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Prints and Multiples For Sale
Period: 1930s
Color:  Brown
Circa 1935 Original poster La France ignorée - Mazamet - Courniou - Devèze cave
Located in PARIS, FR
The Devèze cave (or Palais de la Fileuse de verre) is located in the commune of Courniou in the Hérault, between Saint-Pons-de-Thomières and Labastide-Rouairoux. In addition to the cave, the site hosts the first museum of #speleology. The discovery of the cave dates back to 1886. It was during the construction of the Mazamet-Bédarieux railroad that crossed the town of Courniou that the first entrance to the cave was discovered. The entrance, called the Gallery of Discovery, is located seven meters above the ground, in front of the old train...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Folk Dancers, Skansen
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Folk Dancers, Skansen Image: 24.6 x 19.0 cm Mount: 37.3 x 31.0 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Engraving

A Lizard and a Sphinx!
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
A Lizard and a Sphinx! Image: 25.0 x 16.7 cm Mount: 37.8 x 28.3 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Engraving

Original Vintage Poster Telegraph British Marconi Radio Modernism Map Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - Telegraph British Canada via Imperial or via Empiradio USA via Marconi British Capital British Enterprise British Labour - featuring a great des...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Military Poster Troupes Metropolitaines Cavalry Arc De Triomphe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster issued by the Ministry of War of the French Republic - Join re-join the Metropolitan Troops / Republique Francaise Ministere de la Guerre Engagez-vous Rengagez-vous dans les Troupes Metropolitaines - featuring artwork by the French war correspondent and illustrator Georges Scott (1873-1943) depicting cavalry soldiers on horses riding next to army motorcyclists and a tank driving past army troops and flags in front of the historic Arc de Triomphe in Paris...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Czechoslovakia Jicin Prachov Rocks Tourism Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising tourism to Czechoslovakia - Visit the town of Jicin and the Prachov Rocks / Prachovske Skaly - featuring a stunning aerial illustration of ...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel - Etching by Lino Bianchi Barriviera - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Lalibela is an etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1939. Hand-signed in pencil. In very good conditions. The artwork represents a picturesque scenery in Lalibe...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Fishing Lures Shop Window Display Print
Located in New York, NY
Original pochoir-process print (hand-colored stencil) over lithograph entitled " Presentation D'Articles Pour De Peche." From "Etalages 1939." by A. Manera. Paris, Editions "Art & A...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Elderly Woman - Xilograph by Lorenzo Viani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Elderly Woman is an original xilograph on brownish paper, realized by the Italian Artist Lorenzo Viani in 1930ca. Monogram of the artist on the lower ri...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Minna Citron, Heifer
Located in New York, NY
This subject, Heifer, relates to Citron's mural project focusing on the Tennessee Valley Authority. It is signed, dated, and annotated 'Etch.' in pencil.
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1930s Ashcan School Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Portrait of D’Annunzio - 1930s - Mino Maccari - Drawing - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of D’Annunzio is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Passpartout included 49.5 x 35 cm. Good conditions except for...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Ink

Street
By Henri Verge Sarrat
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions : 19 x 25 cm. Signed and dated on plate. Includes passepartout (34 x 49 cm).
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Joseph Nuyttens Teddy Roosevelt Etching
Located in San Francisco, CA
Josef Nuyttens: 1885-1960. Listed Belgian-American artist. This realistic etching of Theodore Roosevelt measures 16 inches high by 10 wide. There is a scratch below his chin see last...
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1930s American Realist Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original Vintage Travel Poster Bandol Cote d'Azur French Riviera Art Deco Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Cote d'Azur ete Bandol hiver Le pays du soleil et des fleurs / French Riviera summer winter The land of sun and fl...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Nord Air Express Air France Sabena Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Nord Air Express Air France Sabena featuring an Art Deco design showing a tri-engine propeller plane flying at speed over a map of Euro...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Guernsey Sunshine Island Walter Spradbery
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster for Guernsey Sunshine Island featuring colourful artwork by Walter E. Spradbery (1889-1969) depicting a people enjoying a day relaxing and sunbat...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Circa 1930 Original colonial poster - Jeunes gens allez aux colonies
By Charles Yray
Located in PARIS, FR
The poster by Charles Yray, bearing the compelling message "Jeunes Gens qui Hésitez sur le Choix d'une Situation, Allez aux Colonies" (Young people who hesitate about choosing a care...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Valentine's Brook The First Time Around In The Grand National Of 1932 At Aintree
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic Paul Desmond Brown (1893-1958) pencil signed (LR) colour sporting plate of 'Valentine's Brook the First Time Around in the Grand National of 1932 at Aintree' made especially ...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

French Art Exhibition Poster by Raoul Dufy, Modernist Lithograph, 1959
Located in Chicago, IL
"Exposition d'Art Français" features a busy, dreamy depiction of the French countryside in a very loose style. Created by Raoul Dufy as the poster for an exhibition held in Kaunas, L...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage Travel Poster Alcala University Madrid Spain PNT Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the Spanish national tourist board Patronato Nacional del Turismo PNT - Alcala de Henares Cradle of Cervantes Renaissance University / Cuna D...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Circa 1930 Original travel poster - Krakow Polish State Railways
Located in PARIS, FR
"Stefan Norblin 🇵🇱 (1892- 1952) was a versatile artist with a mastery of the Art Deco style, known in his day for his paintings, posters, illustrations and theater costumes, as wel...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Brighton Come Down London Seaside Resort
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster for Brighton Come down and see me sometime! Stunning design featuring a smiling lady wearing a fashio...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

'Scheherazade', Académie Julian, Venice Biennale, Carnegie Prize, NYMOMA, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed in pencil, lower right, 'Jacques Villon' (French, 1875-1963) and with number and limitation, '19/150', lower left. Additionally signed in plate, lower left, 'Jacques Villon', ...
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1930s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Aquatint

Original Vintage Travel Poster Asturias Spain Cantabrian Mountains Shepherd Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Asturias in Spain featuring an illustration by the Spanish artist Jose Morell (1899-1949) depicting a farmer with his dog by his side h...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C. Etching & Aquatint, c. 1930 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Annotated "Trial Proof" in pencil lower left co...
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1930s American Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Original Vintage Travel Poster The Continent LMS Southern Railways Art Deco GWR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco travel poster - The Continent - issued by the Great Western Railway GWR, London Midland & Scottish Railway LMS, London & North Eastern Railway LNER and Southern Railway to promote their joint train and ferry services to mainland Europe from the UK. Stunning artwork by W. Smithson Broadhead...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original poster of a Carlist soldier made around 1935 by Arlaiz
Located in PARIS, FR
A very nice poster of a Carlist soldier made around 1935 by Arlaiz. Carlism represents the Spanish legitimist political movement that emerged in the 1830s...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Swan, French antique natural history bird chromolithograph illustration print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cygne Domestique - Cygne Sauvage - Cygne de Bewick' French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of ...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Going to Market, Jamaica
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Going to Market, Jamaica Image: 24.0 x 14.0 cm Mount: 36.8 x 25.8 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Engraving

Northern Shoveler, French antique bird duck art illustration print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Canard Souchet' (Northern Shoveler) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations o...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Common Eider, French antique natural history bird duck art illustration print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Canard Eider - Canard Chipeau' (Common Eider) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illus...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Paris All The Way To Europe French Line
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - Paris all the way to Europe When you board any French Line ship you step right into Paris itself! French Line CGT Bits of France afloat. Stunning design featuring the SS Paris (launched 1916) ocean liner sailing at sea with a crescent moon and images of the main landmarks and other historic monuments in Paris including the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Basilica of the Sacred Heart / Sacre-Coeur in Montmartre and Eiffel Tower against the dramatic orange shaded sky background and a cityscape of the City of Lights below. Known as the Aristocrat of the Atlantic the SS France...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Circa 1930 Original poster advertising the Weref tea
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice poster to promote Weref tea. Made around the 1930s. "Connoisseurs drink Weref tea." Asia - Advertising - Gastronomy Weref Tee
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Original Vintage Soviet Poster USSR Agricultural Exhibition Intourist Design Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster issued by the Soviet State travel monopoly Intourist in 1939 celebrating the opening of the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (Всесоюзная Сельско-Хозяйственна...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Parador De Oropesa Toledo Spain Castle Design Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the Spanish national tourist board Patronato Nacional del Turismo PNT for the historic stone castle of Oropesa in Toledo Spain featuring scen...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Asturias Covadonga PNT Basilica Santa Maria Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the Spanish national tourist board Patronato Nacional del Turismo PNT for the ancient mountain area in north west Spain - The Asturias its la...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Palacete De La Moncloa Palace PNT Madrid Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the Spanish national tourist board Patronato Nacional del Turismo PNT following the restoration of the Moncloa Palace in 1929 and re-opening ...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

In Ancient Tunis
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
In Ancient Tunis Image: 23.0 x 15.2 cm Mount: 35.7 x 26.8 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Engraving

Snaffles: 'The Timber Merchant' 1930s lithograph signed in pencil
Located in London, GB
To see our other hunting prints and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search. Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne (1884-1967) The Timber Merchant (c. 1932) Lithograph 47 x 43 cm Signed in pencil...
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1930s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Chion-in Temple Gate' from 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms' — Jizuri Seal
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hiroshi Yoshida, 'Chion-in Temple Gate (Sunset)' from the series 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms (Sakura hachi dai: Sakura mon)', color woodblock print, 1935. Signed in brush 'Yoshida' and in pencil 'Hiroshi Yoshida'. A superb, early impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet with margins, on cream Japan paper; an area of slight toning in the top right sheet corner, not affecting the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Marked with a jizuri (self-printed) seal, upper left margin. Self-published by the artist. Image size 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (444 x 375 mm); sheet size 10 7/8 x 16 inches (276 x 406 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Provenance: M. Nakazawa, Tokyo. Literature: Japanese Landscapes of the 20th century (Hotei Publishing calendar), 2001, May. Collections: Honolulu Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ABOUT THE IMAGE Located in Kyoto, Chionin is the main temple of the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism, one of the most popular Buddhist sects in Japan, having millions of followers. The Sanmon Gate, Chionin's entrance gate, standing 24 meters tall and 50 meters wide, it is the largest wooden temple gate in Japan and dates back to the early 1600s. Behind the gate, a wide set of stairs leads to the main temple grounds. ABOUT THE ARTIST Painter and printmaker Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Japanese 'shin hanga' (New Print) movement. Yoshida was born as the second son of Ueda Tsukane in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, a schoolteacher from an old samurai family. In 1891 he was adopted by his art teacher Yoshida Kasaburo in Fukuoka and took his surname. In 1893 he went to Kyoto to study painting, and the following year to Tokyo to join Koyama Shotaro's Fudosha private school; he also became a member of the Meiji Fine Arts Society. These institutions taught and advocated Western-style painting, greatly influencing Yoshida’s artistic development. In 1899 Yoshida had his first American exhibition at Detroit Museum of Art (now Detroit Institute of Art), making the first of many visits to the US and Europe. In 1902 he helped reorganize the Meiji Fine Arts Society, renaming it the Taiheiyo-Gakai (Pacific Painting...
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1930s Showa Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Mrs. Hezekiah Brown
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Mrs. Hezekiah Brown Image: 19.0 x 11.2 cm Mount: 31.8 x 23.0 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Engraving

Zebra and foal by Orovida Pissarro - Animal etching
Located in London, GB
Zebra and foal by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968) Etching 20 x 17.3 cm (7⁷/₈ x 6³/₄ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1938 Titled lower middle and numbered 4/50 lower right ...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Mediterranean Calm
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Mediterranean Calm Image: 25.0 x 18.2 cm Mount: 37.8 x 29.8 cm Wood engraving 1932 Condition: Slight foxing One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert...
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1930s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Wood, Engraving

1932 Original poster by Odin Rosenvinge for the Franconia - Cunard Line
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster by Odin Rosenvinge a British artist born in 1880 for the Cunard Line. Announcing a specific departure date, January 23, this atmospheric r...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Original poster of a Carlist soldier made around 1935 by Arlaiz
Located in PARIS, FR
A very nice poster of a Carlist soldier made around 1935 by Arlaiz. Carlism represents the Spanish legitimist political movement that emerged in the 1830s. It is a movement that cla...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

PORTRAIT OF MOISES SAENZ.
Located in Portland, ME
Siqueiros, David Alfaro (Mexican, 1896-1974). PORTRAIT OF MOISES SAENZ. Lithograph, 1931. Edition of 50. Publshed by Weyhe Gallery, New York, and printed by George Miller. Signed in pencil. 21 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches, 545 x 410 mm. (image), 28 1/4 x 23 inches, 718 x 583 mm. (sheet). In very good condition aside from two vary small abraded areas at the bottom right of the image. This is one of several portrait heads of distingushed Mexican public figures that Siqueiros did in lithography which were published by Weyhe. Most of them share the characteristic of making the head the entire composition, creating the effect of monumental sculpture. Moises Saenz was an educator who was influenced by the theories and philosophy of John Dewey.
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Vintage Road Safety Propaganda Poster Obey The Traffic Art Deco Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage road safety propaganda poster - Obey the traffic officer He watches over your life / Obeeix l'agent de trafic Ell vetlla per la teva vida. Great Art Deco design depicting a traffic policeman in uniform holding out one arm as a man in a suit and cap crosses the road showing a white arrow on the ground and a tram and classic Rolls Royce car...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Low Country (South Carolina)
Located in Middletown, NY
An enchanting Southern landscape by the mother of the Charleston Renaissance, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner(1883-1979) Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper, 6 15/16 x 5 1/16 inches (175 x 128 mm), full margins. Signed, titled and numbered 72/100 in pencil, lower margin. Uniform age tone, minor surface soiling. A rich and inky impression of a magical southern landscape with figure tilling soil under Spanish moss covered oaks. A native of Charleston, South Carolina...
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1930s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Original poster by Maggie Salcedo - La descente en luge
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful original poster of Maggie Salcedo representing the descent in sled. Maggie Salcedo (1890-1959) was a French Art Deco painter and illustrato...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Pheasant, French antique natural history bird art illustration print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of birds. 195mm by 265mm (sheet)
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Plate 20 from "Formes et Couleurs"
Located in New York, NY
Plate 20 from "Formes et couleurs; vingt planches en couleurs contenant soixante-sept motifs décoratifs" by Auguste H. Thomas. Paris: A. Levy, Librarie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, circa...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

1930s Art Deco style poster to celebrate 100 years of Schmidt wool - German
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful Art Deco style poster to celebrate 100 years of Schmidt wool. Schmidt wool was a German wool brand from the 19th century. Fashion - Art Deco
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

poster of the 30's for the Czechoslovak State Railways - Hluboka Castle
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice poster of the 30's for the Czechoslovak State Railways. You can see the famous Hluboka Castle. Hluboká Castle is a tourist destination in South Bohemia, it is a neo-Gothic castle...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Original Vintage Railway Poster Edinburgh Scotland LNER LMS Cathedral Chapel Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway LMS and London North Eastern Railway LNER for Edinburgh It's Quicker By Rail featuring a great desig...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Australia Canberra Federal Capital & Garden City
By James Northfield
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Canberra Federal Capital & Garden City Australia featuring a stunning scenic view by James Northfield (1888-1973) with a couple in the foreground, ...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Original Vintage PLM Railway Travel Poster Allevard Les Bains Thermal Spa Alps
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Allevard Les Bains Station Thermale Centre D'Excursions / Thermal Spa Excursions Centre issued by the PLM Paris Lyon Mediterranee railway featuring colourful artwork by Jean Julien...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

A Map Of Western Long Island Sound Showing Yacht Clubs, Aids To Navigation...
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic color map/ nautical chart (by Nolf Klep '39) of the North Shore of Long Island Sound for members of the Larchmont Yacht Club (see verso) Image Sz: 1...
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1930s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Nude at Dressing Table
Located in Middletown, NY
Sloan was so fond of this composition that he made a painting after the etching ten years after its completion, in 1943. Completed in Santa Fe, the painting is now housed in the perm...
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1930s American Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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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