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Medium: Engraving
Columnar-chived Ixia, Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ixia Columnaris - Columnar-chived Ixia'
Native of Cape of Good Hope.
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', ...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
19th Century Engraving by American Impressionist Herman Hyneman
Located in New York, NY
Herman Hyneman (American, 1849-1907)
Untitled, c. 1880
Engraving
Sight: 13 x 8 1/2 in.
Framed: 26 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 3/4 in.
Signed bottom
The following is from Peter Jung who credits "a friend named Jeff Gold on Long Island."
Herman N. Hyneman (1849 - 1907) was born in 1849 to one of the most prominent Jewish families in Philadelphia. Unlike most Jewish families of the time, his embraced and encouraged his artistic talent. In 1874, Hyneman followed his first cousin Moses Ezekiel, National Academy member, to Europe to study. They first went to Germany and then to France where Hyneman began eight years of study with Leon Bonnat, the French Master.
In Paris, the twenty-five year old Hyneman resided in a studio building at 75 Boulevard Clichy, with expatriates Frederic Arthur Bridgeman, Charles Sprague Pearce, Milne Ramsey, and Edwin Blashfield. Hyneman was clearly exposed to the works of these more experienced artists, as well as that of Walter Gay.
In 1879, one of Hyneman's genre paintings, entitled "Desdemona", was accepted into the Paris Salon. That painting received favorable reviews both in Europe, and later in Philadlephia where it was exhibited alongside the works of other Philadelphia Artists exhibiting at the Salon that included Thomas Eakins, Pearce, Edward May...
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1880s American Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Promenade dans la Neige - Etching by J. Tissot - 1880
By James Tissot
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful print on verge crème, 2° state on 3, with letters printed in red. Stamp “Lugt 1545”.
Little crack and fold on lower left margin of the sheet.
Some small traces of oxidati...
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1880s Post-Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Flowering Jasmine and Laurel Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Gelsiminum Catalonicum, Mairana Latifollia, Euphasiaramosa Pratensis Flore Albo, Euphasia Minus Ramosa Flore Excereruleo Purpurascente", depicting flowering Jasmine, Mountain Laurel...
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1710s Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
John Speede, Map of the County of Surrey, described and divided into hundreds
By John Speed
Located in London, GB
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John Speed/Speede (1551/2-1629)
The County of Surrey Described and Divided into Hundreds
Engraving with later hand colouring and text to the reverse.
Dated to c.1650
36 x 49 cm
Probably the most famous early English mapmaker, John Speed's early life is somewhat of an enigma. He is believed to have trained as a rolling-press printer, but he was at heart an historian granted a sinecure in the Customs House by Queen Elizabeth to indulge his passion, later becoming a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His first maps were historical, of the Holy Land 'Canaan as it was Possessed both in Abraham and Israels Dayes' and of England and Ireland recording 'all their Civill Warres since the Conquest'.
In 1611 he published his 'Hostory of Great Britaine' which he regarded as his magnum opus, but it was the companion atlas 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' that - as the first printed atlas of Great Britain - sealed his reputation. William Rogers engraved the first map, 'the County Palatine of Chester' in about 1600, but following his untimely death the task of engraving was passed to Jodocus Hondius of Amsterdam.
By 1612 the atlas was complete, the maps famed for their decorative elements. Many have town plans - Britain's first series of such plans - and descriptive text was printed to the reverse until the 1676 edition. Later printings (up until 1770) were issued without this text. By 1627 it has become a part of a world atlas 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World'. During the 17th century the plates passed through the hands of a series of publishers, the 1676 edition of Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell being regarded as its high point with the inclusion for the first time of a series of important maps. For the first half of the eighteenth century they were firmly established in the hands of the Overton family.
This particular edition originally featured in The Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britaine. It features attractive inset views of the long-since destroyed Richmond...
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17th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Falcon Crag, Lake District scenery C19th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Falcon Crag'
Aquatint by William Green, 1804
William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground etcher and aquatint engraver of ...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Engraving
Waterfall on Fordingdale beck, Lake District scenery C19th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Waterfall on Fordingdale beck, at the foot of Hawes Water'
Aquatint by William Green, 1804
William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Engraving
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 12
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Standing Swimmer - Drypoint 1910
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre Auguste RENOIR
Standing swimmer
Drypoint 2010
On vergé ivoire paper
Size 33 x 25 cm
Very good condition
REFERENCE : Catalog raisonné Stella 23
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1910s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Francesco Battalia - The Stone Eater
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Francesco Battalia, the Stone Eater, 17th century. Born in Rome with three stones in his hands, he lived on a diet of stones and red wine. Performed in London at Bartholomew Fair and...
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19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
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 bro...
Category
Late 18th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Reflet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #8 of 50
Mezzotint artist Mikio Watanabe was born in 1954 in Japan and currently lives in France. He is most known for his elegant, evocative black and white nude...
Category
1980s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
A Sunset in Ireland.
Located in Storrs, CT
A Sunset in Ireland. 1863. Etching and drypoint. Schneiderman catalog number 47 state vii/xiv. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 (sheet 6 7/8 x 9 1/2). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, p...
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19th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Susan, Lady Belasyse /// Memoirs of Count Grammont Royal Portrait Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Anthony Hamilton (British-French, 1645-1719)
Title: "Susan, Lady Belasyse" (Plate 45)
Portfolio: Memoirs of Grammont
Year: 1808 (First edition)
Medium: Original Stipple Engra...
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Early 1800s Romantic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Intaglio
Ruben Rodriguez Cuban Artist Original Hand Signed collagraph 2001
By Ruben Rodriguez
Located in Miami, FL
Ruben Rodriguez (Cuba, 1959)
'Untitled', 2001
collagraph on paper Velin Arches 300 g.
29.6 x 21.5 in. (75 x 54.5 cm.)
Edition of 8
ID: ROD-301
Hand-signed by author
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Screen
Flowering Narcissus Lily: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of a flowering Red Narcissus Lily plant, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Narcissus In...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
George Washington, early 19th century portrait engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Giorgio Washington'
Stipple engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso (active 1809-1816) after Jean Bosio (1767-1832), 1818.
220mm by 155mm (platemark)
295mm by 220mm (sheet)
George W...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Cobea (Pisum Sensuale), Surrealist Drypoint Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
This surreal botanical print by Salvador Dali is from a suite of 10 engravings called "Flora Dalinae". Growing from a vine are leaves shaped like lips an...
Category
1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House - Engraving after Rembrandt
Located in Roma, IT
Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece ...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
To-Ka-Con, A Sioux Chief: Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Folio-sized Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-size McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "To-Ka-Con, A Sioux Chief", drawn ...
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1830s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Map of the Russian Empire: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of The Whole Russian Empire, As Contain'd Both In Europe and Asia, Drawn from Authentic Journals, Sur...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Xisco Mensua Spanish artist 1995 original signed framed engraving print n8
By Xisco Mensua
Located in Miami, FL
Xisco Mensua (Spain, 1960)
Untitled from Portfolio "Junio - Julio", 1995
engraving on paper
12.6 x 9.5 in. (32 x 24 cm.)
Edition of 6
Frame 16x20 in.
ID: MEN1253-008
Hand-signed by a...
Category
1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving
The Arrival of Iseult
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Arrival of Iseult
Series: Tristan et Iseult
Date: 1970
Medium: drypoint printed in color
Unframed Dimensions: 17.72" x 12.99"
Framed Dimension...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Wybrand Lolkes - The Dutch Dwarf
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
A portrait of an eccentric personage Wybrand Lolles known as the Dutch Dwarf who, despite his awkward appearance was remarkably agile and possessed uncommon strength.
Lithograph af...
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19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Northern Scotland: 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed hand-colored 17th century map of Northern Scotland by Gerard Mercator entitled "Scotiae pars Septentrionalis", published in Amsterdam in 1636. It is a highly detailed map of the northern part of Scotland, with the northwest Highlands and the cities Inverness and Aberdeen, as well as the Orkney Islands and the Hebrides. There is a decorative title cartouche in the upper left corner.
The map is presented in an antiqued brown wood...
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Mid-17th Century Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre (Tiger Lying at the Entrance to its Lair)
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
Hand Colored 18th Century Homann Map of Austria Including Vienna & the Danube
Located in Alamo, CA
"Archiducatus Austriae inferioris" is a hand colored map of Austria created by Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) and published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1728 shortly after his death. ...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Playmates, mezzotint of child and cat by Cousins after Hugues Merle
By Samuel Cousins
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Hugues Merle was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. Samuel Cousins was a highly regarded mezzotint engraver.
350mm by 2...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
'The Death of Hercules' from 'The Temple of the Muses' — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Death of Hercules' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate, lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb, rich...
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1730s Baroque Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of Adolph Menzel - Etching by Giovanni Boldini - 1897
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Adolph Menzel is a magnificent drypoint realized by Giovanni Boldini in 1897.
Reference:
Buzzoni / M. Toffanello, Museo Giovanni Boldini, G...
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1890s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Bassenthwaite Water, from the Western Side, Lake District C19th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Bassenthwaite Water, from the Western Side'
Aquatint by William Green, 1804
William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground e...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Engraving
Lux Aeterna I (Eternal Light -The Requiem/ copters hover over fearful refugees)
By Ana Maria Pacheco
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ana Maria Pacheco portrays the fear and feelings of the displacement of refugees cowering beneath helicopters overhead. The title of the work refers ...
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Cactus & Rose of Jericho Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Melocactos" (Turk's Cap Cactus or Mother-in-law's Cushion), "Rosa Hiericontea aperta" (Rose of Jericho Unfolded), "Rosa Hie...
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Early 18th Century Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
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
Materials
Engraving
Soleil recerclé
By Hans Arp
Located in Paris, FR
Wood engraving, 1966
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 3/60
Publisher : Louis Broder (Paris)
Printer : Féquet & Baudier (Paris)
47.00 cm. x 36.00 cm. 18.5 in. x 14.17 ...
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1960s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Amulet in Crowd
Located in Bristol, GB
Drypoint, on Chine collé to Hahnemühle Copperplate paper
Edition 9 of 35
48.3 x 40.6 cm (19 x 16 in)
53 x 45.5 x 3.8, 20.9 x 17.9 x 1.5 in
Signed, numbered and dated on the front
Min...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
View of the village and Lake Brientz by Johann Ludwig Aberli - Engraving 30x42
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Mid-18th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Prickly Viper's Bugloss Henry Andrews antique botanical flower Echium engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Echium Ferocissimum - Prickly Viper's Bugloss'
Native of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Bot...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
A 19th Century Curtis Hand-colored Engraving of a Flowering Clerodendrum Plant
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Clerodendrum Macrophyllum" (Broad-Leaved Clerodendrum), plate 2356, published in London in 1824 ...
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1820s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Chateau Valeri, French chateau, garden estate plan, mid 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Chateau Valeri'
Copper-line engraving by Matthaeus Merian.
From 'Topographia Galliae', a fine series of engravings of 17th-century French landscapes, gardens, buildings and citie...
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Book 1, line 192: Satan on the Burning Lake
By John Martin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Book 1, line 192: Satan on the Burning Lake
Mezzotint, 1825
Engraved signature below the image (see photo)
From John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
Published by Septimus Prowett
Printed by...
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1820s Romantic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Purgatory: Canto 7 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Purgatory: Canto 7
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8"
Sheet Size...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
St John's College, Cambridge engraving by Richard Bankes Harraden
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Limited Edition 2011 Marielle Guégan French Artist Gravure/Engraving
Located in Paris, FR
The fourth of 20 of this limited edition Marielle Guégan engraving created in 2011
The engraving size : H 34.5 cm x w 13.5cm
Marielle Guégan is a French painter and engraver. Durin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Zinnea violacea coccinea, antique botanical red flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
No title
By Hans Bellmer
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint
Edition : 148/200
50.00 cm. x 37.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 14.57 in. (paper)
30.00 cm. x 27.00 cm. 11.81 in. x 10.63 in. (image)
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Re...
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1960s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Engraved 18th century view of Cambridge
Located in London, GB
18th Century View of Cambridge
Engraving
15 x 20 cm
This detailed engraving captures an 18th century view of Cambridge from the West. Green expanses dominate the piece, featuring s...
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18th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Euphorbia (Spurge) /// Antique Botanical Botany Plants Engraving Buffon Science
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Euphorbia (Spurge)" (Dodecandrie, Trigynie, Plate 411)
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle
Year: 1749-1789
Medium...
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1740s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, 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-313-047
Hand-signed by author
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Aquatint, Screen, Engraving
Victor Guadalajara, "Intersections", 2009, Woodcut 16x12in
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Guadalajara (Mexican, 1965)
'Intersecciones', 2009
Woodcut and Aquatint
100.00 x 185 cm. (39.4 x 72.8 in.)
Edition of 30
Unframed
Category
Early 2000s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Etching, Woodcut
"The Game of Transformation. Butterflies"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The etching "The Game of Transformation. Butterflies" is an artist's play with meanings and associations. In this work, modern girls are presented in the form of glamorous fluttering...
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2010s Aesthetic Movement Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Mulberry Paper, Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint
Vesuvius, Naples, Italy. Volcano, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1815
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Vesuvius, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1815.
From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic collection of I...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Nocturno
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. He has decided against...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Wa-Bish-Kee-Pe-Na: 19th C. Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Folio-sized Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original 19th century hand-colored folio-size McKenney and Hall lithograph of a Native American entitled "Wa-Bish-Kee-Pe-Na, The White ...
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1830s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Derwent Water and Lowdore Fall, Lake District scenery, C19th English aquatint
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Derwent Water with Lowdore Waterfall'
Aquatint by William Green, 1804
William Green of Ambleside was a Lake District draughtsman, soft ground etcher ...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Exit (Dappled sunlight in an ancient stairway leads to an uncertain end.)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Finns always seek the solace of nature. Is this mysterious stairway an escape from the challenges of civilization? Vanttinen created this mezzotint in an edition of 100 and it is tit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Durham. Paul Sandby C18th English landscape engraving
By Paul Sandby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Durham'
Engraving by F Chesham after Paul Sandby (1731-1809).
From Paul Sandby's 'The Virtuosi's Museum, Containing Select Views in England, Scotland, and Ireland', published by G...
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18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Apocynum androsamifolium - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apocynum androsamifolium' (Fly-trap dogbane or spreading dogbane)
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring.
From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis A...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Find Engravings and Other Fine Art Prints on 1stDibs
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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Tabitha Philpott-Kent knows a lot of art multiples. Here, the London gallery director talks about what makes printmaking so fabulous.
Yoshitomo Nara Puts a Punk Rock Twist on the Traditional Prints of His Ancestors
The forever-rebellious Japanese artist craftily defaces famous Edo Period woodblock prints with “In the Floating World.”