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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.

Landscape
$1,200

Landscape

DULAC, Charles

Paysage (original French title) Lithograph printed in four colors on chine-collé on wove paper.Reference: Stein & Karshan 22.Published by L’Est...

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Maurice Denis - Amour - Allegory - Allegorie - color lithograph set published by Ambroise Vollard Sold
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Allegory

DENIS, Maurice

Allégorie (original French title)Color lithograph on thin wove paper.Reference: Cailler 108.First plate from the album titled L’Amour.  Published b...

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Louis Rhead - Salon des Cents - Women painter with palette - deluxe edition with signature Sold
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Salon of the 100

RHEAD, Louis

Salon Des Cents (original French title) Color lithograph, poster, printed on japon paper.Reference: Van Deputte 37.One of 25 impressions before let...

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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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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 - Cantique des Creatures - Stella Matutina - plate 3 - detail Sold
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Morning Star

DULAC, Charles

Stella Matutina (original Latin title) Lithograph printed in two tones on chine collé on wove paper.Reference: BN-IFF 2.Plate 3 for the set of 9 co...

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Charles Marie Dulac - Paysages - plate 5 - epis de bles - early proof sanguine - detail Sold
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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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Georges de FEURE - Femme Fleur - Flower Woman - Color lithograph - 1895 - detail
$1,200

Flower Woman

DE FEURE, Georges

Femme Fleur (French title) Color lithograph on thin, smooth, tan wove paper, circa 1895.No known edition. We have yet to find another impression of...

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