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Color Lithographs - Color Lithography

When lithography was invented (circa 1796 by Aloys Senefelder), initial users could scarcely fathom what would come of the technique.  As a matter of fact, for the first few decades of its existence only a handful of artists used it in a truly creative way.  It was mostly used as a means to reproduce accurately.  It took a few decades for lithographs as artistic objects to gain some recognition, and another few for color to become part of that canon.  Initially used for ephemera, such as announcements, color lithography quickly became the technique of commercial poster production.  Fine art color lithography took a little while longer to develop.  The first artists to really use lithography in color to express themselves were Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and René Georges Hermann-Paul, circa 1890.  But just a few years later, the recognition they had fought for was gained, and a plethora of artist all over the Western Hemisphere were practicing this most flexible of artistic printmaking technique.  Here are some of the great examples we have found over the years.

Edouard Vuillard - Sieste - Convalescence - lithograph of older woman in a chair - interior, muted
$4,800

Convalescence

VUILLARD, Edouard

La Sieste or La Convalescence (original French titles)   Lithograph printed in colors on wove paper.References: Roger-Marx 2, Stein & Karshan 9...

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Edouard Vuillard - Paysages et Interieurs - La Patisserie - detail Sold
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The Pastry Shop

VUILLARD, Edouard

La Patisserie (original French title) Color lithograph printed on China paper. Reference: Roger-Marx 41.  From the portfolio Paysages et Intérieurs...

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Pierre Bonnard - Coin de Rue - lithographie en couleurs - Quelques Aspects de la Vie de Paris - detail Sold
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Street Corner

BONNARD, Pierre

Coin de Rue (original French title)  Color lithograph printed on thin wove paper.Reference: Bouvet 60. Edition of 100. From the artist’s famous ser...

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Pierre Bonnard - Lire dans Le Figaro le nouveau roman d'Abel Hermant - detail Sold
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Read in the Figaro

BONNARD, Pierre

Lire dans Le Figaro le nouveau roman d’Abel Hermant - Confession d’un Homme d’aujourd’hui (original French title) Color lithograph, poster, printed...

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