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Medium: Engraving
The Gargoyle and His Quarry
Located in Storrs, CT
The Gargoyle and His Quarry, Notre Dame. 1920. Etching.Fletcher 90. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 9 1/16). Gargoyle series #1. Edition 75. A rich impression printed on 'FJHead&Co' c...
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1920s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Salvador Dalí­ -- Don Quichotte
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali­ Don Quichotte, 1971 Color drypoint Hand signed lower right Numbered 16/100 Image size: 51 x 39 cm Sheet size: 78.5 x 58.5 cm Printed by Ateliers Rigal, Fontenay-aux-R...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Salvador Dalí­ -- Pegasus from The Mythology suite
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí­ Pegasus from The Mythology suite, 1960-1964 Etching and engraving with color aquatint. Hand Signed lower right Numbered 28/150 Image size: 52 x 61 cm Sheet size: 55...
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1960s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Julio Girona Cuban Artist Original Hand Signed silkscreen n1
Located in Miami, FL
"Julio Girona (Cuba, 1914-2002) 'Habitación interior', silkscreen on paper 19.7 x 27.6 in. (50 x 70 cm.) Edition of 115 ID: GIR1066-001-115" "Julio Giro...
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20th Century Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Etching

HERNANDEZ PIJUAN geometric composition.original engraving abstract painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
geometric composition.original engraving abstract painting. VIRTUAL FRAMED Pijuan, Joan (Barcelona, 1931-2005). Joan Hernández Pijuan formed between Barcelona and Paris. It has the ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Plan of the Park, Garden and Plantations of Goodwood, 18th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Plan of the Park, Garden and Plantations of Goodwood in Sussex the Seat of his Grace the Duke of Richmond and Lenox &c Copper-line engraving with later hand-colouring by Hendrik Hul...
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18th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

A View of Kauai, Hawaii as Seen by Captain Cook: An Original 18th C. Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
"An Inland View in Atooi, One of the Sandwich Islands (Kauai, Hawaii)" is an original 18th century engraving from a drawing by John Webber (1751-1793), who was the artist who accompa...
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1780s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Le Cocu Magnifique - Complete Suite of Etchings by Pablo Picasso - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and acquatint and 1 e...
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1960s Cubist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 14
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

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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching

Four 19th Century Hand Colored Engravings Depicting English Royal Residences
Located in Alamo, CA
Four hand colored etchings and aquatints depicting interiors within English royal residences, including "The Blue Velvet Room at Carlton House", "The Queen's Library at Frogmore", "T...
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1810s Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Flowering Hyacinth & Calla Plants: A Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Hyacinthus Comosus Spurius" (Hyacinth), "Hyacinthus Anglicus" (Blue Hyacinth), "Palma ...
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Early 18th Century Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"Gobbledygook" monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment by Mel Bochner
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Gobbledygook" monoprint with collage, engraving and embossment on hand-dyed Twinrocker handmade paper from Two Palms Publishing. Signed and dated Bochner 2017 lower right recto. Ima...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting a woman sitting on a rock from a Campanian bail-amphora. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Backgroun...
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

PRÉVOST. Print from Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
Located in London, GB
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris, 1805] Prévost came from a long line of French artists spanning 400 years. Jean-...
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Early 1800s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Peterhouse College, Cambridge engraving Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733), after David Loggan (1634 - 1692) Peterhouse College, Cambridge Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of Peterhouse College, Cambridge, eng...
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Early 18th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

'Tree, Manhattan' — Classic American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Martin Lewis, 'Tree, Manhattan', drypoint, 1930, edition 91 (including 10 trial proofs), McCarron 87. Signed in pencil. A superb, atmospheric impression, in warm black ink, on cream...
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1930s American Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Icart, Sans titre, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Queen of Great Britain arriving in Portsmouth 25 May 1662 & The Arrival in L
Located in Middletown, NY
Two images of Queen Catharina of Braganza; one before her marriage to King Charles II, the other after, as Queen of Great Britian. Engraved by Matthiäus Merian, father of Maria Sybli...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Summer Maple
Located in New York, NY
A drypoint and aquatint by artist Sylvia Plimack Mangold.
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21st Century and Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Flowering Carnation Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Caryophyllus Anglicus flore". It is plate 326 in Weinmann's monumental pu...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; ...
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1910s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

Nude XIII - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drypoint Etching Print
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
Located in Paonia, CO
The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet is a hand-colored steel engraving after a painting by Francis Bickne...
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1860s Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt. Early 19th century engraving, 1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Vue des Deux Colosses. Thebes, Memnonium' Elephant folio engraving, by Baltard after Dutetre, from 'Description de l'Egypte', published after Napoleon's expedition to colonize Egyp...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Salvador Dalí­ -- Hamlet, Complete text and set of 10 color etchings
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí Hamlet, 1973-4 The complete portfolio, comprising 10 etchings and aquatint in colors with hand-coloring on Arches paper Each hand signed lower right Each numbered 96/1...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint

Outbreak V
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Mezzotint Image size: 7 x 5 inches Sheet size is 11 x 15 inches Edition of 50 This print is from the Blood Bone Elegy, a suite of eighteen color mezzotints depicting the out...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Gravure Panthere 2
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Engraving after Paul Jouve From the work of Terrasse in 1948 490 copies Size etching: 23 x 18 cm Frame: 45 x 49 cm
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2010s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

5 Salvador Dali Photolithographs from LES DINERS DE GALA, Priced Each
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 34/195; 1977 Materials: photolithograph and engraving on BFK Rives paper Dimensions (...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Lithograph

Spider Lily: An Original 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving finished with hand coloring by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Ephemerum Virginianu flore Purpureo, B. Ephemer...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Jardin biologique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Organic garden, Imaginations and Objects of the ...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Woolworth Building, New York
Located in Middletown, NY
A rich and tonal image of an icon of Manhattan architecture. Etching with drypoint, 11 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (300 x 186 mm), full margins. Edition of 100. Signed in pencil, lower right...
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Early 20th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Lemons "La parte interiore": An Early 18th C. Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "La parte interiore del Cedro di fio e Sugo doppio" ...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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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

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Drypoint

Salvador Dali "Picasso: a Ticket to Glory"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Picasso: a Ticket to Glory Series: After 50 Years of Surrealism Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint engraving with hand coloring Unframed Dimensions: 26" ...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Drypoint

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - La cogida y la muerte - Drypoint, etching - 1973
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition of 400 copies, numbered 352/400 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. Pa...
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1970s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Chittee-Yoholo, Seminole Chief: Original Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand colored McKenney and Hall engraving of a Native American entitled "Chittee-Yoholo, A Seminole Chief, No. 76", published by Rice, Rutter & Co. in 1865. This original McKenney and Hall engraving is presented in a cream colored mat, suitable for framing, with a protective clear sleeve. The mat measures 13.88" x 11.75" and the sheet measures 10.63" x 7.38. The print is in excellent condition. Col. Thomas J. McKenney was Superintendant of The Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1816 until 1830. He was one of a very few government officials to defend American Indian interests and attempt to preserve their culture. He travelled to Indian lands meeting the Native American leaders. He brought with him an accomplished artist, James Otto Lewis, who sketched those willing to participate. A large number of the most influential Indian chiefs and warriors were later invited to come to Washington in 1821 to meet President Monroe. McKenney commissioned the prominent portrait painter Charles Bird King...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Cortland Street
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on antique handmade laid Japon paper, 12 7/8 x 7 1/2 (327 x 191 mm); sheet 15 5/16 x 10 7/16 (389 x 265 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower margin....
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Early 20th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Degas, La Loge, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 4.75 x 6.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1940s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Flowering Burning Bush: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Gas Plants or Burning Bush and Fraxinella, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitle...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Flowering Henbane : A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Hyosciamus albus and Hyosciamus vulgaris" (Henbane) plants from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensi...
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Early 18th Century Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Johann Weinmann 18th Century Hand Colored Copper Plate Engraving
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare hand colored copper plate engraving by noted Botanist Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) Beautiful color after 250+ years! This wonderful antique engraving is beautifully mat...
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18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Salvador Dali "El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition)"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: El Padre Perdonado (Galofre edition) Series: La Vida es Sueno Date: 1975 Medium: drypoint engraving in sanguine ink Unframed Dimensions: 11" x 15"...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Drypoint

Plymouth Street ( a twilight scene is set in the Brooklyn section of DUMBO)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This view of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges is looking down "Plymouth Street" to the intersection of Jay Street. It is #35 in the catalogue raisonne by Retif & Salzer and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of City of New York...
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

Limon Lavrae: A 17th C. Hand-colored Engraving of Lemon Anatomy by G. Ferrari
By Giovanni Battista Ferrari
Located in Alamo, CA
This 17th century hand-colored engraving of a lemon entitled "Limon Lavrae", plate 219 from Giovanni Baptista Ferrari's publication "Hesperides, sive, De Malorum Aureorum Cultura Etu...
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17th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

no title
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving Edition : 30/80 77.00 cm. x 64.00 cm. 30.31 in. x 25.2 in. (paper) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD2470
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1960s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Prophétie de Dalínean (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Dalínean Prophecy, Imaginations and Objects ...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

"New Mackrel": An Engraving From the 18th Century Series 'The Cries of London'
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a beautifully framed engraving, printed in colors with additional hand coloring, from the famous "Cries of London" series, depicting the lives and professions of the common p...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

William Hamilton Classical Greek Vase-Painting Engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Subject : Ancient Greek vase-painting depicting two women and two youths from an unidentified vase. Technique : Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring Background inf...
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Early 1800s Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Dark Landscape (abstract expressionist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gabor Peterdi (1915-2001). Dark Landscape, 1958. Etching, engraving and aquatint with five stenciled colors. Image measures 20 x 24 inches. Signed, date...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Henley-bridge, Oxon, Thames, late 18th century English sepia aquatint, 1799
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Henley-bridge, Oxon' Aquatint published by Samuel Ireland. From his 'Picturesque Views on the River Thames'. Ireland was an author and engraver who published several series of aqua...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
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1910s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

Naples and S. Italy: A Large 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
Located in Alamo, CA
This large hand-colored map entitled "Le Royaume de Naples Divisé en Douze Provinces. sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux. Par le Sr. Sanson Presenté" was originally created by Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville and published by Hubert Jaillot in "Atlas Nouveau" in Paris in 1692. It depicts central and southern Italy, as well as Corfu, Albania, Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. Naples, Sorrento, the Isle of Capri, Rome in the upper left corner of the map, as well as many other landmarks. This striking original hand-colored map of Italy is printed on antique hand-made laid, chain-linked paper with wide margins. The sheet measures 20" high and 24.88" wide. There is one spot on the left, it is otherwise in very good to excellent condition. Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667) was one of the greatest French cartographather of French cartography. Sanson opened his first printing business in Paris in 1638. The king recognized his skill and knowledge and made him the official geographer to the court. He eventually served two kings in this capacity. Sanson was succeeded by his sons and son...
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1690s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Make Fast, Plate 2.
Located in Storrs, CT
Make Fast, plate 2. 1929. Etching. Laver catalog number 146; Hurst catalog number 258. Plate: 14 3/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 17 5/8 x 11 3/4). Trial proof 2, before the edition or 75. Ill...
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1920s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Salvador Dali "Nude with Guitar"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Nude with Guitar Series: Secret Poems of Appolinaire Date: 1967 Medium: Drypoint etching Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 11" Framed Dimensions: 25.25"...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Die Nacht (The Night), nude and cupids, German antique engraving
By Virgilio Tojetti
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Die Nacht' (The Night) German wood-engraving, 1903. 310mm by 230mm (image) 410mm by 280mm (sheet)
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Early 20th Century Symbolist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

'Encircled' — Mid-Century Surrealism, Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ian Hugo, 'Encircled', engraving, 1946, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '5/50' in pencil. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack EDIT...
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1940s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Entre deux eaux
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1968 Catalog : Catalogue [Denoël 91] 56.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 14.96 in. (paper) 31.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 12.2 in. x 9.45 in. (image) Engraving on Japan paper, 1968...
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1960s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Joan Miro, "Le Penseur Puissant", etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
An original etching, aquatint, dry-point and carborundum by Joan Miro, 1969. It is hand signed and numbered H.C. aside the edition of 75 copies on Arches, plus some H.C. copies. The...
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1960s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

“Skogskanten” (Winter Landscape with Spruce Trees)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Oskar Bergman (Stockholm 1879–1963 Saltsjöbaden) “Skogskanten” (Winter Landscape with Spruce Trees) signed "Oskar Bergman" in pencil drypoint etching image size: 19.5 x 29.5 cm (7 ...
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1910s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

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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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