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Is a lithograph a real painting?
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No, a lithograph is not a real painting. Lithographs are more painterly than other types of prints but are not actual paintings. Making a lithograph begins by drawing or painting on a stone surface with an oil-based substance. The stone is then covered with water, which is repelled by the oily areas. Oil-based ink is subsequently applied to the wet stone, adhering only to the oily image. The stone is then covered with a sheet of paper and run through a press. Shop a diverse assortment of lithographs on 1stDibs.
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"The Moon" original lithograph
By André Masson
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1938 and published in Paris by Teriade for the art revue Verve (volume 1, number 2). Andre Masson was invited to contribute an original compos...
Category
1930s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: Clairvoyance - Hand signed
numbered. Superflat, Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
CLAIRVOYANCE
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper
Edition number: 185/300
Size: 68 x 68 cm
Observations: Offset lithograph with silver on paper hand ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
$2,900 Sale Price / item
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Grapes, German antique botanical fruit chromolithograph print. Wine interest.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Weintrauben'
(Grapes)
German chromolithograph, circa 1910. Key in German to the varieties at the bottom of the image. Central vertical fold as issued.
245mm by 305mm (sheet)
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Anthropométrie (ANT 83)
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 2001
Edition : 200 ex.
Publisher : T.A.T. Arts, Paris
61.00 cm. x 90.00 cm. 24.02 in. x 35.43 in. (paper)
Not signed
Certificate of authenticity
BFK Rives paper
A few s...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andre Derain, The Two Hangars, 1970 (after)
By André Derain
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled Les deux hangars (The Two Hangars), from the folio Andre Derain entre 1935 et 1949, V (Andre Derain between 1935 and ...
Category
1970s Fauvist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso, The Ostrich, from Natural History, 1970 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled L'Autruche (The Ostrich), from the folio Picasso, Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon, Histoire naturel...
Category
1970s Cubist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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