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Expressionist Prints and Multiples

EXPRESSIONIST STYLE

While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared. 

Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.

Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.

Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.

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Style: Expressionist
Czech Park Scene, Swing Set Weimar Era 1923 Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Ladies chatting in park. man pushes girl on boat swing. Vojtěch Tittelbach ( 1900, Mutějovice - 1971, Prague) was a Czech painter and graphic artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Hagen-Pathe"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Polish Israeli Artist Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in Poland in 1920, Bernstein completed his art studies in the Academy of Vilna in 1939. His family was wiped out in the Holocaust, but he survived the war and lived in Russia un...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

FIGURA DE HOMBRE EN AZUL CON FONDO GRIS
Located in Aventura, FL
Figura de Hombre en Azul con Fondo Gris / Figure of a Man in Blue with Gray Background. Carborundum etching on paper. Hand signed lower right by Ruffino Tamayo. Hand numbered HC 3...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Louise - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Louise is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 20 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Rumba en Cartagena. Limited edition Serigraphy
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist confessed that, regarding her working methodology, she performs exhaustive research before starting a series. This process includes developing the theme and selecting colo...
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1990s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Tip of Broadway II
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original lithograph created by Lester F. Johnson. This work was donated to Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center by the David K. Anderson Charitable Trust. All proceeds from the sal...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Still Life with a Glass
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Still Life with a Glass Lithograph from 1968. Dimensions of work: 31 x 24 cm Publisher: André Sauret, Monte Carlo. Printed by: Fernand Mourlot, Paris...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Krankes Mädchen" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue re...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Frau in der Wanne (Woman in Tub) /// German Expressionism Schmidt-Rottluff Nude
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976) Title: "Frau in der Wanne (Woman in Tub)" Series: Die Aktion *Unsigned edition Year: 1915 Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving on crea...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

Juste Présent
Located in OPOLE, PL
Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979) - Juste Présent Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm Publisher: Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #51: "Summer" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Mort de Marat
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - La Mort de Marat Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The work...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Fouquier-Tinville
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Fouquier-Tinville Lithograph from 1977. The edition of 103/150. On Arches paper with watermark. Dimensions of work: 76 x 56 cm. Hand signed. The wor...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Moving On, Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Moving On Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jewish Rabbi with Torah German Expressionist Woodcut Israeli Early Bezalel
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil, woodblock print woodcut. Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting...
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20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Estate No. 044059
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed and dated "55" in pencil. Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abst...
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1950s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Monotype

Les Visages, Lithograph by Georges Rouault (After)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Visages Georges Rouault (After), French (1871–1958) Date of original: 1932 Lithograph, signed in the plate Image Size: 6 x 8 inches Size: 9 x 12 in. (22.86 x 30.48 cm)
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Cross Building Four Flights of Stairs - Offset and Lithograph by G. Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Cross building four flights of stairs from Ecce Homo is an original offset lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 49 from the porfolio Ecce Homo publishe...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Voyage au Japon
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - Voyage au Japon Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 71 x 53.5 cm. Hand signed. The work is in Excellent co...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #37: "Music" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Estate No. 044021
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed and dated "52" in pencil Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abst...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Monotype

The Eiffel Tower and the highway, Tokyo
Located in OPOLE, PL
Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) - The Eiffel Tower and the highway, Tokyo Lithograph from 1981. Artsit's edition. On Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 53.5 x 39 cm. Hand signed. The...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Arabian, horse monotype, earth tones, energetic brushwork
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil based ink and oil paint monotype on fine printmaking paper. Moving horse in expressionist active strokes. Bold, direct motion.
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2010s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Monotype, Archival Paper

Landlord - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Landlord is an original vintage offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is plate n.29 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of ...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Commerzienrat s Daughter - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Commerzienrat's daughter from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 48 from the portfolio Ecce Homo, published betw...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

"The Street" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt Biermann in an edit...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gustav Klimt "2nd Study for Water Serpents" collotype from Funfundzwanzig folio
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Title page numbered: 263/450
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Three Women Asleep" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Plate #13 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Elisabeth — German Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Michel, 'Elisabeth', woodcut, edition 20, 1923. Signed, dated, and numbered 'op.142b' and '12/20' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left. Annotated 'Vorgesdruck' [artist’s proof] in pencil. A fine impression, on heavy fibrous Japan paper, with full margins (1 3/16 to 3 1/2 inches), in good condition. Printed by the artist, With the artist’s blindstamp in the bottom center margin. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 4 15/16 x 6 inches (131 x 152 mm); sheet size 10 x 6 inches (254 x 152 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Michel’s work was the subject of a feature article in the influential German graphic design magazine Das Plakat (The Poster) in 1920. An anti-war advocate, Michel created a suite of 12 wood engravings depicting his impressions of the humanitarian toll of WWII entitled ‘Humanitas’ (Humanity). The German publishing house Greifenverlag published the series in a reduced folio of unsigned prints. Michel’s graphic work is held in the permanent collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand), Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum & Exlibrissamling (Denmark), Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German Expressionism...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Fruit Trees by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Impressionist Fruit Trees landscape, painted in 1901. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #20: "Song, Love, Music, Dance" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #35: "Love Wine" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art work) by designing architecture, furniture, jewelry, graphics, and tapestries meant to coordinate every detail of an environment. His work transcended the imitative decorative arts of earlier eras and helped to define Modernism for generations to come. Moser achieved a remarkable balance between intellectual structure (often geometric) and hedonistic luxury. Collaborating with Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann, the artist was an editor and active contributor to Ver Sacrum, (Sacred Spring), the journal of the Viennese Secession that was so prized for its aesthetics and high quality production that it was considered a work of art. The magazine featured drawings and designs in the Jugendstil style (Youth) along with literary contributions from distinguished writers from across Europe. It quickly disseminated both the spirit and the style of the Secession. In 1903 Moser and Hoffmann founded and led the Wiener Werkstatte (Viennese Workshop) a collective of artisans that produced elegant decorative arts items, not as industrial prototypes but for the purpose of sale to the public. The plan, as idealistic then as now, was to elevate the lives of consumers by means of beautiful and useful interior surroundings. Moser’s influence has endured throughout the century. His design sensibility is evident from the mid-century modern furniture of the 1950s and ‘60s to the psychedelic rock posters...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Polish French Figurative Abstract Art Brut Expressionist Lithograph Maryan
Located in Surfside, FL
Pinchas Burstein, known as Maryan Lithograph (after the drawing). 1960 Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (315 x 240mm). Gold or bronze ink on black paper Signed in the plate, not b...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Female Nude, Back View" Collotype plate
Located in Palm Beach, FL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Black Bird, Modern Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Black Bird Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on Cream BFK Rives Paper, signed, titled and numbered in penci...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #114: "Vignettes" Lithograph by Carl Otto Czeschka
Located in Palm Beach, FL
after Carl Otto Czeschka, (1878-1960), Austrian A leading member of the Vienna Secession and later the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshop), Carl Otto Czeschka was a vital figu...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee" collotype
Located in Palm Beach, FL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #29, Am Attersee; brown-toned monochrome collotype after the 1915-16 painting in oil on canvas. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT AN AFTERMATH), a portfolio of 30 collotypes prints, 15 are multi-color and 15 are monochrome, on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream-wove paper with deckled edges; Max Eisler, Editor-Publisher; Osterreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Printer; in a limited edition of 500 numbered examples of which: 200 were printed in German, 150 were printed in French and 150 were printed in English; Vienna, 1931. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s death. It is a fitting time to reflect upon the enduring legacy and deep impact of his art. Recognizing this need for posterity with uncanny foresight, the publication of Gustav Klimt: An Aftermath (Eine Nachlese) provides a rare collection of work after Klimt which has proven to be an indispensable tool for Klimt scholarship as well as a source for pure visual delight. Approximately 25 percent of the original works featured in the Aftermath portfolio have since been lost. Of those 30, six were destroyed by fire on 8 May 1945. On that fateful final day of WWII, the retreating Feldherrnhalle, a tank division of the German Army, set fire to the Schloss Immendorf which was a 16th century castle in Lower Austria used between 1942-1945 to store objects of art. All three of Klimt’s Faculty Paintings: Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence (1900-1907), originally created for the University of Vienna, were on premises at that time. Also among the inventory of Klimt paintings in storage there was art which had been confiscated by the Nazis. One of the most significant confiscated collections was the Lederer collection which featured many works by Gustav Klimt such as Girlfriends II and Garden Path with Chickens. In many instances, Aftermath is our only link to these lost treasures. Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of the 1931 Aftermath portfolio, was an art historian at Vienna University specializing in modern and contemporary arts and crafts whose 1920 book on Klimt was the first Klimt monograph. He saw An Aftermath as filling-in important gaps left by the earlier print portfolios which had only featured Klimt up to 1913 and which had glossed over major art projects such as the Tree of Life frieze for the Palais Stoclet. And whereas only 10 of the 50 prints from the earlier portfolios published by H.O. Miethke were made in intricate multi-color images, Eisler augmented the earlier format by featuring half of the 30 images in stunning multi-colored collotypes. Understanding the fragile nature of the collotype printing process also reinforces this project’s distinctive and exceptional characteristics. Fragile collotype plates can not be reused. As such, this necessitates the completion of a run on the first go and also dictates a limited production number. Printed by hand, the collotypes required deft handling by the printer, Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei. A complicated and lengthy process involving gelatin colloids mixed with dichromates, the creation of 16 color separation thin glass filters to achieve the light-sensitive internegative images which could faithfully capture all of the painting’s tonal gradations and colors, exposure to actinic light, and delicate chine collie papers which allowed for greater color saturation, the printer’s collaborative role in capturing and transmitting Klimt’s nuanced paint strokes is nothing short of remarkable. The Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), was the successor to the KK Hof -und Staatsdruckerei which was founded by Emperor Franz I in 1804 and whose collotype printing innovations of Klimt’s art...
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper

Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08.
Located in New York, NY
Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08. Color lithograph printed on smooth card stock. Full margins. , signed by the artist in pencil, on the recto. Published by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, with the printed postcard text on verso. Among Kokoschka's earliest prints were a series of 14 postcards, the current work and the following lot that he produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Wingler/Welz 4. Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Animated Autumn Landscape
Located in London, GB
KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF 1884-1976 Rottluff, Germany 1884 - 1976 Berlin (German) Title: Animated Autumn Landscape Bewegte Herbstlandschaft, 1967 Technique: Signed and Dated Brush, I...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Schnackenberg-Ausstellung 1914""
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Spring by Robert Engels, Medieval Art Nouveau lithograph with gold ink, 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
Allegorien-Neue Folge was a serialized folio published in installments between 1895 and 1900. Martin Gerlach, its publisher, was inspired by the rise of modernist design in Vienna an...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

portrait, female, male, Angie, print, limited edition
Located in London, London
"Angie" Portrait, limited edition, print on paper, hand signed, black hair, red lips, 50x70cm 5/30 Is it a good investment? 1. There is nothing like this on the contemporary art m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Color, Digital, Paper

Marc Chagall, The Lovers in the Tree, from Tales of Boccaccio, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Les Amants dans l’arbre (The Lovers in the Tree), from Contes de Boccace, peintures du manuscrit des ducs de Bourgogne, ...
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1950s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abschied (Parting)
Located in New York, NY
Emil Nolde (1876-1956), Abschied (Parting), etching and aquatint (tonal effects), 1906, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 20, third state (of 3). One of only...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Anne Lemans"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Excelsior by Simon Tozer, Limited edition, Sailing, Landscape, Figurative art
Located in Deddington, GB
Excelsior by Simon Tozer [2021] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Screenprint on Paper Edition number of 30 Image size: H:23 cm x W:30 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Faith Ringgold, Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, 2007
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite silkscreen by Faith Ringgold (1930–2024), titled Brown Versus Board of Education 1954, from the folio Letter from Birmingham City Jail, originates from the 2007 editio...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Bernard Lorjou "Pirouette au Galop" 1978 Expressionist Woodcut, Signed, H.C. Edn
Located in Miami, FL
BERNARD LORJOU – "PIROUETTE AU GALOP" ⚜ Woodcut ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Left ⚜ Numbered H.C. from the Edition of 80 ⚜ Conservation Frame ENERGY AND DRAMA FROM “LE CIRQUE” Created in 197...
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Klimt, Lithograph by Estelle Ginsburg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Klimt Estelle Ginsburg, American Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 500, AP 50 Size: 21.5 in. x 29 in. (54.61 cm x 73.66 cm)
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1970s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Rittersporn und Fingerhut (Larkspur and Foxglove)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Rittersporn und Fingerhut (Larkspur and Foxglove) Color woodcut, printed on wove paper with mica flecks, 1916 Signed lower right (see photo) Inscribed lower left (see photo) Reference: Merx 276 Condition: good-very good One spot of staining on the far left edge of the composition (see photo) Color very fresh and vibrant Full sheet as issued Image size: 19 x 13 3/8 inches Carl Thiemann...
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1910s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"La Promanade" Black and White Print of a Women in a Carriage Edition
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white print of an upper class women in a carriage. There are other figures in the back riding in a carriage as well. Edition 17 of 58. Painting is signed by the artist and ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Estate No. 091013
Located in New Orleans, LA
Otto Neumann (1895-1975) was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker. His monotypes evolved from sharp, angular, black and whites to late abstract p...
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1960s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Monotype

"Motif aus Improvisation 25: The Garden of Love" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Roethel 105. Printed in Paris in 1938 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 3). Image size: 8 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (217 x 220 mm). Sh...
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1930s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Standing nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), Thyrsos Verlag, 1922
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of a figure drawing from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch) in 1922 by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is pr...
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1920s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Turtle Dove, Expressionist Lithograph by Benny Andrews
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Benny Andrews, American (1930 - 2006) Title: Turtle Dove Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 275 Pap...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gerlach s Allegorien Plate #47: "Morning in the Spring" Lithograph
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art work) by designing architecture, furniture, jewelry, graphics, and tapestries meant to coordinate every detail of an environment. His work transcended the imitative decorative arts of earlier eras and helped to define Modernism for generations to come. Moser achieved a remarkable balance between intellectual structure (often geometric) and hedonistic luxury. Collaborating with Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann, the artist was an editor and active contributor to Ver Sacrum, (Sacred Spring), the journal of the Viennese Secession that was so prized for its aesthetics and high quality production that it was considered a work of art. The magazine featured drawings and designs in the Jugendstil style (Youth) along with literary contributions from distinguished writers from across Europe. It quickly disseminated both the spirit and the style of the Secession. In 1903 Moser and Hoffmann founded and led the Wiener Werkstatte (Viennese Workshop) a collective of artisans that produced elegant decorative arts items, not as industrial prototypes but for the purpose of sale to the public. The plan, as idealistic then as now, was to elevate the lives of consumers by means of beautiful and useful interior surroundings. Moser’s influence has endured throughout the century. His design sensibility is evident from the mid-century modern furniture of the 1950s and ‘60s to the psychedelic rock posters...
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1890s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Marc Chagall, The Soul of Elpenor, from Homer, The Odyssey, 1989 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Die Seele Elpenors (The Soul of Elpenor), from Homer, Die Odyssee (The Odyssey), originates from the 1989 German-lang...
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1980s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Portrait of Marie Henneberg" collotype print
Located in Palm Beach, FL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Sailing at Sunset By Kate Heiss
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition Oil based inks on 300gsm Somerset Velvet Paper Edition number 50 Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:1cm Sold Unf...
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2010s Expressionist Prints and Multiples

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Bromoil

Expressionist prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Marc Chagall, Corneille, Anna Ticho, and Sandro Chia. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Expressionist prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $975,000, while the average work sells for $1,005.

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