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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.

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The Café

LEGER, Fernand

Le Café (original French title) Color lithograph printed on Arches wove paper.Reference: Sapphire, pp 238-239 & 286-87.Plate 15, of the 29 comp...

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Henri Riviere - La Feerie des Heures - La Tempete - The Storm - detail
$1,100

The Storm

RIVIERE, Henri

La Tempête (original French title) Lithograph printed in color on smooth wove paper.Reference: Fields page 77.Plate 10 from the series of 16 lithog...

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Henri Riviere - Paysages Parisiens - Les Fortifications - image - detail
$1,300

Les Fortifications

RIVIERE, Henri

Lithograph printed in 12 colors on smooth wove paper.Reference: Field pg 77.Plate 5 from the series of 8 lithographs titled Paysages Parisiens.Prin...

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Marguerite Montaud Gamy - Juvisy – Paris - Lithograph - hand colored - 1909 . Sold
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Juvisy – Paris

MONTAUD GAMY, Marguerite

Lithograph, extensively hand-colored, possibly by pochoir, or freehand.The edition is unknown. With a ghost impression of the title and comment “Ju...

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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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Re-generation
$350

Re-generation

RUMMEL, Bob

Color lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper.Printed to the sheet’s deckled edge. Trial proof, aside from the edition. Edition unknown. Signed, titled,...

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Theo van Hoytema - Oude Kraai - Old Crow - deluxe edition on chine-colle - detail Sold
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Old Crow

van HOYTEMA, Theo

Oude Kraai (original Dutch title) Color lithograph on chine-collé.Reference: De Groot 155.1.An artist proof, aside from the edition as part of the ...

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David Sold
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David

SUMNER, Heywood

Color lithograph on smooth wove paper. Published in The Studio, London.With a pencil signature, unlikely to be by the artist.    

Charles Marie Dulac - Paysages - plate 5 - epis de bles - early proof sanguine - detail
$700

Paysage no. 5

DULAC, Charles

Lithograph printed in light gray and sepia on wove paper.Plate 5 with the "Wheat Head" remarque, from the series of 8 prints for the portfolio titl...

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Henri Riviere - Trente Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel - Frontispice - plate 1
$1,500

Frontispice

RIVIERE, Henri

Lithograph printed in four tones on thick wove paper, 1888-1902. Reference: Fields page 77-78. Plate 1 from the series titled Les Trente-Six Vues d...

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