries and Richard ...
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1910s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
“Figure with Large Brain”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artist proof etching by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Marked “AP” lower left for artist proof in pencil. Signed by the artist lower right in pen...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
'Crown of Roses' — Mid-century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Mary Van Blarcom, 'Crown of Roses', color serigraph, c. 1945, edition not stated but small. Signed in pencil beneath the image, lower left. Titled in pencil, bottom left sheet corner. A rich painterly impression, with fresh colors, on cream laid paper, with full margins (3/8 to 7/8 inch), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 8 13/16 x 12 11/16 inches; sheet size 9 1/2 x 8 5/16 inches.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Painter, printmaker, and craftsperson, Mary Van Blarcom was born in Newark, New Jersey, and studied at Wellesley College. She was a member of the National Serigraph Society, where she served on the board of trustees from 1945 through 1952 and was 1st vice-president from 1949-51. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Artists Equity Association, the American Color Print Society, the New Jersey Artists Association (Director), and Artists of Today.
Van Blarcom exhibited actively throughout the 1940s at many prominent art organizations, including Montclair Art Museum, 1941-45 and 1947-51 (prize, 1948); Society of Independent Artists, 1942-44; Artists of Today, 1942-46; Elisabeth Ney Museum, 1943; Northwest Printmakers, 1944, 1946-49; Laguna Beach Art Association, 1945-47, 1949; National Association of Women Artists, 1945-50, (prize, 1946); Library of Congress, 1946-47; Museum of Modern Art Traveling Exhibition, 1945-47; Carnegie Institute, 1947; Serigraph Gallery, 1946, 1951 (solo); American Color Print Society, 1947-52; Newark Museum, 1947-48, 1951; California State Library, 1947, 1949; National Serigraph Society, 1949 (prize), 1950 (prize); University of Chile, 1950; New Jersey State Museum, 1950; Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1951; and the Main Gallery, NY, 1952.
Van Blarcom’s work is represented in the collections of the Newark Public Library, the U.S. Library of Congress; the American Association of University Women; the New York Public Library; Tel-Aviv Museum, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Princeton Print Club...
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1940s American Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Original Vintage Air France Poster Extreme Orient by Lucien Boucher 1946 - RARE
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This stunning vintage Air France travel poster, Orient – Extrême-Orient, was created in 1949 by artist Lucien Boucher, whose imaginat...
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1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bayros-Mappe III - Héliogravu by Fraz von Bayros - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
Héliogravure on japanese paper realized by Fraz von Bayros in 1913 for Ex Libris Verlag K. Th. Senger, Munich.
Mounted on passepartout. Edition of 260, hand signed in pencil by the ...
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1910s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure
Nude Styling Herself - Original etching, 1943
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre DIGNIMONT
Nude Styling Herself
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch)
Printed in Haasen w...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Altar of the Fatherland - Etching by Antonio Carbonati - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Altar of the Fatherland is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Carbonati in 1947.
Black and white etching
Includes passepartout
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin
Original title: Altare della Patria Campidoglio - Palatino dai balconi di casa Carcano sul Colle Aventino
Good conditions except for yellowing of paper.
Antonio Carbonati (1893 - 1956). He published a series of engravings of...
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1940s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Villon, Le Cheval, Composition, Du cubisme (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin du Lana Papiers Spéciaux pure rag paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Du Cubisme, 1947. Published by Compagnie Français...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Original Over the Top for You Third Liberty Loan vintage World War 1 lithograph
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: Over the Top for You; artist Sidney Riesdenberg, 1917, World War 1 original antique lithograph poster. Very good /...
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1910s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Matisse, Série P, var. 6 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Matisse, Série P, var. 3 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Matisse, Série O, var. 17 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig;...
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1910s Modern Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Paper
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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The forever-rebellious Japanese artist craftily defaces famous Edo Period woodblock prints with “In the Floating World.”