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"Animal Farm" from 'Los Animales Portfolio, " Collagraph signed by Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Animal Farm" is an original color collagraph by Joseph Rozman. This artwork, edition number 9/10, is from the artist's "Los Animales" portfolio. The artis...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Paper

Vintage Vibrant Mod Mythological 1960's Psychedelic Woodblock Woodcut Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This came out of a Chicago collection. It appears to be signed Linda Tweed. It depicts a centaur like mythological figure. it is done on a fine tissue like paper and there is some w...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Pecking Order
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Pecking Order is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 88/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP)....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Joanna Padfield, One Winter’s Day, Limited Edition, Affordable Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Joanna Padfield One Winter’s Day Limited Edition print on paper Edition of 50 Image Size: H 30cm x W 40 Paper Size: H 38cm x W 53 cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Linocut

Zebra Crossing, Katie Edwards, Animal Art, Affordable Art, Contemporary Prints
Located in Deddington, GB
Zebra Crossing- this piece was first created in 2007, due to its popularity it has been recreated in 2015 as a Limited Edition Print. The play on words ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Screen

Acacia Plains Print by Annabel Pope
Located in Deddington, GB
Annabel Pope. Acacia Plains is a beautiful Limited Edition Print featuring a family of giraffes on an African Plain. This print has a white background and is sold mounted but unfram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Prints

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Giclée

Pericrocotus Flammeus (Orange Minivet) /// John Gould Ornithology Animal Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881) Title: "Pericrocotus Flammeus (Orange Minivet)" (Vol. 2, Plate 8) Portfolio: The Birds of Asia Year: 1850-1883 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 235 Printer: Hullmandel & Walton, T. Walter or Walter & Cohn, London, UK Publisher: Taylor and Francis, John Gould, London, UK Reference: Anker No. 178; Nissen No. IVB 368; Sauer No. 17, Zimmer page 258; Wood page 365; Sitwell page 102 Sheet size: 21.38" x 14.57" Image size: 16.25" x 10" Condition: Faint UV stain to sheet and light toning at edges. Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing at top edge on verso. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography and hand-coloring by John Gould and English artist Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902). Comes from Gould's seven volume "The Birds of Asia", (1850-1883) (First edition), which consists of 530 hand-colored lithographs. Other contributing lithographers were German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Irish artist William Hart (1830-1908). "The Birds of Asia" was Gould's last work before his death. Gold gilded edges as issued. The orange minivet is a brightly colored bird in the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found all along the Western Ghats and west coast of India and Sri Lanka. Biography: John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species".
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1850s Victorian Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Lithograph

Getting My Ass in Gear III
Located in Greenwich, CT
Getting My Ass in Gear III is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 187/275 (there were also 100 Roman an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Gould & Richter Thrush Warbler Lithograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Gould: 1804-1881. British ornithologist who was the British equivalent of Audobon. He produced these incredible books of The Birds of Great Britain and The Birds of Australia am...
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Late 19th Century Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Kingfisher Gold, Gavin Dobson, Gold Art, Animal Print, Bird Art, Silkscreen Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Gavin Dobson Kingfisher Gold Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Edition of 50 Signed and Numbered Size: H 50cm x W 35cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that in situ images are pure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Screen

Nurture, Pop Art Screenprint by Tiefeng Jiang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tiefeng Jiang, Chinese (1938 - ) Title: Nurture Year: 1993 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 283/300 Size: 24 in. x 11.75 in. (60.96 cm x 29.85 cm)
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1990s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Screen

Jane Peart, On the lookout, Limited edition animal print
Located in Deddington, GB
On the Lookout by Jane Peart [2021] limited_edition Digital drawing on paper Edition number 100 Image size: H:29 cm x W:24 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:48.5 cm x W:33 cm x D:1mmcm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look A digital drawing of Humboldt penguins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Digital

Summer Day, Art Print, Folk, Affordable art, Landscape, Seascape, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
This eight colour silkscreen print is all about the landscape and the dazzling colours of a hot summer day. This 8 colour silkscreen is printed on Somerset Velvet, a heavyweight 300 ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Screen

John Gould - Tetrao urogallus from 'Birds of Great Britain' C. 1850
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Tetrao urogallus (Western capercaillie) also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie is a heavy member of the grouse ...
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Late 18th Century Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Elephant Brigade Print by Annabel Pope
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired from my African travels and sketching. Additional Information: Giclée Print Edition of 150 42 H x 59 W x 0.1 D cm (16.54 x 23.23 x 0.04 in) Sold unframed Image size: Heig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Prints

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Giclée

A Faster Breed Reverse
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of one blue dog sporting a red scarf around its neck in a reverse direction from the original "A Faster Breed" sitting on a purple and gold motorcycle wit...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Animal Prints

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Screen

Guy Allen, Ladybird, Animal Etching, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Guy Allen LadyBird Etching Edition Size: 75 Year Completed: 2019 Image Size Diameter: 28 cm Approximate framed size: H 50cm x W 50cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Etching

Lamb, Tammy Mackay, Contemporary art, Limited edition print, Animal art
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Lamb’ by Tammy Mackay Limited edition and hand signed by the artist Photopolymer print on paper Image Size: H:41.5 cm x W:59 cm Complete size of unframed work: H:41.5cm x W:59cm x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Archival Pigment

The Gull
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, dated, titled in pencil by the artist; Annotated "To Jon from Ray" Reproduced in the artists Retrospective Exhibition catalogue. In the collection of the Wichita Art...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

JACK SNIPE
Located in Portland, ME
Clark, Roland (American 1874-1957). JACK SNIPE. Etching, 1928. Edition of 70. Signed in pencil. 8 1/2 x 12 inches. In excellent condition.
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1920s American Realist Animal Prints

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Etching

JACK SNIPE
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Vintage Vibrant Mod Divine Comedy Dante Inferno Virgil Woodblock Woodcut Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This came out of a Chicago collection. It appears to be signed Betsey Nelson. It depicts Ulysses from Dante's Inferno from Greek Mythology. mythological figures. it is done on a fin...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Tim Southall, The Sea Eagle, Limited edition animal print
Located in Deddington, GB
The Sea Eagle by Tim Southall [2019] limited_edition Screen Print on Paper Edition number 50 Image size: H:40 cm x W:59 cm Complete Size of Unframed W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Prints

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Screen

Tea For Two - Brock
Located in Deddington, GB
Tea for Two – Brock [2017] limited_edition Screenprint Edition number 156 Image size: H:31 cm x W:25 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49 cm x W:41 cm x D:0.3cm Sold Unframed Ple...
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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints

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Screen

The Papal Conclave BY PAUL BARTLETT, Bird Art, Animal Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Paul Bartlett The Papal Conclave Limited Edition Giclee Print Edition of 100 Image Size: H 37cm x W 30 cm Mounted Size: H 52.5cm x W 45 cm x D 0.5cm Sold Unframed The Papal Conclave...
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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Screen

Partly Cloudy 6:15 Morning Fly
Located in Toronto, ON
10" x 23" Unframed Limited Edition Giclée & Silkscreen on Paper of 75 Hand Signed by Tom Everhart 2018
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2010s Animal Prints

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Giclée, Screen

Autumn Blackbird, Paul Bartlett, Animal Prints, Nature Art, Bird Art
Located in Deddington, GB
The print has been singed and dated by hand in pencil by the artist, Paul Bartlett, in the bottom right hand corner and has been named and edition in the bottom left hand corner also...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Giclée

Larus, Cinereus (European Herring Gull) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal Print
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786) Title: "Larus, Cinereus (European Herring Gull)" (Plate 101) Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Birds) Year: 1770-1829 Medium: Origi...
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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio, Laid Paper

Myzanthe Ignipectus (Fire-breasted Flowerpecker) /// John Gould Ornithology Bird
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Gould (English, 1804-1881) Title: "Myzanthe Ignipectus (Fire-breasted Flowerpecker)" (Vol. 2, Plate 40) Portfolio: The Birds of Asia Year: 1850-1883 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on wove paper Limited edition: approx. 235 Printer: Hullmandel & Walton, T. Walter or Walter & Cohn, London, UK Publisher: Taylor and Francis, John Gould, London, UK Reference: Anker No. 178; Nissen No. IVB 368; Sauer No. 17, Zimmer page 258; Wood page 365; Sitwell page 102 Sheet size: 21.38" x 14.57" Image size: 16" x 9.75" Condition: Light toning to sheet. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography and hand-coloring by John Gould and English artist Henry Constantine Richter (1821-1902). Comes from Gould's seven volume "The Birds of Asia", (1850-1883) (First edition), which consists of 530 hand-colored lithographs. Other contributing lithographers were German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899) and Irish artist William Hart (1830-1908). "The Birds of Asia" was Gould's last work before his death. Gold gilded edges as issued. The fire-breasted flowerpecker is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants. Biography: John Gould FRS (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species".
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1850s Victorian Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Lithograph

Leo Browne Color Etching, Pencil Signed - Green Parrot and Butterfly
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful color etching by Leo Browne. Created circa 1930's and 1940's. Image size: 14 x 11 inches. Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 15 1/4 The print is in excellent condition and presents in a ...
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Mid-20th Century Animal Prints

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Paper

Neck & Neck
Located in Greenwich, CT
Neck & Neck is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 6.75 inches image size. From the edition of 395 and framed in a contemporary, silver-tone frame. Initialed by the artist lower right and n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

New Years
Located in Houston, TX
French artist edition etching by artist P. Marage titled New Years, circa 1990. Signed lower right. Artist proof. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bo...
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1990s Animal Prints

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Etching

Radiance, Print by Jane Peart
Located in Deddington, GB
Radiance, Painting by Jane Peart Jane Peart Radiance Limited Edition Print Edition of 50 Image Size: H 30cm x W 47cm Signed Sold Unframed Please note that in situ images are purely...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Prints

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Etching

Het leeuwendeel (The Lion's Share) /// Old Masters Animals Landscape Dog Leopard
By Dirk Stoop
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dirk Stoop (Dutch, c.1615-1686) Title: "Het leeuwendeel (The Lion's Share)" Portfolio: The Fables of Aesop Year: 1665 (an earlier state of unknown states) Medium: Original Et...
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1660s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Gesso, Laid Paper, Etching, Intaglio

Dogs on a Beach
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition silkscreen print Edition number 50 Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:50 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu ima...
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2010s Land Landscape Prints

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Paper, Color, Screen

FAILE "RED DOG" Golden Edition Screen Print 2018 Street Contemporary Art Classic
Located in Draper, UT
Manufacturer: FAILE is the Brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. Since its inception in 1999, FAILE has been known for a wide ranging multi...
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2010s Street Art More Art

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Gold

Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson /// Equestrian Horse Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Cavendish (English, 1593-1676) Title: "Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson" (Plate 17, Page 76) Portfolio: Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser ...
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1730s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

Forwards!, Penguin Art, Contemporary Mononchrome Animal Art, Black and White Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Print, hand made and hand printed by the artist. A penguin on a mission, a gentoo penguin striding along in the indomitable way a penguin does. Helen Fay is available online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Animals have always been at the heart of my work. I find the form, movement and behaviour of the creatures I draw a source of limitless fascination. I love the idea of them watching me, watching them as I draw. I hope my appreciation of the sentience and character of the animals I draw comes across in my work. Over my career I have drawn everything from primates to penguins, dogs, ostriches and even an echidna. These days dogs are my main focus, mostly because I adore dogs but also because they are such an integral part of life. I am delighted by the theory that humans and dogs co evolved, we wouldn’t be what we are without them and vice versa. I try to pare my images down to a balanced simplicity that directs attention to the subject of the picture. I try to balance the subject and the space it occupies, giving each equal importance. Light is hugely important to my work, I imagine my subject in three dimensions as I draw and the light describes the musculature and texture that gives the drawing it’s presence and grounds it in the picture. I aim to capture a pause, a moment where whatever I draw looks like it could wander off or leap up any minute. My influences include Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese brush drawing and the European artists who were influenced by Japan. I am really excited by composition, by artists like Bonnard and Leon Spilliaert. I have long been a fan of Munch for his direct markmaking, colour and intensity and at the other end of the spectrum, Hammershoi for his limited palette, sense of space and calm. I am interested in black and white photography and film and have recently discovered and been amazed by the films of Yasujiro Ozu. The photographs of Andrei Tarkovsky are favourites too. Lastly, I would like to namecheck a great influence in natural history illustration...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Etching

Lithograph Lady Rider Woman on a Horse Marie Laurencin French Post Impressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Marie Laurencin (French, 1883-1956) Lithograph of a colored pencil drawing depicting a woman wearing a hat and riding horseback side saddle, Edition "37/115" to lower left and hand signed "Laurencin" in pencil to lower right, with a cloth mat and housed in a silvered wood frame. Dimensions: Image, 12" H x 16" W; frame, 19.75" H x 23.5" W x 1.5" D. Marie Laurencin (1883 – 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. Laurencin was born in Paris, where she was raised by her mother and lived much of her life. At 18, she studied porcelain painting in Sèvres. She then returned to Paris and continued her art education at the Académie Humbert, where she changed her focus to oil painting. During the early years of the 20th century, Laurencin was an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde. A member of both the circle of Pablo Picasso, and Cubists associated with the Section d'Or, such as Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, Robert Delaunay, Henri le Fauconnier and Francis Picabia, exhibiting with them at the Salon des Indépendants (1910-1911) and the Salon d'Automne (1911-1912), and Galeries Dalmau (1912) at the first Cubist exhibition in Spain. She became romantically involved with the poet Guillaume Apollinaire, and has often been identified as his muse. In addition, Laurencin had important connections to the salon of the American expatriate and lesbian writer Natalie Clifford Barney. She had relationships with men and women, and her art reflected her life, her "balletic wraiths" and "sidesaddle Amazons" providing the art world with her brand of "queer femme with a Gallic twist." Laurencin's oeuvre include painting, watercolor paintings, drawing, and prints. She is known as one of the few female Cubist painters, with Sonia Delaunay, Marie Vorobieff, and Franciska Clausen...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Prints

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Lithograph

A Pair of Flamingos, A Pair of Giraffes and A Pair of Elephants Triptych
Located in Deddington, GB
Individual size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm Total size : H:20 cm x W:60 cm x D:0.1cm A Pair of Flamingos, A Pair of Giraffes and A Pair of Elephants Triptych are limited...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Screen

Horse : The Jockey - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Vincent HADDELSEY (1934-2010) Horse : The Jockey, 1974 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Arches vellum 53 x 38 cm (c. 23 x 15 in) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Horse : Training at Maison Laffite - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Vincent HADDELSEY (1934-2010) Horse : Training at Maison Laffite, 1974 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Arches vellum 53 x 38 cm (c. 23 x 15 in) Excellent...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Horse : The French Republican Guard - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED & Ltd /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Vincent HADDELSEY (1934-2010) Horse : The French Republican Guard, 1974 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On Arches vellum 53 x 38 cm (c. 23 x 15 in) Excellen...
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1970s Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

God Save the Green, Animal Print, Rabbit Art, Coronation Art, Conservation Art
Located in Deddington, GB
God Save The Green is a limited edition silkscreen print Harry Bunce. Bunce has poignantly decided to add a tear to the face of the rabbit evoking deeper thoughts as to the topic of ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Screen

Tin Can, Josh Keyes, Contemporary Street Art Print
Located in Draper, UT
Josh Keyes "Tin Can" contemporary street art print from an edition of 300. Dimensions on the piece are 13x24 with archival pigment print on 285gsm fine art ...
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2010s Animal Prints

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Giclée

19th century color lithograph birds landscape nature grass sky water figure
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting on the Prairie" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a hunter shooting at fowl in an open field. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" art 20 1/4" x 23 3/4" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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1870s Other Art Style Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bad Hare Day (Vase)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bad Hare Day (Vase) is a lithograph on paper, 9 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 85/275 (there wer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Robert Greenhalf, Great White Egrets, Limited Edition Print, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Robert Greenhalf Great White Egrets Limited Edition Print Woodcut on Paper Edition of 100 Paper Size: H 48.5cm x W25.5 cm Image Size: H38.5cm x 16.5cm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Paper, Woodcut

Guy Allen, Equine Gold, Affordable Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Guy Allen Equine Gold Etching, Aquatint and Hand Finished Gold Leaf Edition Size: 75 Year Completed: 2019 Image Size: H 60cm x W 60cm Approximate Size When Framed: H80cm xW 80cm Sold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

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Gold Leaf

Airavat, Paul Bartlett, Giclee Print, Elephant Art, Safari Artwork, African Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Paul Bartlett Airavat Limited Edition Giclee Print Edition of 100 Image Size: H 11.8cm x W 38cm Mounted Size: H 27cm x W 53.5cm x D 0.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that in situ image...
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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Giclée

Phish Tour Print Nashville Tennessee by Justin Helton on Rainbow Foil Art Paper
Located in Draper, UT
Justin Helton is a graphic designer/illustrator specializing in design for the music industry. He is probably best known for his excellent gig posters, which usually comprise of quite detailed illustrations, beautiful typesetting and are all printed by hand. Justin works from Knoxville, Tennessee, creating work for bands such as Phish, The Avett Brothers...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Prints

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Foil

Moses
Located in Boston, MA
Grundy 70. Moses, property of His Royal Highness the Duke of York. A fine impression printed on chine applique, in fine condition with full margins.
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19th Century Romantic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Equine Gold
Located in Deddington, GB
Guy Allen Equine Gold Etching, Aquatint and Hand Finished Gold Leaf Edition Size: 75 Year Completed: 2019 Image Size: H 60cm x W 60cm Approximate Size When Framed: H80cm xW 80cm Sold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Mirage. 1990, zinc etching, 37x56.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mirage. 1990, a / p., zinc etching, 37x56.5 cm
Category

1990s Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Guy Allen, Bumblebee, Affordable Animal Art, Limited Edition Etching
Located in Deddington, GB
Guy Allen Bumblebee Etching Edition Size: 75 Year Completed: 2019 Image Size Diameter: 28cm Approximate Size if Framed: H50cm x W50cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Vintage Vibrant Mod Mythological Dragon Psychedelic Woodblock Woodcut Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This came out of a Chicago collection. It appears to be signed Linda Tweed. It depicts a dragon or griffin (phoenix?) like mythological figure. it is done on a fine tissue like pape...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Vintage Vibrant Mod Divine Comedy Dante Virgil Woodblock Woodcut Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This came out of a Chicago collection. It appears to be signed Betsey Nelson. It depicts canto from Greek Mythology. Virgil and Dante mythological figures. it is done on a fine tiss...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

MALARDS
Located in Portland, ME
Harvey, Florence D. MALLARDS. Etching 6 3/4 x 5 in. Titled and signed in pencil.
Category

Mid-20th Century Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Katie Edwards, True Romance, Contemporary Art, Gift Art, Animal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Edwards True Romance Limited Edition Print Screen Print Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Carne Griffiths, The Tiger Encounter, Limited Edition Print, Tiger Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Carne Griffiths The Tiger Encounter Limited Edition Print Edition of 12 Image Size: H 50cm x W 35cm Signed Sold Unframed The Tiger Encounter is a limited edition print by Carne Grif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Out of chaos comes order BY PAUL BARTLETT, Limited Edition Print, Animal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Paul Bartlett. Out of chaos comes order. The mass of gannets at the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth. Drawn from Paul’s experiences of visiting the rock, thi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Giclée

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