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Medium: Engraving
Crustaceans, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Crustaceans, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Crustaceans, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Crustaceans, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Crustaceans - crabs, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Crustaceans - Coconut and hermit crabs, natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Crustaceans - shrimps, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Walruses
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Walruses Engraving, 1952 Signed, dated, titled and numbered (see photos) Edition: 100, this from the second printing with the artist's initials in an edition of 25 (16/25) Condition:...
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1950s American Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Antonio Eligio Fernández Cuban Artist Original Hand Signed silkscreen 1988
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Eligio Fernández (Cuba, 1958) 'Tres Besos', 1988 silkscreen on paper Guarro Geler 27.6 x 20.1 in. (70 x 51 cm.) Edition of 125 ID: TON-301 Hand-signed by author
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1980s Contemporary Engraving Animal Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

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 Engraving Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio, Laid Paper

Salvador Dalí­, "Le Cavalier et le Cerf" from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original engraving with color added by pochoir by Salvador Dali. It is from Dali's suite of 12 original engravings entitled "Le Bestiaire d...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Vienna Lipizzaner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Vienna Lipizzaner Engraving, 1962 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Titled and numbered lower left (see photo) This impression is from the second edtition printed c. 1992 1st ...
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1960s American Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Impressionist Etching, "Mystical Horse"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an impressionist etching/engraving by San Diego artist, Lenore Simon. Its dimensions are 17x12. A certificate of authenticity will follow...
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2010s Impressionist Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Orpheus. Drypoint print, Black & white, Blue, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative monochromatic mezzotint print by Polish artist Ewa Kutylak. Print depicts a wanderer with a lantern going down the road. On the left there is a mysthical crea...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Animal Prints

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Paper, Drypoint

A concert. Mezzotint print, Limited edition, Monochromatic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative monochromatic mezzotint print by Polish artist Ewa Kutylak. Print depicts a man sitting near a tree with a bird standing on his hand. There is a dog on the ot...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Animal Prints

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Paper, Drypoint, Mezzotint

Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw)" (1008) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the plate (printed...
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1770s Realist Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Intaglio

MAMELOUK ENLEVANT UNE FEMME, ATTAQUE PAR UN MOUSQUETAIRE (BLOCH 1586)
Located in Aventura, FL
Aquatint on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by Pablo Picasso. Plate 106, from the serie "347 gravures" (B. 1586; BA. 1602 II B b 1). Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. ...
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1960s Cubist Engraving Animal Prints

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Paper, Engraving

Aardvark
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Aardvark Engraving, 1951 Signed, dated, titled in pencil by the artist (see photo) Annotated "To Jon from Ray" (see photo) Printed by Jon Clemens, Master Printer, c. 1990 Condition: ...
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1950s American Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

TAUREAU AILE CONTEMPLE PAR QUATRE ENFANTS (BLOCH 229)
Located in Aventura, FL
Plate 13 from La Suite Vollard. Bloch 229. Baer 444. Etching on Montval paper. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with larger margins). Printe...
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1930s Cubist Engraving Animal Prints

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Paper, Engraving

Le Poissons magique
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: Epreuve d'Artiste viii/X Reference: Passeron 359 "Mario Avati was both an etcher and a painter born in Monaco in 1921. In 1947, afte...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Engraving Animal Prints

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Mezzotint

Strange Animals
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Strange Animals Engraving, 1949 Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by the artist The composition was created at the Univerisity of Iowa while the artist was enrolled in the famous M...
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1940s American Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Welbeck Park Belongs to the Marquis of Newcastle /// Equestrian Horse Old Master
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William Cavendish (English, 1593-1676) Title: "Welbeck Park Belongs to the Marquis of Newcastle" (Plate 38, Page 263) Portfolio: Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux (New Method and Invention of Dressing Horses) Year: 1737 (Second edition) Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving and Etching on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Jean Brindley, London, UK Publisher: Jean Brindley, London, UK Reference: Brunet I, 1699; Graesse II:93; Lowndes VI:1663; Mellon/Podeschi 26, page 34-35; Mennessier de la Lance II, page 246-247; Nissen ZBI 848; Huth page 21 Sheet size: 17" x 21.25" Image size: 15" x 20" Condition: Toning to sheet and some edgewear in right margins. Centerfold is separated at very top and bottom in margins. It is otherwise a strong impression in good condition with strong colors Notes: With overlapping centerfold as issued. Engraved by Dutch artist Theodor van Kessel (1620-1696) after a drawing by Dutch artist Abraham van Diepenbeeck...
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1730s Old Masters Engraving Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio, Etching

Snow Does (Doe, a deer - a female deer)
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exclusive publication for Stone and Press Gallery, "Snow Does" was created in an edition of 100. It is FIROS #66 in the catalogue raisonne. 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 Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...
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1990s American Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Mezzotint

The White Eagle, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.340)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The White Eagle is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8.15 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

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 Engraving Animal Prints

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Mezzotint

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 Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

The Monkey, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.339)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Monkey is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 7.9 inche...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Small Soldier Travelling in a Fish - Original Handsigned Etching - Ltd 60 copies
Located in Paris, IDF
Richard DAVIES (1945-1991) Small Soldier Travelling in a Fish Original etching and mezzotint Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 60 On vellum 41 x 33 cm (c. 16 x 13 inch) REFERENCES : ...
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1980s Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Mezzotint, Etching

Eagle /// Antique Ornithology Bird Saverio Manetti Italian Watercolor Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785) Title: "Eagle" (Plate V - 5) Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds) Year: 1767-1776 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: heirs of Francesco Mouck (Vols. I-III), Gaetano Cambiagi (Vol. IV), Giuseppe Vanni (Vol. V), Florence, Italy Reference: Ayer/Zimmer page 241; Fine Bird Books page 120; McGill/Wood, page 450; Nissen IVB No. 588 Sheet size: 16.75" x 14.5" Platemark size: 13.63" x 10.88" Condition: Some minor surface marks mainly in margins. In excellent condition with strong colors Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Haarlem, Netherlands. Engraved and hand-colored by Italian artists Lorenzo Lorenzi (Active: 1750-1780) and Violante Vanni (1732-1776). Latin and Italian texts by Saverio Manetti. Comes from Manetti's monumental five volume "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", (1767-1776), which consists of 600 hand-colored engravings. Unidentified watermark in very center of sheet. Comes with its accompanying information sheet. Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 60 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Manetti's extraordinary "Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)", 1767-1776 was commissioned by Maria Luisa, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany. It is a massive 5 book volume set...
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1770s Old Masters Engraving Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Intaglio

'The Rabbit' original woodcut engraving by Clarice George Logan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In 'The Rabbit,' Wisconsin artist Clarice George Logan presents the viewer with a multi-figural scene: under a wood-frame structure, four children crouch on the ground, gathered around a young woman who presents a rabbit. Under normal circumstances, such an image of children with a bunny would recall childhood storybooks. In this case, however, the image is more ambiguous and suggests the unfortunate economic circumstances many children suffered during the interwar years. Nonetheless, the group could also be interpreted as a nativity play, with the rabbit taking the place of the Christ child, shining light on the children like in a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio. The careful line-work of the woodblock engraving adds a sense of expressionism to the scene, leaving the figures looking distraught and dirty, though the image nonetheless falls into the Social Realist category that dominated American artists during the Great Depression. This print was published in 1936 as part of the Wisconsin Artists' Calendar for the year 1937, which included 52 original, hand-made prints - one for each week of the year. Clarice George Logan was born in Mayville, New York in 1909 but moved to Wisconsin in 1921. She attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College from 1927 to 1931 where she studied with Robert von...
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1930s American Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving, Woodcut

Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser)" (Plate 953) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the...
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1770s Realist Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving, Watercolor, Laid Paper, Intaglio

La Fille aux Oies
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), La Fille aux Oies, engraving, 1916, signed in pencil lower left, numbered (4/40) lower right and inscribed “imp,” also titled lower left margin edge...
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1910s Cubist Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

The Rooster, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.344)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Rooster is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8.15 inc...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

"Le Bouclier, " Original Drypoint Etching signed by Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Bouclier" is an original drypoint etching by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (25/100) in the lower left. This piece depicts ...
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1970s Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

THE PORTRAITURE OF LAMPREY
By Richard Houston
Located in Portland, ME
Houston, Richard. THE PORTRAITURE OF LAMPREY. Engraving with hand-coloring, 1755, by Houston after the painting by James Seymour. 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches, plus full margins. In excell...
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Mid-18th Century Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

The Lizard, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.355)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Lizard is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8.15 inch...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Ostend Horse
Located in New York, NY
Edmund Blampied (1886-1966), Ostend Horse, drypoint, 1926, signed in pencil lower margin [also signed and dated in the plate lower left], from the edition of 100, printed on ivory laid paper with full margins with deckle edges, 7 x 9, the sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches, still in the original SFA Museum mat with extensive annotations. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries (with their stock number A49359) Ex Collection: Albert M...
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1920s Realist Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint

"Peter and the Wolf" - Wolf series with human figure
Located in Miami, FL
Mexican Artists of russian origin, was married to Diego Rivera from 1911 to 1921, the series for sale are illustrations for book, “Peter and the Wolf...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Paper, Engraving

Chicken With Garlic and Basil
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The lush colors and rich textures of mezzotint are often combined with some sly wit in Mitchell's prints. This proud portrait of a chicken is combined with the ingredients for a reci...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Animal Prints

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

Paul Jouve - Eagle - Original Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jouve - Eagle - Original Engraving Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Artwork by Paul Jouve. Original copper engraving heightened with pochoir. Paul...
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1950s Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Paul Jouve - Chimpanzee - Original Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jouve - Chimpanzee - Original Engraving Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Artwork by Paul Jouve. Original copper engraving ...
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1950s Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Gravure Panthere 1
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Engraving after Paul Jouve From the work of Terrasse in 1948 490 copies Size etching: 23 x 18 cm Frame: 45 x 49 cm
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2010s Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI Le Cerf Malade from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 inch paper Refer...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Homesick 4
Located in Phoenix, AZ
monoprint with drypoint and chine colle; unframed image size: 10 x 7 inches
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Animal Prints

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Drypoint, Monoprint

Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Three 18th century hand colored engravings of parrot specimens as depicted by Peter Brown, an artist and naturalist, working in London England. Originally published in 1776 in a foli...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Leonard Foujita - Woman with Felines - Original Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Artist : Léonard Foujita (Tsuguharu) Title: Woman with Felines Engraving Edition of 315 Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm From La Rivière enchantée Unsigned and unumbered as issued
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1930s Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Paul Jouve (after) - Antelope - Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jouve (after) - Antelope - Engraving 19 x 14 cm Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950. Copy on velin creme de Rives Copper engraving heightened with pochoir.
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1950s Modern Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Man Ploughing by Paulémile Pissarro - Wood Engraving Print
Located in London, GB
Man Ploughing by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972) Wood engraving 7 x 13 cm (2 ³/₄ x 5 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile Pissarro and numbered lower left, 4/5 Artist's Biogra...
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20th Century Engraving Animal Prints

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Wood, Engraving

The Pigeon, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.347)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Pigeon is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.75x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

The Spider, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.353)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Spider is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers). Catalogue - Cramer #37 The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work. Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential. For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate). These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Animal Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

"Yo animal" contemporary lithography, animal gathering, colors
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A gathering of prehistoric plants, fantastic animals, and people along with elements that represent fertility, seem to be craved as ancient drawings in stone. These lithographs, orig...
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2010s Engraving Animal Prints

Materials

Engraving, Lithograph

"Yo animal" contemporary interviened lithography
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A gathering of prehistoric plants, fantastic animals, and people along with elements that represent fertility, seem to be craved as ancient drawings in stone. These lithographs, orig...
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2010s Engraving Animal Prints

Materials

Engraving, Lithograph

Kangaroo - Australia - Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C. 1820
Located in BRUCE, ACT
This originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon's Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Nouvelle édition annotée et pr...
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Early 18th Century Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Platypus - Australia - Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C. 1820
Located in BRUCE, ACT
This originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon's Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Nouvelle édition annotée et pr...
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Early 18th Century Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

Kangaroo - Australia - Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C. 1820
Located in BRUCE, ACT
This originally hand-colored engraving is from Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon's Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Nouvelle édition annotée et pr...
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Early 18th Century Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving

"Yo animal" contemporary lithograph interviened fertility animal gathering
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A gathering of prehistoric plants, fantastic animals, and people along with elements that represent fertility, seem to be craved as ancient drawings in stone. These lithographs, orig...
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2010s Engraving Animal Prints

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Engraving, Lithograph

Engraving animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Engraving animal prints available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 18th Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add animal 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 green 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 Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Edmund Blampied, and Francois Nicolas Martinet. Not every interior allows for large Engraving animal prints, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available Prices for animal prints made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $350 and tops out at $460, while the average work can sell for $380.

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