Art by Medium: Woodcut

Sumo Fighters is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful modern artwork re...

Kabuki is an original artwork realized in 1864 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Breast portrait of the actor Sawamura Toshi in front of a dark blue background, he's wearing a lion dance costume. In the inset portrait of Kataoka Nizaemon with a feather costume. Signed: Oshio Toyokuni ga (77 Toyokuni). Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke in Horie. Censorship: Aratame. Wood engraver: Matsushima Masakichi. Excellent impression with visible wood grain and baren print lines...

Sumo Tournament is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19TH century by Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print. This wonderful modern artwork represents Japanese Sumo...

Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 174, 1968. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; print...

SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552) FLORENCZ - -- FIGUR UND GELEGENHEIT DER EDLEN UND HOCH BERHÜMPTEN STATT FLORENTZ. . c 1550 (Fauser, #3925.) Woodcut f...

Billy Childish, Swan and Fish, 2023 edition of 50, 26 x 21.5 cm hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Billy Childish is a prolific British artist, musician, and writer known for...

Ex libris Olav Tähe Paper, woodcut, 11x7cm

Lively Japanese woodblock print featuring street life. Ink on paper, circa 1860. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold ...

Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...

Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931. It belongs to the series "Emblemata". Signed with initials in the plate lower right. Ref. F.H. Bool, J.R. Kist, J.L. Locher and F. Wierda...

Charles Quest, 'Still Life', 1947, wood engraving, edition 8. Signed, dated, and numbered '3/8' in pencil. Titled and annotated 'wood engraving' in the bottom left margin. A fine impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles Quest, painter, printmaker, and fine art instructor, worked in various mediums, including mosaic, stained glass, mural painting, and sculpture. Quest grew up in St. Louis, his talent evident as a teenager when he began copying the works of masters such as Michelangelo on his bedroom walls. He studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts, where he later taught from 1944 to 1971. He traveled to Europe after his graduation in 1929 and studied at La Grande Chaumière and Academie Colarossi, Paris, continuing to draw inspiration from the works of the Old Masters. After returning to St. Louis, Quest received several commissions to paint murals in public buildings, schools, and churches, including one from Joseph Cardinal Ritter, to paint a replica of Velasquez's Crucifixion over the main altar of the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. Quest soon became interested in the woodcut medium, which he learned through his study of J. J. Lankes' A Woodcut Manual (1932) and Paul Landacre's articles in American Artist magazine ‘since no artists in St. Louis were working in wood’ at that time. Quest also revealed that for him, wood cutting and engraving were ‘more enjoyable than any other means of expression.’ In the late 1940s, his graphic works began attracting critical attention—several of his woodcuts won prizes and were acquired by major American and European museums. His wood engraving entitled ‘Lovers’ was included in the American Federation of Art's traveling print exhibition in 1947. Two years later, Quest's two prize-winning prints, ‘Still Life with Grindstone’ and ‘Break Forth into Singing’, were exhibited in major American museums in a traveling show organized by the Philadelphia Print Club. His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute's exhibition, ‘Woodcut Through Six Centuries’, and the print ‘Still Life with Vise’ was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1951 he was invited by artist-Curator Jacob Kainen to exhibit thirty wood engravings and color woodcuts in a one-person show at the Smithsonian's National Museum (now known as the American History Museum). Kainen's press release praised the ‘technical refinement’ of Quest's work: ‘He obtains a great variety of textural effects through the use of the graver, and these dense or transparent grays are set off against whites or blacks to achieve sparkling results. His work has the handsome qualities characteristic of the craftsman and designer.’ At the time of the Smithsonian exhibition, Quest's work was represented by three New York galleries in addition to one in his home town. He had won 38 prizes, and his prints were in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In cooperation with the Art in Embassies program, his color woodcuts were displayed at the American Embassy in Paris in 1951. Recognition at home came in 1955 with his first solo exhibition in St. Louis. Press coverage of the show heralded the ‘growth of graphic arts toward rivaling painting and sculpture as a major independent medium’. An exhibition of his prints at the Bethesda Art Gallery in 1983 attracted Curator Emeritus Joseph A. Haller, S.J., who began purchasing his work for Georgetown University's collection. In 1990 Georgetown University Library's Special Collections Division was the recipient of a large body of Quest's work, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and his archive of correspondence and professional memorabilia. These extensive holdings, including some 260 of his fine prints, provide a rich opportunity for further study and appreciation of this versatile and not-to-be-forgotten mid-Western American artist...

Woodcut on hand made laid paper with the publisher's watermark designed by the artist, full margins. From the special suite of 53 woodcut illustrations which were laid in loose to t...

Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori, from the Series "Beauties of the Floating World Associated with Flowers" by S...

Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931. It belongs to the series "Emblemata". Signed with initials in the plate lower center. Ref. -F.H. Bool, J.R. Kist, J.L. Locher and F. Wier...

Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...

The Angel of the 7th Heaven -  "The Divine Comedy" - Song 22 -  Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dan...

Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'Tranquil Harbor' (Gloucester, Massachusetts), wood engraving, edition 55, 1958. Signed in pencil, and signe...

Beauty Otami - Kabuki Note: Kabuki actor Nakamura Matsue is in the role of courtesan otami. She is standing in front of a small tea shop in a garden. Color woodblock, c. 1800-1810 Si...

Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...

Japanese woodblock print of a woman kneeling by the river. She is holding a stick making it appear like she is fishing with it. The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The print is not framed. Artist Biography: Utagawa Kuniyasu...

This piece titled "Follow" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 7.25"h x 9.5"w. Born in Mexico City, Ale...

Harvesting Young Cedars is a lovely original woodcut print from the work of the famous Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige from an early 19th century edition. It represents an agricult...

Edo Meisho woodblock print of a famous Japanese coastal dock. This woodblock is most likely apart of the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo." The woodblock print is printed on r...

Absorbing black and white woodcut of a nude female figure in the water surrounded by sea life and small figures by French artist Colette Pettier, 1936. Signed, dated and numbered 49 ...

This piece titled "High and Low II" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 9.5"h x 14.5"w. Born in Mexico ...

Kabuki Scene: a Revenge Story is a wonderful color xylograph on paper, realized by the Japanese master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) between 1846-1852. Japanese ideograms are print...

A charismatic Japanese woodblock print depicting a woman denying the attention of two disgruntled men. Signed and inscribed with characters. Presented in a contemporary wooden frame....

Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...

The Creation Of The Angels - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed...

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Purgatory 13 - The Second Terrace Color woodcut on paper Printed signature 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") REFE...

The beauty of Beatrice - The Divine Comedy is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy...

The high-ranking courtesan Shiragiku Bijinga is an original modern artwork realized by Keisai Eisen in the 1821-23. Woodcut Print Oban Format. From the ...

The bird is a woodcut print realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century. Very Good conditions. the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.

Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...

Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Divine Comedy Hell Canto 12 Decomposition (2 pieces) Medium: Woodcut Measurements: 10.5" x 13" each piece Condition: Excellent. This piece has been s...

Wood engraving, 1930, edition small, Physick 642 / 643. Initialed in pencil. Two blocks printed on a single sheet: fine impressions on cream laid Japan with full margins (1 1/2 to 2...

Woodcut on vélin paper. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°66, 1966. Published and printed under the direction of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, éditeur, Paris, by...

Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects,...

Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...

Antique bird egg colour woodblock , 1880, from Francis Orpen Morris’, 'A Natural History of the Nests & Eggs of British Birds', 1875. The woodblocks ...

Dan Burne Jones is widely know as the author of the Rockwell Kent print catalogue raisonne. It's so interesting to see that he is a gifted wood engraver as well. Jones's own prints a...

Woodcut on Fabriano Rosipina Avorio 285gsm paper Edition 1 of 50 Signed, numbered and blindstamped by the publisher on the front 46 x 41.5 x 3.5 cm - Framed by Pauli Excellent, incon...

Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...

Wandering monks in the courtyard of Konoura is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826 – 1869) in the 1840s. Good impression with reduced palette mainly in...

La Bataille is an artwork realized by Paul Emile Colin (1867 - 1949) in the early 20th Century. Woodcut print. Artist proof. Signed in pencil. Good condition.

Vintage chinese woodcut print depicting a theatrical mask. Realized in the mid-20th Century. Framed under glass.

The actor Onoe Eisaburo is an modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1830s. Woodcut Print Oban Format. The actor Onoe Eisaburo in the role of the high-ranking courtesan Miy...

Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931. On Hollande van Gelder paper. Edition of 300. Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....

Contemporary op art abstract linocut and woodcut print by Polish artist Ryszard Gieryszewski. Print is mostly green and blue with addition of pink. Title of this artwork is 'A frame'...

Composition is an original woodcut print on paper realized by Gino Severini in the mid-20th Century. The state of preservation is very good. The artwork represents the cubistic com...

Les Soirs d'Opium is a woodcut print print on paper, realized after Jean Paul Sauget for Maurice Magre's Les Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.

Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°3, July-August-September 1938. Published and printed und...

Kawase Hasui Spring Rain at Gokoku-ji Temple, 1932 Woodblock Print 1st Publication: 1932 Sheet size: 39 × 26 cm Date of this edition: 1932, 1st edition Publisher: Doi Teiichi Note...

Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Éloge de Émile Bernard, 1962. Published by Editions d'Art Ma...

Gargantua is an original modern rare book by François Rabelais illustrated for the first time by Gustave Doré (Strasbourg, 1832 – 23 January 1883) in 1854...

Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...

Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...

Flower Vase, Red Camellia, white plum, white daffodils and orchids Color woodcut, c. 1950 Signed "B. Ohno" (see photo) Seal: Bakufu (see photo) Series: Flowers of the Four Seasons Ca...