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What is the difference between an etching and a print?
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The difference between an etching and a print depends on how specific the terms are. Print is a general term for any type of artwork made by transferring an image onto another material, such as paper or fabric. A specific printmaking technique, etching is a way of incising lines in a metal plate by first drawing on an acid-resistant coating, or ground, to reveal the metal beneath. The plate is then submerged in acid, which “bites” the lines into the metal plate. On 1stDibs, find a large selection of etchings and other prints.
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Jardinet, Signed Modern Embossed Aquatint by Bertrand Dorny
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jardinet by Bertrand Dorny, 1931 -
Date: circa 1979
Medium: Embossed Aquatint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 28/30
Image Size: 19.5 x 19 inches
Frame Size: 33.5 x 33...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
The Persian Cyclamen (Plate 4 from The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature)
By Abraham Pether
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Kew Gardens, 1804.
Mixed-method engraving (combining aquatint, stipple, line engraving, and mezzotint), printed in color a la poupée with hand-coloring in watercolor and gou...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Mezzotint, Aquatint
Lust - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)
Located in Paris, IDF
Auguste RODIN (1840–1917) (after)
Lust, 1897
Heliogravure retouched with drypoint (Goupil Studio)
Unsigned
Limited edition of 125 unnumbered copies
On vellum, 42.5 x 31 cm (16.7 x 1...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Lluvia de Toros - Etching by Francisco Goya, Modern Style, 1877
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on laid paper.
Additional plate from the Series "Los Proverbios", realized in 1815 and printed by François Liénard in the posthumous paris Edition of 1877.
Pub...
Category
1870s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
YOSEMITE - Stunning California Landscape By a Master of the Aquatint
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HAROLD L. DOOLITTLE (1883 - 1974)
YOSEMITE 1924
Aquatint signed and titled in pencil and dated in the plate lower left 1924. Image 9 ¾ x 13 ¾, sheet 12 x 16 ¾. Doolittle excelled i...
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint
"Les Pauvres" Pablo Picasso, Modernist, Early Period, Family, Black and White
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso
Les Pauvres, 1905
Etching and drypoint
9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches
11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches full sheet
Edition of 250
Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential and celebrat...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
