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Medium: Aquatint
Hommage, Modern Abstract by Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hommage by Johnny Friedlaenderm German (1912–1992)
Date: circa 1965
Aquatint, signed in pencil
Edition of EA
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 36 x 28.5 inches
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Italian Abstract Aquatint Collage Lithograph Print Eugenio Carmi 80s Memphis Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern, Modernist
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Print, Aquatint
Hand signed dated 1988, limited edition
Surface: Paper
Country: Italy
Dimensions: 26" x 20" approximately
Eugenio ...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Flashlight Girl. Limited Edition of 36 by Yoshitomo Nara, signed
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yoshitomo Nara
Flashlight Girl (2002-2004), Edition 13/36.
Photogravure and aquatint, on wove paper.
Image: 48 x 38 cm.
Sheet: 48 x 38 cm.
Published by KIDO Press, Inc., Tokyo (with...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Photogravure
WESTERN GRANDEUR
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HAROLD LUKENS DOOLTTLE (1883 - 1974)
WESTERN GRANDEUR c. 1945
Aquatint, signed titled and dedicated. Image 9 ¾ x 13 5/8 inches. Large full sheet with deckle edges 15 ½ x 19 inches...
Category
1940s American Realist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Salvador Dali - The Beloved Feeds Among the Lilies - Signed Aquatint
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989)
THE BELOVED FEEDS AMONG THE LILIES, 1971
Board for the series "The Song of Songs hymns"
Aquatint and dry point on wove paper...
Category
1970s Surrealist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Unité, Planche 10 (Set of 2) /// Surrealism Modern Art Le Corbusier Nude Animal
By Le Corbusier
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965)
Title: "Unité, Planche 10" (Set of 2)
Portfolio: Unité
*Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...
Category
1960s Surrealist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Sujets divers, Modern Etching by Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Long Island City, NY
Johnny Friedlaender, German (1912 - 1992) - Sujets divers, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed in pencil, Image Size: 6 x 4.5 inches, Size: 10.5 x 10 in. (26.67 ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Meduse, Very scarce mid century modern abstract expressionist Signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Stanley WIlliam (Bill) Hayter
Meduse, 1958
High Viscosity Etching & Engraving
Pencil signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50 (10/50) on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint
Androgyne, Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Mystical Symbolist illustration, 1904
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
Category
Early 1900s Symbolist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Paper
Alan Shields, Alice in Grayland, Mixed media collage, abstraction signed 1/13
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields
Alice in Grayland, 1979
Mixed media collage: Etching, aquatint, screen print with stitching and collage on hand made paper
Hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 1/13 by Alan Shields on the front
Unique variant
This very unique and imaginative mixed media paper collage with stitching and fabric is floated and framed in a museum quality white wood frame with UV plexiglass.
It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered from the limited edition of 13 - but each is a unique variant.
Frame included:
Measurements:
Frame:
27.75 x 22.5 x 2 inches
Artwork:
23.5 x 18 inches
Catalogue Raisonne: K. Tyler Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. p. 289.
Alan Shields came of age artistically in the late 1960s in New York. Expanding the boundaries of Minimalism, he became known as a master of aesthetic invention through his wide-ranging exploration of materials and techniques. His mixed media works often contain combinations of traditional silkscreen processes combined with found materials. New York Times critic Roberta Smith wrote in her 2005 obituary for the artist: "Mr. Shields's work combined expanses of gorgeous stained color, reminiscent of Helen Frankenthaler's canvases, with the humbler crafts and a Gypsy sense of portability." Critic Robert Hughes has described Shields as a brilliant bricoleur who could, and often did, make art out of just about anything. He became an innovative printmaker, experimenting with handmade paper and turning out editions in which each print was unique. After his passing, Shields was awarded a Judith Rothschild Foundation grant given to recently deceased abstract artists whose work is of the highest quality but merits further recognition.
About Alan Shields:
Alan Shields (b. 1944, Herington, KS; d. 2005, Shelter Island, NY) created unique, imaginative, and theatrical structures using unconventional materials and vibrant color. His three-dimensional paintings convey a playful, deconstructive impulse through the incorporation of un-stretched hand-dyed canvas, rope, yarn, beads, and wood. Shields moved to New York City in 1968, where he showed with Paula Cooper...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
"Animated Formation" Abstract Aquatint Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
"Animated Formation" Abstract Aquatint Etching
Abstract Aquatint Etching by Katherine "Kay" Metz (b. 1932-2018.)This dynamic print by Kay Metz straddles the line between organic and...
Category
1950s Post-War Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Archival Paper, Aquatint
Divide black and white soft ground etching and aquatint by April Gornik
By April Gornik
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Divide" black and white soft ground etching and aquatint by April Gornik. Edition 23 of 30. Image size: 33 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches. Published by The S...
Category
1990s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Prag / Prague
Located in Middletown, NY
An atmospheric view of the Charles Bridge and Old Town Bridge Tower.
Dresden: Max Sinz, 1928.
Etching and aquatint in colors on cream wove paper, 11 1/2 x 9 inches (292 x 227 mm) f...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Tropic Bird /// Ornithology John James Audubon Shorebird Ocean Beach Seascape
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Tropic Bird" (Plate CCLXII - 262; part No. 53)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, Havell Edition
Year: 1835
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving with Aquatint on double-elephant folio, J. Whatman paper
Limited edition: approx. 180
Printer: Robert Havell Jr., London, England
Publisher: John James Audubon, London, England
Framing: Not framed, but matted in a handmade custom French matting
Matted size: 30" x 38.75"
Sheet size: 25.5" x 36"
Platemark size: 20.75" x 30.25"
Image size: 18.5" x 27.75"
Condition: A few tiny foxmarks. In excellent condition with clean paper and strong colors
Rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - New York, NY. Engraved, printed, and hand-colored by English artist Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878). Comes from Audubon's monumental book volume "The Birds of America", (Havell Edition, 1827-1838), which consists of 435 hand-colored, life-size prints, made from engraved plates, with each sheet originally measuring around 39" x 26". "J. Whatman 1835" watermark upper right.
Based on a composition painted between 1832 and 1835. Audubon sailed the entire length of Florida, around the Keys and as far as the Dry Tortugas, from which, on another occasion, "The specimens - in the plate were taken - by my kind friend Robert Day, Esq. of the United States Revenue Cutter...
Category
Early 1800s Victorian Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio
Raimundo Orozco Cuban Artist Original Hand Signed engraving 2000
Located in Miami, FL
Raimundo Orozco (Cuba, 1949)
'Untitled', 2000
engraving on paper Guarro Biblos 250g.
10.1 x 6.6 in. (25.6 x 16.6 cm.)
Edition of 60
ID: ORO-312-054
Hand-signed by author
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Aquatint, Screen, Engraving
Poem IV, Surrealist Etching with Aquatint Poem by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Poem IV
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893–1983)
Date: 1947
Etching and Aquatint on laid paper, signed in the plate
Image Size: 6.75 x 5.5 inches
Size: 14.75 x 11.5 in. (37.47 x 29.21 cm)
Prin...
Category
1940s Surrealist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Vertigo, by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sspectacular view from above of the buildings and traffic a large city. Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to comple...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Chris Ofili, Untitled - 2000, Signed Aquatint and Drypoint Etching, British Art
By Chris Ofili
Located in Hamburg, DE
Chris Ofili (British, b. 1968)
Untitled, 2000
Medium: Etching, aquatint and drypoint, on Hahnemühle wove paper
Dimensions: 25.7 × 20.8 cm (10 1/10 × 8 1/5 in)
Edition of 100: Hand-si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Island Light, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: etching and aquatint
Edition of 120
Year: 2023
Image Size: 4 x 5 inches
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
The view west from Cypress Island off the coast of Washin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Salvador Dalí -- Dionysus
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
Dionysus, 1967
Colour etching and aquatint
Hand signed lower right
Numbered 52/300 lower left
Sheet size: 76 x 56 cm
Image size 36 x 48 cm.
Reference Michler/Löpsinger ...
Category
1960s Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Richard Haas, Downtown Los Angeles MOCA, Etching & Aquatint, Signed/N, Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Downtown Los Angeles MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), 1991
Etching and aquatint on paper with printers blind stamp
SIgned, dated '91 and numbered 14/35 in graphite pen...
Category
1990s Realist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics - by Cy Twombly - 1984
By Cy Twombly
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled, Sarayevo Winter Olympic Games 1984, is an etching with aquatint and lithograph in colors realized by Cy Twombly on the occasion of the Winter Olympics Games 1984 in Sarajev...
Category
1980s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
Moon Glow, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
By: Yuji Hiratsuka
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2023
Image Size: 18 x 12 inches
A celadon decorated Chinese vase with flowers, with a full moon and clouds in the backgroun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
'Favourite Flowers' Limited edition book with signed aquatint 'Iris'
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Favourite Flowers (Iris)’
By Elizabeth Blackadder
A limited edition book of 100 copies specially bound for the Mercury Gallery. No 1 to 50 contain and original etching/aquatint 'Iris'. No 51 to 100 contain and original etching/aquatint 'Salpiglossis'. Each signed and numbered by the artist. All watercolours reproduced within the book by Elizabeth Blackadder and commentary by Deborah Kellaway.
Medium - Limited edition book with signed aquatint
Book Edition - 58/100
Print Edition - 8/50
Signed Book - Yes
Signed Print - Yes
Size Book - 234mm x 202mm
Size Print - 217mm x 187mm
Date - 1994
Published by Gillian Raffles. Mercury Gallery. Bond Street, London
Condition - Excellent. 10/10
Painter and printmaker, born Falkirk, Scotland. She studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art, 1949-54. In 1954 she was awarded a Carnegie Travelling Scholarship and visited Yugoslavia, Greece and Italy and was much influenced by Byzantine architecture and mosaics. In 1956 she married the painter John Houston with whom she has since travelled widely. Flowers, cats and small objects are often arranged perpendicularly across the paper or canvas.
Elected RSW in 1960, an Associate of the RSA 1963, an Associate of the RA 1971, RSA 1972 and RA 1976, she is the first woman to be elected both RA and RSA. Blackadder has exhibited at the Mercury Gallery, London, Marjorie Parr Gallery and abroad and is a member of the Scottish Arts Club. Her work is represented in Aberdeen University, Bolton Art Gallery, Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Fleming Collection, Glasgow Print Studio, Gracefield Arts Centre, New Hall College, Cambridge, Otter Gallery, Reading Art...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Qui ne se grime pas? (Who does not wear a mask?)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Qui ne se grime pas?
(Who does not wear a mask?)
Aquatint, roulette, drypoint, acid bite, and scorper, 1923
Signed in the plate loweer left (see photo)
Dated in pencil
Series: Miser...
Category
1920s French School Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
"Open Wide" 1972 original signed engraving lithograph limited edition American
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Smith (United States, 1944)
'Open wide', 1972
lithograph in color on paper
21.7 x 29.6 in. (55 x 75 cm.)
Edition of 75
Unframed
ID: SMI1158-001-075
Hand-signed by author
Category
1970s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Donald Baechler Creamsicle 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Donald Baechler, Creamsicle, 1999:
A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting.
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aq...
Category
1990s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
Joan Miró -- Untitled from Tracé sur l'Eau
By Joan Miró
Located in BRUCE, ACT
JOAN MIRO
untitled from Tracé sur l'Eau, 1963
This one signed etching and aquatint in colors
Edition 88 of 100 lower left
Hand signed lower right
Image size 21 x 58 cm
Frame size ...
Category
1960s Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Bonsaist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
portrait of a young woman admiring her small bonsai tree. Intaglio with Chine Colle print signed, titled and numbered by the artist
While the images have some resemblance to traditi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Bird On Flower, Aquatint Etching by Keiko Minami
By Keiko Minami
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Keiko Minami, Japanese (1911 - 2004)
Title: Bird On Flower
Year: circa 1985
Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 12...
Category
1980s Folk Art Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Oh Divin Yu, Modern Floral Aquatint Etching by Yannick Ballif
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yannick Ballif, French (1927 - )
Title: Oh Divin Yu
Year: 1973
Medium: Aquatint Etching with Carborundum, signed and dated
Edition: 70
Image: 35 x 25 inches
Size: 41.5 x 29.5...
Category
1970s Naturalistic Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Octet, Modern Embossed Etching and Aquatint by Benita Sanders
Located in Long Island City, NY
Benita Sanders, Canadian (1930 - ) - Octet, Year: 1969, Medium: Embossed Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 10/25, Image Size: ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Femme á la Guitarre
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Etching and aquatint on paper, nicely matted and framed. Edition 28 of 90, signed and dated in pencil lower right. Cubist work featuring a girl and her guitar.
Ossip Zadkine 1888 ...
Category
1960s Cubist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Alex Katz 'Joan' Aquatint Portrait in Seven Colors 1986
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present)
Aquatint in colors, 1986, on Somerset, signed in pencil, numbered 20/65 (the edition was 65 plus 7 artist's proofs), published by Crown Point Press, San Fra...
Category
1970s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
The Deer, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.336)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Deer 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...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Everything I See - still life, hand signed, Roy Fairchild
Located in London, GB
This serigraph print is for sale from Roy Fairchild's Personal Collection. This print will come with a certificate of authenticity from London Contemporary Gallery and a unique signed letter from Roy Fairchild himself authenticating the work and detailing that this is from his personal collection.
Roy Fairchild-Woodard was born in 1953 in Surrey, England. He currently lives and works most of the year in the peaceful environment of his Country home. The rest of the year he travels throughout Europe; Italy in particular, to obtain new sources of inspiration. His affinity with Italy is the painters of the Renaissance, especially their frescos, tapestries and paintings.
The plasterwork of the frescos is alluded to in his use of plaster as a base for his acrylic and oil overpaints. Also the influence of Egon Schiele and Gustave Klimpt can be seen in his occasional reference of line and decoration.
He received a degree in graphic design and started working under the name Woodard to produce more commercial...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Fritz Scholder American artist 1982 original hand signed engraving protrait
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (United States, 1937-2005)
'Mystery portrait in Barcelona -1', 1982
engraving on paper
30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.)
ID: SCH1341-006-000
Unframed
Category
1980s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
Semen: large scale expressionist nude male figure portrait, floating in pink
Located in New York, NY
This large scale, ethereal portrait depicts a tranquil male nude figure floating in pink and blue. Based on a tempera painting, an expressionist, emotive piece to bring dramatic impa...
Category
1980s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
14th Street Oriental
Located in Middletown, NY
New York, Associated American Artists, 1950. Drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper, 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 inches (150 x 100 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 48/50 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Stephen Sholinsky...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
THORNTON. The Superb Lily.
Located in London, GB
A magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora...
Category
1790s Naturalistic Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving
Sam Gilliam, Buoy Landscape IV Mixed media signed/n Abstract Expressionist print
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Buoy Landscape IV, 1982
Color relief print, etching, screenprint, drypoint, aquatint and roulette all from deeply etched copper plates, on handmade wove paper
31 1/2 × 24 inches
Hand signed and numbered 3/25 in graphite pencil
Hand-signed by artist, Signed by artist, numbered, and dated in pencil and blind-stamped by printer-publisher on lower right, titled in pencil on lower left, recto
Unframed with elegant deckled edges
Rare vintage intaglio and relief, all from deeply etched copper plates. Other works from this series are in the permanent collections of major museums & institutions like the Smithsonian, so they are quite scarce on the open market.
Steven M. Andersen (Printer)
Philip Barber (Printer)
Hang Nguyen (Printer)
Stephanie Nowack (Printer)
Michael Reid (Printer)
Daniel Rounds (Printer)
Vermillion Editions Limited (Publisher)
Sam Gilliam Biography:
Sam Gilliam was one of the great innovators in postwar American painting. He emerged from the Washington, D.C. scene in the mid 1960s with works that elaborated upon and disrupted the ethos of Color School painting.
A series of formal breakthroughs would soon result in his canonical Drape paintings, which expanded upon the tenets of Abstract Expressionism in entirely new ways. Suspending stretcherless lengths of painted canvas from the walls or ceilings of exhibition spaces, Gilliam transformed his medium and the contexts in which it was viewed. As an artist in the nation’s capital at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, this was not merely an aesthetic proposition; it was a way of defining art’s role in a society undergoing dramatic change. Gilliam pursued a pioneering course in which experimentation was the only constant. Inspired by the improvisatory ethos of jazz, his lyrical abstractions took on an increasing variety of forms, moods, and materials.
In addition to a traveling retrospective organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 2005, Sam Gilliam was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1971); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (1982); Whitney Museum of American Art, Philip Morris Branch, New York (1993); J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (1996); Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (2011); and Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2018), among many other institutions. A semi-permanent installation of Gilliam’s paintings opened at Dia:Beacon in August 2019. His work is included in over fifty public collections, including those of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Tate Modern, London; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sam Gilliam, Green April, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 98 x 271 x 3 7/8 inches (248.9 x 688.3 x 9.8 cm), Collection of Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Lee Thompson...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
Spring Suite (Yellow with Yellow), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
Category
1970s Op Art Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Hommage, Modern Abstract by Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hommage by Johnny Friedlaenderm German (1912–1992)
Date: circa 1965
Aquatint, signed in pencil
Edition of EA
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 36 x 28.5 inches
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Early Morning Rain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Early Morning Rain
Etching & color aquatint, 1977
Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition: 40 (39/40)
Published by Associated American Artists, New York
Condition: Mint
...
Category
1970s Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Eared Grebe /// John James Audubon Ornithology Havell Edition Bird Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)
Title: "Eared Grebe" (Plate CCCCIV - 404; part No. 81)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, Havell Edition
Year: 1838
Medium: Original Ha...
Category
1830s Victorian Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio
Fan Art, In Front of Mirror, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2020
Image Size: 18 x 12 inches
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young woman with traditional Japanese fan in front ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Philip Pearlstein 'View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan' NYC signed, print
Located in San Rafael, CA
Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022)
View Over Soho, Lower Manhattan, 1977
Aquatint in colors on wove paper
Edition 7/41
Signed, editioned and titled in pencil lower left
Printed by the Orl...
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1970s Realist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Palazzo, Florence
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Palazzo, Florence
Etching, engraving, aquatint, soft ground and lift ground, printed in colors from three copper plates. 1954
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Edition 250 plis 10 on Rives wove paper, printed by the artist
Published by The Print Club of Cleveland, No. 33 for 1955
REFERENCE: Geske #32
Condition: Mint
Image size: 9 3/16 x 13 1/8 inches
Impressions of this image can be found in the following museums:
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Toledo Museum of Art
Oberlin, Allen Museum of Art
Cornell Univeristy
Cleveland Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Baltimore Museum of Art
Georgetown University
Indiana Univeristy, Eskenazi Museum of Art
David Museum of Art at Wellesley College
"Painter and printmaker Rudolph Otto "Rudy" Pozzatti was born in Telluride, Colorado, on January 14, 1925. Upon graduation from high school, he received a scholarship to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder where he enrolled as an art major. In 1943, his studies were interrupted by his induction into the U. S. Army. After his discharge in 1946, he re-enrolled in the University of Colorado where he studied under Wendell...
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1950s American Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Detail Solomon’s Seal 1
By Jean Bardon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The formality, ornamental qualities and boldness of botanical art strongly influence Bardon's art. It is easy to see her inspiration in the patterns, line and simplicity of form foun...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint, Etching
Donald Baechler Two Fishes 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Donald Baechler, Two Fishes, 1999:
A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting.
Medium: Soft-ground etching and aq...
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1990s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
CALIFORNIA VISTA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HAROLD L. DOOLITTLE (1883 – 1974)
CALIFORNIA VISTA, 1923
Aquatint signed and titled in pencil. 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches. Sheet 11 x 14 inches. Good condi...
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1920s American Realist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
BAT
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bat
Embossed color aquatint and etching on Arches paper, 1976
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (See photo)
The Print Club of Cleveland stamp verso
Edition: 261
The Print Cl...
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1970s Abstract Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Night Light Signed Aquatint Etching California Modernist Woman Artist Susan Hall
By Susan Hall
Located in Surfside, FL
Susan Hall
Hand signed and numbered
Aquatint Etching
This piece has a Memphis Milano sort of vibe to it.
Susan Hall lives and works in Point Reyes Station, California, a town in the heart of the Point Reyes National Seashore. This pristine wilderness area is dominated by a mosaic of bays and ocean, rolling grass lands and forests. It is inhabited by a diversity of wildlife, including over 450 species of birds, mountains lions, deer, bobcats, foxes, and elk. Ms. Hall who is a native of this area returned after spending twenty years in New York City.
In her book, “Painting Point Reyes”, Hall says, “Point Reyes is the center of my painting life. Point Reyes has been my life and when I haven’t lived here, it has been an underground stream that spoke to me in dreams and visions.”
While living and painting in New York City, Ms. Hall exhibited her work widely in museums and galleries. Among them are the Whitney Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Trabia MacAfee Gallery, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago; Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles.
In addition, her work has been featured in group exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad, including in 2020 Bud Shark's Ink: The California Crew at BMoCA, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Colorado USA representing the panoply of aesthetics, cultural backgrounds, viewpoints, and talent held within the bounty of art “made in California.” This remarkable grouping of artists, Brad Brown, Enrique Chagoya, Roy De Forest, Amy Ellingson, Susan Hall, Don Ed Hardy, Mildred Howard, Robert Hudson, Hung Liu, Kara Maria, Rex Ray, Alison Saar, Italo Scanga, and William T. Wiley.
Women to the Fore, Hudson River Museum Yonkers 2021
A group of women artists working in oil painting and drawing, lithograph prints and photograph, collage and sculpture. Many icons of feminist art history. Judy Chicago, Judy Giera, Marisol, and Shanequa Benitez, Ann McCoy, Anna Walinska, Audrey Flack, Barbara Morgan, Berenice Abbott,
Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Georgia O'Keeffe, Hannelore Baron, Harriet, Judy Chicago, Louise Nevelson, Marisol, Mary Frank, Nancy Graves, Susan Hall, Yvonne Thomas...
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1970s American Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Creatures of Land, Sea and Sky, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio and Chine Colle
Year: 2023
Image Size: 10.5 x 7 inches
Edition of 15
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. A young woman contemplating small plants and animals...
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2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Horse Swan, Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist fantasy lithograph, 1904
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint, Paper
Thursday could be a great day 2010 signed original Bon A Tirer engraving collage
Located in Miami, FL
Rigoberto Mena (Cuba, 1961)
'El Jueves puede ser un gran día' (Thusday could be a great day), 2010
engraving, mixed media, chine colle on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g.
15.8 x 15.8 i...
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2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
Richard Haas, Hong Kong, Etching & Aquatint, Signed 26/35, Framed
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas
Hong Kong, 1990
Etching and Aquatint on wove paper
Hand Signed, numbered 26/35 and dated on the front
Frame included; held in the original vintage hand made wood frame ...
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1990s Realist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
THORNTON. Group of Carnations
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton; aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and became a Doctor of Medicine at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle...
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1790s Naturalistic Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Engraving
La victime de la Fête
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - La victime de la Fête
Lithograph from 1970.
Dimensions of work: 68 x 50 cm
On B.F.K Rives paper as stated in the Field catalogue.
Reference: Field 72-...
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1970s Surrealist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
Towers of Silence from In the Realm of the Carceral
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Morris, American (1931 - )
Title: Towers of Silence from In the Realm of the Carceral
Year: 1978
Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 1...
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1970s Minimalist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Flashlight Girl. Limited Edition of 36 by Yoshitomo Nara, signed
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yoshitomo Nara
Flashlight Girl (2002-2004), Edition 13/36.
Photogravure and aquatint, on wove paper.
Image: 48 x 38 cm.
Sheet: 48 x 38 cm.
Published by KIDO Press, Inc., Tokyo (with...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint, Photogravure
Summer Suite (Red with Gold IV)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
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1970s Op Art Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Lily Pads, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 200. Lily pads and the sky reflected in a quiet lake, inspired by canoe trip at Lake Terrell in Ferndale, Washington on a warm summer afternoon.
Born in Berkeley, California, on December 21, 1949, he was raised in a home that had a sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay. This scene kindled his interest in landscape and was one of his earliest drawing subjects. Stephen McMillans etchings and aquatint prints capture the landscapes of California...
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2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Life Below, by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A sspectacular view from above of the buildings and traffic a large city. Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to comple...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Italian Surrealist Aquatint Etching Enrico Baj Pop Art Nude Mod Cherubs Angels
By Enrico Baj
Located in Surfside, FL
Enrico Baj (1924-2003) Italian, limited edition print.
Hand signed and numbered in pencil from limited edition of 100
Aquatint etching
Image size: cm 39.5 x 29.5, sheet cm 53 x 39
...
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20th Century Surrealist Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem", published in London by R. Bowyer in 1804. The print was created by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) from drawings by Luigi Mayer.
This beautiful, detailed, original engraving is printed on deluxe J. Whatman paper with very wide left and right margins. There is a watermark "1801" indicating the year the paper was made. The sheet measures 11.25" high and 16" wide. There is a small faint spot in the upper margin on the left and a tiny faint spot in the right upper corner and another in the left lower corner. The engraving is otherwise in excellent condition with vibrant colors throughout the image.
"The Pool of Bethesda...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Aquatint
Synagogue Duke's Palace Houndsditch by Th. Sunderland after Pugin & Rowlandson
Located in Middletown, NY
A faithful architectural rendering of the earliest Ashkenazi synagogue constructed in London; built about 1690, and subsequently destroyed in the Blitz, 1941.
London: Rudolph Ackerm...
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Early 19th Century English School Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Aquatint
"Hand Knitter III" 2003 original hand signed engraving limited edition
Located in Miami, FL
Agustin Bejarano (Cuba, 1964)
'Tejedoras de mano III', 2003
engraving on paper Guarro Biblos 250g.
30.6 x 23.3 in. (77.5 x 59 cm.)
Edition of 20
Unfra...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
"La Mer VE 6/8" Intaglio, hand colored, seashell motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "La Mer VE 6/8" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from two-plate intaglio with drypoint, aquatint, and soft ground on Rives BFK. This piece i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
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Archival Paper, Color, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Roxana Hartmann, ¨Habana¨, 2018, Etching, 15.9x11.2 in
Located in Miami, FL
Roxana Hartmann (Bolivia, )
'Habana', 2018
etching, sugar aquatint on paper Feltmark 300 g
16 x 11.3 in. (40.5 x 28.5 cm.)
Edition of 10
ID: HAR-101-008
Unframed
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2010s Contemporary Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Cairo with Murad Bey's Palace: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Principal Square in Grand Cairo, with Murad Bey's Palace", published in London by R. Bowyer in 1801. The print was created by ...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Pablo Picasso -- Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modele
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Pablo Picasso
Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modele, 1968
From La Serie 347
Aquatint with sugar lift on vélin de Rives paper
Edition 43/50
Hanf signed low right
Image Size 1...
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1960s Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : A Shy Client - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after)
Whorehouse Scene : A Shy Client
Original etching and aquatint
On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch)
In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art se...
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1930s Modern Aquatint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Shop a Collection of Aquatint Prints and Other Fine Art Prints on 1stDibs
Buying art and design is one thing. Collecting it is quite another. Whether you’re looking to add a focal point to your living room or you’re introducing a new acquisition to an already thriving collection of art, the range of aquatints and other fine art prints on 1stDibs is waiting for you.
A technique named for its resemblance to watercolor or ink wash, aquatint is often combined with etching to create rich tonal variations. It’s a similar process to etching but the resin ground is more granulated, so the acid handles the metal differently.
Different degrees of darkness are created during the aquatint printmaking process based on the amount of time the plate is in contact with the acid. The process was famously deployed by Goya, but contemporary artists, ranging from Wayne Thiebaud and Susan Rothenberg to Joel Shapiro and Marcel Dzama have used it to dramatic effect.
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