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Medium: Mezzotint
TV Re-Run B Unique mixed media monotype and colored embossing geometric abstract
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields TV Re-Run B, 1978 Mixed Media Monotype: Color drypoint, mezzotint, linocut and colored embossing on perforated paper on Handmade Paper Mounted on Linen Board Signed, num...
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1970s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Paper, Mixed Media, Drypoint, Mezzotint, Linocut, Pencil

l'inquiétude des Sphères
By Michel Roncerel
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered artist proof, aside from the edition published in a fine press artist book. Image size: 9.25 x 7 in. Sheet: 18.5 x 15 in. Year: 1995 Beginning in 1993, Manière...
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1990s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Mezzotint

Labyrinth
By William Crozier
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Labyrinth’ By William Crozier Medium - Carborundum printmaking, collagraph process Edition - 47/80 Signed - Yes Size - 509mm x 407mm Date - 2007 Condition - Excellent. 10 out of 10....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint, Lithograph

Mizuhiki
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Mizuhiki" is an exclusive publication by Stone + Press in an edition of 100. Katsunori Hamanishi was born in 1949 on Hokkaido island - Japan's second largest island. In 1973 he fi...
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1990s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Hinterstoisser - Original Mezzotint by Piero Ruggeri - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 60 pieces. Mezzotint and Carborundum print. Diffused foxing.
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1990s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Waterfall I (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum)
Located in New York, NY
David Shapiro (American, b. 1922) Waterfall I (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum), 1979 Spit-bite etching, drypoint and carborundrum on Lanaquerelle...
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1970s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching

Despairia
Located in London, GB
Over a period of four years, Stella created a body of prints whose titles all came from ‘The Dictionary of Imaginary Places’ by Alberto Mangual and Gianni Guadalupi. Each work from t...
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1990s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

Une Fois Rien (Once Again / No Action)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Christine Ravaux created Une Fois Rien which is signed by pencil. This impression is #12 of 30 Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted wi...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Combination-Cross No. 3
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Combination-Cross No. 3 Mezzotint, 1979 Signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 30 (9/30) Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy, Chicago The Landy's donated a large collection of Hamanishi to the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019. Condition: Excellent Image size: 13 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches HAMANISHI Katsunori...
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1970s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Beyound (sic) - IX
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Beyond (sic) - IX Mezzotint, n.d. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition: Unique impression (i/I) Ninion and Sheldon Landy were major collectors of Hamanishi's works. They donated a large group of his mezzotints to Art Institute of Chicago, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019. Condition: excellent Plate/Image size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy, Hamanishi's patrons EXTREMELY RARE-UNIQUE Katsunori Hamanishi Born: 1949, Hokkaido Medium: Mezzotint, with relief printing and metallic foil. Also a few woodblocks Hamanishi studied painting and graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Art, in 1973. Since then, he has been living in the Tokyo area, where his primary focus is printmaking. Mezzotint is a variation of intaglio printing--an exacting and laborious process whereby ink is transferred from below the surface of the plate by use of a press. First, the entire copper plate is indented with a toothed steel rocker tool. Worked in all directions, this creates an even finely-grained texture over the surface of the plate. Each pit will hold ink and were the plate inked at this stage, it would print almost solid black. To create the design the artist smoothes out some of the pits with a burnisher so they will hold less ink. Where highlights are required the plate is burnished and polished quite smooth. A wide range of tones are possible in mezzotint and the process can usually be recognized by a light design on a velvety black background. Hamanishi is internationally known for his mastery of this medium. He creates images with both subtle detail and dynamic composition that explore spatial relationships. His genius is in balancing calm and meditative qualities with the energetic tensions of inanimate and natural objects. Early work had such things as pipes and branches wrapped with cloth, later rope, then straw. When he moved to a more rural area, rice fields became a common element. He has also been exploring the use of color and metallic leaf in his artwork. In 2005 Mr. Hamanishis began the Haze series exploring more abstract themes using the subtle differences between matte and black inks done in mezzotint and relief printing. There is always a sense of mystery and intrigue in the complex mezzotint prints that come from Hamanishi’s deft hands. They compel the viewer to do a slow, thoughtful examination in order to fully absorb the vision the artist intends. Exhibitions: Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts --2 person show with Hamaguchi Ibiza Biennial, Spain--Grand Prize Original Colored Graphic Print Triennial, Switzerland--Grand Prize Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil--Grand Prize CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo--Art Grant winner Republic of China Print Exhibit--Gold Medal Graphic Arts Council, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco--commissioned print Art Institute of Cleveland University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada--visiting artist Shun-yo-Kai, Tokyo--prize winner Bhara Bhavan International Print Biennale, India Ren Brown...
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1980s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Pilone Nero - Mezzotint by Piero Ruggeri - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 60 pieces. Mezzotint and Carborundum print. Some minor foxing on edges.
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1990s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Sud (South)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #5 out of 40 Anne Dykmans was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1952. She is a graduate of l’École Nationale d’Architecture et des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in Brussels, where she studied printmaking. Specialist of the Mezzotint (mezzotinto) technique, she is especially known for her prints of interior scenes, where light and dark come together in amazing chiaroscuro effects. She has presented her work in solo and group shows in Belgium and in many countries including; among others: France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Japan, China, and the USA. She was awarded in 1983 the Prix de la Jeune Gravure Belge in Antwerp. In 1986 she received the Prize of the 8th Biennale of Engraving of Fredrikstad, Norway. She won in 1988 the Gold Medal at the 2nd Triennial of Mezzotint Engraving of Sopot, Poland. Her prints are included in many private and public collections around the world. Anne Dykmans taught engraving from 1984 to 2017 at the Constantin Meunier...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Delta (River delta in front of mountains in volcanic landscape, Iceland)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Delta was first brought to attention as one of the dramatic images illustrated in Carol Wax's book, The Mezzotint, History and Technique. It was also exhibited at the New Orleans Mu...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Maturity, Abstract Expressionist Mezzotint, Print by K.B. Hwang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: K.B. (Kyu-Baik) Hwang Title: Maturity Year: circa 1970 Medium: Mezzotint, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: AP Paper Size: 30 x 22 inches
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

The Lake
Located in New Orleans, LA
German artist Udo Claassen created a dramatic landscape of this Icelandic scene in 1985 in an edition of 40. This is #33. Claassen was born in Itzehoe in the state of Schleswig-Hol...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Red Loop (suite of 12 mezzotints in boxed portfolio)
Located in New Orleans, LA
12 copper mezzotints printed on Hahnemulle paper in an edition of 12. This is impression #5 The 12 complementary mezzotints are included in boxed portfolio Graduated from the Natio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Three Leaves
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ravaux used the rule of threes to show 3 pieces of Christmas ivy floating below three sources of light. Christine Ravaux is a Belgian artist who uses nature in much of her work whic...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Nature morte au coquetier
Located in New York, NY
This elegant mezzotint print, entitled, "Nature morte au coquetier", was realized by the esteemed artist Mario Avanti in France, 1962. It depicts a stylized rendition of a dove as a ...
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1960s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Deerflake (The artist's first work celebrating the Solstice / deer as snowflake)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the deer. T...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Frog Cog
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the frog. T...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Remington Strip Tease
Located in New Orleans, LA
Remington Strip Tease had a black iron dome covering the moving parts and suppressing noise. It is presented in a light that suggests a monument. It is f...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

The Oliver (This image is being used to promote an upcoming show at the MET )
Located in New Orleans, LA
The Oliver which is in several museum collections and has won numerous awards) is being used to promote the show, Printed Ladies, opening March 1st at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and will be reproduced on the cover of the upcoming revised second edition of Carol's book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique which is due out in early 2024 Thomas Oliver invented the first double-sided lateral top stroke machine. This was No. 9 introduced in 1916. With light focused on the machine it suggested the logo of the Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes series - giving off an anima-like aura. The print was issued in an edition of 75. Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

One
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is impression #12 of 25 Born in Charleroi, Belgium, Ravaux is an artist who mirrors her surroundings in the mezzotints she creates. She has portrayed see more . . . the black h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Awakening
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Each print signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Total edition: 92: 75 with Arabic numerals; 10 Artist's proofs with Roman numerals; 7 Hors Commerce with Roman numerals Image...
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1980s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Surf I
Located in New Orleans, LA
Shades of blacks and grays to suggest the power of the surf. Christine Ravaux is a Belgian artist who uses nature in much of her work which is both hyper-realistic and abstract in p...
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Late 20th Century Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Mill Near the Grand Chartreuse, Dauphiny
Located in Storrs, CT
Mill Near the Grand Chartreuse -- Dauphiny (after the drawing by J.M.W. Turner, R.A., 1775-1851.) 1886. Mezzotint. Hardie 9.ii. Image 7 3/8 x 10; plate 9 x 11 7/8; sheet 12 5/8 x 17 ...
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1880s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Two
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is #12 of an edition of 25. Born in Charleroi, Belgium, Ravaux is an artist who mirrors her surroundings in the mezzotints she creates. She has portrayed see more . . . the bla...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Counter Pointe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, titled and numbered recto Edition: Unique (1/1) Image: 2 11/16 x 4 3/16"
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2010s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Bois Dormant
Located in New Orleans, LA
Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted with grasses and ferns that lie beneath. Christine Ravaux is a Belgian artist who uses nature in m...
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Late 20th Century Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Des Oeufs Pout Ta Fette (Holiday Eggs)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 (33/50) Image: 8 5/8 x 10 11/16"
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1960s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Zebragram (a stylized circular design created by repeated imagery of a zebra)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the zebra. ...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Peau d' Ame ( Body and Soul)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Christine Ravaux created Peau d' Are which is signed by pencil. This impression is #2 of 15 Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted with ...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

"Outing, " Mezzotint by Kyu-Baik Hwang, circa 1972
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mezzotint was created by Korean artist K.B. Hwang. Hwang's soft lighting and colors, at once vivid and subdued, depict familiar objects in surreal settings. After moving to New ...
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1970s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Deux Fois Rien (double or nothing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Christine Ravaux created Deux Fois Rien which is signed by pencil. This impression is #12 of 30 Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted w...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Bout a Bout (Translation: From End to End)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Christine Ravaux created Bout a Bout which is signed by pencil. This impression is #4 of 35 Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted with ...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Birds of Paradigm
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the elephan...
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1980s American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Contre Sens (against the Grain)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Christine Ravaux created this mezzotint which translates to the phase "against sense". This impression is #7 of 20 Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing p...
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Late 20th Century Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Daybreak, Abstract Etching by Kyu-Baik Hwang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: K.B. Hwang Title: Daybreak Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Mezzotint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Paper Size: 30 x 22 inches
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Drapery Against Black
By Holly Downing
Located in New Orleans, LA
This black and white mezzotint is in an edition of 30. It is titled, numbered #1/30 and signed in pencil. Holly Downing is a painter and printmaker who has been making mezzotint e...
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1980s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Wind
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anne Dykmans' "Wind" shows a multi color ribbon flapping in the wind. The flow of the wind is shown through the movement of the fabric. It is in an edition of just 10. Anne Dykman...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Vertical Zydeco (Making Cajun music with rhythmic patterns of light and shadow)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's "Vertical Zydeco" reflects a fascination with ways to suggest sound and movement through rhythmic patterns of light and shadow. It is an edition of 75. The image is real...
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1990s American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Stones
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Balakjian was enigmatic in his subject matter creating images that are disturbing in their ambiguity. Is this image just striped fabric tied with ropes on a platform or is this is a flag-draped coffin symbolizing those who passed "in memory of an historic phrase"? Politicians may turn the phrase but a price must be paid. This small edition mezzotint was created in 1975 in an edition of only 5. Armenian by descent, Marc Balakjian was raised in Lebanon. He spent his early years in the small town of Rayak, before moving to Beirut at the age of 10. He came to England in 1966, initially to study architecture with a firm in Oxford. He then decided to study art at Hammersmith College of Art and took up a postgraduate degree in printmaking at the Slade School of Art in 1971. After graduating he began working at Studio Prints in 1973, just as it was establishing itself in Queen’s Crescent. By 1976 he had become a full time partner, collaborating with other artists as well as continuing his own work, much of which is inspired by his Armenian and Lebanese culture and heritage. By the 1980s work was falling off, so Balakjian and Studio Prints introduced in-house plate-making to serve painters and sculptors who had little experience with printmaking. Artists such as Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud and Ken Kiff...
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1990s Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Trunk Lines (Interweaved faces, ears and the trunks of elephants form design)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax describes her circular images as "most often quasi abstract works that refer to ancient islamic designs using the shapes and attributes of animals, in this case the elephan...
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1980s American Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Ocean Terminal I
Located in New Orleans, LA
Craig McPherson captures a night view of the neon lights from commercial signs reflected in the water at Ocean Terminal in Kowloon, as seen from the terminal of the Star Ferry to cen...
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1990s Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

American Bannerstones, 5000-1000 BC, Abstract Mezzotint by Corson Hirschfeld
By Corson Hirschfeld
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Corson Hirschfeld, American (1941 - ) Title: American Bannerstones, 5000-1000 B.C. Year: circa 1979 Medium: Mezzotint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 170 Image Size:...
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1970s Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Burrow, Abstract Mezzotint by Kyu-Baik Hwang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: K.B. (Kyu-Baik) Hwang, Korean (1932 - ) Title: Burrow Year: circa 1970 Medium: Mezzotint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 24/60 Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Branche Horizontale (horizontal branch lying on patterns of grass and leaves)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted with grasses and ferns that lie beneath. Christine Ravaux is a Belgian artist who uses nature in m...
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Late 20th Century Modern Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Consequence of an Absence ( A loss makes one more appreciative)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is from an edition of 50. The artist's subject matter was enigmatic: a recurring theme was that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Elegy for a Forgotten Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is an artist proof and is annotated VIII / VIII The artist's subject matter was enigmatic: a recurring theme was that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Icelandic Landscape (The sun creates dramatic cloud pattern over a glacial lake)
Located in New Orleans, LA
German artist Udo Claassen created a dramatic landscape of this Icelandic scene in 1985 in an edition of 40. The New Orleans Museum of Art has an impression of this image in its per...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

Fragment
By Noriko Yanagisawa
Located in Storrs, CT
Fragment. 2001. Etching, aquatint and mezzotint. 11 1/2 x 10 3/4 (sheet 20 1/2 x 15). Edition 30, #7. A fine impression printed on the full sheet with deckle edges. Presentation prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Aquatint, Mezzotint, Etching

Crowd of Shadows, Abstract Mezzotint by Kyu-Baik Hwang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: K.B. (Kyu-Baik) Hwang, Korean (1932 - ) Title: Crowd of Shadows Year: circa 1970 Medium: Mezzotint, signed and numbered in marker Edition: 50 Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 5...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint

The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story from the Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two whaling ships meet out at sea, one named after an Indigenous American tribe and the other after the first king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, the latter set upon by a malignant epidemic and a sailor gone mad with the belief that he is the Archangel Gabriel. Both ships are plagued, one by sickness and the other by obsession, and neither heeds the warnings of the mad prophet. Built out in layers of paper that have been printed using techniques like lithography and etching, this colossal print by Frank Stella employs careful color against warping black and white grids to give the impression of control slowly slipping and giving way to chaos. Photos don't give this piece proper justice; it is carefully collaged in purposeful layers that constantly pull the eye in every direction and the viewer closer and closer in. The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam: Her Story...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Mezzotint Abstract Prints

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Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Mezzotint abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mezzotint abstract 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 Abstract 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 red 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 Christine Ravaux, Carol Wax, K.B. (Kyu-Baik ) Hwang, and Holly Downing. Frequently made by artists working in the Modern, Abstract, 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 Mezzotint abstract prints, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available

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