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Printing Blocks
Located in South Salem, NY
A set of thirteen printing block fragments from the mid 20th century. One larger block and a
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1960s Indian Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Vintage Printing Blocks
Printing Blocks
H 2 in W 7 in D 6 in
Printing Block Lamp
Located in East Hampton, NY
Printing block table lamp....
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1970s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Vintage Printing Block Lamp
Printing Block Lamp
H 27 in W 6.25 in D 5 in
Printing Block Table Lamp
Located in East Hampton, NY
Printing Block table lamp with brass accents....
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1970s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Vintage Printing Block Table Lamp
Printing Block Table Lamp
H 22.5 in W 7 in D 7 in
Printing Block Letter Press Collage Art
Located in San Francisco, CA
Folk Art printing press or letter block collage art. Interesting assortment of vintage printing
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1970s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Brass

Vintage Printing Block Letter Press Collage Art
Printing Block Letter Press Collage Art
H 22.25 in W 17.5 in D 1.25 in
Vintage Printing Block Collage Wall Hanging
By Louise Nevelson
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Wonderful collaged Printing Block wall hanging made from old printing blocks and an old drawer
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Set of Antique Wooden Printing Textile Blocks
Located in Redding, CT
Set of Antique Wooden Printing Textile Blocks. The largest size is the dimensions listed. Varying
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Mid-20th Century Bohemian Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Indian Vintage Hand Carved Wooden Printing Block
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Indian wooden printing block mounted as Art. Wood block print used to hand print textile
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

1960s Bijorn Wiinblad Printing Block Stamp Art Sculpture Wall Hanging
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in San Diego, CA
One of a kind original Bijorn Wiinblad wood and metal printing block stamp dating from the 1960s
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Mid-20th Century Danish Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Japanese Wood Block Print Floral Still Life
By Mabuchi Toru
Located in Houston, TX
. He cuts up very thin wood into small pieces which he then glues to his block in a mosaic-like pattern
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1960s Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

1950s Original Woodcut Carved Wooden print Block by Pauline Jacobsen Woods
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
lime wood then used for printing. Exceptionally well carved. The artist would often use the grain of
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Daitokuji Temple Wood Block by Kiyoshi Saito - Limited Edition
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Pasadena, CA
emphasis on textures and tones from the ground to the trees celebrates the wood's natural grain, echoing
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Vintage Cat Block Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, all expertly crafted using traditional block printing techniques. The warm wood frame adds a touch of
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Late 20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood, Paper

Vintage Cat Block Print
Vintage Cat Block Print
H 15 in W 12 in D 1 in
'Young Girl, Black Cat', LACMA, Psychedelic Japanese Wood-Block, Tokyo Biennale
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
complex works, Nakashima carved as many as 23 individual wood blocks, using 48 colors applied in 57 stages
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1970s Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Gold Leaf, Silver

Art by Gina Kail Wood Relief Block Print Amy's Angel 11/98
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Artist Gina Kail Amy's Angel Wood Relief 11/98 Block printing on paper paper 13.13 x 20 art 11.5 x
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1990s Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

"A Quiet Corner" Wood Block print by Gustave Baumann, Signed 4 of 125
By Gustave Baumann
Located in Van Nuys, CA
of the inks and the printing of the blocks. Exhibitions of Baumann's color woodcuts circulated
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1930s American Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE Vintage Art Poster Original 1st Printing 1992, Education
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
heavyweight white semigloss paper. Colorful multi-block composition with small portrait drawings depicting
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Offset

1950s Original Woodcut Carved Wooden Print Block by Pauline Jacobsen Tree
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
lime wood then used for printing. Exceptionally well carved. The artist would often use the grain of
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

1950s Woodcut Carved Wooden Print Block The Good Shepherd Pauline Jacobsen
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
1950s woodcut wooden print block by Pauline Jacobsen. Very nicely detailed, hand carved lime wood
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Large Isfahan Ghalamkar Persian Paisley Textile Block Printed 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage large Isfahan block printed cotton hand printed fabric bedspread or wall Hanging Textile or
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Mid-20th Century Asian Islamic Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Cotton

Worm Wood
Located in San Francisco, CA
printing, the blocks were destroyed. Botanical Prints presents a vast array of Evans's work and goes one
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Late 20th Century American Realist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Linocut

Worm Wood
Worm Wood
H 20 in W 13 in D 0.01 in
"Underground, " Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker
Located in Milwaukee, WI
block printing. He was photographer, advertising designer, illustrator and prize winner in numerous
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1930s American Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

"Angelika's Pets, " Wood Engraving by Robert Franz Von Neumann
By Robert Franz Von Neumann
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Angelika's Pets" is an original wood engraving by Robert Franz Von Neumann. It features a young
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1930s American Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Set of 6 Modernist Folk Art Oil on Wood Paintings Hand Executed by Endi Poskovic
By Fendi
Located in Buffalo, NY
-block printing, painting, and papermaking at China Academy of Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and
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1990s American Folk Art Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood, Paint

'A Winter's Evening' Wood Engraving, Smithsonian, Carnegie, Brooklyn Museum, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
and proofs. After the first printing the block is again cut, removing any surface of the block that is
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1970s Realist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Mulberry Paper, Engraving

Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Girl with Flute 'B'
By Tadashi Nakayama
Located in Studio City, CA
)". This work features gold and silver leaf highlights and was completed using multiple blocks, colors, and
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1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood, Paper

Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Ed. Japanese Woodblock Print Afternoon in Blue
By Tadashi Nakayama
Located in Studio City, CA
. This work features gold and silver leaf highlights and was completed using multiple blocks, colors, and
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1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood, Paper

Industrial Faux Letterpress "AlphaSculpt" Sculpture by Sheldon Rose
Located in East Hampton, NY
Silver painted faux printing block resin lamp with wood base... "AlphaSculpt" bySheldon Rose New
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1960s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood

Moderne Monotype or Linocut Print Titled "Still Life"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(using a non-durable early linoleum instead of wood as the printing block) as the lines are reminiscent
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Glass, Wood, Paper

The Virgin and the Unicorn
By John Buckland-Wright
Located in New York, NY
John Buckland Wright (1897-1954), The Virgin and the Unicorn (large version), wood engraving in
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1940s Pre-Raphaelite Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Wood Panel, Woodcut

FISH MARKET
By Frances H. Gearhart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869 – 1958) FISH MARKET 1930 Color block print, Signed and titled in pencil
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1930s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Junichiro Sekino Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print of Eagle Hawk
By Junichiro Sekino
Located in Studio City, CA
Sekino featuring a fierce bird likely an eagle or hawk. The wood grain of the printing blocks is quite
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Couple Under a Tree
By Elyse Ashe Lord
Located in New York, NY
over-printing the drypoint design using colour-inked wood blocks, precisely as displayed by this unique
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1930s Art Nouveau Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Etching, Drypoint

Edgar Dorsey Taylor Original Woodcut Baja Series - “Wind Off the Shore...."
By Edgar Dorsey Taylor
Located in Phoenix, AZ
and painting and wood block printing. Edgar Taylor died in Los Angeles in 1978. His papers are at
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1960s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Edgar Dorsey Taylor Original Woodcut Baja - "Ocean Waves. Bahia de Rosaldita"
By Edgar Dorsey Taylor
Located in Phoenix, AZ
block printing. Edgar Taylor died in Los Angeles in 1978. His papers are at the University of
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1960s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Celestial Nymph I
By Elyse Ashe Lord
Located in New York, NY
colours would then be added by over-printing the drypoint design using colour-inked wood blocks, precisely
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1930s Other Art Style Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Drypoint, Etching

"Sister Water" - St Francis of Assisi Linocut
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sister Water" - St Francis of Assisi Linocut Wood Black pring of St Francis by Italian artist
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1990s Baroque Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Ink, Linocut, Paper

Traditional Japanese Woodblock Print of a Traditional Kyoto Town House
Located in Weesp, NL
close-grained wood, usually a block of smooth cherry. Oil could be used to make the lines of the image
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1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Japanese Woodblock on Paper Print by Katsuyuki Nishijima
Located in Weesp, NL
paper), called gampi, then glued face-down onto a plank of close-grained wood, usually a block of smooth
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1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Kaminoyama Jokoji Temple by Kiyoshi Saito- Limited Edition
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Pasadena, CA
engraving an image or words onto a block of wood painted with ink and pressed against paper. Many documents
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Japanese Mid-Century Modern Woodblock Print by S. Nozaki
Located in Weesp, NL
gampi, then glued face-down onto a plank of close-grained wood, usually a block of smooth cherry. Oil
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paint, Paper

Large Scale Ocean Seascape Abstract Monoprint - Acrylic and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
. Displayed in a white mat and basic dark wood frame. Frame size: 35"H x 47"W Image size: 23.5"H x 35.75"W
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Paper

"The Bighorn at Night, " a Woodcut, Signed
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, usually from one or more blocks of quarter-inch pine, using oil-based printing inks and porous mulberry
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Japanese Mid-Century Modern Woodblock Print by Tomizaburo Hasegawa
Located in Weesp, NL
: width : 24 cm / 9.448 Inches x height : 33.5 cm / 123.188 inches. Woodblock printing in Japan
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Japanese Mid-Century Modern Woodblock Print by Tasuku Yoshida
Located in Weesp, NL
close-grained wood, usually a block of smooth cherry. Oil could be used to make the lines of the image
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Set of 15 François Gilot Framed Lithographies, 1951
By Françoise Gilot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
d'être editions in 1951. These lithographs were expertly printed by Mourlot, a prominent printing house
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

Set of 15 François Gilot Framed Lithographies, 1951
Set of 15 François Gilot Framed Lithographies, 1951
No Reserve
H 18.31 in W 15.95 in D 0.79 in
"Hydrangeas, " Walter Inglis Anderson, Mississippi Southern Illustrator, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
art. The technique of linoleum block printing is a simple concept; however, it requires much skill
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper, Crayon

Untitled
By Charles William Smith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Block Printing, that the basic techniques for linoleum block and wood block were similar. The artist
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1930s American Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Head Of A Woman
By Gerald Anthony Coles
Located in Brecon, Powys
/acrylics and monotype (whereby the image is painted onto the printing block creating a unique impression
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1950s Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Trafalgar Square Contemporary Lithograph Reproduction by Piet Mondrian
By Piet Mondrian
Located in San Diego, CA
gold wood frame and measures 33.25" x 43.5". The piece is from the Museum of Modern Art collection. and
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

1943 Israeli German Expressionist Woodcut Print Vintage Woodblock Bezalel School
By Jacob Pins
Located in Surfside, FL
expressionism and traditional Japanese wood block printing. From 1956 to 1977, he taught at Israel's leading art
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1940s Expressionist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

VOYAGE
By John T. Ross
Located in Portland, ME
print, in which the printing surface is built up by gluing cut cardboard and paper elements to a wood or
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

VOYAGE
H 28 in W 32 in
Portrait of a Man with Blue Eyes
By Ralph Edward Joosten
Located in Soquel, CA
John Weston and learning wood block printing and Japanese brush painting in the Kyoto Gardens in Japan
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Late 20th Century American Realist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Oil, Linen

'Interior of the Kannon Temple at Asakusa' — Early Edition 1930s Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
; 'Japanese Wood-block Prints,' Shizuya Fujikake, Japan Travel Bureau, 1938, p. 94, 95; 'The Legacy of
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1930s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Siblings (Sleeping Sister) Mexico Figurative
By Ralph Edward Joosten
Located in Soquel, CA
and Carmel with Ansel Adams and John Weston and learning wood block printing and Japanese brush
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1980s American Impressionist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Linen, Oil

"Krishna Steals the Gopis Clothes, " Abstract Landscape, Signed
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing it with giant clips
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1980s Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Woodcut

Harmony and Abundance: Children Uniting for Prosperity in Mid-20th Century China
Located in Langweer, NL
block of wood and then printing it onto paper. Woodcuts are known for their intricate and detailed
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20th Century Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Paper

"Acquacaliente, " Colorful Landscape Silkscreen signed by Carol Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
. Before printing, he centers a dry sheet of paper over the top of the cut wood block or blocks, securing
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1970s Abstract Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Ink, Screen

Banner (abstract expressionist sculpture, Tulsa OK artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, introduced him to the revolutionary art ideas of Mexico City, while teaching him a wide range of printing
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Metal

Etching with Aquatint Print Women Reclining
Located in Surfside, FL
the excitement of combining the media of etching and wood block printing makes Saiberlich’s graphics
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20th Century Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Etching, Aquatint

Portrait of an Old Man
By Ralph Edward Joosten
Located in Soquel, CA
extensively, taking trips to Yosemite and Carmel with Ansel Adams and John Weston and learning wood block
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1980s American Impressionist Vintage Wood Printing Blocks

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Charcoal, Paper

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Vintage Wood Printing Blocks For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of vintage wood printing blocks for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique vintage wood printing blocks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and copper. Vintage wood printing blocks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage wood printing blocks are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Industrial styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Vintage wood printing blocks have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Rajhastani, Dunbar and Edward Wormley are consistently popular.

How Much are Vintage Wood Printing Blocks?

Vintage wood printing blocks can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $650, while the lowest priced sells for $68 and the highest can go for as much as $15,000.