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Size: Miniature
Picasso, L'Autruche, Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Little Boodge
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, Little Boodge, 1993
Offset lithograph on paper
28 x 42 cm (11 × 16 1/2 in)
Signed and dated in plate, recto
Based upon Hockney's beloved miniature dachshund Boodge...
Category
1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. 2. Charaxes tiridates 3. Charaxes etheocles'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Moths, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Castnia eudesmia 2. Castnia huebneri 3. Synemon catocaloides 4. Neocastnia nicevelli'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Le Taureau, Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Moths, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Devanica tricolor 2. Erasmia pulchella 3. Amesia sanguiflua'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Owlphabet, etching by Kelvin Mann
By Kelvin Mann
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Parnassius apollo 2. Aporia cratoegi'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Chrysiridia madagascarensis'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Le Chat, Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. 2. Catagramma astarte 3. 4. Haematera pyramus'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. 2. Delias eucharis 3. Delias philyra'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
LOBSTER and OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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 ...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Animal Prints
Materials
Linocut
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Heliconius erato 2. Heliconus vesta 3. Heliconus sylvanus'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. 2. Pseudolycaena marsyas 3. 4. Evenus regalis'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Metamorpha dido'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cat Squirrel: An Original 19th Century Hand-colored Lithograph by Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Cat Squirrel, No. 4, Plate XVII", from John James Audubon's Quadrupeds of North America, published in Philade...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Danaus plexippus 2. Tiramala limniace'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Monkeys, English antique animal engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Monkeys
Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879.
160mm by 245mm (sheet).
Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Lines in Four Directions, Rubber Stamp Portfolio, Sol LeWitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
Category
1970s Minimalist Animal Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink
$5,996 Sale Price
20% Off
'Wading Egret' — Japanese Woodblock kacho-e
By Ohara Koson
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Wading Egret', color woodblock, c. 1900 - 1910. Signed 'Koson' in black ink with the artist’s red seal beneath, lower left. A superb, skillfully-inked impression, with fresh colors,...
Category
Early 1900s Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bible : Simeon, Angels and Red Birds - Lithograph (Mourlot 1962)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
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...
Category
1960s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Hestia idea 2. Ideopsis daos'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rooster Totem (Unframed)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Rooster Totem" is an original artwork made from Letterpress, coque feather, mixed media by Katie VanVliet. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Color
Black Horse
By Tokuriki Tomikichiro
Located in Middletown, NY
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Edo Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. 2. Polygoma C. album 3. Vanessa polychloros'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Patient Traveler, color limited edition photomontage artwork
Located in Sante Fe, NM
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...
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982 (set of 6 printed works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Vanessa urticae 2. 3. Pyrameis cardui'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Le Chien, Histoire naturelle (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Eaux-fortes originale pour des textes de ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Picasso "Toros & Toreros" Photolithography
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This framed Picasso print, is an offset lithographic book plate from a captivating book, entitled Toros y Toreros (Bulls and Bullfighters), which ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 39; Unidentified tree with moth, caterpillar and pupa.
The Netherlands: 1705....
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Mid-Century Original Printed Menu, Transatlantic French Line, 'Ile de France'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink
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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
'Star', A running horse belonging to His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752)
'Star', A running horse belonging to His Grace the Duke of Bridgewater
Mezzotint by R. Houston
Image size 10 x 14 in
Framed size 13 x 17 in
James Seymour w...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Mezzotint
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. 2. Helicopis acis 3. Zeonia chorinceus'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Iliades agenor 2. Parides aeneas'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Anteater - Original Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Roma, IT
Anteater is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence)
Lithograph print, mid-20th century.
Very good conditions.
Je...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Borzoi, Sealyham, Collie, Cecil Aldin 1930s dog lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Borzoi, Sealyham, Collie'
Cecil Aldin dog lithograph, 1935.
Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketch...
Category
1930s English School Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Canaries on a Tree
Located in London, GB
Canaries on a Tree, 2003
Screenprint
Edition size: 300
Image and paper size: 28.5 x 24cm
hand-signed and numbered by the artist on verso
published by Advanced Graphics
accompanied by signed and numbered book (206/300) that matches the print's edition number.
Craigie Aitchison...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Cat and Mouse : Original etching, Handsigned and Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Mordecai MOREH
Cat and Mouse, 1982
Original etching
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 300
On vellum 9 x 21 cm (c. 4 x 8 inch)
INFORMATION : This etching was created for the Greeting ...
Category
1980s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Snail in a Bowl (Artist Proof inscribed to Fritz Eichenberg)
Located in New Orleans, LA
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...
Category
1980s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
$100 Sale Price
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Le Leopard - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Leopard is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Ro...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"S"
By Kelvin Mann
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The single letter "S", from the alphabet, illustrated by a seahorses. All letters from the Kelvin Mann's bestiary alphabet are available, and the full set of 27 etchings in folio box...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Le Chat Sauvage - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chat Sauvage is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition.
Good conditions.
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Uccellini Imbalsamati (Embalmed Birds) - Etching by Luigi Bartolini - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
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 ...
Category
1940s Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Margay - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Margay is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807).
Titled and Signed on the plate.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulièr...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Colorful Birds on Blue Background - Orignal Lithograph
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY
Colorful Birds on Blue Background, 1965
Lithograph (Mourlot workshop)
Unsigned
On vellum 30 x 24 cm (c. 11.8 x 9.4 in)
INFORMATION : Posthumous published lithograph pub...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Little Duckling - Original Lithograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982 (set of 6 printed works)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
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...
Category
1980s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Blue Skies Shinning on Me (Blue Dog Series), George Rodrigue
Located in Fairfield, CT
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...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$10,000 Sale Price
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Black Cat by the Window - Woodcut Print by Giselle Halff - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Black Cat by the Window is a woodcut print on paper realized by Giselle Halff in the early 20th century.
Good conditions.
The delicate and beautiful fine strokes of the artwork sho...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bull - Original Lithograph By Jean Lurçat - Mid-20th Century
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Roma, IT
Bull is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence)
Lithograph print, mid-20th century.
Very good conditions.
Jean L...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Purity of Soul (Blue Dog Series), George Rodrigue
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: George Rodrigue (1944-2013)
Title: Purity of Soul (Blue Dog Series)
Year: 2005
Edition: 142/190, plus proofs
Medium: Silkscreen on archival pap...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$10,000 Sale Price
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Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Snowy Heron" (Plate 374, No. 75)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Ibiza Hound puppy, Cecil Aldin 1930s puppy dog lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ibiza Hound puppy'
Cecil Aldin dog lithograph, 1935.
Cecil Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life....
Category
1930s English School Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
L is for Leopard (small)
Located in Deddington, GB
Clare Halifax
L is for Leopard small
Limited Edition 5 Colour Silkscreen Print
Edition of 30
Image size H 22 x W 22cm
Sheet Size: H 27 x W 25cm x D 0.1cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Butterflies, late 19th century antique natural history colour lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Ageronia arethusa 2. Ageronia amphinome'
Late 19th century colour lithograph of butterflies.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mango Hummingbirds: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Mango Humming bird, 1. 2. Males. 3. Female. Bignonia grandifolia", No. 51, Plate 251 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by JT Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1870-1871. The lithograph depicts an adult male hummingbird, labelled 1, in flight above a beautiful flowering plant, a Chinese Trumpet-vine. Another male, labeled 2, is perched on a flower on the left and a female, labelled 3, is perched on a flower on the right.
This hand-colored Audubon bird octavo-size lithograph sheet measures 10.25" high by 6.75" wide. It is in excellent condition. The original text pages, 185-186, from Audubon's 19th century publication are included.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Water Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
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...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
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