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Art Subject: Mail
Mango Hummingbirds: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Mango Humming bird, 1. 2. Males. 3. Female. Bignonia grandifolia", No. 51, Plate 251 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by JT Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1870-1871. The lithograph depicts an adult male hummingbird, labelled 1, in flight above a beautiful flowering plant, a Chinese Trumpet-vine. Another male, labeled 2, is perched on a flower on the left and a female, labelled 3, is perched on a flower on the right.
This hand-colored Audubon bird octavo-size lithograph sheet measures 10.25" high by 6.75" wide. It is in excellent condition. The original text pages, 185-186, from Audubon's 19th century publication are included.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Summer Horse Fair', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing the summer horse fair, which Chiryu was well known for. Every summer, horse traders would bring near 500 horses to m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Flowering Wild Bean Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Phaseolus Americanus purgans, b. Phaseolus Brasilianus". It is plate 8...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Zodiaco-Gemelli - Lithograph by Ossi Czinner - 1980
By Ossi Czinner
Located in Roma, IT
Burin engraving on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 39cmx29,5cm, work size 22cmx17,5cm. Excellent condition, no defects.
OSSI CZINNER - Central European artist, graphic designer and...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Pea Plant: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Lathyrus Major Peremis Richern B. Lathyrus Narbonensis Flore Albescen...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Handwritten Letter to the Artist's Parents (unique hand signed postcard franked)
By Carl Andre
Located in New York, NY
Carl Andre
Handwritten Letter to the Artist's Parents, 1974
Letter handwritten with black marker on postmarked, stamped postcard (hand signed by Carl Andre)
Boldly signed @ - the art...
Category
1970s Minimalist Landscape Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Offset, Postcard, Lithograph
Flowering Sweet William Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Caryophyllus Arborescens, b. Caryophyllus Barbatus". It is plate 327 i...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Chrysanthemum: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Chrysanthemum matricaria plants. It is entitled "A. Chrysanthemum Matricarice Folus Flore...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Missouri Meadow Lark: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Missouri Meadow Lark, Male", No. 98, Plate 489 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, p...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cultivated Pea Plants: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Pisum Minus sine Putamine, b. Pisa Indicum". It is plate 819 in Weinma...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Angel with Saturn, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937)
Title: Angel with Saturn
Year: 2003
Edition: 427/500, plus proofs
Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper
Size: 3.43 x 2.62 inches
Condition: Excellent
Ins...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Butterflies & Moths in Nature: An Antique Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the the Brown Hairstreak Butterfly, the Larke Skipper Butterfly, the Small Skipper Butterfly, the Scarce Mar...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Heart Series I, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937)
Title: Heart Series I
Year: 1998
Edition: 130/300, plus proofs
Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper
Size: 5 x 4 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscriptio...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Saul Steinberg, Western Harpy, Beauty Mask, L'édition de tête (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Lana paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, tête edition, Consacré a Steinberg, Derrière le miroir, N° ...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sunset in Yabase - Woodcut after Utagawa Hiroshige -1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Lake Biwa, sunset in Yabase is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 12 October 1858) in 1920s.
Woodcut Print Oban Yokoe Format.
Reprint of of the Taisho...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Pink Flowers - Lithograph by Ivan Rabuzin - 1980s
By Ivan Rabuzin
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Flowers is a colored lithograph realized by Ivan Rabuzin .
Hand signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered in pencil on the lower left corner.
Edition of 200 pr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Fudesute Mountain', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers admiring Mt. Fudesute in Sakanoshita. Signed in Kanji lower left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (An...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Star Catcher, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937)
Title: Star Catcher
Year: 2003
Edition: 453/500, plus proofs
Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper
Size: 3.5 x 3 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription:...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Travelers at Kanaya', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a group of figures unloading goods on the bank of the Oi River near Kanaya in Shi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Heart Series II, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937)
Title: Heart Series II
Year: 1998
Edition: 110/300, plus proofs
Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper
Size: 5 x 4 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscripti...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni in Suo Province (Suo iwakuni kintai-bashi), 1859
By Hiroshige II
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Utagawa Hiroshige II (1829-1869), 'Kintai Bridge at Iwakuni in Suo Province' (Suo iwakuni kintai-bashi), from the series 'One Hundred Views of Famous Pla...
Category
1850s Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
WALT DISNEY WORLD 15TH ANNIVERSARY (REMARQUED)
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph printed in colors on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by Melanie Taylor Kent. Remarqued lower margin. Printer's Proof edition. ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
'View of Narumi', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a sunset view of Narumi, in what is now Aichi Prefecture, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower right, "Hiroshige Ga" fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Flowering Sweet Pea: 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Red Sweet Peas which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Lathyrus Flore Majore Pur...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Wolf Kahn's America (Hand signed and inscribed illustrated hardback monograph)
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn
Wolf Kahn's America (Hand signed and inscribed), 2003
Hand signed and dedicated hardback monograph with dust jacket
Boldly signed in ink with heartfelt personal dedication ...
Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Landscape Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Flowering Burning Bush: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Gas Plants or Burning Bush and Fraxinella, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitle...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Zodiaco-Acquario - Etching by Ossi Czinner - 1980
By Ossi Czinner
Located in Roma, IT
Burin engraving on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 39cmx29,5cm, work size 22cmx17,5cm. Excellent condition, no defects.
OSSI CZINNER - Central European artist, graphic designer and...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Hiroshige Utagawa Cherry-blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill (Asukayama)
Located in Torino, IT
HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA I, Edo 1797 - 1858
Cherry-blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill (Asukayama hanami no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Nishiki-e. Color woodcut, sign...
Category
1840s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Two Sailboats with Stars, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937)
Title: Two Sailboats with Stars
Year: 2002
Edition: 499/500, plus proofs
Medium: Lithograph on Lustro Saxony paper
Size: 4.87 x 4.5 inches
Condition: Excelle...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hiroshige Utagawa Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ômi
Located in Torino, IT
HIROSHIGE UTAGAWA I, Edo 1797 - 1858
Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki yau), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)
Nishiki-e. Color woodcut, signed in plate: Hiroshige ga
Se...
Category
1830s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Shimada - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1833
Located in Roma, IT
Asagiri is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832.
It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido".
Very good condition.
Category
1830s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'View of Mitsuke', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers on the Tenryū River, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji center right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
The Rain - Eight Scenic Spots in Oomi After U. Hiroshige-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Rain - Eight Scenic Spots in Oomi is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Digitalis Plants: An Original 17th C. Botanical Engraving by E. Sweert
By Emanuel Sweert
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful and extremely rare early 17th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of four flowering Digitalis plants by the Dutch artist and botanist Emanuel Sweert is plate 6 ...
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa - Lithograph after Hiroshige - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige in the 19th century.
Very Good conditions.
Collect an oriental artwork...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chrysler Building (Day), Art Deco Lithograph by Saul Steinberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Saul Steinberg, Romanian/American (1914 - 1999)
Title: Chrysler Building (Day) from Derrier le Mirroir
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 14 x 10.5 in. (35.56 x 26.67 ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Eight Scenic Spots - Lithograph After Utagawa Hiroshige - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Eight Scenic Spots in Suburban Edo is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hiros...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Heart Series V, Peter Max
By Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937)
Title: Heart Series V
Year: 1998
Edition: 300/300, plus proofs
Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Smooth paper
Size: 5 x 4 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscriptio...
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Vallier 143), La Liberté des Mers, Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, La Liberté des Mers, 1959. Published by Maeght Édite...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'A View of Kanagawa', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a panoramic view of the banks of Kanagawa, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) and printed circa 1946 by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981). An exceptionally crisp image with fresh color, printed on traditional Washi paper and showing delicate bokashi gradation of sumi ink in the foreground, horizon and upper sky. Sheet Dimensions: 10.25 H x 15.25 W inches.
Travelers pass through a section of the Kanagawa post station, dominated by a variety of shops, each with views looking out over the water. A number are tea houses, outside of which stand waitresses inviting travelers inside. On the water we see several small fishing boats, as well as larger shipping vessels...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
View of Florence, Modern Folk Lithograph by Guy Charon
By Guy Charon
Located in Long Island City, NY
View of Florence
Guy Charon, French (1927)
Date: circa 1975
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 250, EA
Image Size: 18 x 22 inches
Si...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Japanese landscape After Utagawa Hiroshige - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Japanese landscape is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige in the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - Lithograph by Pinot Lancia - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 70cmx50cm, work size 63cmx41cm. Excellent condition, no defects.
Pino Lancia - Born in Belgium in 1952, he lives and works in Rome.
He...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kyoka-Tokaido - Original Woodcut after Utagawa Hiroshige -1925
Located in Roma, IT
Kyoka-Tokaido is an original modern artwork realized after Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 12 October 1858) in 1925.
Original Woodcut print Chuban yokoe.
Red...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'View of Futakawa', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of the Sarugababa (Monkey Plateau) rest stop at Futakawa, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower right, "Hiroshige...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Japanese Boats - Original Lithograph After Hiroshige- Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Boats is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1857 and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Geneva, Festival of Flowers, Geneve, Fete des Fleurs vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "Fete des Fleurs" vintage Swiss poster. Archivally linen backed and ready to frame. Printer: "Sonor', Geneva, Switzerland
The Fest...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Ishiyakushi Temple', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of the road into Ishiyakushi. Signed in Kanji upper right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Untitled - Lithograph by Ossi Czinner - 1980
By Ossi Czinner
Located in Roma, IT
Burin engraving on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 39cmx29,5cm, work size 22cmx17,5cm. Excellent condition, no defects.
OSSI CZINNER - Central European artist, graphic designer and...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red Roses: A Framed 17th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Basilius Besler
Located in Alamo, CA
"Rosa ex rubro nigricans" (Red Roses); a hand-colored copper engraving from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This engraving is presented in a glossy silver and matte gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and an elaborate double cream-colored French mats with light mauve bands; each accented by a broad decorative marbleized green band. It is glazed with plexiglass. There is text offset and a very small crease in the left margin, but the print is otherwise in excellent condition. Provenance: W. Graham Arader Gallery...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Untitled - Lithograph by Pinot Lancia - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 70cmx50cm, work size 63cmx41cm. Excellent condition, no defects.
Pino Lancia - Born in Belgium in 1952, he lives and works in Rome.
He...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'View of Yoshiwara', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of Mt. Fuji warmly illuminated by the morning sky. Signed in Kanji center right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'View of Shimada', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers crossing the Suruga bank of the Ōi River, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower left, "Hiroshige Ga"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Black-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Black-billed Cuckoo, 1. Male, 2, Female, Magnolia Grandiflora", No. 56, Plate 276 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts a female black-billed cuckoo perched on a branch of a magnolia tree reaching for a flying insect. The male appears to be in flight in front of magnolia leaves on the right, perhaps after the same insect. Magnolia flowers are depicted, as well.
This original 1st octavo edition hand-colored Audubon Black-billed Cuckoo lithograph is in excellent condition, other than a few tiny spots in the upper margin and a tiny faint spot in the lower inscription area. The sheet measures 6.5" high by 10.13" wide. The original text pages, 300-302, from Audubon's 19th century publication are included with the lithograph.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon produced a set of elephant folio sized lithographs that were primarily engraved and hand colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. The publication, which included text descriptions of the animals was published 3 years before Audubon died. As with the birds, this was followed by a three-volume set of 155 octavo-sized plates entitled “The Quadrupeds of North America” completed and published by Audubon’s sons, John, Jr. and Victor.
Audubon prints continue to be popular and a wise investment. The double elephant folio set...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cherry Blossoms
Located in Roma, IT
Cherry Blossoms is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Ut...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Horie and Nekozane - Meisho Edo Hyakkei
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858)
Title: No.96 "Meisho Edo Hyakkei"
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景)
Size: O-ban 大判
Age: 1856
Category
1850s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Hatsune Riding Grounds - Lithograph after Utagawa Hiroshige -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Hatsune Riding Grounds, Bakuro-cho is a modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century after Utagawa Hiroshige.
Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by Utagawa Hiroshi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
