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Alexander Calder, Anteater, from Derriere le Miroir, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Tamanoir (Anteater), originates from the historic 1963 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 141. Published by Maeght Editeu...
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

"The Fern Gatherers" 18th Century Antique Mezzotint Engraving by John R. Smith
Located in Carmel, CA
"The Fern Gatherers" After a painting by George Morland. 1763-1804. - Mezzotint engraving by John Raphael Smith. 1752-1812. Print: 20.75" x 26" - With Frame: 28" x 33.5" Published:...
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Late 18th Century Realist Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint

L Ouie , by Francois Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is one print from a series of 5 that comprised the CINQ JARDINS ,CINQ SENS (five gardens, five senses), with texts and poems by Federico Garcia Lorca. The image relates to soun...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching

Still Life with Eleven Objetcs in a Sphere - Etching by Giorgio Morandi - 1942
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with eleven objetcs in a sphere (Original Italian title: Natura morta in un tondo) is an etching realized by Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) in 1942. Hand numbered Edition 5...
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

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Etching

"Like a Pen VE 4/18" Intaglio, hand colored, tool motifs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Like a Pen VE 4/18" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored etching on Rives BFK with an artist-made frame. This piece is an edi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Like a Pen VE 5/18" Intaglio, hand colored, tool motifs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Like a Pen VE 5/18" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored etching on Rives BFK with an artist-made frame. This piece is an edi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

Still Life Fruit
By Roger Worms
Located in Houston, TX
Bright and colorful lithograph of still life with fruit bowl on tabletop by French artist Roger Worms, circa 1980. Signed lower left. Original artwork ...
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1980s Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Three Vases in Grey-Blue Jasper. Pl. XXXVIII
Located in London, GB
RATHBONE, Frederick Three Vases in Grey-Blue Jasper. Pl. XXXVIII Published by Bernard Quartich, London 1898 Original chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Old Wedgewood, the Decorat...
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1890s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series M, Var. 7, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie M, var. 7 (Series M, Variation 7), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Light through Leaves 2 ( 8 x 8 inch encaustic collage on wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
This encaustic collage is mounted on a birch wood panel with 3/4 deep natural wood sides. The thick transparent slightly frosty encaustic beeswax coating on the front gives it a cool...
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2010s Minimalist Still-life Prints

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Birch, Paper, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel, Monotype, Photogram

Contemporary Portrait Print on Dibond – "The Girlfriend" from The Dinners Series
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"The Girlfriend" (Edition 8 of 25) is a vertical-format contemporary portrait print from The Dinners, a limited edition series by artist Natasha Lelenco. This UV print on Dibond merg...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Metal

Rosh Hashanah 5741 (flower vase for the Jewish New Year) Signed/N Lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Mary Frank Rosh Hashanah 5741, 1980 Lithograph on arches paper with deckled edges Hand signed and numbered 9 from the limited edition of 71 by the artist on the front 15 × 18 inches ...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Sangre de Vida, Pop Art Lithograph and 3-D collage by Rudy Fernandez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rudy Fernandez, American (1948 - ) - Sangre de Vida, Year: 1984, Medium: Lithograph and 3-D collage, signed, numbered, titled and dated in pencil, Edition: 45/75, Size: 31.75 x 2...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Mixed Media, Lithograph

Wine Cooler or Jardiniére in White, and Two Vases in Blue Jasper. Pl. XLI
Located in London, GB
RATHBONE, Frederick Wine Cooler or Jardiniére in White, and Two Vases in Blue Jasper. Pl. XLI Published by Bernard Quartich, London 1898 Original chromolithograph by W. Griggs fr...
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1890s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Sedona, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 056 Subject: Sedona, Framed Size: 17" x 21" x 0.8''inch, 23x53x2cm, Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame. Glass, Plastic Wrapped ...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Paper, Satin Paper, Color

Champignons, French antique mushroom fungi chromolithograph, 1910
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'262. Helvella pityophila 263. Helvella crispa 264. Helvella elastica' Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique,"...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

"La Mer VE 7/8" Intaglio, hand colored, seashell motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "La Mer VE 7/8" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from two-plate intaglio with drypoint, aquatint, and soft ground on Rives BFK. This piece i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Pablo Picasso, Vase of Flowers, from A Visit to Vallauris, 1950 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Vase de fleurs (Vase of Flowers), from the album Une visite a Vallauris (A Visit to Vallauris), originates from the ...
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Scopes
Located in New Orleans, LA
The marriage between the art of science and the art of seeing was cemented by the invention of the lens. It is FIROS #48 in the catalogue raisonne. Carol Wax originally trained to b...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Scopes
Scopes
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Still Life - Offset print after Giorgio Morandi - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an Original vintage offset print, reproducing the original watercolor by Giorgio Morandi in 1973. Signature and date by the artist is perfectly reproduced on plate. ...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Offset

Still life, Fruits and wine - Lithograph, 1971
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul Cezanne Still life, Fruits and wine, 1971 Lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop) Unsigned Numbered / 225 On paper applied on Arches vellum 41.5 x 53.5 cm (c. 16.5 x 21 in) ...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Small Blue Primrose : Original lithograph - Mourlot 1980
Located in Paris, IDF
Bernard BUFFET Small blue primrose Stone lithograph (printed in Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum c. 8 x 6" (20 x 15 cm) REFERENCE : Catalog raisonn...
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1980s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Brainard, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
By Joe Brainard
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 11.937 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the fo...
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1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Morning Light b
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sachi Hayward-Tsutsumi (Japanese/American, 1926-2023) Title: Morning Light b Year: circa 1980 Medium: Color etching Image size: 11.75 x 10.75 inches Framed size: 20.75 x 19 i...
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

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Color, Etching

Summer Trees Diptych (Two hand-printed botanical cyanotypes, 24 x 18" each)
Located in Oakland, CA
This monotype was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of fresh-cut native Californian wild grass. The species of tall marsh grass is called Gray Rush or the lat...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Original La Bretagne Pittoresque Lannion, Chemins de Fer vintage poster on linen
Located in Spokane, WA
Original c. 1930 "La Bretagne Pittoresque Lannion" Vintage French Travel Poster – Rare Art Deco France Wall Décor. Archivally linen-backed and in B+ to A- condition. There was a tear...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

"Like a Pen VE 11/18" Intaglio, hand colored, tool motifs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Like a Pen VE 11/18" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored etching on Rives BFK with an artist-made frame. This piece is an ed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Like a Pen VE 2/18" Intaglio, hand colored, tool motifs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Like a Pen VE 2/18" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored etching on Rives BFK with an artist-made frame. This piece is an edi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Extraordinary Machine VE 5/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Extraordinary Machine VE 5/6" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground and chine colle on Rives BFK. This piece is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

3 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Three plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: XLVIII; XLIX & L. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving

"Amicua Melon" Hand Finished Color Engraving by George Brookshaw
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "Amicua Melon", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate LXXII in hi...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Aquatint

"The Hissing of Summer Lawns", Intaglio Print, Floral Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" is a limited edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground on Rives BFK. This piece is an edition of 9, me...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Casanova : A Pear for Thirst - Original etching (Field #67-4 I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969) Casanova : A Pear for Thirst, 1967 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch) REFERENCES : - Catalog r...
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Etching

"Because the Night VE 1/5" Intaglio, hand colored, floral, orange flames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Because the Night VE 1/5" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from two-plate etching with aquatint, soft ground and relief chine colle on Rive...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio, Aquatint

View Across the Lagoon Venice , Academie Chaumiere, MAM Paris, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Garcia Fons' for Pierre Garcia-Fons (French, 1928-2016), and inscribed lower left, 'Epr. d' Artist' (Epreuve d'Artist / Artist's Proof); also indistinctly inscri...
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1970s Still-life Prints

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

Double Poppies Blue
Located in New York, NY
Double Poppies Blue 2025 
Color silkscreen with enamel inks, flocking and sand on Rising 4-ply museum board 
Sheet size: 52.5 x 30 inches (133 x 76 cm)
 Image size: 48.5 x 26 inches ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Joseph Beuys, Blatt auf Karteikarte, from Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Beuys Blatt auf Karteikarte (from Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow), 1992 Color silkscreen on vellum parchment paper, held in original portfolio sleeve Signed by Eva Beuy...
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1990s Conceptual Still-life Prints

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Vellum, Screen

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: JF Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: CXLI, CXLII, CXIII & CXLIV. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving

Henri Matisse, Series M, Var. 1, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie M, var. 1 (Series M, Variation 1), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Signed and Numbered Small Mayday Flag screenprint from 2010
Located in Draper, UT
Shepard Fairey's "Mayday" - A Narrative of Distress and Hope Edition 439/1000 Signed and dated to lower right Step into the vibrant world of contemporary art with Shepard Fairey's ...
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2010s Still-life Prints

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Screen

Henri Matisse, Series G, Var. 2, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie G, var. 2 (Series G, Variation 2), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

"Tending to a Perishing Bloom", Figurative, Dark Romanticism, Relief Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Tending to a Perishing Bloom" is an original print by Samantha Mendoza and is made by woodcut relief. This piece measures 38"h x 26...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Ink, Woodcut

Gloxinias, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Gloxinias' Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image. Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Orchid
By Nall
Located in New York, NY
Signed edition 71/ 99 Line engraving in Arches paper Image size 19 x 11 1/in Paper size 26 x 19 1/2 in. Matted 29.5 x 21 Inches
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Braque, Composition, Braque Espaces, 13 Dessins, Lavis, Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin papier a la cuve du moulin richard de bas specialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....
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1950s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Florecitas
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this color lithograph entitled “Florecitas” in 1997. This signed impression was acquired directly from the Sanchez estate. Estate stamped on verso....
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Late 20th Century American Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Alexander Calder, The Phrygian Cap, from Derriere le Miroir, 1963
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), titled Le bonnet phrygien (The Phrygian Cap), originates from the historic 1963 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 141. Publishe...
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Black Ballet
Located in Burlingame, CA
Monotype ev edition 1/3 with hand coloring. The plate (image of ballet slippers) is 15 x 14 inches and the overall paper size is 23 1/2 x 22 inches. Kim Frohsin spent 12 years workin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Monotype

Cluster of Grapes in Folded Napkin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cluster of Grapes in Folded Napkin Etching, 2006 Signed and numbered by the artist (see photo) Edition: 25 (8/25), see photo Printed on Hahnemuhle pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Prints

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Etching

Besler Autumn Snowflake and Meadow Saffron Flowers: 17th C. Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Leucoium bulbosum autumnale tenufolium (Autumn Snowflake); Colchicum vulgare Polyanthos; Colchicum biflorum; Colchicum vulgare album; C...
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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints

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Engraving

California Still Life #40
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In 1990, the Cleveland Institute of Music commissioned artist Gary Bukovnik to create a poster featuring his work "California Still Life #40." Bu...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Offset

California Still Life #40
California Still Life #40
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Sennen Cove, Cornwall, Mounted Giclée print, Seaside, Coastal, Beach, Boats, Sun
Located in Deddington, GB
Sennen Cove, Cornwall by Anya Simmons is a limited edition Giclée print that is sold mounted but not framed. The artwork is inspired by magical holidays in Cornwall. Image size with...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Giclée, Paper

Acer Carduus - 18th century Weinmann botanical plant flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Acarna Theophrasti' and 'Acer Campestre minus' Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740. From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The fi...
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18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Champignons, French antique mushroom truffle fungi chromolithograph, 1910
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'279. Bulgaria inquinans 280. Elaphomyces variegatus 281. Xylaria hypoxylon 282. Tuber melanosporum (Truffle) 283. Tuber aestivum (Summer truffle)' Antique French mushroom / fungi c...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Blackberry Vanilla Ice Cream
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FRAMED. Please reach out to the gallery for additional information. ABOUT THIS PIECE: As a kid the ice cream truck was a nei...
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2010s Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper

Ornamentale Tatowierung (Ornamental Tattoo) Antique Chromolithograph, circa 1895
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ornamentale Tatowierung' (Ornamental Tattooing) German chromolithograph. 1895. 240mm by 150mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Victorian Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Plane #301
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: This series explores the color and composition of our most recognizable form of transportation. A photographer and art director, Thomas Eigel brings an inspired eye...
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2010s Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper

PRÉVOST. Print from Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
Located in London, GB
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris, 1805] Prevost's "Collection des Fleurs et Fruits...
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Early 1800s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper

Flora Italiana (Waratah Red) - large format botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Wild Reeds (cyanotype/ monotype, 18x 45 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This nearly 4-foot long one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of the South African reed called "dakriet" ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

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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