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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1861-1870...
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1860s Victorian Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman) Poster (Signed)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005) Title: "The Art Wagon Galleries: Fritz Scholder (Reclining Woman)" *Signed by Scholder in purple marker lower right Circa:...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Westhampton /// Contemporary Thomas McKnight Screenprint Hamptons NY Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-) Title: "Westhampton" Portfolio: The Hamptons *Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right Year: 1987 Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white Somerset paper Limited edition: 143/175, (there were also 40 artist's proofs) Printer: Willco Fine Art, New York, NY Publisher: Chalk & Vermilion, New York, NY Sheet size: 21" x 23" Image size: 16" x 18.13" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away in its original green silk boxed portfolio for decades. In mint condition Notes: Numbered by McKnight in pencil lower left. Comes from McKnight's 1987 "The Hamptons" portfolio of twelve screenprints. Artist's copyright stamp lower right on verso. Biography: Thomas McKnight (born 1941) is a U.S. artist. He was born in 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was one of only five art majors. He spent his junior year in Paris. After a year of graduate work in art history at Columbia University, in 1964 McKnight found a job at Time Magazine where he would work for eight years, interrupted by a two-year stint in the U. S. Army in South Korea. In 1972 McKnight left Time, summered on the Greek island of Mykonos, and commenced painting in earnest. In 1979 in Mykonos, McKnight met Renate, a vacationing Austrian student, and married the following year. Throughout the 1980s McKnight’s art, mainly limited edition serigraph prints, became increasingly popular. In 1994 he was commissioned by the White House to paint the first of three images for President Clinton...
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Unité, Planche 10 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Nude Animal
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 10" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: COLORFUL, MIRACLE, SPARKLE Superflat Japanese Pop Art Flowers
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - COLORFUL, MIRACLE, SPARKLE Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing on paper Edition number: 207/300 Size: 71 cm ...
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2010s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Silver

Botanical Painting, Large Diptych of Exotic Flowers, Expressionist Illustration
Located in Barcelona, ES
Venus Trap Bloom is a bold diptych that reimagines botanical forms through vibrant color and dynamic brushwork. Oversized leaves and exotic blossoms—some reminiscent of Venus flytrap...
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2010s Naturalistic Prints and Multiples

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES.. Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstraction
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XIII Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper Edition: 1500 Size: 49,5 x 71 cm Condition: In v...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

64x48" Elvis by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Framin...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Pacific Ocean Currents, Handmade Cyanotype Seascape in Blue, Waves Landscape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Pacific Ocean Currents" is a handmade cyanotype print of rough water texture resembling Pacific Ocean swell. Details: + ...
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2010s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Emulsion, Engraving, Etching

Hollywood Pool House Glow, Exclusive Handmade Cyanotype Print of Blue Patterns
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Hollywood Pool House Glow" shows the shimmering reflections of a Hollywood, California swimming pool. Details: + Title: ...
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2010s Minimalist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Emulsion, Watercolor, Lithograph

"Tribe of Levi" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1962 at the Mourlot atelier for "Jerusalem Windows". This piece was executed by Chagall in preparation for his famous stained-gl...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"The Calm" 40x60 Black & White Photography of Wild Horses Mustangs Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of American Wild Mustangs. "They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom" - Wild Horses 40x60 Unsigned edition Shane...
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

"Panthera Leo" 30x40 - Lion Photography Black & White Photograph, Signed Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of an African Lion. Edition of 50 Signed and numbered Printed on archival paper and using archival inks Framing available. Inquire for rates. Sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 40x60 Signed Photography Cassette Tape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
* SPECIAL 1STDIBS PRICE A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The M...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Birds and Fishes - Facsimile, Ltd /450
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Birds and Fishes, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1943 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 x...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Color

60x40 "King of the Mountain" Black & White Photography, Cougar, Mountain Lion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary photograph of a North American Cougar. 60x40 Edition of 10. Signed by Shane. Printed using only archival papers and inks. UV Coated Framing available. Inquir...
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Gene Autry. by Frank Romero
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Portrait of Gene Autry, by Frank Romero This print was featured in “Dreamland”, the first solo exhibition of a Chicano artist at MOLAA (Museum of Latin American Art). This is the f...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Rene Magritte 'Empire of Light, from the Venice Guggenheim
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of the Magritte painting is the only authorized and approved copy in its current format. It has been sanctioned by the appropriate authorities managing Magritte’s e...
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2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Set of Six Fine Antique British Hand Coloured Botanical Prints, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Six Hand Coloured Botanical Prints/Lithographs and Engravings Published by G. Ridgway, S. Curtis, W. Baxter and W. Fitch Early Mid 19th Century Size: image: 8.5 x 5.5 inches P...
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Early 19th Century Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Color

Yoshitomo Nara - Thinking My Home
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Thinking My Home, 2021 Print on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Wild" 40x60 Fine Art Black and White Photography Wild Horse Mustang
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of a Wild Mustang by Shane Russeck. "They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom" Unsigned print Printed on archival...
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

Mystic Louisiana Marsh Landscape in Blue Tones, Limited Edition Cyanotype Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Exquisite landscape of a "Mystic Louisiana Marsh". Details: + Title: Mystic Louisiana Marsh + Year: 2025 + Edition Size:...
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2010s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype

'Sisters' — Renowned Black American, Harlem Renaissance Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
James Lesesne Wells, 'Sisters', linocut, edition not stated but small, 1928. Signed, titled, and annotated 'imp' in pencil. A fine impression on off-white wove Japan paper, with wide margins (1 7/8 to 3 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Very scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 8 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches (208 x 171 mm); sheet size 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (343 x 273 mm). Exhibition and Literature: 'Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection,' The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland, extensive touring exhibition, 1998-2000. Collections: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (Anacostia Community Museum). ABOUT THE ARTIST “Wells is more than an artist with a deep concern for his fellow man. He carries many of his themes a step further into an apocalyptic world, a world of revelation and shifting lights. … He works on large blocks in a bold free style. … His work has a vigor, therefore, that is not often used in the medium today.” —Jacob Kainen (painter, critic, and collector) from Richard J. Powell’s 1986 essay Phoenix Ascending: The Art of James Lesesne Wells. James Lesesne Wells was an American painter, printmaker, educator, and pioneering figure of the Harlem Renaissance, whose work established a vital connection between African heritage, modernist form, and African American cultural identity. Known for his innovative use of linoleum and woodblock printing, Wells played a key role in shaping 20th-century African American art and inspired countless students throughout his lengthy career as a teacher at Howard University. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Wells' early exposure to the arts came through church and community, where African American cultural traditions were central. He pursued formal artistic training at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania (earning a B.A. in 1924), followed by studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation, where he encountered European modernists as well as traditional African sculpture, which profoundly influenced his style. Wells moved to New York in the late 1920s, swiftly immersing himself in the lively artistic and intellectual scene of Harlem. There, he became associated with artists, writers, and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, contributing to the growth of Black cultural identity. Considered a mentor to many famed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, Wells served as director of a summer art workshop in Harlem where his assistants included Charles Alston, Jacob Lawrence, and Palmer Hayden...
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1920s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Pool Diver - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
David HOCKNEY Pool Diver, 1972 Original lithograph Signature printed in the plate On paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 REFERENCES : Bri...
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1970s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol 'Moonwalk' 1992 Vintage Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moonwalk is one of Andy Warhol's most iconic late works, celebrating the triumph of the Apollo 11 mission and mankind's first steps on the lunar surface in 1969. This offset lithogra...
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1990s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Artist and Model Howard Hodgkin abstracted orange and black watercolor gouache
Located in New York, NY
Large black and marigold orange abstract interior scene of a bust in front of a window with fingerprints and painterly brushstrokes. Rich color and texture ideal for hanging in minim...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Gouache, Etching

Light Up!
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Carla Sutera Sardo was born in Agrigento in 1983. She studied law and graduated in 2011. During her university career, she became interested in photography, thus s...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

Marilyn Monroe-Platinum, Marilyn Monroe artwork, Celebrity Art
Located in Manchester, GB
David Studwell, Marilyn Monroe-Platinum Screen Print with Diamond Dust 70 x 90 cm (27.56 x 35.43 in) Edition of 30 Hand-signed by the artist David Studwell’s Marilyn Monroe – Plati...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Light Up I!
Located in New York, NY
PACKAGING: 30x40" and 40x60" prints are shipped in a special fortified tube to guard against bending or damage. Framed 30x40" prints are shipped via FedEx in a bespoke cardboard box ...
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

TieBreak - Werner Bronkhorst
Located in London, GB
Werner Bronkhorst TieBreak, 2025 Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photorag paper with ready-to-hang heavyweight solid oak frame. From the artist's acclaimed Wimbledon series. Accompanied b...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

Yoshitomo Nara - Lollipop
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Lollipop Print on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Salon des Artistes Decorateurs" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). This poster was executed in 1939 by Raoul Dufy. The lithograph offered here was printed by Mourlot in 1959, reproducing the...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Raskolnikow" original linocut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original linoleum cut. Printed in 1920 for Das Kunstblatt, and published in Berlin by Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer. Image size: 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches (160 x 105mm). Sheet size: 1...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

The Drugs Don’t Work - Giant Signed Limited Edition Pop Art Print
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don’t Work by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of the 1960s supermodel Twiggy signed & limited edition. Giant 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size signed and n...
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2010s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Archival Pigment

"Congress of People for Peace" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Picasso created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Freres. The...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Door - Lariat Motel, Nevada - Cinematic Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
From Richard Heeps Dream in Color series a cinematic scene, a doorway in a motel in Nevada on an American road trip. Warm evening sunlight glows casting shadows across the picture. ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cat and Bird at the Sunset - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Guillaume Corneille (1922-2010) Cat and Bird at the Sunset, 1991 Original color lithograph Signed and dated in pencil Artist proof On vellum, 53 x 76 cm (c. 21 x 30 in) Very good ...
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1990s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Art Graphique" lithograph poster
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the original lithograph poster). During the late 1940's and throughout the 1950's, Miro created a series of posters at the atelier of Mourlot Freres. The li...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: M 233. Printed in 1956 at the Mourlot atelier and published in Paris by Maeght for the Jacques Prévert catalogue. Sheet size: 9 x 14...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

(after) Charles Lapicque lithograph "Homage to Dufy"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the watercolor). Charles Lapicque was one of the artists who contributed compositions to Marcelle Oury's "Lettre à mon peintre" in homage to Raoul Dufy. Thi...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Femme nue couchée (tournée à droite)" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1909 for Theodore Duret's "Die Impressionisten" and published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer. This impression on laid paper bears the Fortuna waterm...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Jean-Paul Riopelle 'Composition IX-160' 1966- Lithograph, Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Composition IX-160 is a first edition lithograph published on page 7 of Derrière Le Miroir (DLM) No. 160. This piece, more abstract in nature compared to other works by Jean-Paul Rio...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Diego Rivera 'Women with Flowers and Vegetables'- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In "Women with Flowers and Vegetables," Rivera celebrates the resilience and strength of Mexican women, who have historically played a crucial role in sustaining their families and c...
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Late 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, The Arrival of Spring, 2011 Printed on 250gsm Novatech, gloss-coated paper. FSC certified, ECF pulp Unframed: 23 x 33 cm (9.05 × 12.99 in) Framed: 36.5 x 46 cm (14.37...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Giclée

"Salomé" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). This pochoir illustrates a scene from Oscar Wilde's "Salomé". It was printed in 1938 at the atelier Saudé of Paris and published by The Limited E...
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1930s Fauvist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Sunday on the Narragansett
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Julio Larraz is an expert draftsman, adroitly sketching his subjects and enlivening them with vibrant color. Larraz is recognized for his precise and detailed techn...
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Early 2000s Prints and Multiples

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Photographic Paper

"Apparition at the Border of Language"
Located in Lyons, CO
This print presents a fictitious encounter between contemporary colonial forces and Native Americans who are defenders of immigrant refugees and displaced populations. The artist de...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

They were in Forty Pairs, Thus Numbering Fourscore
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887–1985) They were in Forty Pairs, Thus Numbering Fourscore…, Plate 2 from Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, 1948 Original lithograph on paper Hand-signed and numbe...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The 156, Painter Drawing is Model - Original Etching, Signed (Baer #1876)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Series 156, Painter Drawing is Model (plate 16), 1978 Original etching (Crommelynck workshop) Signed with stamp Justified HC B/C On vellum, 63 x 76 cm (c. ...
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1970s Cubist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

WARHOL & HARING - Jazz, Dancing on Music Sheet - Screenprint Poster, Montreux
Located in Paris, IDF
Andy WARHOL and Keith HARING Jazz, Dancing on Music Sheet, 1986 Screenprint Printed signature in the plate On heavy paper 100 x 70 cm (c. 40 x 28 in) Created by Haring for the Montr...
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1980s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Hand painted Edition#1-The Night-British Awarded Artist-Plein Air in the night
Located in London, GB
Sunset Song – The Night stands as one of the most iconic works featured in Modern Ancient – Summer Exhibition at GSY Studio Gallery, UK, 2025.—this Limited Edition ( only 5 available...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée

"Church at Bougival" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph. This lithograph (after the Vlaminck painting) was printed in Paris in 1958 by the Mourlot atelier, and published by Andre Sauret in an edition of 2000. The image ...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hand-Painted Canvas Proof-Purple Misty Alliums-British Awarded Artist-One Off
Located in London, GB
This Artist's Proof is 90% hand-painted with original oil and gesso by artist Shizico Yi on Giclee made on canvas from her original oil painting. Each Proof is unique and hand paint...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Giclée

Henri Matisse 'A Thousand and One Nights' 1950 Mid Century
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This framed piece features an estate-authorized 1999 reproduction of Henri Matisse’s One Thousand and One Nights (Les Mille et Une Nuits), originally created in 1950 during the artis...
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1990s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Robert Longo Gretchen #2 from Men in the Cities Pop Art Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking and instantly recognizable, Gretchen is an original poster designed and created by Robert Longo as part of his iconic Men in the Cities series. Published in 1991 in collabor...
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Jan Voss 'Roland Garros French Open' 1992- Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Official poster designed and created for the tennis tournament held at Roland Garros French Open every year. The poster is a limited edition of 2000. First edition, unsigned and not ...
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1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Offset

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed on buff colored thin wove paper and published in Milan in 1958 by Groupe Espace for the very rare Documenti d'arte d'oggi. Size: 12 3/8 x 8 1/2 i...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Room 408 - Collector Portfolio # 1 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Room 2 - Collector Portfolio # 5 out 7 - 12 Fine Art Prints Nude photography
Located in Brussels, BE
His series "Room" or "My carnival" evokes the fantasy of the mistress, fetishist eroticism, 5 to 7, free fantasy. Eric produces erotic art without ever biting into porn-chic always b...
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2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Rag Paper, Archival Pigment

Yoshitomo Nara - Dream Time
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Dream Time, 2021 Print on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
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2010s Prints and Multiples

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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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