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Medium: Drypoint
Frontispiece
Located in Milwaukee, WI
No. 189. Prestel. Ed. Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Lopsinger. Catalog Raisonne of Dali's Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924 - 1980. From the Secret Poems by Apollinaire Series (Poemes...
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Late 20th Century Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Armin Landeck, Tenement Walls
Located in New York, NY
The reference number on this work is Kraeft 88. It's from an edition of 100 and is signed, dated, and numbered, in pencil. Always an intaglio printmaker, Landeck switched from a mor...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

"Paysages" original drypoints
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. This pair of drypoints was printed in Paris in 1917 and published by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate sizes: 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches (89 x 58 mm) and...
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1910s Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

"St. Nicolas du Chardonnet" Etching in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"St. Nicolas du Chardonnet" Etching in Ink on Paper Delicate and detailed etching by Katherine Kimball (American, 1866-1949). The Catholic church of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet is shown nestled in the streets of Paris. With clever use of line weight and clarity, the building is highlighted and cleanly stands out against the background and surroundings. Stamp with coat of arms on verso. Artist's info written on verso. Presented in a new black mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 16"H x 12"W Paper size: 10.75"H x 6.75"W Katherine Kimball (American, 1866-1949) was born in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. She studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and exhibited in the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915. Listed in “Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975”; “North American Women Artists...
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1910s American Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Drypoint

Daedalus. Surrealistic etching, Monochromatic, Minimalistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
20th century figurative drypoint print by Polish artist Leszek Rozga. This piece is signed by the artist and comes from limited edition of 20. LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied pa...
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2010s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint

Charing Cross - The Statue of Charles I.
Located in Storrs, CT
Charing Cross -- The Statue of Charles I. 1919. Etching with aquatint and drypoint. 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/8). A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream-wove paper. Signed in pencil. Charing Cross is located at the junction of the Strand, Whitehall, and Cockspur Street in Central London, England. The name originates from the Eleanor cross installed by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile at the former hamlet of Charing. Since 1675, the cross site has been occupied by a statue of King Charles I mounted on a horse. The pedestal is thought to be designed by Wren and carved by Grinling Gibbons. Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England. Inside the Grade I listed building, there is seating for 400 people. There is a memorial plaque to the author Henry James (1843–1916) who lived nearby on Cheyne Walk. To the west of the church is a small public garden containing a sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein. When he was seventeen,William Walcot began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, signed etching by William Walcot, c1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Signed in pencil by the artist lower right. William Walcot was born in Russia and moved to London in 1907. He trained and practiced as an architect before devoting himself to archite...
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1920s Art Deco Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

The Passing Freight, Danbury
Located in Storrs, CT
.The Passing Freight, Danbury. 1934. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 108. 8 7/8 x 14 7/8 (sheet 12 1/7 x 17 5/8). Edition 46 (including 6 trial proofs). A rich, tonal impression p...
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1930s American Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Villefranche-sur-mer
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint in brownish black ink on cream wove paper, 6 1/8 x 10 inches (155 x 255 mm), full margins with a deckle edge. Signed in pencil, lower right margin, and titled (...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Mapa frente al espejo (Africa) / Map in front of the Mirror (Africa)
Located in Mexico City, MX
Alexandre Arrechea´s work remains caught in an endless uphill climb towards a new representational framework. The pieces he produces serve as a warning of our own limits and how pret...
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2010s Abstract Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Cosmogonies No. 5
Located in Columbia, MO
Cécile Reims (French, 1927–2020) Cécile Reims’s work is distinguished by its masterful technique, intricate detail, and deep engagement with themes of transformation and the natural ...
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1950s Surrealist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Cotton, Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Spring Night Greenwich Village
Located in New York, NY
Spring Night, Greenwich Village--1930, Drypoint and Sand Ground.McCarron 85, only state. Edition 92. Signed in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower rig...
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1930s Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Street in Wilmersdorf, from: The Creators German Expressionism Berlin
Located in London, GB
LUDWIG MEIDNER (1884-1966) Bernstadt 1884 - 1966 Darmstadt (German) Title: Street in Wilmersdorf, from: The Creators Straße in Wilmersdorf, von: Die Schaffenden...
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1910s Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Les Saltimbanques
Located in Wien, 9
Pablo Picasso's ,,Les Saltimbanques" is a captivating drypoint etching created in 1905. The work is unnumbered and part of the catalog raisonné. The artwork explores the lives of cir...
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Early 1900s Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Serenade
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A superb, richly-inked impression, with skilfully wiped plate tone and burr in the drypoint, printed in dark sepia ink on cream laid paper, with the Louis LeGrand watermark in the bo...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Christmas print, hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine The Christmas Print (Burg, 26), 2001 Drypoint, direct gravure, etching over offset lithograph with hand coloring by artist in oil stick, on T.H. Saunders paper, the full she...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Oil Crayon, Drypoint, Etching, Offset

Ponte della Trinità, Florence
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on tissue-thin cream laid paper, 6 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches (167 x 205 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower right margin, and inscribed "Ponte Trinità, Florence" in pencil the lower left margin. Non-archival paper tape tabs at the top right and left corners on the verso, with minor associated discoloration which presents on the recto. Minor, light mat tone, and some very small losses at the extreme corners, well outside of image area. The numerals "325" written in pencil in the lower right margin, in reference to the Rinder catalog number. A beautiful, silvery, early-state impression. Rinder 325 [Rinder 325 iii/vii]. The son of a clergyman, Sir David Young Cameron was born in Glasgow in 1865. After a brief and unhappy dalliance in the fields of business and law, Cameron began attending the prestigious Glasgow School of the Arts in 1881, and later the Edinburgh School of the Arts. At first associated with the Glasgow Boys (John Lavery, Joseph Crawhall...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Graceland Mansion
Located in Houston, TX
Jennifer Bartlett Graceland Mansions, 1978-79 Drypoint, aquatint, silkscreen, woodcut, and lithograph on J. Green Cold Press paper and Rives BFK paper 24 x 120 inches, unframed Ed...
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20th Century Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut, Drypoint, Aquatint

Tool drypoint: Weed puller by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images. Crisbrook paper (30 x 22 in. / 76.2 x 56 cm.) and p...
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1970s Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Op. 301 Three Marrons
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Three Marrons, Diamond drypoint by Jakob Demus. In the 1986-1988 period Demus immersed himself in the depiction of flowers, and it was then that the most important works in this ge...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

A Mirage
Located in Storrs, CT
A Mirage. 1928. Etching. Hardie 238. 11 13/16 x 14 3/8 (sheet 12 3/16 x 18 3/4). Edition 76, #46. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1928 and 1938; Holmes, Etchings of Today. A ri...
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1920s Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

A duet. Surrealistic etching, Monochromatic, Minimalistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
20th century figurative drypoint print by Polish artist Leszek Rozga. Print depicts abstract figures- they look somewhat familiar but it is not clear what they are. This piece is sig...
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2010s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint

Liquid and Gaseous Television
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Liquid and Gaseous Television Series: Imaginations and Objects of the Future Date: 1975 Medium: Lithograph with original drypoint with collage Unfr...
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1970s Surrealist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Lithograph

Dismemberment -- Print, Portrait, Woman, Nude, Feminist Art by Louise Bourgeois
Located in London, GB
Dismemberment, 1994 Louise Bourgeois Drypoint and roulette, on smooth Somerset wove paper Signed and numbered from the edition of 44 Fourth and final state Printed by Harlan & Weaver, New York Published by Peter Blum Edition, New York Plate: 17.6 × 12.6 cm (6.9 × 4.9 in) Sheet: 52 × 37.7 cm (20.5 × 14.8 in) Literature: MoMA Cat. No. 652/IV "This is a self-portrait as a helpless, defenceless woman. She has no arms... she is like the harmless women in sculpture. The protecting hand has been cut off. Maybe women are just poor creatures... there is always the fear of being inadequate... of not being able to take care of oneself. It is a permanent feeling. There is the need to defend oneself... then she would be afraid for the children. I always felt that I could not defend myself because I could not understand what motivates people... I still feel that way." In reference to the game of marbles (being played by the hand at bottom right, most easily seen in state IV), Bourgeois said: "There is always someone to trick her... someone always wins. This is the desperate art of self-defense.... But even if someone cut her, she would not lose her dignity... she would still stand there in full self-assurance. She tries to put herself back together through her beauty... through her hair. You can land on your feet if you are beautiful...
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1990s Feminist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Poseidon, Surrealist Drypoint Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Poseidon is one of 16 works in a suite by the artist called "The Mythology". The suite included works depicting other Greek/Roman gods such as Hypnos, Jupiter, and Athena, as well as lesser figures and concepts like the gorgon Medusa...
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1960s Surrealist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Untitled (Venice canal, man departing the gondola)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Venice canal, man departing the gondola) Drypoint, c. 1930-1931 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Annotated in the lower margin: "Just a souvenir made ___ Monclair L...
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1930s American Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Signed and numbered Salvador Dali drypoint and etching on japan paper
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904 – 1989) Immortality of the Itinerant Insect, 1973 Signed and numbered ‘XIII / L (lower left) and ‘Dali’ (lower right) Drypoint with etching and heliograv...
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20th Century Surrealist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Shadows on the Ramp
Located in Storrs, CT
Shadows on the Ramp. 1927. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 64. 9 x 10 1/2 (sheet 12 3/8 x 14). Edition 75 recorded impressions. A rich, tonal impression with drypoint burr, printe...
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1920s American Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Shell Shedding, by Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pencil signed, titled, and numbered 46/55 in the margin. Artist: Trevor Southey Title: "Shell Shedding" Medium: Drypoint Etching Edition: 46/55 Male nude against an abstract back...
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1980s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Enchanted Pool
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint printed in sepia ink on cream laid paper bearing an indiscernible watermark with linked spheres. 10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (260 x 332 mm), unevenly trimmed yet ful...
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Early 20th Century English School Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Laid Paper, Drypoint

Vieux Faust (Old Faust) - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Vieux Faust (Old Faust) is an artwork realized in 1968/69, from the Series "Faust" (La Nuit de Walpurgis).  Etching, Drypoint, Watercolor and Roulette on Japon Paper, Hand signed an...
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1960s Surrealist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint, Etching

"Portrait of Abel Hermant" original etching and drypoint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Printed in 1928 and published in Paris in a limited edition of 1100 for Abel Hermant's "Bigarrure". Plate size: 5 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches (143 x 105...
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1920s Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Guadalmar
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Abstract image invoking imagery of the Mediterranean ocean and the desert of Morocco. Christian Boz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Spanish Artist signed limited edition original art print chine colle drypoint
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Chillida (Spain, 1924-2002) 'Korapillo II', 1982 chine colle, dry point on japanese paper 25.6 x 19.7 in. (65 x 50 cm.) Edition of 50. Original 63 of which 50 belong to the regular edition. P/A: 8, H.C.: 5 Unframed ID: CHI1038-013 Hand-signed by author It is documented in Chillida, E. (1999). Eduardo Chillida – Opus P. II 1973-1985. Chorus – Verlag, pp 290 – 291. Nr 82003. ____________________________________________________ He began his career in 1943 studying architecture at the University of Madrid, but in 1947 he dedicated himself to drawing and sculpture, and in 1948 he moved to Paris, then the world capital of the arts. Although he abandoned his studies, his work betrays his architectural training, showing an underlying sense of structural organization, as well as discipline in materials, planning of spatial relationships, and scale of elements. Over the years, the artist turned to materials that showed his investigations into conceptual questions and metaphysical concerns. Chillida's first stone and plaster creations oscillated between the human world and the natural world using figures and images of landscapes. Consistently guided by the quality of space, density and rhythm, his works consider ways in which mass and volume contain space. His public works, which exist on a more massive scale, not only inhabit the space but also determine a qualifying space of their own. His monumental sculptures, designed for both urban and more secluded spaces, are permanently installed internationally and constitute an important facet of his artistic production. The main retrospectives of Chillida's graphic and sculptural work have been mounted by the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (1966); Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh (1979); National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1979); Guggenheim Museum (1980); Miramar Palace, San Sebastián (1992); and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (1999). Chillida received numerous awards, including the Grand International Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale (1958), the Kandinsky Prize (1960), the Carnegie Prize for Sculpture (1964), the Andrew Mellon...
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1980s Abstract Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint

Tool Drypoint: Wrench by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images. Crisbrook paper (30 x 22 in. / 76.2 x 56 cm.) and p...
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1970s Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Chute d'un Ange - Original Etching by Félicien Rops - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chute d’un Ange is an original drypoint on laid paper realized by Félicien Rops, hand monogrammed and inscribed "Ah! N'insultez jambs une femme qui tombe!". In very good conditions....
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Late 19th Century Symbolist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

The Workshop (Stirling)
Located in Storrs, CT
The Workshop (Stirling). 1905. Etching and drypoint. Rinder 369 state .ii/iv.Image: 8 3/16 x 12 (sheet 8 5/16 x 12). No published edition. A rich impression with drypoint burr printe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

The Mill, Amsterdam, 1889
Located in New York, NY
James Whistler (1834-1903), The Mill, 1889, etching and drypoint, signed in pencil with the butterfly on the tab and inscribed “imp”, and inscribed “first state” (twice) and annotated “Wunderlich” and signed again with the butterfly verso. Reference: Kennedy 413, first state (of 5). Glasgow 457, second state (of 6; see discussion below) (cf. Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2011) On laid paper, in very good condition, trimmed just outside of the platemark all around except for the tab by the artist, 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches. A very fine impression of this great rarity, printed in black/brown ink with a slight veil of plate tone. provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York Louis B. Dailey, New York (Lugt 4500) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, October 31, 2003, lot 69 literature; Neue Lagerliste 122: James McNeill Whistler – Etchings...
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1880s Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Guardians of the Spire (Amiens Cathedral Number 2)
Located in Storrs, CT
Guardians of the Spire (Amiens Cathedral Number 2). 1921. Etching. Fletcher 102. 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 (sheet 8 7/8 x 13 3/4). Gargoyle Series #4. Edition 75. Illustrated: Dorothy Noyes Arms...
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1920s American Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Confidences /// Antique Modern Etching Figurative Nude Girls Impressionist Print
By Emil Fuchs
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Emil Fuchs (Austrian, 1866-1929) Title: "Confidences" *Signed by Fuchs in pencil lower right. It is also signed in the plate (printed signature) lower left Circa: 1920 Medium: Original Drypoint Etching on unbranded white wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: the artist Fuchs himself, New York?, NY Publisher: likely the artist Fuchs himself, New York?, NY Sheet size: 7" x 8.5" Image size: 5" x 7" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Presently tipped into an archival storage mat. In mint condition Extremely rare. Lovely work Notes: Various pencil inscriptions at bottom in margins including the title. "Imp" pencil inscribed by Fuchs after his signature denoting he was the printer of this work. There is an example of this very same work within the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. The MET specifies their example was acquired as a gift directly from the artist Emil Fuchs himself in 1931. Biography: Emil Fuchs, MVO, (9 August 1866 – 13 January 1929) was an Austrian and American sculptor, medallist, painter, and author who worked in Vienna, London and New York. He painted portraits of Queen Victoria and Edward VII and was fashionable among London high society in the early 20th century. He was born in Vienna on 9 August 1866. During his years in Austria, Germany and Rome he was a sculptor and medallist who eventually began to study painting as well. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Edmund von Hellmer and Viktor Oskar Tilgner. He then attended the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin where he studied under Fritz Schaper and Anton von Werner...
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1910s Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint, Intaglio

Three Yellowlegs.
Located in New York, NY
The drypoint created in 1920 is a working state, the fourth of eight. The eight states are listed in the Frank W. Benson catalogue raisonne by Adam Paff #184. There are two recorded impressions of this print making it a rare find. It is signed in pencil and inscribed "D-2." The Image size 4 3/8 x 5 13/16" (11.1 x 14.8 cm). The final printed edition of "Three Yellowlegs" was 150. Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), well known for his American impressionist paintings, produced an incredible body of prints - etchings, drypoints, and a few lithographs. Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Benson, a natural outdoorsman, grew up sailing, fishing, and hunting. While a teenager his fascination with drawing and birding developed simultaneously and continued throughout his life. His first art instruction was with Otto Grundman at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then in 1883 in Paris at the Academie Julian where he studied the rigorous ‘ecole des beaux arts’ approach to drawing and painting for two years. During the early 1880’s Seymour Haden visited Boston giving a series of lectures on etching. This introduction to the European etching...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

AUS DEM TIERGARTEN
Located in Santa Monica, CA
LOVIS CORINTH (1858-1925) AUS DEM TIERGARTEN 1920 (Schwartz 397) Drypoint, signed and numbered 47/50. BEAUTIFUL IMPRESSION with RICH DRYPOINT. Plate 9 ½ x 12 ½ inches. Full margins...
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1920s Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Studio Interior No. 1 — 1930s Masterwork
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Armin Landeck, 'Studio Interior No. 1', 1935, drypoint, edition 100, Kraeft 56. Signed in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream laid pap...
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1930s American Realist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Keresan Dancers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Keresan Dancers Etching & drypoint, 1962 Signed lower right (see photo) Inscribed lower left: "Artist's Proof Keresan Dancers" Depicts Keresan speaking peoples at Sam Felipe Pueblo Contemporary Puebloans are customarily described as belonging to either the eastern or the western division. The eastern Pueblo villages are in New Mexico along the Rio Grande and comprise groups who speak Tanoan and Keresan languages. Tanoan languages such as Tewa are distantly related to Uto-Aztecan, but Keresan has no known affinities. The western Pueblo villages include the Hopi villages of northern Arizona and the Zuni, Acoma, and Laguna villages, all in western New Mexico. Born Alice Glasier in Oakland, CA, Kloss grew up amid the worldly bustle of the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with honors in art in 1924. She discovered her talents in intaglio printmaking during a senior-year course in figurative drawing. The professor, Perham Nahl, held up a print from Kloss’ first plate, still damp from the printing process, and announced that she was destined to become a printmaker. In 1925, Gene married Phillips Kloss, a poet and composer who became her creative partner for life. The match was uncanny, for in her own way Gene, too, was a poet and a composer. Like poetry, her artworks capture a moment in time; like music, her compositions sing with aesthetic harmony. Although she was largely self-taught, Kloss was a printmaking virtuoso. On their honeymoon the Klosses traveled east from California, camping along the way. They spent two week is Taos Canyon – with a portable printing press cemented to a rock near their campsite – where Gene learned to appreciate the wealth of artistic subject matter in New Mexico. The landscape, the cultures, and the immense sky left an indelible impression on the couple, who returned every summer until they made Taos their permanent home 20 years later. Throughout her life, Kloss etched more than 625 copper plates, producing editions ranging from five to 250 prints. She pulled every print in every edition herself, manually cranking the wheel of her geared Sturges press until she finally purchased a motorized one when she was in her 70s. Believing that subject matter dictated technique, she employed etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, softground, and a variety of experimental approaches, often combining several techniques on the same plate. She also produced both oil and watercolor paintings. Kloss’ artworks are filled with drama. Her prints employ striking contrasts of darkness and light, and her subjects are often illuminated by mysterious light sources. Though she was a devout realist, there is also a devout abstraction on Kloss’ work that adds an almost mythical quality. For six decades Kloss documented the cultures of the region-from images of daily life to those of rarely seen ceremonies. She and her husband shared a profound respect for the land and people, which made them welcome among the Native American and Hispanic communities. Kloss never owned a camera but relied instead on observation and recollection. Her works provide an inside look at the cultures she depicted yet at the same time communicate the awe and freshness of an outsider’s perspective. Although Kloss is best known for her images of Native American and Penitente scenes, she found artistic inspiration wherever she was. During the early years of their marriage, when she and Phil returned to the Bay Area each winter to care for their aging families, she created images of the California coast. And when the Klosses moved to southwestern Colorado in 1965, she etched the mining towns and mountainous landscapes around her. In 1970 the Klosses returned to Taos and built a house north of town. Though her artwork continued to grow in popularity, she remained faithful to Taos’ Gallery A, where she insisted that owner Mary Sanchez keep the prices of her work reasonable regardless of its market value. Kloss continued to etch until 1985, when declining health made printmaking too difficult. From her first exhibition at San Francisco’s exclusive Gump’s in 1937 to her 1972 election to full membership in the National Academy of Design, Kloss experienced a selective fame. She received numerous awards, and though she is not as well known as members of the Taos Society of Artists...
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1960s American Realist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Chevalier a Genou (Kneeling Knight)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
No. 305. Prestel. Ed. Ralf Michler and Lutz W. Lopsinger. Catalog Raisonne of Dali's Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints, 1924 - 1980. From the Faust Series (La Nuit de Walpurgis). This ...
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Late 20th Century Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Decadence. Figurative mixed media etching, Surrealist, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative surreal dypoint print with ink and crayons by Polish artist Leszek Rozga. Artwork depicts several portraits in different styles. There is also a landscape on the bottom pa...
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2010s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Crayon, Ink

La Marchande des Quatres-Saisons
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (297 x 347 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil and numbered 32/40, lower margin. Minor mat tone and several small lo...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Rag Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Cat and dog. Figurative etching, Animals, Minimalistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
20th century figurative drypoint print by Polish artist Leszek Rozga. Print depicts a cat and dog. This piece is signed by the artist. LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting a...
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2010s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint

Gene Kloss Original Pencil Signed Etching. Navajo Canyon Cliffs
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Etching and drypoint on paper by famous Taos Artist Gene Kloss (1903-1996). Title: Navajo Canyon Cliffs. Unframed and un-matted. Kloss #563 Pencil titled lower left. Pencil signed lo...
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Late 20th Century Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Fra Åsgårdstrand (Schiefler 260; Woll 289), Edvard Munch
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Drypoint on gewöhnlichem aber holzfreiem vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the album, Verzeichnis Des graphischen Werks Edvard Munchs Bis 1...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Early 20th Century Santo Domingo Landscape Etching Proof
Located in Soquel, CA
Prize winning 1923 Dry Point Etching of Santo Domingo by George "Pop" Hart. Wonderful early 20th century modern etching of the Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic by Georg...
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1920s Contemporary Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Sniggling for Eel
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint in black ink on antique laid paper with various large watermarks, 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (172 x 132 mm), full margins with deckle edges on two sides. Signed, date...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Matinée Avenue de Clichy
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching on buff wove paper, 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (240 x 271 mm) full margins. Signed in the image, lower left. With the "Musée Louvre Chalcographie" blind stamp in the lowe...
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Early 20th Century French School Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Temples of New York
Located in Storrs, CT
Temples of New York. 1919. Drypoint. Leicester 44, Guichard 26, Black 55. 7 3/4 x 6. Edition 50. New York set. Trinity Church facade from the back, which faces Wall Street. Illustrat...
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1910s Futurist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Darius at 10
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Darius at 10 Drypoint, 2022 Signed, titled and numbered in pencil Printed by Rebekah Wilhelm Her drystamp lower right Published by the artist Edition 14, plus proofs Condition: Excel...
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2010s American Realist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Mein Weg mit dem Weib #15 - Original Etching by W.R. Rehn
Located in Roma, IT
Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...
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1910s Symbolist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Erotic Scene - Original Etching ad Drypoint by A. Doré -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a fun and pleasant drypoint realized by the French painter, illustrator, and writer Amandine Doré around the mid-20th century. The state...
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1950s Modern Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Marvelous Steps
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Marvelous Steps Series: La Quete du Graal Date: 1975 Medium: drypoint printed in color Unframed Dimensions: 17.91" x 12.91" Framed Dimensions:...
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1970s Surrealist Drypoint Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Original Drypoint Art and Other Fine Art Prints

Original drypoint prints and other types of fine art prints can help enhance any room in your home while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

Similar to engraving, with drypoint, an artist incises a metal plate with a sharp tool. As the metal is carved, metal shavings, also called the burr, build up in the grooves. But unlike with engraving, the burr is not cleaned away with drypoint, resulting in very soft, velvety lines. Since the burr slowly wears away with each printing, fewer impressions can be made, and the first impression tends to be stronger than the last — a characteristic that sets the technique apart from many other printing methods.

Drypoint is a simple technique used to produce intaglio prints. Intaglio is a broad term for the variety of methods used to create images by incising a metal plate, either with a sharp instrument (engraving, drypoint and mezzotint) or with acid (etching, aquatint and photogravure). 

“If you talk to great artists, they see printmaking as another part of their practice that often informs what they do,” says Sharon Coplan Hurowitz, a print specialist and art adviser who has worked on major print projects over the years with Johns and Ellsworth Kelly and authored the catalogue raisonné of John Baldessari’s prints

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