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1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Screen
1960s Surrealist More Prints
Lithograph
1960s Surrealist More Prints
Woodcut
1970s Surrealist More Prints
Woodcut
1970s Surrealist More Prints
Woodcut
1970s Surrealist More Prints
Woodcut
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Screen
2010s Abstract More Art
Paper, Ink, Screen
2010s Abstract More Art
Paper, Ink, Screen
2010s Abstract More Art
Paper, Ink, Screen
2010s Abstract More Art
Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
1950s Surrealist More Prints
Etching
1970s Surrealist More Prints
Etching
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Screen
1920s Prints and Multiples
Drypoint, Etching
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Screen
1980s Contemporary Animal Prints
Screen
1920s Modern Abstract Prints
Linocut
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Giclée
1980s American Modern Abstract Prints
Laid Paper, Lithograph
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen, Lithograph
1990s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Lithograph, Pencil
1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Engraving, Etching
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Pencil, Linocut
1930s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Drypoint
1930s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Drypoint
1930s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Drypoint
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Inkjet
Late 20th Century Still-life Prints
Screen
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Etching
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Digital Pigment
1960s Animal Prints
Woodcut
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Color, Etching
1920s Landscape Prints
Etching
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Etching
20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Drypoint
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Etching
1940s Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Paper, Lithograph
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Linocut
1960s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Screen
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Etching, Aquatint
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Paper, Screen
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Paper, Screen
1980s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
1980s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Etching, Drypoint
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Handmade Paper, Etching
1990s Prints and Multiples
Aquatint
1980s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Prints
Screen
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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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