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Medium: Engraving
Fritillaria Imperialis
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Fritillaria Imperialis Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monument...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

"Tumba y Raja", 2019, signed limited edition original art print engraving
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Bedia (Cuban, 1959) 'Tumba y Raja', 2019 Sugarlift on iron plate Limited edition of 30 Image size: 89.5 x 151.5 cm. (35.2 x 59.6 in.) Overall size: 109 x 172 cm. (42.9 x 67.7 in...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

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Metal, Iron

Pancratium Calathiforme
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Pancratium Calathiforme Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monume...
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19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

After George Morland - Pair of 18th Century Stipple Engravings
Located in Corsham, GB
Two charming stipple engravings after paintings by George Morland (1763-1803). The first depicts a scene in the song The Lass of Livingstone inspired by the popular Scottish song. Th...
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Early 18th Century Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Citrus and Apricots
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Citrus and Apricots Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plate, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann ...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint, Laid Paper

Hæmanthus Multiflorus
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Hæmanthus Multiflorus Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monument...
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19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Handmade Paper

"Dos elefantes" engraving surrealist figurative elephant infinite room
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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2010s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Melons
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Melons Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (168...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Mezzotint

Francisco De Goya Disparates Disparate desordenados 1edition original art print
Located in Miami, FL
Francisco De Goya (Spain, 1746-1828) 'Disparates. Disparate desordenado (estampa 7)', ca.1815-1819 etching, aquatint, dry point on vellum paper 11.7 x 15.9 in. (29.6 x 40.3 cm.) 1st ...
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1810s Romantic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Drypoint, Vellum, Etching

Apples
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (168...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Mezzotint

A Pair of Poppies
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Pair of Poppies Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Wein...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Mezzotint

Painter and Model with Necklace (B.1389), 1966
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Painter and Model with Necklace" is an intaglio print on paper, comprised of etching, aquatint and drypoint technique. The image size is 11.5 x 14.75 inches and the framed size meas...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Drypoint

"Le premier pas" Engraving by Herman Eichens - 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Paint by Anatole Vely Engraved by Herman Eichens Entered according to act of congress in the year 1878 by M. Kneeler & co in the office of the librarian of congress at Washington New...
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1870s Realist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

A Chinese Nobleman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
Located in Middletown, NY
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Engraving

Gladiolus Cardinalis
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Gladiolus Cardinalis Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments...
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19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving

Melons
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Melons Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (168...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Mezzotint

Spanish 1984 signed limited edition original art print etching 21x15 in. n22
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'La creación VII', 1984 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.) Edition of 225 Unframed ID: NAR1115-022-225 Hand...
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1980s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Screen, Paper

Java Apples
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Java Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Mezzotint

Apples
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (168...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Mezzotint

Coconut/Palm Nut
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Coconut/Palm Nut Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Wei...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Mezzotint, Laid Paper

Mexican Artist ¨Decantacion verde¨ signed limited edition original art print
Located in Miami, FL
Juan Sebastián Barberá Durón (Mexican, 1964) 'Decantación verde', 2004 Engraving Series number: HC Archivo Limited edition of 99 Size: 50 x 70 cm. (19.7 x 27.6 in.) Surface: Guarro S...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Paper, Etching, Aquatint, Screen

Steps to the Grand Canal, St. Mark's in the distance, Venice.
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely view of Venice from the water. Etching with drypoint on antique cream laid paper with a large figural watermark, signed in pencil, lower right. 14 1/4 x 11 inches (362 x 280...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Man Ray 'Le Mannequin' aquatint engraving - 1975
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Man Ray 'Le Mannequin' Aquatint/Engraving 1975 Edition: From the rare limited edition of 150 Size: 50x35 CM. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Published by Cleto Polcina E...
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1970s Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Apples
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. Johann Weinmann (1683-1741) was a Regensburg apothecary who organized the publication of Phytan...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Mezzotint

Ma fille! Monsieur Cabanel - Drypoint by Félicien Rops - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching Héliogravure and drypoint. Signed with artist's monogram. Hand titled. Second state.  Good condition. Ref. Rouir 905; Exteens 411. 
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1850s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Apples
Located in London, GB
WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm. Apples Hieronymous Lenzius, Regensburg, [1735]-1737-1745. attractive plates, being one of the earliest examples of colour printing. Johann Weinmann (16...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint, Laid Paper

Billingsgate
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Laid Paper, Etching

Francisco De Goya Desastres de guerra Sera lo mismo 1edition original art print
Located in Miami, FL
Francisco De Goya (Spain, 1746-1828) 'Será lo mismo (Estampa 21)', ca.1810-1014 Serie: Desastres de la guerra burnished aquatint, etching on wellum paper...
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1810s Romantic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Vellum, Etching, Aquatint

Salvador Dalí – La Botte violette – hand watercolored drypoint etching – 1969
Located in Varese, IT
hand watercolored drypoint etching on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1969 limited edition of 145 copies water-colored , numbered in lower left corner ea ( artist proof ) si...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Paper, Drypoint, Etching

"Los pescadores de cacahuates" contemporary surrealist black engraving
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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2010s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Femme a la Cruche (Woman with Jug)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Exhibited for the first time in 1928 at Galerie Bernhiem-Jeune, Paris, this work was published by Bernheim-Jeune and printed under the direction of Villon. Assuming a pose resembling...
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1920s Modern Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Aquatint

The Old Smyth Gate, Charleston, South Carolina
By Alfred Hutty
Located in Middletown, NY
A view of the gateway to Simmons-Edwards House (14 Legare Street), also known as the Pineapple Gate House. Etching with drypoint on watermarked "Hand Made" laid paper, signed in pen...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Engraving Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Handmade Paper

René de Laudonnière Sablais (de Burdigale). After Crispjin van de Passe I
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: 1861 Etching, drypoint, and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 x 4 1/4 inches (152 x 108 mm), full margins. Dog-eared left corner, extending 3-inches into the sheet, but well ou...
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Mid-19th Century French School Engraving Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching, Drypoint, Engraving

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Lorenzo Carrión (Spain, 1922) Piloto de Pruebas IV, 1986 Etching and aquatint on paper Image size: 7.08 x 4.92 in (18 x 12.5 cm.) Sheet...
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1980s Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Paper, Etching, Aquatint

The Bad Mother
Located in New York, NY
BOURGEOIS, Louise The Bad Mother, 2004 Edition 3 of 3 PP, aside from numbered edition of 12 Drypoint with handcoloring, signed and inscribed in pencil 17 x 15 in. $12,000
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Early 2000s Feminist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Nude with Snail (Poèmes Secrets d'Apollinaire), 1967
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nude with Snail – 12.5 x 9.5" image size, signed and dated ‘Dalí 67’ lower right and framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame. Micheler-Löpsinger 196; Field 67-10 Plate G From the total ...
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20th Century Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Etching, Engraving

"Hotel Pierre" contemporary surrealist black and white sun and skulls engraving
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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2010s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

The Unicorn Laser Disintegrates the Horns of Cosmic Rhinoceroses (The Conquest o
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Unicorn Laser Disintegrates the Horns of the Cosmic Rhinoceroses from the Conquest of Cosmos suite – 29.5 x 22" image size, signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and annotated lower left. Fr...
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20th Century Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Drypoint

"P de Papagayo" contemporary surrealist letter P parrot colorfull engraving
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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2010s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Man Unveiling a Woman, 1931 (Vollard Suite, B.138)
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Man Unveiling a Woman" is a drypoint from Picasso's Vollard Suite, image size 14.5 x 11.5 inches, signed 'Picasso' lower right and framed in a Spanish-style, closed-corner, black an...
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20th Century Modern Engraving Figurative Prints

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Paper, Drypoint

Venus de la Constellaciones con Picador - Attr. to S.Dalì - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Venus de la Constellaciones con Picador is an Contemporary Artwork realized in 1975. Etching and Drypoint on Rives Paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right: Dalì; inscribed EA in pencil on the lower left. One of the 25 Artist's Proof aside of the edition of 75 specimens on Rives Paper. The edition was composed of other 75+25 proofs on Arches paper, 75x25 proofs on Lana Paper, 75+25 proofs on Richard de Bas and 75+25 proofs on Japanese paper. The work was dedicated to Luis Romero...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

The Monument of London in Remembrance of the Dreadful Fire of 1666
Located in Middletown, NY
Bowles, Thomas III (after John Donowell) John Bowles & Richard Wilkinson, 1751. Steel engraving with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 16 inches (...
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Mid-18th Century English School Engraving Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Statue d'Homme d'État
Located in Middletown, NY
Wood engraving on extremely fine onion skin paper, signed in ink and numbered 13/35. 10 3/4 x 7 inches (272 x 177 mm), full margins. From the special ...
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Late 19th Century French School Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Handmade Paper

Divine Comedy complete set of 6 books
Located in Wilton, CT
complete set of 100 plates from the Divine Comedy Perfect condition. Illustration pages only, no text. Justification pages included.
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

"Herramientas y más" contemporary engraving surrealist tools objects
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The repetition of patterns and rhythm is present in almost every piece of Pedro´s work. The hybrid topographies that Pedro Friedeberg´s unclassifiable practice recreates we must rec...
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2010s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Set 5 Antique French Engravings Ancient Roman Artefacts & Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 5 black and white engravings French School, 19th century each paper (unframed) : 9 x 12 inches provenance: private collection condition: good and sound condition, old foxing s...
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19th Century Rococo Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Spanish 1984 signed limited edition original art print etching 21x15 in. n20
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944) 'La creación III', 1984 etching, aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.) Edition of 225 Unframed ID: NAR1115-020-225 Hand...
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1980s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Paper, Screen

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print silkscreen engraving n5
Located in Miami, FL
Isabel Pons (Spain, 1912-2002) 'P-1', 1973 engraving on paper 30.4 x 22.5 in. (77 x 57 cm.) Unframed ID: PON1319-005-000 Hand-signed by author
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1970s Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Screen, Paper

'Together' — Mid-Century Surrealism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ian Hugo, 'Together', from the portfolio 'Ten Engravings'. engraving, 1946, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '22/50' in pencil. A fine impression, with delicate overall plate tone, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins (2 7/8 to 5 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack EDITIONS', in the bottom right margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (149 x 124 mm); sheet size 15 x 11 1/8 inches (381 x 283 mm). Collection: Indianapolis Museum of Art. Ian Hugo originally created "Ten Engravings" in 1945 and the portfolio included a foreword by his partner and collaborator, Anais Nin. In 1978, Hugo republished the portfolio with Madeleine-Claude Jobrack, an American master printmaker who studied under Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, and with Johnny Friedlaender. When Jobrack returned to the States she managed the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio in New York before opening her own printing studio, Madeleine-Claude Jobrak Editions. “The sign of the true artist is one who creates a complete universe, invents new plants, new animals, new figures to transfer to us a new vision of the universe in which dream and reality fuse. Ian Hugo's plants have eyes, the birds have the delicacy of dragonflies, their feathers have the shape of fans. Humor is apparent in every gesture. He uses a fine spider web to give a feeling of flight, speed, lightness. The body of a woman reveals the structure of a leaf, a plant. Wings are moving in a world unified by mythological themes. This is an animated world, humorous and levitating, elusive and decorative, which by its unique forms and shapes gives us the sensation of a rebirth, a liberation from the usual, the familiar, a visit to a new planet.” —Anais Nin, from the forward to the portfolio ‘Ten Engravings’ ABOUT THE ARTIST Ian Hugo was born Hugh Parker Guiler in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 15, 1898. His childhood was spent in Puerto Rico—a "tropical paradise," the memory of which stayed with him and surfaced in both his engravings and his films. He attended school in Scotland and graduated from Columbia University where he studied economics and literature. Hugo was working with the National City Bank when he met and married author Anais Nin in 1923. The couple moved to Paris the following year, where Nin's diary and Guiler's artistic aspirations flowered. Guiler feared his business associates would not understand his interests in art and music, let alone those of his wife, so he began a second, creative life as Ian Hugo. Ian and Anais moved to New York in 1939. The following year he took up engraving and etching, working at Stanley William Hayter’s experimental printmaking workshop Atelier 17, established at the New School for Social Research. Hugo began producing surreal images often used to illustrate Nin's books. For Nin, his unwavering love and financial support were indispensable—Hugo was the "fixed center, core... my home, my refuge" (Sept. 16, 1937, Nearer the Moon, The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1937-!939). Fictionalized portraits of Higo and Nin appear in Philip Kaufman's 1990 film drama of a literary love triangle, Henry & June. Inspired by comments that viewers saw motion in his engravings, Hugo took up filmmaking. He asked the avant-garde filmmaker Sasha Hammid for instruction but was told, "Use the camera yourself, make your own mistakes, make your own style." Hugo embarked on an exploration of the film medium as a vehicle to delve into his dreams, his unconscious, and his memories. Without a specific plan, He would collect resonant images, then reorder or superimpose them, seeking a sense of self-connection through the poetic juxtapositions he created. These intuitive explorations resembled the mystical evocations of his engravings, which he described in 1946 as "hieroglyphs of a language in which our unconscious is trying to convey important, urgent messages." In the underwater world of his film ‘Bells of Atlantis,’ the light originates from the world above the surface; it is otherworldly, out of place, yet essential. In ‘Jazz of Lights,’ the street lights of Times Square become in Nin's words, "an ephemeral flow of sensations." This flow that she also calls "phantasmagorical" had a crucial impact on Stan Brakhage, who said that without Jazz of Lights (1954), "there would have been no Anticipation of the Night" his autobiographical film which ushered in a new era of experimental modernist filmmaking. Hugo lived the last two decades of his life in a New York apartment high above street level. In the evenings, surrounded by an electrically illuminated man...
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1940s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Self-portrait with Raised Sabre - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait with Raised Sabre is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1634. This wonderful piece of art belongs ...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Lorenzo Carrión (Spain, 1922) Piloto de Pruebas I, 1986 Etching and aquatint on paper Image size: 7.08 x 4.92 in (18 x 12.5 cm.) Sheet ...
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1980s Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Pablo Ruiz Picasso Spanish 1968 signed limited edition original art print n7
Located in Miami, FL
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Visitante con nariz borbónica en casa de la Celestina', 1968 aquatint, sugarlift on oiled plate, dry point on paper 9.7 x 12.9 in. (24.6 x 32.6 cm.) Edition of 50 Conservation: The paper and the beards have been recently restored Unframed ID: PIC2001-007 Hand-signed by author The work is documented in the catalog raisonné Picasso Suite 347...
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1960s Cubist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Drypoint, Etching

Anthony Walker (1726-1765) - The Mowhawk Indian Warrior – 18thC Engraving
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Anthony Walker (British, 1726–1765) The Mowhawk Indian Warrior with his Tomax, scalping Knive &c. • Mid 18th Century copper plate engraving on laid pa...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Figurative Prints

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Ink, Laid Paper, Engraving

Martian Dalí Equipped with a Holo-Electronic Microscope (The Conquest of Cosmos
Located in Greenwich, CT
Martian Dalí Equipped with a Holo-Electronic Microscope – 29.75 x 21.87" image size, signed ‘Dalí’ lower right and annotated lower left. Framed in an ornate gold-tone frame. Micheler...
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20th Century Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Drypoint

'Early Marshes' — Mid-Century Surrealism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ian Hugo, 'Early Marshes', from the portfolio 'Ten Engravings'. engraving, 1943, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '37/50' in pencil. A fine impression, with delicate overall plate tone, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (2 5/8 to 7 inches), in excellent condition. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack EDITIONS', in the bottom right margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 x 5 7/8 inches (127 x 149 mm); sheet size 15 x 11 inches (381 x 279 mm). Ian Hugo originally created "Ten Engravings" in 1945 and the portfolio included a foreword by his partner and collaborator, Anais Nin. In 1978, Hugo republished the portfolio with Madeleine-Claude Jobrack, an American master printmaker who studied under Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris, and with Johnny Friedlaender. When Jobrack returned to the States she managed the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Studio in New York before opening her own printing studio, Madeleine-Claude Jobrak Editions. “The sign of the true artist is one who creates a complete universe, invents new plants, new animals, new figures to transfer to us a new vision of the universe in which dream and reality fuse. Ian Hugo's plants have eyes, the birds have the delicacy of dragonflies, their feathers have the shape of fans. Humor is apparent in every gesture. He uses a fine spider web to give a feeling of flight, speed, lightness. The body of a woman reveals the structure of a leaf, a plant. Wings are moving in a world unified by mythological themes. This is an animated world, humorous and levitating, elusive and decorative, which by its unique forms and shapes gives us the sensation of a rebirth, a liberation from the usual, the familiar, a visit to a new planet.” —Anais Nin, from the forward to the portfolio ‘Ten Engravings’ ABOUT THE ARTIST Ian Hugo was born Hugh Parker Guiler in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 15, 1898. His childhood was spent in Puerto Rico—a "tropical paradise," the memory of which stayed with him and surfaced in both his engravings and his films. He attended school in Scotland and graduated from Columbia University where he studied economics and literature. Hugo was working with the National City Bank when he met and married author Anais Nin in 1923. The couple moved to Paris the following year, where Nin's diary and Guiler's artistic aspirations flowered. Guiler feared his business associates would not understand his interests in art and music, let alone those of his wife, so he began a second, creative life as Ian Hugo. Ian and Anais moved to New York in 1939. The following year he took up engraving and etching, working at Stanley William Hayter’s experimental printmaking workshop Atelier 17, established at the New School for Social Research. Hugo began producing surreal images often used to illustrate Nin's books. For Nin, his unwavering love and financial support were indispensable—Hugo was the "fixed center, core... my home, my refuge" (Sept. 16, 1937, Nearer the Moon, The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1937-!939). Fictionalized portraits of Higo and Nin appear in Philip Kaufman's 1990 film drama of a literary love triangle, Henry & June. Inspired by comments that viewers saw motion in his engravings, Hugo took up filmmaking. He asked the avant-garde filmmaker Sasha Hammid for instruction but was told, "Use the camera yourself, make your own mistakes, make your own style." Hugo embarked on an exploration of the film medium as a vehicle to delve into his dreams, his unconscious, and his memories. Without a specific plan, He would collect resonant images, then reorder or superimpose them, seeking a sense of self-connection through the poetic juxtapositions he created. These intuitive explorations resembled the mystical evocations of his engravings, which he described in 1946 as "hieroglyphs of a language in which our unconscious is trying to convey important, urgent messages." In the underwater world of his film ‘Bells of Atlantis,’ the light originates from the world above the surface; it is otherworldly, out of place, yet essential. In ‘Jazz of Lights,’ the street lights of Times Square become in Nin's words, "an ephemeral flow of sensations." This flow that she also calls "phantasmagorical" had a crucial impact on Stan Brakhage, who said that without Jazz of Lights (1954), "there would have been no Anticipation of the Night" his autobiographical film which ushered in a new era of experimental modernist filmmaking. Hugo lived the last two decades of his life in a New York apartment high above street level. In the evenings, surrounded by an electrically illuminated man...
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1940s Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Spanish signed limited edition original art print engraving 21x15 in. n17
Located in Miami, FL
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20th Century Surrealist Engraving Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

Argentinean signed limited edition original art print silkscreen 27x19 in. n12
Located in Miami, FL
Justo Barboza (Argentina, 1938) '17 veces', 1995 silkscreen on paper Guarro Geler 27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.) Edition of 20 Unframed ID: BAR1437-012-025 Hand-signed by author
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20th Century Contemporary Engraving Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Screen, Paper

Fountains of Rome; Fontana e castello dell'Acqua
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discol...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Engraving Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

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