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Champignons, French antique mushroom chromolithograph, 1910
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'37 Tricholoma saponaceum 38 Tricholoma terreum' Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et B...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Lithograph

Orange Tulip Color Monotype Signed
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Orange Tulip Color Monotype, handmade archival paper, pencil signed and titled paper size 40.5x31 inches with frame 49x38.5x1/25 printed: Joseph M. Segura of the Print Research Facility, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Wielding bold colors and abstract shapes, Fritz Scholder forever changed the way the world saw American Indians in art. Scholder was one-quarter Luiseño, a Southern California tribe, but was raised as white, a dichotomy that later would inform the themes of his artwork. Interested in art from an early age, he moved to Sacramento in 1957 and enrolled first at Sacramento City College, where he studied under Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud, and then at Sacramento State College. He had his first solo exhibition and sold his first major painting in Sacramento, but after graduating struggled to support himself and his family. Then came the welcome news that he had received a full scholarship to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Southwest Indian Art...
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1980s Modern Still-life Prints

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Monotype

Flowering Spurge: 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Esula seu Tithyinalus Africanus SpinosusCera Effigie, B. Esula seu Ti...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Eulophia Virens, antique orchid botanical lithograph print, 1866
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eulophia Virens – Greenish Eulophia' Orchid lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1866, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). Native orchid of Sri Lanka a...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Destinations (Flatiron Bidg, 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Destinations", Frederick Mershimer creates an image of taxis rushing by the Fuller Building, better known as Flatiron Building. The building is only six feet wide at its rounded...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

Calder, Sans titre, Musée National d Art Moderne, Paris (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Calder. Published and printed by Musée National d'A...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Still Life with Pears and Grappes - Original lithograph, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice BRIANCHON Still Life with Pears and Grappes Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 75 On Arches vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) Very good condition, light f...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Fleurs #1 - Ipomée (sweet potato), one of 4 flowers by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This Ipomée (sweet potato) is one of a series of beautifully rendered flowers by Franco-Iranian artist Marjan Seyedin. Marjan has a contemporary and...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching

Arp, Composition, Arp: On My Way (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, The Documents of Modern Art. Arp: On My Way, Poetry And Essays 1912 - 1...
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

Anemone per Anti-Pasti, Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989) Title: Anemone per Anti-pasti (Anemone of the Toreador) Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph with embossing on heavy Arches paper, signed and nu...
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Primula Verticillata Var. Sinensis, antique botanical flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1873, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). 235mm by 145mm (sheet) Walter Hood Fitch was a Scottish botan...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Gladiolus Carneus - Henry Andrews antique botanical pink flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Gladiolus Carneus - Flesh-coloured Gladiolus' Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Africa. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botani...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

"Still Life"
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful modernist aquatint etching was realized by the esteemed Indian artist Kaiko Moti, circa 1975. It offers an abstracted and stylized tree branch (presumably that of a Ch...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Aquatint

Nature Morte, Modern Offset Lithograph by Georges Braque
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georges Braque, French (1882 - 1963) - Nature Morte, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Image Size: 7.5 x 6 inches, Size: 13.5 x 10 in. (34.29 x 25.4 cm)
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder I, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Juan Gris (1887–1927), titled Le Moulin a Cafe I (The Coffee Grinder I), from the folio Au Soleil du Plafond (In the Sunlight of the Ceiling), origina...
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1950s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Red Geranium: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Red Geraniums which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Geranium Anemones folio Af...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Magritte, Composition, Les chants de Maldoror (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin papier pur chiffon paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Les chants de Maldoror, illustrat...
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1940s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

In the moment 1, stylised abstract landscape, limited edition print
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Allen In The Moment 1 Limited edition giclée print, edition of 50, 100 x 98 cm. Signed, editioned and titled by the artist in pencil. If brought online, prints will be rolled and sent in a tube. Katie captures the seasonal changes within each artwork, focussing particularly on the colours and smaller details. when viewed as a whole her paintings are of recognisable landscapes and natural forms – trees and plants, insects and birds – but on closer inspection become detailed abstract patterns composed of intricate designs. “As well as numerous western artists, I am greatly influenced by Indian art and architecture, calligraphy, Arabic art...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Giclée

Floral Bouquet, Silkscreen by Nadine Prado
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nadine Prado Title: Flower Bouquet Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, 25 AP Paper Size: 30 in. x 30 in. (76.2 cm x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Still Night (spooky Brooklyn brownstones on 7th Ave off Flatbush Ave)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Still Night", Frederick Mershimer depicts a row of brownstone houses on Seventh Avenue near Flatbush Avenue between Park and Stirling Places. Mershimer remembers that as he was ...
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1980s American Modern Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Laurent Durieux Halloween Silkscreen Print Contemporary Street Art Michael Myers
Located in Draper, UT
This art print by Laurent Durieux is a rare find for any Halloween enthusiast. Signed by the artist and numbered out of 500, this print is an original piece produced using screen pr...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Zhiyong Jing Silkscreen Print "Aerobic" Edition of 100
Located in Draper, UT
Zhiyong Jing's "Aerobic/Limited" is a captivating limited edition print that showcases the essence of dynamic movement and vibrant energy. This 46 x 53.4...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Mid-Century Modernist Mezzotint Still Life by Tomoe Yokoi
Located in New York, NY
This serene Mid-Century Modernist Mezzotint Still Life by Tomoe Yokoi originates from the United States, Circa 1970. This quiet scene depicts a still life on a round table with a da...
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1970s Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Night Flowers (A), 2003, Screenprint by Yayoi Kusama (ABE 314)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yayoi Kusama Night Flowers (2003) Screenprint [23 screens, 24 colors, 24 runs] image 28 x 66.3 cm sheet 42.8 x 80 cm framed 51 x 89 x 5 cm ed. 120, AP 12, PP5 paper Kakita-shi printer Okabe Tozuko Provenance: Mainichi Auction Tokyo Japan Publications: A specimen of the same edition is represented in full page at plate 314 of the Catalogue Raisonné of Kusama's prints: "Yayoi Kusama Prints 1979...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Rene Magritte Le Seize Septembre 1998
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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1990s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Offset

Between Photography Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Limited edition of 15, art print. Signed by the author. Picture taken in public transportation.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Grenade et Pipe from the Espace Portfolio
Located in Kansas City, MO
Georges Braque (after) Title: Grenade et Pipe from the Espace Portfolio Year: 1957 Year of Original: 1932 Medium: Pochoir (pigment print) on Richard de Bas, signed in the plate Edit...
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1950s Fauvist Still-life Prints

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Pigment

Jonas Wood, Bonsai - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Still Life
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Bonsai, 2021 Medium: 13-color screen print on rising museum board Dimensions: 71.1 × 58.4 cm (28 × 23 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

ECLIPSE Signed Lithograph, Celestial Portrait, Shrouded Moon, Midnight Blue Sky
Located in Union City, NJ
ECLIPSE is a rarely seen, hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on arch...
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1990s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Poppy 10
Located in Deddington, GB
Mary Knowland. Poppy 10- this is a poppy print in acrylic paint made in 2014 as part of a series of works It is a unique mono print Signed bottom right Mary Knowland 2014 This work i...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Prints

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Paper, Monoprint

Misty June Wildflowers ( 24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
The flowers use in this unique monotype are called Coronaria Alba in Latin or by their common name Rose Campion. They grow 2 feet tall with velvety gray-green leaves and white petals...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Blue Still Life
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Blue Still Life Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir 99-100 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1957 Edition: 2500 Frame Size: 19 1/2" x 17 3/4" Sheet Size: 15" x 11" Signa...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

sisterhood , 70x70cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
sisterhood , 70x70cm, print on canvas Edition 20 pcs.
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Canvas, Color

The Four Seasons - Spring, original, contemporary, landscape, print, silkscreen
Located in Deddington, GB
Silkscreen Image Size H 50 x 66cm Framed Size H 73 x 88cm Edition of 100 Image size: Height: 50cm (19.69 in) Width: 66cm (25.98 in) Complete size of sheet (sheet sizes may vary) He...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper

Robert Béenard (1734-1794) - 18th Century Engraving, Le Pivre Le Betel
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a simple mahogany frame and cream mount. On wove.
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Early 18th Century Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Green Stripes
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Fine Art Print, belongs to a collection "STRIPES". Limited edition of 10.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper, Color, Digital Pigment

Harvest Flowers, Modern Screenprint by George Lockwood
Located in Long Island City, NY
George Lockwood, American (1929 - 1969) - Harvest Flowers, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 1/20, Image Size: 18 x 2...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Screen

Flowering Eucalyptus I ( 30 x 21.5 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this may look like a woodcut or screen print, it is a kind of photography. Cyanotypes are a 19th century alternative (cameraless) photographic process. This monotype was print...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Pajaro (Green Lamp), Pop Art Serigraph by John Grillo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Grillo, American (1917 - 2014) Title: Kaleidoscope I Year: 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 29.5 x 22 inches ...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Purple Irises on Red
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz Purple Irises on Red 2023 Archival pigment ink print, on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76 cm) unframed Signed and numbered edition of 100 Alex Kat...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Full Window
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
These days are also bringing "full windows", happily full with books. Done during a city walk. Hope you like the look, limited edition of 15. Signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Blue Stripes
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, belongs to a collection "STRIPES". Limited edition of 10. Signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Curtains, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Curtains Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: HC 10 Image Size: 22 x 26.5 inches Size: 26 ...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Original Spain Stiges vintage travel poster linen-backed
Located in Spokane, WA
Josep (Jose) Morell is a name that often surfaces in discussions of mid-century Spanish travel and poster art, particularly in the context of Catalan tourism campaigns. While there i...
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1940s Art Deco Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Botanical Healers, still life, flowers, floral
Located in Deddington, GB
Plants are things of beauty, but they have a purpose beyond decoration. This piece invites quiet reflection on human’s relationship with plants. I love history and stories and was in...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Watercolor

Be Yourself Just Be Yourself
Located in Bristol, GB
12 colour screenprint with a two varnish overlay Edition of 125 Signed, numbered and dated on the back Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process. Sold with a...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Maison Romaine, by Francois Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist, edition of 30. This Imaginary building shows the move toward more elaborate landscape images Houtin started doing in the early 1980's. Fr...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching

Robert Béenard (1734-1794) - 18th Century Engraving, Le Quinquina La Casse
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a simple mahogany frame and cream mount. On wove.
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Early 18th Century Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Blocks No 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
Archival Pigment Iris Print. Edition 4/12 with heavy hand coloring. A vibrant work with mixed media worked over the print. Kim Frohsin spend 12 years working on monotype ev's and Iri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Pigment

Gladioli / - The figurativeness of abstraction -
Located in Berlin, DE
Klaus Fußmann (*1938 Velbert), Gladiolen, 1983. Color etching, WVZ 116.5, 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm (depiction), 20 cm x 21 cm (sheet size), signed “Fuß[mann]” in pencil lower right and insc...
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Paper

Hyacinth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hyacinth Color woodcut, 1917-1918 Unsigned From: Seiyo Kusabana Zufu (Illustrations of Western Plants and Flowers) 1st edition Publisher: Unsodo, Kyoto Condition: Centerfold...
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1910s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

40x60 MODONNA "LIKE A VIRGIN" Cassette Photography Pop Art Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a MODONNA "LIKE A VIRGIN" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Large Donald Saff Surrealist Pop Art Aquatint Etching Bee, Chair, Pot
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Donald Saff Medium: Etching with Aquatint, Hand signed and numbered in pencil Donald Jay Saff (born 12 December 1937) is an artist, art historian, educator, and lecturer, sp...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Flight of the Elephant Garlic
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. Most of his mezzotints are tiny, and his subjects are the simplest of everyday objects: an egg, seashell, carrot, potatoes. Simil...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Paper Lanterns
Located in New York, NY
Three-color solar plate intaglio on Somerset paper (Edition of 75 + 15 APs) Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto 30 x 22 inches, sheet 16 x 10.75 inches, image This artwork...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Intaglio

Iris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Iris" 1998 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 109/200 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10 x 9.75 inches, sheet size is 14.75 x 13.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed. About the artist. Born and educated in Cleveland Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for over 25 years. Primarily using the mediums of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik creating colorful floral images of great depth and intensity. Bukovnik collaborates with Trillium Press, whose owner and master printer, David Salgado, studied at the Tamarind Workshop, formerly in Los Angeles. In 2003, the American Academy in Rome invited Bukovnik to attend the academy as a Visiting Artist for six weeks. He was asked to attend a second session in February 2005. In 2001, he was selected to create a poster for the prestigious List Collection, which creates posters to commemorate programs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. Lincoln Center past contributors have included Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray, and Donald Sultan. The work of Gary Bukovnik is held in public and private collections worldwide. Selected Museums Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario The Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Dallas Museum of Art Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Frye Art Museum, Seattle Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Library of Congress, Washington, DC The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis, California The New York Public Library Oakland Museum of California Philadelphia Museum of Art Phoenix Art Museum Portland Art Museum, Oregon Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence San Francisco Museum of Modern Art University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson University of California, Berkeley Art Museum Selected public collections ALZA Corporation, Mountain View ART In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State AT&T, New York Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles BankAmerica Corporation, Charlotte Citigroup, New York Cleveland Institute of Music Clorox Company, Oakland Comerica Bank, Costa Mesa & San Jose H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh Illinois Bell Telephone...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Yellow Lilies on Green, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Yellow Lilies on Green Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 2...
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1980s American Realist Still-life Prints

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Screen

Matisse s Cat, Matisse Style Artwork, Contemporary Animal Print, Blue Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Matisse's Cat is a limited edition hand made print by artist Mychael Barratt which takes inspiration from the paper cutting work of Matisse in the 1940s....
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Still-life Prints

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Paper, Screen

Dahlias
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dahlias Color woodcut, 1939 Unsigned (as usual) Format: oban Publisher: Takemura Hideo Stamp verso: "Made in Japan" Provenance: Robert O. Muller Biography Hodo Nishimura...
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1930s Modern Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

Manolo Huguet - Musée de Céret, Poster, Pablo Picasso, 1957
Located in New York, NY
This original lithographic poster was created for an exhibition of works at the Musée D'Art Moderne in Céret, France, in 1957. This portrait of Spanish Sculptor and Picasso friend, M...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Still-Life Prints and Other Still-Life Wall Art for Sale on 1stDibs

As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, original still-life prints and other still-life wall art can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.

Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, popular still-life prints often feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.

During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these still-life paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers that were the subject of their work.

While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting and printmaking, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.

Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.

Still-life art enthusiasts and collectors of Warhol prints have lots of reasons to love the cultural icon — when Warhol brought the image of a Campbell’s soup can out of the supermarket and into the studio, in 1961, he secured his legacy as a radical contemporary artist. After Warhol painted the soup cans, he realized that he could more readily achieve the mass-produced aesthetic he was seeking with silkscreens, also called screen-prints, and he began experimenting with silkscreening on canvas. He used the technique to print paintings of Coke bottles and dollar bills (both in 1962), as well as his treasured Brillo box sculptures (1964).  

When shopping for a still-life print, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.

On 1stDibs, the collection of still-life prints and other still-life wall art includes works by Jonas Wood, Alex Katz, Nina Tsoriti and many more.

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