Miniature Animal Prints

Color lithograph, 1958. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 13/70 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Crommelynck and Dutrou, Paris. Published by Louis Broder, Pari...

Classical Bird print, after John James Audubon, printed by Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, New York unframed, 17 x 14 inches color print on paper Condition: very good Provenance: from...

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978) KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928 Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16” In excellent condition and full ...

This exquisite lithograph after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le Chat (The Cat), originates from the rare 1970 folio Pablo Picasso, Histoire naturelle (Natural History). Publishe...

“The Festive Ties” is a limited edition print (24/25) from Natasha Lelenco’s Fetiches series. In this surreal portrait, a human face is composed entirely of botanical elements—leaves...

Printer’s ink from rubber stamp on vélin d’Arches Satine paper. Paper Size: 8 x 8 inches. Inscription: Unsigned, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, 1977. Publi...

This limited-edition Dibond UV print belongs to Natasha Lelenco’s Fetiches series, an artistic exploration of portraiture intertwined with organic motifs. Numbered 24 of 25, each pri...

This framed Picasso print, is an offset lithographic book plate from a captivating book, entitled Toros y Toreros (Bulls and Bullfighters), which ...

Leonard Merchant's mezzotint, "Snail in Cup" is inscribed for fellow artist, Fritz Eichenberg. While a student at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London, a young Leonard Marchant found an engraving rocker in a cupboard and proceeded to turn himself into a master of the painstaking art of mezzotinting. Marchant, who has died in Shrewsbury aged 70, grew up in Simonstown, the Royal Navy's enclave in South Africa. Though his first job was as a parliamentary messenger, he taught himself to paint and, aged 19, was given a one-man show in Cape Town. Fired by this success, he left for England to study painting and, he claimed, to escape the stifling home atmosphere created by his Catholic mother and aunts. (His father was killed in the second world war.) Without contacts in London, he phoned Jacob Epstein, whose recommendation resulted in a grant to study briefly at the Central School. It was later, when studying full-time at the Central, that he saw the mezzotints of the Japanese master, Yozo Hamaguchi, in a London gallery. He was hooked. Creating a mezzotint is tedious in the extreme. The copper plate must first be prepared with a "rocker" which roughens the surface. A plate may be "rocked" 30 or 40 times. The rough texture is then reduced with a burnisher and a scraper, allowing the print a range of tones from velvety black through the greys to white. Marchant's plates could be months in the making. But the technical demands were the least of his worries. In its 18th- and 19th-century heyday, mezzotint was solely a reproductive medium, for copying masters such as Reynolds and Turner. The development of photography rendered it unfashionable, and by the 1960s the technique, known as la manière anglaise, was a bygone medium. Marchant, by now a teacher in printmaking at the Central, began to create original mezzotints with a colleague, Radavan Kraguly. A perfectionist, he seemed to revel in the straitjacket procedure. Perhaps it was the metaphor of bringing darkness out of light that appealed to this straight-talking, sometimes sombre, man, who would suddenly relax and light up like a gleaming hue on one of his prints. His work was of squares and triangles with the occasional cat, black and ominous, and carefully arranged still lifes, featuring plants, a seed pod, a pot he might have bought at auction to celebrate the sale of a print. There were one-man shows, notably at the Bankside Gallery. He sold well at the Royal Academy summer exhibition, was a Florence Biennale prizewinner, spent a fellowship year at the British School in Rome, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. But making mezzotints was not a paying job. Marchant and his South African wife...

This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Scolopaceous Courlan", No. 63, Plate 312 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed...

This exquisite lithograph after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le Taureau (The Bull), originates from the rare 1970 folio Pablo Picasso, Histoire naturelle (Natural History). Published and printed by Production Edito-Service S.A., Le Grand-Saconnex, Canton of Geneve, this remarkable project presents a second edition of a suite of images created by Picasso to accompany the classic natural history texts of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. First conceived in 1936 and realized over several decades, these works reflect Picasso’s fascination with nature, movement, and organic form, reinterpreting Buffon’s 18th-century scientific prose through the lens of modern art. Executed on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper, this lithograph measures 12.99 x 9.84 inches (33 x 25 cm). As issued, it is unsigned and unnumbered, consistent with the authorized 1970 publication format. This edition, produced with the permission of Martin Fabiani, preserves the integrity, tonality, and clarity of Picasso’s original etchings from the celebrated 1942 edition, reaffirming his mastery of line and form. Artwork Details: Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Title: Le Taureau (The Bull), from Pablo Picasso, Histoire naturelle (Natural History), 1970 Medium: Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper Dimensions: Paper size 12.99 x 9.84 inches (33 x 25 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Date: 1970 (after the 1942 original etchings) Publisher: Production Edito-Service S.A., Le Grand-Saconnex, Canton of Geneve Printer: Production Edito-Service S.A., Le Grand-Saconnex, Canton of Geneve and Italy Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1970 folio Pablo Picasso, Histoire naturelle (Natural History), published by Production Edito-Service S.A., Le Grand-Saconnex, Canton of Geneve Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), Picasso, eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de Buffon. At the expense and care of Martin Fabiani, this book was completed to be printed in paris on may XXVI MCM XLII. Pablo Picasso's original XXXI eaux-fortes were drawn by R. Lacourière and the printing of texts by M. Fequet and P. Baudier. Justification of the draw. CCXXVI examples. N°1. — single example on papier vergé Ancien with a suite on papier Ancien bleuté; II to VI. V examples on Japon Super—Nacré with a sequel on Chine; VII to XXXVI. XXX examples on Japon Impérial with a suite on Chine; XXXVII to XCI. LV examples on vélin of Montval; XCII to CCXXVI. CXXXV examples on vélin de Vidalon. This second edition, 25 x 33 cm, was created with the permission of Martin Fabiani, publisher in Paris, on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux. About the Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose revolutionary vision redefined modern art in the 20th century. Born in Malaga, Spain, he demonstrated prodigious talent from an early age and trained in Barcelona and Madrid before moving to Paris, where he became the epicenter of avant-garde innovation. Picasso pioneered Cubism alongside Georges Braque, explored emotional depth through his Blue and Rose periods, and continually reinvented his style across thousands of works in painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. His influence spans movements from Surrealism to abstraction, and his work remains central to global art history. The highest price ever paid for one of his artworks is approximately US $179.4 million for Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O) (1955). Pablo Picasso lithograph, Picasso Le Taureau...

'1. 2. Delias eucharis 3. Delias philyra' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

Black Cat is an Original Woodcut Print realized in the Mid-20th Century by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Good condition, monogrammed on the lower right corner. Giselle Halff (1899-197...

French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of birds. 195mm by 265mm (sheet)

Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolored Etching Antique Birds, from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Di...

This print relates to a complete series of 26 letters done for his Alphabet portfolio. A close look at the feathers shows letters, spelling Owlphabet. The owl and other animals form ...

Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (1770-1811) Sweden Title: A Wolf hand-coloured print early 1800s print dimensions approx 4.33 x 7.08 inches (11 x 18 cm) frame 11.81 x 15.74 inches (30 ...

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

'1. Heliconius erato 2. Heliconus vesta 3. Heliconus sylvanus' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

"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...

'1. Castnia eudesmia 2. Castnia huebneri 3. Synemon catocaloides 4. Neocastnia nicevelli' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

This anthropomorphic floral composition titled "Mr. Sober 24/25) is a limited edition high-quality Dibond direct UV Original Print capturing the unique and vibrant essence of Natasha...

Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Bible : Simeon, Angels and Red Birds, 1962 Lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On Vellum 32.5 x 24 cm INFORMATION: Lithograph produced by Chagall in 196...

Ducks at Play Frank Weston Benson, American (1862–1951) Date: 1940 Etching mounted to board, signed and dated in pencil Image Size: 10 x 8 inches Size: 12 x 10 in. (30.48 x 25.4 cm)

"NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER" is a brightly colored serigraph by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross printed in 16 colors including shades of yellow, blue, purple, salmon p...

Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi 1982: set of 6 printed works: A set of six, individual, double-sided lithographic inserts from the seminal, spiral bound 1982 Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi ca...

'1. 2. Catagramma astarte 3. 4. Haematera pyramus' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

Artist: George Rodrigue (1944-2013) Title: Blue Skies Shinning on Me (Blue Dog Series) Year: 2005 Edition: 141/190, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on a...

'Algen I' (Seaweeds) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Central vertical fold as issued. 240mm by 305mm (sheet)

"Sandwich Tern' Antique Hand Colored Lithograph Delicately rendered naturalist drawing of a sandwich tern from the 1903 edition of "A History of British Birds" by F.O. Morris. This...

'1. 2. Pseudolycaena marsyas 3. 4. Evenus regalis' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

Paul JOUVE (1878-1973) Soldat apercevant la panthère, c. 1949 Gravure originale à l'eau-forte (atelier Haasen) Non signée Sur vélin 32.5 x 25 cm INFORMATION : Gravure créée pour le...

JUN'ICHIRO SEKINO (1914-1988) TWO SIAMESE CATS Japanese Woodblock Print, c. 1960, 1st edition, pencil signed, titled and numbered 90/200 with red Sekino pub...

Mid-century French transatlantic liner menu with printed illustration by French artist Jean Adrien Mercier. Signed in the print, top left and dated 1956 inside centre. This highly c...

The Patient Traveler by Maggie Taylor is a limited-edition, color photomontage image. Maggie Taylor is a Florida-based artist who creates complex photomontage compositions with a fl...

Alexander CALDER Elephant and Rhinoceros, 1966 Lithograph Handsigned in pencil On Arches Vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) Excellent condition, light text report on the lithograph ...

Patas A Bandeau Noir is an etching realized in 1771 by Jacques Mesnil. Signed in plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la descr...

circa 1950. Woodblock print in black and gray ink on Japon laid paper, 10 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches (260 x 398 mm), full margins. With the artist's embossed chop mark in red ink in the l...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Roseate Spoonbill" (Plate 362, No. 73) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,200 Printer: John T. Bowen, Philadelphia, PA Publisher: John James Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA Sheet size: 6.75" x 10.44" Image size: 5" x 7.63" Condition: In excellent condition Very rare The "Roseate Spoonbill" is one of the very top, absolute most desirable birds from Audubon's famous "Birds of America" series Notes: Provenance: private collection - Fleming Island, FL. Lithography and hand-coloring by American artist John T. Bowen (1801-c.1856). Comes from Audubon's famous seven volume portfolio "The Birds of America", First Royal Octavo Edition (1840-1844), which consists of 500 hand-colored lithographs. Based on a composition painted in Florida in 1831 or 1832. "This beautiful and singular bird" was prized for its wings and tail feathers which were made into fans in St. Augustine. The roseate spoonbill is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. The roseate spoonbill's pink color is diet-derived, consisting of the carotenoid pigment canthaxanthin, like the American flamingo. To make 'The Birds of America' more affordable and widely available, in 1839 John James Audubon began the first octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio which was printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were reduced in size, rendered in intermediate drawings by John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse, and then drawn onto lithographic stones. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. Like the Havell edition, John James Audubon’s first...

Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA Cat, 1927 Original woodcut Handsigned with ink Numbered /160 Bears the blind stamp of the editor (Lugt 1140a) On Vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch) R...

This exquisite collotype after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le belier (The Ram), originates from the rare 1957 folio 40 dessins de Picasso en marge du Buffon (Forty Drawings by ...

Etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". Good conditions with slight foxing.

'1. Parnassius apollo 2. Aporia cratoegi' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

Image dimensions: 20,5 x 15,5 cm A Little Duckling is an adorable lithograph printed on poussins rigid paper. Signed on plate: G. Süs. Original Title: Das Erste Sturihad. Good con...

The Curly Coated Retriever 1887 Etching

Image dimensions: 22.5 x 34.7 cm. Uccellini imbalsamati is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist and poet Luigi Bartolini in 1943. Original etching on paper.  Signed ...

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "American Flamingo" (Plate 375, No. 75) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo E...

'1. Cynthia juliana 2. Anartia amalthea 3. Junonia orthosia' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

'1. Iliades agenor 2. Parides aeneas' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Whooping Crane" (Plate 313, No. 63) Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition Year: 1840-1844 Medium: Origi...

Georges BRAQUE (1882-1963) Composition with Birds, 1965 Original lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Signed in the plate On vellum 30 x 24 cm (c. 11.8 x 9.4 in) REFERENCES : - Catalog r...

Ohara Koson (1877-1945), 'Carp and Water Chestnut', color woodblock print, 1926. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream Japan paper; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Signed 'Koson' with the artist’s red seal 'Koson'. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo. With the Watanabe 'C' seal in the lower right margin, indicating a lifetime impression printed between 1929-1942. Image size 13 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (343 x 184 mm); sheet size 14 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (368 x 191 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Literature: 'Crows, Cranes, and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson', Newland, Amy R.: Jan Perree & Robert Schaap, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001. S39.1, pl 169. Collections: National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian), Smart Museum of Chicago (University of Chicago). In Japanese art, the carp represents good luck and good fortune. ABOUT THE ARTIST Koson Ohara...

Kate Breakey's artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual a...

Bat in the meadow. 1982. Paper, linocut, 20x34 cm imprint size 10x25,5 cm total page size 20x34cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and ...

Part of Natasha Lelenco’s Fetiches series, this high-quality limited edition Dibond UV print encapsulates the fusion of portraiture and botanical elements that defines her artistic l...

Kenny Scharf at Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, 1984: Offset printed announcement card. Dimensions: approx 4 x 5 inches. Good overall vintage condition. Features Scharf printed si...

'Chrysiridia madagascarensis' Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.

This is a hand-colored engraving of a black guillemot bird entitled "Le Guillemot" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 903 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association with G...

Hunting dog speaking to the rabbit: "Be Quiet". Humor in art is rare! Titled and pencil signed by the artist Paul Wood. Published in France by Paris Etching Society. "Made in Fra...

David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, photographer, designer and dog-lover. Perhaps the most popular and versatile British artist of the 20th century, Hockney made appa...