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Medium: Etching
Dark Choco and Marshmallow Bear, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2023
Image Size: 10.5 x 7 inches
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young woman with chocolate and marshmallow figures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Creatures of Land, Sea and Sky, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2023
Image Size: 10.5 x 7 inches
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young woman contemplating small plants and animals...
Category
2010s Contemporary Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Ship Builder and His Wife by Johannes Pieter de Frey
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving on cream laid paper which is watermarked with a fancy "M," 9 1/2 x 12 3/16 inches (240 x 308 mm), narrow margins. In good condition with some scattered light a...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch School Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Blue Coat
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Image size: 24 x 12 inches
Edition of 30
Category
1990s Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Three Cocker Spaniels original signed etching by Leon Danchin
By Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Three Cocker Spaniels is an original color etching by well known French sports artist Leon Danchin. The three Spaniels are in waiting mode with two lying down and one sitting ...
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1930s Realist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Carolus de Mallery, by Lucas Vorsetman the Elder after van Dyck
Located in Middletown, NY
An exalted portrait of fellow Flemish engraver and publisher Karel van Mallery.
Lucas Vorsterman the Elder (after Anthony van Dyck).
Carolus de Mallery, from Icones Principum Viror...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching
Judith Grasping The Head Of Holofernes... by Giovanni A. Sirani after Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Middletown, NY
Judith Grasping The Head Of Holofernes By The Hair And Looking To The Left, and Old Woman to the Right. circa 1640
Etching on cream laid paper with a foolscap watermark, 10 x 7 inche...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
J. Becquet, Sculptor
Located in Fairlawn, OH
J. Becquet, Sculptor
Etching & drypoint, 1859
Unsigned as issued
From: The Thames Set
Printed on this Japanese tissue
Rich impression
Condition: Excellent
Plate/Image size: 9 7/8 x 7...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Fan Art, In Front of Mirror, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2020
Image Size: 18 x 12 inches
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young woman with traditional Japanese fan in front ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Bonsaist, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2019
Image Size: 12 x 9 inches
Edition of 20
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young woman with a bonsai tree. While the images hav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Crucifixion: 18th Century Etching by Conrad Metz after Daniele da Volterra
Located in Alamo, CA
"Crucifixion" is an etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink by Conrad M. Metz after a painting by Daniele da Volterra. It was published in London in 1789 in 'Imitations Of Ancient...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
THE ANGELS SUITE
By Peter Max
Located in Aventura, FL
Complete suite of 6 hand signed and numbered etchings. Includes hand signed binder. Numbered AP 24 (aside from the main edition of 100). Sheet size is 15 x 19 inches each. Image ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
Moise Kisling -- NU AU TURBAN, 1952
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Moise Kisling
NU AU TURBAN, 1952
Color aquatint
Signed low right
Numbered 86/100 low left
Image size 54 x 39.3 cm
Sheet size 75.2 x 55.7 cm
It is framed with the aluminium frame, th...
Category
1950s Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Original Jean Francois Raffaelli Etching of a Hat Salesman
Located in Larchmont, NY
Jean-François Raffaëlli (French, 1850-1924)
Le Marchand de Habits, 1895
Etching and drypoint
Sight: 6 x 4 in.
Framed: 12 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Initialed lower left in plate: R
This etc...
Category
1890s French School Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Becoming the Clown
By Hector Ruiz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Copper etching with aquatint
The power of memory and how it recalls individuality begins in such basic experiences as the ability to link internal ideas to external manifestations of those ideas. Memories as simple as an old toy or a street can set off a chain reaction of thoughts that snowball into issues as broad as nationalism, identity politics or a body politic to name a few. Hector Ruiz’s works encompass the broad, complex and often painful world particular to the Arizona and neighboring Mexican landscape. United States and Mexican border...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Copper
original drypoint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint in black, red and brown. This beautiful composition is printed on wove paper (date of printing unknown). Plate size: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (195 x...
Category
Early 1900s Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre a canon, nous en fit don
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre a canon, nous en fit don
(The Chinese invented gunpowder, they say, and made is a gift of it)
Aquatint, roulette, drypoint, acid bite, and scorper, 1926
From: Miserere, Plate 38
Initially started by Ambrose Vollard, this portfolio was published in 1948 by Editions de l'Etoile Filante, Paris
This image is the cover illustration for the 1938 MOMA catalog...
Category
1920s French School Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Un Sculpteur de Paris
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream laid Van Gelder Zonen watermarked paper, 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (220 x 164 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and inscribed "ed. 100" in pencil, lower mar...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Vieille Masken, La Servante Anversoise
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving and drypoint printed in brownish black ink on cream laid paper with a partial heraldic A and fleur-de-lis watermark, 5 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches ( 341 x 107 mm), full...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Drypoint, Etching
Le Sire De Lumey
Located in Middletown, NY
Brussels: J. Bouwens, 1867. Etching with aquatint and engraving on laid Japan paper, 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (247 x 163 mm), full margins. Fifth state (of 5). Scattered moderate foxing....
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
My Ain Fireside, from the portfolio Some Modern Etchings
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thick, hand made laid paper, 8 1/8 × 5 13/16 inches (206 × 148 mm), full margins. Scattered light age tone surface soiling, dog-eared corners, and minor edge nicks. An imp...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Lucile Haynes, (Two Women with Child in Baby Carriage)
Located in New York, NY
It's clear to me that that baby carriage is so beautifully drawn that it could be re-constructed from here if necessary.
Without really knowing anything about Lucile Haynes I'm sure...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Silent Pie
By John Sloan
Located in Middletown, NY
Boston: Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904.
Etching on cream wove paper, 5 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches (135 x 107 mm), signed in the plate, lower right. Third state (of 3), from the novel The ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait of M. X (Anonymous Man) - Original etching - 1927
Located in Paris, FR
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of M. X (Anonymous Man)
Original drypoint etching
Printed signature in the plate
On thin vellum 25 x 19 cm (c. 10 x 8 inch)
REFERENCES : Catalogu...
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Early 20th Century Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Profile of an Oriental Man - Etching - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of an oriental man is an artwork realized in 17th Century, after HARMENSZ VAN RIJN REMBRANDT, (1606 Leiden - 1669 Amsterdam)
Etching on paper. 13 x 12 cm.
Slightly stained, heavily trimmed.
The motif shows reminiscences of similar motifs of Rembrandt, as well as of Salomon Koninck...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman) /// Old Masters Italian Romantic Queen
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Pierre Augustin Massé (French, 1880-?)
Title: "Portrait de Femme (Portrait of a Woman)"
Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1898
Medium: Or...
Category
1890s Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching, Intaglio
A Feeding Woman - Etching by Suzanne Tourte - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
A feeding woman is an artwork realized by Suzanne Tourte in 1950s.
Etching, 22 x 13 cm.
Artist's proof.
Hand signed on the right left.
Good conditi...
Category
1950s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman in the Mirror - Etching by Enrico Palù - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in the Mirror is an Etching realized by Enrico Palù in 1973.
Good condition included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (45x31.5 cm).
Hand signed and dated by the artist o...
Category
1970s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Dorian Gray at Opium Den from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" surreal portrait
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This surreal etching portrait of Dorian Gray by Jim Dine in blue ink features the literary protagonist dressed in a white suit. His face is obscured by a mass of hair, tangles of which seem to grow from the sleeves, pant legs, and from beneath the jacket. Dine's notes are written on the image: at his feet reading "WHITE BOOTS" and "White Vinyl Suit" alongside the jacket. On the left edge of the image handwritten text reads "DORIAN GRAY AT OPIUM DEN". In Oscar Wilde's novel Dorian Gray keeps opium in an ornate box in his home, and frequents sites of consumption on the East side of London: “There were opium dens where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new”. An opium den is where Sybil's brother James discovers Dorian. The brother attempts to capture the man he believes is responsible for the death of his sister. Dorian flees to his home, ultimately slashing the portrait that has kept him young for so long.
Etching by Jim Dine from one of his most important artist’s books – completely designed and illustrated by Dine. Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray’s Hand from “The Picture of Dorian Gray...
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1960s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
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Etching
Portrait of La Fontaine - Etching and drypoint - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of La Fontaine is an artwork realized by Salvador Dalì, 1974.
Etching and drypoint with stencil.
65 x 50 cm.
Printed by Atelier Rigal. Edition XIV/CXX on Auvergne paper. ...
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1970s Surrealist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Kokoro
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching
Year: 2021
Image Size: 7.9 x 13
Edition Size: 50
Lawlor's early etchings were often landscapes combining elements from old Master paintings. Later he started to in...
Category
2010s Impressionist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
UNTITLED (WOMAN WEARING A HAT)
By Augustus John
Located in Portland, ME
John, Augustus. UNTITLED (WOMAN WEARING A HAT) Etching, not dated. 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (plate), 11 x 8 inches (sheet). Signed in pencil. Printed on laid paper with partial watermark...
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Mid-20th Century Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Jan Cornelis Sylvius
Located in Middletown, NY
Heliogravure on cream laid paper, 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (164 x 138 mm), thread margins. Uniform toning on the recto, and scattered light foxing and various notations in purple ink and...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Johan Gobert - Framed 1977 Etching, Portrait of a Danish Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A large, full length etching of an elderly man in his matching Pyjamas, wooden clogs and night cap, rising from his comfy bed. The print has been signed in graphite below plate lines...
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Mid-20th Century Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Portrait de Michel Leiris
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint in colours on Arches paper
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
68 x 52 cm, 71.8 x 56.8 cm (framed)
Edition 98 of 100
Michel Leiris (1901-1990) ...
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1970s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
La Reine Marie d'Angleterre (Queen Mary of England) /// Old Masters Royal Family
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges Henri Manesse (French, 1854-1940)
Title: "La Reine Marie d'Angleterre (Queen Mary of England)"
Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts
Year: 1893
Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper
Limited edition: approx. 1,500
Printer: Chardon Wittman, Paris, France
Publisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Reference: Sanchez/Seydoux 1893-7
Sheet size: 10.69" x 7.13"
Image size: 7" x 5.25"
Condition: Light discoloration at edges. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition
Notes:
This etching is after a painting from 1554 by Dutch artist Anthonis Mor (c. 1517-1577). Comes with its original tissue cover sleeve.
This etching was published by Gazette des Beaux-Arts. The Gazette des Beaux-Arts was a French art review, found in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as its first chief editor. Assia Visson Rubinstein was chief editor under the direction of George Wildenstein from 1928 until 1960. Her papers, which include all editions of the Gazette from this period, are intact at the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne in Dorigny. The Gazette was a world reference work on art history for nearly 100 years - one other editor in chief, from 1955 to 1987, was Jean Adhémar. It was bought in 1928 by the Wildenstein family, whose last representative was Daniel Wildenstein, its director from 1963 until his death in 2001. The review closed in 2002.
Mary I...
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1890s Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Etching, Laid Paper
Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol) by James Bretherton, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on heavy cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (96 x 83 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with some minor surface soiling.
[Björklund's second state ...
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18th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Wilhelm Leibl Peasant Women
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wilhelm Leibl: 1844-1900. Well listed German artist. He has had auction results over $360,000 for paintings and over $3800 for a print. It’s beautiful at...
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1870s Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Square Head of a Man with Clenched Mouth (Plate IX), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Square Head of a Man with Clenched Mouth (Plate IX)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"...
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1940s Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Half-length portrait of a man with beard - A Rembrandt of the 18th century -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johann Friedrich Bause (1738 Halle a. d. Saale - 1814 Weimar). Half-length portrait of a man with beard and cap after a drawing by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich. Etching and coppe...
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1780s Baroque Etching Portrait Prints
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Etching
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Grand Inquisitor - Original Signed Engraving
Handsigned in pencil and Numbered
Edition: F195/195
- Printer: Atelier Rigal.
- ...
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1970s Surrealist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Nancy outside in july XXIII - Original handsigned etching
By Jim Dine
Located in Paris, FR
Jim DINE (1935)
Nancy outside in july XXIII, 1981
Original etching with aquatint
Signed in pencil
Justified AP (artist proof)
On handmade paper 90 x 62 cm (c. 36 x 25in)
INFORMATIO...
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1980s American Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
'The Protestants Champion!!' (... Duke of Sussex, Son of King George III)
Located in Middletown, NY
This portrait of King George the III's son was published in the same year that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in London.
'The Protestants Champion!!' (Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex...
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Early 19th Century English School Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching
UNKNOWN TITLE (MUSIC HALL)
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Jose Luis Cuevas. Edition PE of 20. Image size 13.25 x 8.25 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authentic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Round Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XVIII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Round Head of a Woman with Hair (Plate XVIII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"
Sheet...
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1940s Cubist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Organ Grinder
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper with a large heraldic watermark which is partially trimmed, 4 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches (105 x 84 mm), margins trimmed but preserving the signature in the lower...
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17th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Pig Killers, by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). Les paysans tuant un porc.
Edinburgh: c1800.
Etching on thin cream laid paper, 4 11/16 x 4 11/16 inches (117 x 117 mm), narrow margins. Horizontal edge tear extending approximately 1-inch into the image area at the center left sheet edge. Skinning at the bottom-center sheet edge, verso, and adhesive residue at the top two corners, verso. Etched by David Deuchar after van Ostade, from A Collection of Etchings After the Most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools particularly Rembrandt, Ostade, Cornelius Bega and Van Vliet, Edinburgh: 22 December, 1803.
"The pig killers is one of van Ostade’s most striking, both for its circular format and unusual lighting. Pictorial representations of pig slaughtering were known in medieval book illumination where they were incorporated into depictions of activities relating to the month of November or December. In this intimate, nocturnal scene, illuminated by torchlight, van Ostade combines coarse, barnyard realism with tender observation as a peasant family gathers round to witness the slaughter of a pig, which presumably will feed the large family during the long winter months. As the eldest son kneels on the animal, the farmer’s wife collects the blood in her long handled pan...
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19th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
The Smoker at the Window by David Deuchar, after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The Smoker at the Window. Edinburgh: 1800. Etching on cream laid paper, 4 1/2 x 4 inches (119 x 100 mm), thread margins. Left top corner expertly r...
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19th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Face with Two Images in the Eyes (Plate XXXVII), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Face with Two Images in the Eyes (Plate XXXVII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"
She...
Category
1940s Cubist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Collaborative Etching With 6 artist (Hand Signed by 3 artists)
Located in New York, NY
Adolph Gottlieb, David Smith, Dorothy Dehner, Edgar Levy, Lucille Corcos and Ether Gottlieb
Collaborative Etching With 6 artist (Hand Signed by 3 artist), 1...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
"That One Time I Modeled Lingerie" Printmaking: Photogravure, Aquatint Etching
Located in New York, NY
"That One Time I Modeled Lingerie" Printmaking: Photogravure and Aquatint Etching on Paper, Framed
Dimensions: 13 x 16in, Framed 22 x 24 x 1in
This piece is a Limited Edition of 25, ...
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2010s Contemporary Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure, Paper
Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt - Etching by Jules de Goncourt - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt is an Etching realized in 1860 by Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870).
The artwork is based on Gavarni's portrait.
Signature on the lower right corner on t...
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1860s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Square Head of a Man with Joined Eyebrows (Plate V), from Carmen
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Square Head of a Man with Joined Eyebrows (Plate V)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Frame Size: 21" x 18"...
Category
1940s Cubist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Couple - Etching by Edouard Chimot - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an etching realized by Edouard Chimot in the 1930s.
Signed on the plate by the artist on the lower right corner.
Good conditions.
Édouard Chimot (26 November 1880 – 7 Ju...
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1930s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Friends - Etching by Edouard Chimot - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Friends is an etching realized by Edouard Chimot in the 1930s.
Signed on the plate by the artist on the lower right corner.
Good conditions.
Édouard Chimot (26 November 1880 – 7 J...
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1930s Modern Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Spectacle Seller by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The Spectacle Seller. 1800. Etching on light cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 inches (93 x 75 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Light skinning and some sur...
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19th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
General Wilhelm von Blume - Visionary retrospective -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bernhard Pankok (1872 Münster - 1943 Baierbrunn), General Wilhelm von Blume, 1915, aquatint etching, 34 x 29.5 cm (sheet size), 26 x 22 cm (plate size), signed in the plate at upper left, in pencil at lower right and dated in pencil at lower left.
- At lower left old collection stamp, at the right broad margin with a small spot, otherwise very good condition.
About the artwork
The 1915 aquatint etching of General Wilhelm von Blume is based on a 1912 oil painting in the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster. A second oil portrait of the general by Pankok is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. When Pankok painted the first oil portrait in 1912, the general had already been retired for 16 years. It is therefore a retrospective portrait. Accordingly, the orientation of his head is such that he is looking back in both the oil painting and the etching. Without fixing on anything in particular, he looks thoughtfully inwards and reflects on his life. Uniformed and highly endowed, it is his military activities in particular that he is reviewing attentively and, as his gaze reveals, quite critically.
Pankok has literally written the sum of his experiences on Wilhelm von Blume's face: The physiognomy is a veritable landscape of folds, furrows, ridges and gullies, all the more striking against the flat background. It is clear that each of the medals was also won through suffering. However, by breaking the boundaries of the picture, his bust appears as an unshakable massif, which gives the general a stoic quality.
The fact that the design of the portrait was important to Pankok can be seen from the different versions, the present sheet being the third and probably final revision, which Pankok dates precisely to 18 February 1915. Compared with the previous state, the light background now has a dark area against which the sitter's face stands out, the dark background in turn combining with the uniform to create a new tension in the picture.
Pankok's taking up of the portrait of the high-ranking military veteran and its graphic reproduction can also be seen in relation to the First World War, which had broken out in the meantime. In the face of modern weapons of mass destruction, Wilhelm von Blume's warfare and military writings were relics of a bygone, more value-oriented era.
About the artist
After studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1889 to 1891 under Heinrich Lauenstein, Adolf Schill, Hugo Crola, and Peter Janssen the Elder, Bernhard Pankok went to Munich in 1892, where he worked primarily as a graphic artist for the two major Jugendstil magazines "Pan" and "Jugend," which established his artistic success. Through this work he met Emil Orlik, with whom he had a lifelong friendship.
In 1897, he exhibited his first furniture, and in 1898, together with Richard Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul and Hermann Obrist...
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1910s Realist Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Couple Walking by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). The Couple Walking. Edinburgh: c1800. Etching on cream wove paper, 3 x 2 1/8 inches (75 x 54 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Minor condition issues ...
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19th Century Old Masters Etching Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Etching portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Etching portrait prints available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add portrait prints created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of yellow, blue, orange, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Thomas Holloway, Pablo Picasso, Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, and Salvador Dalí. Frequently made by artists working in the Modern, Old Masters, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Etching portrait prints, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available Prices for portrait prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $2,500,000, while the average work can sell for $787.