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Medium: Engraving
Set of Four Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art
Set of Four Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art

Set of Four Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art

By Treadway Russell Nash

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811) Title: "A View of Stourbridge", "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill", "Bewdley", and "Tenbury" Portfolio: Collections for the History of Worcestershire Year: 1781-1782 (First edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Nichols, London, UK Publisher: T. Payne and Son, J. Robson, B. White, Leigh and Sotheby, London, UK; Fletcher, Oxford, UK; and Lewis, Worcester, UK Sheet size (each): approx. 10" x 16.5" Image size (each): approx. 6.88" x 11.75" Reference: Upcott III, page 1330 Condition: A few light handling creases. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. All four works were engraved by English artist Thomas Sanders (Active: Mid-Late 18th Century) after drawings by himself. Comes from Nash's two volume "Collections for the History of Worcestershire", (1781-1782) (First edition), which consists of 75 engravings. Each work is printed from one copper plate in one color: black. There was a (Second edition) "with Additions" bound in with Volume II of this portfolio published by John White in 1799. And, both the First and Second editions of "Collections for the History of Worcestershire" are based off Thomas Sanders' 1779-1781 "Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the County of Worcester". Both "A View of Stourbridge" and "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill" have unidentified fleur-de-lis watermarks in the center of their sheets. "Bewdley" has an unidentified watermark in the center of its sheet resembling "XV" and "Tenbury" has no watermark. Biography: Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724 – 26 January 1811) was an English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Treadway Russell Nash was born on 24 June 1724 born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey, Worcestershire. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter's, Droitwich. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard, a grandson of Sir Rowland Berkeley, died in 1740, and Richard's eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King's School, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard's health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer "on the banks of the Loire". They then visited "Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris"; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Eynsham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having "gone out grand compounder", following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Eynsham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney (now the A40 and B4022), and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin...

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1780s Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

De wapenhandelinghe van de ruiters; Plate 10 from The Riding School, or Exercise
De wapenhandelinghe van de ruiters; Plate 10 from The Riding School, or Exercise

De wapenhandelinghe van de ruiters; Plate 10 from The Riding School, or Exercise

By Jacob de Gheyn II

Located in Middletown, NY

A 16th century image from the state-sponsored military manual that revolutionized European warfare tactics. Leiden: 1599. Engraving on laid paper with a partial chalice and grapes ...

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16th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ
Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ

Entombment; Plate 2 from The Passion of the Christ

By Hendrick Goltzius

Located in Middletown, NY

Celebrated for the "sfumato" effect that Goltzius achieved through engraving alone, the incredibly fine lines in this work create the illusion of soft, glowing light and atmospheric ...

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16th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Laid Paper

Dusk at Sedgwick Knoll
Dusk at Sedgwick Knoll

Dusk at Sedgwick Knoll

By James Groleau

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early twentieth century...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Louise Bourgeois - Horseshoe (with accompanying horseshoe), signed & inscribed
Louise Bourgeois - Horseshoe (with accompanying horseshoe), signed & inscribed

Louise Bourgeois - Horseshoe (with accompanying horseshoe), signed & inscribed

By Louise Bourgeois

Located in New York, NY

Engraving by Louise Bourgeois, 2002, hand signed, numbered and inscribed to her longtime printer Judith Solodkin of Solo Impressions, accompanied by an actual horseshoe gifted by the...

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Early 2000s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958
Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), originates from the 1958 edition published b...

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1950s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958
Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), originates from the 1958 edition published b...

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1950s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958
Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), originates from the 1958 edition published b...

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1950s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

I Won't Eat You, original print, Kate Boxer
I Won't Eat You, original print, Kate Boxer

I Won't Eat You, original print, Kate Boxer

By Kate Boxer

Located in Deddington, GB

I Won't Eat You by Kate Boxer is a limited edition drypoint etching. This contemporary art print with gouache depicts a lion and is a humorous work of art by Kate Boxer. Kate Boxer m...

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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958
Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

Salvador Dali, Untitled, from The Three-Cornered Hat, 1958

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Salvador Dali (1904–1989), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), originates from the 1958 edition published b...

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1950s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE, Monoprint with collage, engraving & embossment, Signed
Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE, Monoprint with collage, engraving & embossment, Signed

Mel Bochner - UNNAMEABLE, Monoprint with collage, engraving & embossment, Signed

By Mel Bochner

Located in New York, NY

Fresh to market - UNIQUE! Mel Bochner UNNAMEABLE Monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand- dyed Twinrocker handmade paper Signed in graphite recto Frame included - he...

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2010s Conceptual Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint

Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine
Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine

Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 7 x 8 3/4 inches (177 x 223 mm); sheet 10 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (267 x 300 mm), full margins. Signed V. E. Chapel and numbered 62/250 in penc...

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Early 20th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism

'Riders at Sundown' — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism

By Gene Kloss

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

'Riders at Sundown', aquatint and drypoint, edition 75, 1953, Kloss 451. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Artist's Proof' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked, atmospheric impression, in ...

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1950s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

“Sur la Plage, a Bernival”
“Sur la Plage, a Bernival”

“Sur la Plage, a Bernival”

By Pierre Auguste Renoir

Located in Southampton, NY

One of the founders of Impressionism and certainly one of its greatest masters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) was not a prolific printmaker, but he explored several different m...

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1890s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Archival Paper, Drypoint

Edgar Degas, Woman Washing in Her Bathtub, from Dance Drawings, 1936 (after)
Edgar Degas, Woman Washing in Her Bathtub, from Dance Drawings, 1936 (after)

Edgar Degas, Woman Washing in Her Bathtub, from Dance Drawings, 1936 (after)

By Edgar Degas

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving after Edgar Degas (1834–1917), titled Femme se lavant dans sa baignoire (Woman Washing in Her Bathtub), originates from the celebrated album Degas Danse dess...

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1930s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Kraft und Mut (Courage and Strength), German antique engraving
Kraft und Mut (Courage and Strength), German antique engraving

Kraft und Mut (Courage and Strength), German antique engraving

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Kraft und Mut' (Courage and Strength) German wood-engraving, 1903. 320mm by 230mm (image) 280mm by 410mm (sheet)

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Early 20th Century Symbolist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]
Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]

Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]

Located in Middletown, NY

Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865 Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (367 x 268 mm), full margins. In very...

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Mid-19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

Crustaceans - crabs, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Crustaceans - crabs, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837

Crustaceans - crabs, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)

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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving

Shells, French 18th century natural history marine sea shell engraving

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

18th century natural history engraving depicting shells by Robert Benard after Henry Joseph Redoute. Henry Redoute was the brother of the great botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout...

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Late 18th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Coenties Slip
Coenties Slip

Coenties Slip

By Charles Frederick William Mielatz

Located in Middletown, NY

Lower Manhattan and the Seaport as the artist imagined it would have appeared before 1835. New York: 1907. Etching with drypoint on Japon paper, 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (353 x 248 mm...

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Late 19th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Four Framed Hogarth Engravings "Four Times of the Day"
Four Framed Hogarth Engravings "Four Times of the Day"

Four Framed Hogarth Engravings "Four Times of the Day"

By William Hogarth

Located in Alamo, CA

The four plates in this "Four Times of the Day" set were created utilizing both engraving and etching techniques by William Hogarth in 1738. Hogarth's original copper plates were refurbished where needed by James Heath and these engravings were republished in London in 1822 by Braddock, Cradock & Joy. This was the last time Hogarth's original copper plates were used for printing. Most were melted down during World War I for the construction of bombs. Printed upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with large, full margins as published by William Heath in 1822. The inscription below each print reads "Invented Painted & Engraved by Wm. Hogarth & Publish'd March 25. 1738 according to Act of Parliament". These large folio sized "Four Times of the Day" engravings/etchings are presented in complex gold-colored wood frames with black bands and scalloped gold inner trim. A majority of each thick impressive frame is covered with glass applied near the outer edge. Each frame measures 25.75" high, 22.25" wide and 1.88" deep. There are a few small dents in the edge of these frames, which are otherwise in very good condition. "Morning" has two focal areas of discoloration in the upper margin and some discoloration in the right margin, a short tear in the left margin and a short tear or crease in the right margin. "Noon" has a spot in the upper margin that extends into the upper image, but it is otherwise in very good condition. "Evening" has a faint spot in the upper margin, but it is otherwise in very good condition. "Night" is in excellent condition. The "Four Times of the Day" series is in the collection of many major museums, including: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tate Museum, The Chicago Art Institute and The Victoria and Albert Museum. Through this series Hogarth is portraying early 18th century London street life at "Four Times of the Day". His characters are exhibiting their personalities, quircks, strange activities, but he also wants to draw attention the disparities between the wealthy aristocracy and the common working class. Plate 1, "Morning" depicts morning in Covent Garden in the winter in front of Tom King...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Ponte dei Baratteri, Venice

Ponte dei Baratteri, Venice

By Edgar Chahine

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching and drypoint on chine collé laid down to cream wove paper, 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (318 x 217 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and numbered 68/100 in pencil, lower margin. Th...

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Early 20th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

XXV 82 363 (Abstract Print)
XXV 82 363 (Abstract Print)

XXV 82 363 (Abstract Print)

By Pierre Muckensturm

Located in London, GB

Unframed. Edition of 1 copy, numbered 1/1. Dated, numbered, and signed by the artist in pencil. The copy offered for sale is No. 1/1. This work will be shipped rolled in a tube. Fo...

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2010s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Ink

Rabbit Series #3
Rabbit Series #3

Rabbit Series #3

By Radovan Kragulj

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Rabbit Series #3" 1980, is an original mezzotint with embossing by noted Hungarian artist Radovan Kragulj, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated, titled and inscribed A.P. (Artist Proof) in pencil by the artist. The sheet size is 25.5 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 26.75 x 20.75 inches. It is custom framed in a silver metal frame, with white backing. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Radovan Kraguly...

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Late 20th Century Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Despairia

Despairia

By Frank Stella

Located in New York, NY

A masterful work of art created by Frank Stella in 1995 as part of his Imaginary Places series, Despairia is a stunningly beautiful and bold screenprint, aquatint, etching, relief li...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

Grand Marsh, mezzotint by James Groleau of coastal Maine
Grand Marsh, mezzotint by James Groleau of coastal Maine

Grand Marsh, mezzotint by James Groleau of coastal Maine

By James Groleau

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early twentieth century are evident in the palette of greens and grays, with additional touches of violet, eggplant and ochre. The suite of...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

"Skating on Ladies' Pond Central Park": Winslow Homer 19th C. Woodcut Engraving
"Skating on Ladies' Pond Central Park": Winslow Homer 19th C. Woodcut Engraving

"Skating on Ladies' Pond Central Park": Winslow Homer 19th C. Woodcut Engraving

By Winslow Homer

Located in Alamo, CA

This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in Central Park, New York", was published in Harper's Weekly in the January 28, 1860 edition. It depicts a large number of men, women and children skating on a recently opened pond in Central Park. At the time of publication of this engraving, Central Park was in the early stages of construction. This engraving documents the very early appearance of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux's masterpiece of landscape design. According to Olmsted, the park was "of great importance as the first real Park made in this century – a democratic development of the highest significance". The people of New York were very proud of the plans for their park. It was stated at the time: "Our Park, which is progressing very satisfactorily under the management of the Commissioners, will undoubtedly be, one of these days, one of the finest place of the kind in the world...Those who saw the Park before the engineers went to work on it are amazed at the beautiful sites which have been contrived with such unpromising materials; all fair persons believe that the enterprise is managed with honesty and good taste." Skating was rapidly rising in national popularity in part due to the opening of Central Park’s lake to skaters on a Sunday in December 1858 with 300 participants. The following Sunday it attracted ten thousand skaters. By Christmas Day, a reported 50,000 people came to the park, most of them to skate. There were rules governing who could use the skating pond. “The Ladies’ Pond...

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1870s American Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

Jim Dine - print with hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed, unique variant
Jim Dine - print with hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed, unique variant

Jim Dine - print with hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed, unique variant

By Jim Dine

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 Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Oil Crayon, Drypoint, Etching, Offset

Lucio Fontana (1899–1968) - Serie Rosa - Aquatint engraving, printed in colour
Lucio Fontana (1899–1968) - Serie Rosa - Aquatint engraving, printed in colour

Lucio Fontana (1899–1968) - Serie Rosa - Aquatint engraving, printed in colour

By Lucio Fontana

Located in Varese, IT

Aquatint engraving, printed in colour on Rives BFK paper, edited in 1966.
 Limited edition, numbered as 41/50 in lower left corner. 
Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower right co...

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1960s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint

Blue Hydrangea
Blue Hydrangea

Blue Hydrangea

By Elyse Ashe Lord

Located in Middletown, NY

A lively image by a female artist who was part of a vibrant generation of British printmakers who were pushing the boundaries of color and technique during the early 20th century. N...

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Early 20th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Gouache, Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Woodcut

COLMAR Signed Wood Engraving, French Village, Little Venice Half-Timbered Houses
COLMAR Signed Wood Engraving, French Village, Little Venice Half-Timbered Houses

COLMAR Signed Wood Engraving, French Village, Little Venice Half-Timbered Houses

By Bernard Brussel-Smith

Located in Union City, NJ

COLMAR is an original wood engraving by the American artist Bernard Brussel-Smith, hand printed in yellow, light blue and black ink. COLMAR depicts a quaint French village scene with...

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1970s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper
"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper

"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper

By Francisco Goya

Located in Soquel, CA

"Que pico de Oro" (What a Golden Beak) - Etching and Aquatint on Paper 5th or 8th edition print of "Que pico de Oro" from the Los Caprichos with burnished aquatints, drypoints etchi...

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1790s Northern Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Laid Paper

Framboisier (Raspberry Bush)
Framboisier (Raspberry Bush)

Framboisier (Raspberry Bush)

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Holed Fruit from Flordali suite Lithograph with drypoint etching from 1969. The edition 16/35 on Rives paper. Dimensions of work: 74.5 x 54.5 cm. Hand...

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1960s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...

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1940s Cubist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...

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1940s Cubist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Southampton, NY

This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...

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1940s Cubist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving of Flowering Tulip & Wild Garlic Plants
Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving of Flowering Tulip & Wild Garlic Plants

Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving of Flowering Tulip & Wild Garlic Plants

By Basilius Besler 1

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a hand-colored copperplate engraving entitled "Tulipa viridiscoloris, Fritillaria iuncifolns, Allium Vrsinum" depicting flowering tulip, fritillary and wild garlic plants fro...

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Early 18th Century Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

William Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty": A Set of Two Framed 18th C. Engravings
William Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty": A Set of Two Framed 18th C. Engravings

William Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty": A Set of Two Framed 18th C. Engravings

By William Hogarth

Located in Alamo, CA

The two plates in this set were created utilizing both engraving and etching techniques by William Hogarth in 1753, originally as illustrations of his book on aesthetics, entitled "Analysis of Beauty". Due to their popularity, these plates were later published separately. The publication line in the lower right reads: "Designed, Engraved, and Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March 5th 1753, according to Act of Parliament." Hogarth's original copper plates were refurbished where needed by James Heath and engravings were republished in London in 1822 by Braddock, Cradock & Joy. This was the last time Hogarth's copper plates were used for printing. Most were melted during World War I for the construction of bombs. These large folio sized "Analysis of Beauty" engravings are presented in antiqued gold-colored frames with double mats; the outer silk mats are light brown-colored and the inner mats are dark brown. Each frame measures 27.38" x 31.25" x 1.13". There is one tiny spot in the right margin of plate 1 and another in the lower margin; the latter could be from the printing process. The prints are otherwise in excellent condition. The "Analysis of Beauty" series is in the collection of many major museums, including: The British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tate Museum, The Chicago Art Institute and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The first engraving (Plate 1) depicts a courtyard of statues which is filled with some of the most famous works of classical sculpture. The most important sculptures are surrounded by less impressive works. The Medicean Venus (#13) is in the center with a statue of Julius Caesar (#19) to the right, elevated on a pulley with a short, overdressed Brutus stands over the falling Caesar. The Apollo Belvedere (#12) is next. A judge stands to the right with his foot on a cherub (#16). Another crying cherub holds a gallows and wipes his tears with the judge's robe. A sphinx (#21) and the drunken Silenus (#107) are below the Venus. Michaelangelo's torso (#54) and a statue of Antonius (#6) are seen in the foreground. The Farnese Hercules (#3) and a bust of another Hercules (#4) under two statuettes of Isis are also included in the scene. The key to these objects is included in the form of a serpentine line winding around a cone (#26), Hogarth's "Line of Beauty". For Hogarth the winding line is an essential element of beauty in art. Hogarth's theory of beauty is communicated in this plate. Plate 2 is thought to represent the Wanstead Assembly, with the Earl of Tynley and his household. It is an adaptation of a scene in the Happy Marriage series, which complements Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Character vs. Charicature
Character vs. Charicature

Character vs. Charicature

By William Hogarth

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

William Hogarth (1697-1764). Character vs. Charicature, 1743. Engraving on laid paper, plate measuring 8.25 x 9.25 inches. Framed measurement: 16.25 x 20.25 inches. Characters and...

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Mid-18th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

¨Sospecha¨ 2006 signed limited edition original art print aquatint
¨Sospecha¨ 2006 signed limited edition original art print aquatint

¨Sospecha¨ 2006 signed limited edition original art print aquatint

Located in Miami, FL

Tomas Gondi (Mexico, 1948) 'Sospecha', 2006 aquatint on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 6.5 x 7.5 in. (16.5 x 19 cm.) Hand-signed by author Unframed ID: GON-102

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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes")
The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes")

The Bathers ("De Zwemmertjes")

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in New York, NY

Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 1651. New Hollstein's third, and final, state. Full sheet size 5.38 x6.5 inches. Frame size 14.25 x 16.75 inches. Catalogue raisonné references...

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1650s Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print
Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print

Small Pinocchio Aquatint Etching Jim Dine Pop Art Print

By Jim Dine

Located in Surfside, FL

Jim Dine (American, b. 1935) Etching depicting Pinocchio Published by Enitharmon Press for Whitman College, London 1999 Hand signed in pencil lower right. Measures 9" x 7" sheet siz...

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1990s Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

Frankfort, Germany: A 16th Century Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg

By Franz Hogenberg

Located in Alamo, CA

This is a 16th century original hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Frankfort, Germany entitled "Francenbergum, vel ut alij Francoburgum Hassiae Opp" by Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg, from their famous city atlas "Civitates Orbis Terrarum", published in Cologne, Germany in 1595. This is an English translation of an excerpt from the original text in the atlas: "Frankenberg or, according to others, Francoburgum, a town in Hesse. Charlemagne vested the town of Frankenberg with many freedoms and privileges, which it still enjoys to this day, and on account of its valiant and victorious soldiers awarded a signet, upon which there formerly appeared a golden castle with a tower, together with the letter F and a golden crown. Frankenberg, seen here from the northeast, lies on a hill above the River Eder. The hillside is covered with fields neatly separated by bushes and fences. Soaring above the town is the massive Liebfrauenkirche, which was modelled on St Elizabeth's church in Marburg. The New Town was founded in 1335 at the foot of the hill (right) and merged with the Old Town as late as 1556. Frankenberg was founded by Conrad of Thuringia in 1233/34 to prevent the archbishops of Mainz from expanding their sphere of influence...

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16th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving

Au Bord de la Mer (At the Sea Side)
Au Bord de la Mer (At the Sea Side)

Au Bord de la Mer (At the Sea Side)

By James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Located in Middletown, NY

An exotic hashira-e shaped work, an homage to the heavy influence Japanese printmaking had on the artist. London: 1880 Etching with drypoint on cream laid Van Gelder Zonen paper wit...

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Late 19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Drypoint

Venice Beach Seascape, Long Wave, Nautical Scene in Blue Tones, Limited Edition
Venice Beach Seascape, Long Wave, Nautical Scene in Blue Tones, Limited Edition

Venice Beach Seascape, Long Wave, Nautical Scene in Blue Tones, Limited Edition

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. This beautiful cyanotype is titled "Long Wave in Venice Beach" and it shows an outstanding wave in one of the most iconic ...

Category

2010s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Emulsion, Watercolor, Engraving, Etching, Monotype

Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre  (Tiger Lying at the Entrance to its Lair)

Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre (Tiger Lying at the Entrance to its Lair)

By Eugène Delacroix

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching, drypoint, and roulette on watermarked Hallines cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (95 x 148 mm), full margins. A very good impression of this charming image, with all of...

Category

Early 19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Mon Jardin Zoologique /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Animal Modern Art
Mon Jardin Zoologique /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Animal Modern Art

Mon Jardin Zoologique /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Animal Modern Art

By Serge Helenon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Serge Helenon (French, 1934-) Title: "Mon Jardin Zoologique (My Zoological Garden)" *Signed by Helenon in pencil lower right Year: 1989 Medium: Original Carborundum Engraving...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

"L'attente" original drypoint

"L'attente" original drypoint

By Rodolphe Piguet

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching and drypoint. This work by Rodolphe Piguet (sometimes spelled Piquet) was printed in 1904 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Pla...

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Early 1900s Engraving Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

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Art is a smart investment if the print-collecting bug has bitten you. But maybe you’re merely looking to bring art into your home — if so, engravings and other types of fine art prints can help enhance your space while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

An engraving is a print made by incising lines into a metal plate with a sharp tool called a burin. After the image is drawn, the plate is inked, wiped clean, and then firmly pressed to paper so the ink remaining in the incised grooves is transferred. Considerable force is required to mark the metal, so the lines made by engraving tend to be stronger than those made through etching, and characterized by gentle tapering. Light and shade have to be created through cross-hatching since the technique is line-based.

Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and Francisco Goya are among the Old Masters admired for their engravings, but postwar and contemporary artists have made the most of the technique as well. 

Vija Celmins, for example, engraved wood to create her series of ocean surfaces, while Louise Bourgeois, who spoke about the symbolic power of engraving to convert aggression into something useful, revisited the medium throughout her long career. For Jasper Johns, recognized as one of the most innovative, masterful print artists of all time, printmaking was ideal for exploring the ideas of repetition, seriality, patterning, semiotics, order and symbolism that intrigued him. His crosshatch prints (and paintings, for that matter) are a wonderful reference to the engraving process but also a brilliant conceptual update of Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, which Johns subverted again and again.

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