Art by Medium: Laid Paper

Etching on light cream laid paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches (200 x 138 mm), 1/8-inch margins. Minor repairs, including expertly repaired lower right corner, and minor light in-painting at l...

The paintings of Christophe have everything they need, the balance, the color, the values, the emotion, the composition and just the right amount of feeling. What makes his art spe...

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 13, 1948 The Post described, “Artist Stevan Dohanos felt like a baseball coach who had everything he needed excep...

English School, 18th century Pen and black ink with gray wash on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 5 inches (238 x132 mm). 1/4 inch repaired loss, top center, to the left of the figure’s h...

FEDERICO BAROCCI (Urbino 1526-35 - 1612) Study of bearded man Black and red chalk, stumping, pastel heightened with white on brown-prepared paper 15 3/8 x 10 5/8 in 39 x 27 cm Unsi...

Views of North African cities (Tunis, Algiers, and Jijel) alongside ethnographic descriptions of the "Peoples of Barbary." Paris: Châtelain, 1723. Copperplate engraving on cream la...

Bright Country Barns - Abstracted Modern Farm Landscape in Acrylic on Paper Vivid abstracted landscape of brightly colored barns in the countryside by San Francisco artist Michael W...

London: Seeley & Co., 1884. Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (158 x 235 mm); 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (210 x 311 mm), full margins with deckle edges....

Final Framed dimension: 18 x 22.5 collage art only: 9 x 6 full paper size: 15 x 19 Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, publishe...

Signed lower right, 'Rafael Navarro B' for Rafael Navarro Barajas (Mexican, 1921-1992), titled, 'Roma' and dated 1956. A member of the 20th-century Mexican School of Painting, Rafae...

Drawing Graphite, pen and brown and black ink, gray and sepia watercolor, white lead elevations on ivory virgin paper. (440 x 610 mm) Title: Achilles' sorrow over the death of Patroc...

This charcoal drawing from 1910 is an unusually powerful example of David Cronholm’s ability to transform a forest motif into something at once precise, immersive and deeply atmosphe...

Church of San Pietro In Banchi, Italy - 1908 Original Etching Original 1908 etching of the church of San Pietro Banchi in Genoa, Italy by George Walter Chandler (American, 1866-1928...

Etching on bluish-grey wove paper, 8 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (221 x 130 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in pencil. In good condition with light mat tone on the recto and various frame...

Etching on elaborately watermarked, antique, cream laid Dard Hunter paper, 13 5/8 x 7 1/78 inches (347 x 181 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "Ed. 100 II." From...

Engraving on cream laid paper, 2 1/8 x 3 7/16 inches (54 x 88 mm), thread margins. With an indiscernible ovoid ink stamp in black ink on the lower right verso. In excellent condition...

Etching with drypoint on hand made laid Japan paper with a deckle edge, 8 9/16 x 11 5/8 inches (220 x 296 mm), full margins. Signed, dated and titled in pencil in the margin, recto. ...

Apartment Interior #2 - Watercolor and Pen on Paper Detailed interior scene by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). The apartment is furnished with several chairs, one of which is wicker, with a bookshelf behind them. The room is decorated in shades of green, brown, and blue-grey. There are two light green carpets on the floor. Signed "Doris Hoover" in the lower right corner. Location information in lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame. Frame size: 17"H x 21"W Image size: 9.75"H x 13.5"W Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954. Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace...

Etching on cream laid paper laid down to a wove paper support, 4 x 2 5/8 inches (101 x 67 mm) (sheet). In good condition with scattered light areas of discoloration. Printed early 19...

Etching on cream laid paper with an unknown watermark with an AL inside a ribbon. 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (258 x 187 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil lower margin. In good condition with one small, very minor 1/4- inch horizontal tear in lower-center quadrant of the image area, in the area of the doorway beneath the arch, very difficult to discern, and completely unobtrusive. 1/2-inch minor horizontal edge tear center sheet edge, bottom margin (outside of image area). Paper tape from a previous hinge at top right and left sheet edges. Light scattered age tone and surface soiling. __________ Perhaps now most famous for one particular illustration for an edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Sullivan's etching of a skeleton crowned in roses was appropriated by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley...

French School, 18th century Circle of Hubert Robert (1733–1808) Landscape with Antique Ruins Red chalk on paper, 31 x 20.5 cm Unsigned Collector’s stamp lower left, very faint: “L...

This original painting is signed by the artist in the lower right corner. The work is accompanied by a colour photo certificate from the artist. Condition: Excellent condition. Not...

Wonderful rustic landscape of a farmhouse by Los Angeles artist Barbara Bisno (American, b-1925) with rolling hills and sheets on the line, 1948. Signed and dated "Bisno" right edge....

DAVID ROBERTS RA The Dead Sea 1796 - 1864 First Edition and Subscription Edition lithographs available Half plate: 50 Presented in a acid free mount In this lithograph, Roberts sta...

First edition lithograph Half plate: 9 Presented in a acid free mount Published by F.G. Moon & Son, London 1842-49.

These rare first-edition botanical engravings originate from the work of William Curtis (1746–1799), one of the most important botanists and natural history illustrators of the 18th ...

These rare first-edition botanical engravings originate from the work of William Curtis (1746–1799), one of the most important botanists and natural history illustrators of the 18th century. A trained apothecary, Curtis devoted his career to the study and documentation of plants, insects, and the natural world. He grew over 6000 species in his own garden! His commitment to making botanical knowledge accessible to both scholars and enthusiasts helped transform botanical illustration into a discipline valued equally for its scientific accuracy and artistic beauty. Published in 1777, these engravings represent the earliest edition of Curtis’s work and reflect the growing fascination with horticulture, exploration, and scientific discovery that characterized the Georgian era. Curtis's publications were celebrated for their meticulous detail and faithful representation of plant specimens, establishing standards that influenced generations of botanical artists and researchers. The rarity and significance of Curtis’s work are underscored by its presence in some of the most notable libraries of the period. Historical records indicate that George Washington owned a later edition of one of Curtis’s botanical publications, demonstrating the esteem these works commanded among prominent collectors on both sides of the Atlantic. The engravings offered here predate those later editions and were issued during Curtis’s lifetime, making them particularly desirable examples for collectors of early botanical works. Today, Curtis engravings...

Rome: Scudellari, 1822. Engraving on laid paper, 13 3/8 x 18 1/4 inches (350 x 464 mm), the full sheet, trimmed at the platemark. In very good condition with minor toning and handli...

A searing, veiled political and religious allegory targeting the Spanish Inquisition and the persecution of Protestants in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War. Haarlem: Hen...

Etching on cream laid watermarked Finch 1794 paper, 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (109 x 147 mm); sheet 6 1/2 x 9 inches (165 x 229 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil in the lower...

Haarlem: c1700. Mezzotint on watermarked laid paper, 11 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches (290 x 462 mm), thread margins. In good condition with expert repairs at the right corners, and upper-lef...

Roman School (circa 1590–1620) Study of a Male Executioner Black chalk on laid paper, 275 x 199 mm Unsigned Formerly Giancarlo Sestieri Collection This dynamic figure study, exe...

Etching on thin laid paper laid down to mid-weight Japon paper, 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 inches (244 x 190 mm), narrow to thread margins. Lettered below the image in the lower right margin wit...

DAVID ROBERTS RA Sebaste, Ancient Samaria 1796 - 1864 First Edition lithograph Full plate: 44 Presented in a acid free mount Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first edition o...

An illustration from an extensive study on larks (De Alaudis) first published in 1555; Historiae animalium is considered one of the foundational texts of modern zoology. Alavda sine...

Celebrated for the "sfumato" effect that Goltzius achieved through engraving alone, the incredibly fine lines in this work create the illusion of soft, glowing light and atmospheric ...

The Hague: circa 1799. Engraving with burin on cream laid paper, 7 7/8 x 13 inches (198 x 330 mm) full margins. Octavo fold with additional hard creases with an associated loss in t...

Etching and drypoint on watermarked Hudelist laid paper, 9 5/8 x 5 inches (245 x 129mm) full margins. Second state (of five) after lettering. A superb condition with a pencil inscrip...

DAVID ROBERTS RA Tiberias Looking Towards Hermon 1796 - 1864 First Edition and Subscription Edition lithographs available Full plate: 38 Presented in a acid free mount Modern hand-...

"The Smoker" After Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" Petruchio - Antique Lithograph Lithograph titled "The Smoker," after the character ...

KENNETH NOLAND Untitled, for Trustees of the Honolulu Museum of Art, 1984 Mixed Media collage with silver and colored foil on board. Signed on verso (back) with personal inscriptio...

California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape A beautiful Ranch-style, single-story home with low pitched rooftops and a weather vane...

These beautiful Italian 18th Centruy engravings on laid paper feature the portrait of two famous Italian painters: Veronese and Guido Reni. They were engraved by Pier Antonio Pazzi a...

A Medici-era study of decorative carousels from an equestrian pageant. c1700. Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, 3 x 8 inches (76 x 230 mm), the full sheet. In good condition wi...

Vintage Carmel Watercolor Landscape -- Shore Cypress Beautiful watercolor of windswept Carmel Cypress by Margaret C. Eifler (American, 1910-1996), circ...

Signed lower right, 'Henry Volle' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. A substantial and lyrically painted watercolor view of the original Spanish colonial church and ...

A superb impression of a scarce proof on rare paper. Etching on blue laid watermarked "Hand Made" paper, 7 3/8 x 3/14 inches (188 x 83 mm); sheet 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (292 x 209 mm...

Wonderful mid century mixed media coastal/figurative in loose/painterly style by Irmal Gertrude Attridge (American, 1894-1962), circa 1950. Signed lower right. Presented in vintage frame under glass (included as-is). Image size: 9"H x 12"W. Irma Gertrude Attridge was born in Chicago and studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles with Henry McFee and Oscar Van Young. Member of Calif. AC; AEA; Cal. WC. Soc.; Women Painters...

Young Woman The Vegetable Seller Roma Francesco Ferraresi Original watercolor A courtyard painting of a vegetable seller by Francesco Ferraresi (1858 - 1942). the is pensive and awai...

DAVID ROBERTS RA Jacob’s Well at Schechem 1796 - 1864 First Edition lithograph Full plate: 40 Presented in a acid free mount Modern hand-coloured lithograph for the first edition o...

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...

An early impression from an exceptional English collection. Rome: M. Scheap, 1658. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (117 x 125 mm); sheet 5 x 6 1/8 inches (128 x...

Oil, bitumen, graphite, sand, burlap, muslin on canvas 48" x 60" I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting...

Dating from 1737–1745, these original 18th-century botanical prints come from Johann Wilhelm Weinmann’s monumental Phytanthoza Iconographia, one of the most ambitious and visually di...

Bretherton, James (After Rembrandt van Rijn). Christ and the Woman of Samaria Among Ruins. London: c 1775. Etching on light cream laid paper, 4 3/4...

1930's watercolor figurative landscape depicting the First Church of Christ Congregational in Milford, Connecticut by J. Nolan of Providence, Rhode Island (American, 20th Century). S...

Vintage Minimalist Sand Dunes Landscape in Watercolor on Laid Paper Wonderful minimalist watercolor of sand dune with grass and birds by Ed Walaitis (Amer...

An original early 18th-century English country-house engraving by Johannes Kip (Dutch, c. 1653–1721), combining architectural precision with a wonderfully decorative bird’s-eye view ...

Artist's Statement "When I first began to paint landscapes in college, European and American landscape painters heavily influenced me. I loved the immediate qualities of the Barbizo...

‘The Flying Scotsman’ is an iconic steam train running from Edinburgh to Kings Cross London. Dubbed ‘The Flying Scotsman’ when exhibited in 1924 the expres...