"Colour lithographs" refers to prints or artworks that use a printing technique called lithography to create colorful images.
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[88] In 2010, during British prime minister David Cameron's first visit to Washington, President Barack Obama presented him with a signed two -
colour lithograph by Ruscha, Column With Speed Lines (2003), chosen for its red, white and blue colours.
Joan Mitchell, Flower I, 1981, from the «Bedford» series,
colour lithograph printed from eight aluminium plates, crayon, tusche (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
1994
colour lithograph on paper 144 × 210 cm (56 3/4 × 82 5/8 in) Signed, numbered and dated «11/34 Joan Mitchell 1994» lower right.
Besides her editions
of coloured lithographs, she has also at times produced series of monotypes — one notable series reflecting a visit undertaken to work in Venice.
Colour lithograph Published by Contemporary Lithographs Ltd. 2nd series (1938) published 1938 61 x 45.7 cm Literature Print Quarterly, December 1991.
Hockney created his first oil paintings and
colour lithographs in the late 50s and, in 1957, was confronted with abstract painting for the first time at an exhibition of the works of Alan Davie in Wakefield.
Untitled (2012) is an original ten
colour lithograph made on the occasion of the solo exhibition A House to Die In by Bjarne Melgaard at the ICA, London in 2012.
Joan Mitchell, Cobble hill from the «Poems» portfolio 1992,
colour lithograph printed from two aluminium plates, crayonNational Gallery of Australia, CanberraPurchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002 © Nathan Kernan and © Estate of Joan Mitchell
From - A Bestiary and Some Correspondences portfolio of twenty six
colour lithographs / Right: Allen Jones — One Way traffic, 1974; Left: Allen Jones — Pour les Levres, 1965 / Right: Barbara Hepworth — Genesis, 1969; Victor Pasmore — Linear Motif 8, 1965 - 76; Victor Pasmore — Linear Motif 7, 1976; Henry Moore — Violet Torso on Orange Stripes, 1967; Henry Moore — Motif in Red, Blue and Yellow, 1966; Graham Sutherland — The Elephant, 1978 - 79.
From - A Bestiary and Some Correspondences portfolio of twenty six
colour lithographs.
A book of John Copeland's paintings a will be published by Reflex Editions Amsterdam as well as a special limited edition of 2
colour lithographs and one etch.
A book of Harland Miller's watercolours will be published by Reflex Editions Amsterdam as well as a special limited edition of 2
colour lithographs.
Artist Laura Oldfield Ford produced our very first Edition,
a colour lithograph entitled Abiding by Rituals, and in 2015 designer Fabien Cappello created a limited edition key ring inspired by his Streetscape bike stand design.
Paintings, sculptures and
colour lithographs by Ellsworth Kelly can be seen in some of the best art museums around the world.