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Medium: Engraving
Rabbit Series #3
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

Trajan - Drypoint Etching attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Trajan is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1973. Black and white drypoin etching. Hand signed on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 216/261. Ref...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Magdalen College Oxford Almanack engraving by Michael Angelo Rooker
Located in London, GB
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1770s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

FEOLI. Vedute del Museo Pio-Clementino
Located in London, GB
Magnificent large plate illustrating the Vatican Museum at the end of the eighteenth century by Vincenzo Feoli (1750 - 1831) after Miccinelli and Costa. The Pio-Clementino museum, n...
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1790s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Handmade Paper

The Great Inquisitor Expels the Saviour
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Great Inquisitor Expels the Saviour Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm P...
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1970s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Gala's Godly Back
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Gala's Godly Back Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher: Transworld A...
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1970s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Museum of Genius and Fancy
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Museum of Genius and Fancy Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher:...
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1970s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

God, Time, Space, and the Pope
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - God, Time, Space, and the Pope Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4 cm Publisher:...
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1970s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

De Humana Physiognomonia
Located in Roma, IT
De Humana Physiognomonia - Libri IIII Original Title: Io: Bap-tistae Portae Neapolitani. De Hum. Physiognomonia. Libri IIII. Ad Aloysium Card. Estensem Vici Aequensis, Apud Iosephum Cacchium, 1586. Vol. In-4° / cm. 32x22 272 pp (typographic mystake for page 265 indicated as 272 an vice-versa) Circulation: Rare First Edition Format: In-4° Pages: 272 Cover on ancient parchment, with title in ink (ancient calligraphy) on spine and “archivistic” decorations in leather and rope on same spine. Binding restored using original contemporary cover. Frontispiece fully engraved with portrait of author within an imaginary composition; portrait of Cardinale d’Este, whom the work is dedicated to, follows with full page engraving. Includes 85 engravings 4 of which full page, showing human physiognomies compared to animals’ in order to demonstrate the relationship between physical aspects and moral features. Good and clean copy, in a nice state. Black stain on p. 97 and minor tear on p. 198. Some whitening on 3-4 pages which do no affect reading. Rare first edition of a pillar of modern anthropology, and one of the most popular essays of Italian Renaissance, with important influence during the following 300 years. First book to be printed in Vico Equense...
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16th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: 25 (9/25) (see photo) Engraving, drypoint & carborundum Printed by the artist Condition: Excellent, slight residue on rever...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Portrait Of Jan Six - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Jan Six is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1630. This wonderful piece of a...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

SUR LA PLACE
Located in Portland, ME
Jansem, Jean (French 1920-2013). SUR LA PLACE. Drypoint, 1964. Dalavez, page 48. Edition of 40 plus 10 Artist's Proofs. Signed in pencil and numbered 35/40. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches, 2...
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1960s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Branches Gold, Limited edition print, Landscape, Tree, Nature art
Located in Deddington, GB
Scots Pine drypoint etching printed onto Japanese gampi tissue and backed onto German Hahnemule printmaking paper. This print depicts a mature pine tree, standing proud from the rest...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Bare Arms (The Practice #2)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bare Arms (The Practice #2) Drypoint on Aluminum, 2019 Signed with initials lower right Edition: 8 impressions (all uncolored), this “6 out of 8” There are also 4 AP, 2 with hand coloring Printed on Twinrocker all purpose paper Published by Thomas French Fine Art...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

La Pont de la Tournelle, by JMM Mathieux-Marie
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: drypoint on chine collé Edition of 180 Image Size: 4.5 X 9 inches The Pont de la Tournelle links the Ile St-Louis to the Left Bank and is adorned with a giant statue of Sain...
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Tabula Magellanica, qua Tierra del fuego, cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano
Located in New York, NY
This mid 17th-century map was published by Guiljelmum Blaeu in Amsterdam. The engraved map is 16 1/8 x 21" (41 x 53.1 cm) with beautiful original hand color. Tabula Magellanica is a highly decorative map of the southern tip of South America, including Tierra del Fuego...
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Mid-17th Century Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Gladiolus Cardinalis
Located in London, GB
REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph. Gladiolus Cardinalis Paris, Chez L’Auteur, 1802-16 The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments...
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19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

The Bathers - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bathers is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late edition of the 19th...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Holy Sepulchre at Heckington in Lincoln (1795), engraving by James Basire
Located in London, GB
James Basire & Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie The Holy Sepulchre at Heckington in Lincoln Engraving 45 x 30 cm This engraving was originally published by the Society of Antiquaries ...
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1790s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Monk in the Cornfield - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Monk in the Cornfield is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This piece of art belongs to a late editi...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Abraham Raimbach After David Wilkie RA - Framed 1817 Engraving, The Rent Day
Located in Corsham, GB
This fine early 19th century engraving by Abraham Raimbach, shows the bustling interior of David Wilkie's original painting 'The Rent Day'. A detailed inscription with both artists n...
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Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Ontario St. Grading and Temporary Ramps
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ontario St. Grading and Temporary Ramps Drypoint, August 1929 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) From: The Cleveland Set (23 plates), this being No. 13 Edition: Small A brilliant example of American industrial art. A wonderful, rich impression, with lots of burr and contrasts. Louis Conrad Rosenberg 1890-1983 An American architectural etcher and engraver of the 1920's and 1930's era, Louis Conrad Rosenberg first studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then enrolled at the Royal College of Art, London, to study etching techniques under Malcolm Osborne...
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1920s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Landscape - Etching by J. F. Raffaelli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint. Hand signed. Very good condition.
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Late 19th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Ananus Sclvestris ( Pineapple ) N. 110 mezzotint engraving with hand coloring
Located in Paonia, CO
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann Ananus Sclvestris ( Pineapple ) N. 110 mezzotint engraving with hand coloring paper size 15.50 x 9.50 image size 13 x 8.25 Ananus Sclvestris ( Pineapple ) N....
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1730s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

"Whisperings at a Cross Point" - Doorway Arch Drypoint Etching
By Susan Varjavand
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming drypoint etching of a series of three arched interior doorways by Susan Varjavand (American, 1941-2018). Numbered, titled, and signed ("13/20 Whisperings at a Cross Point Susan Varjavand") along the bottom edge. Presented in a new cream mat. No frame. Image size: 14"H x 11"W Susan Varjavand (American, 1941-2018) was an artist from San Francisco, California. She studied with Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948) while at the College of San Mateo, as well as with Richard Bowman (American, 1918-2001) and Alan May...
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1980s American Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Drypoint

Enfant à accroupi - Etching and drypoint - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 15.7 x 10.5 cm. Enfant à accroupi is a superb original drypoint on paper, realized at the beginning of XX century by an unidentified artist. Unsigned This print s...
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Early 20th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Victor DeWilde, The Anchor (San Francisco), 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Born in Tamines, Belgium, Victor DeWilde (1903-1977) settled in San Francisco around 1925. He studied at the California School of Fine Arts, SF, and California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland. During the 1930s he taught at Commerce Evening High School and then worked on the WPA Art Education Program. His colleagues included Robert McChesney, Otis Oldfield, George Post...
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1930s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

The Cabin - Original Drypoint by Sir Francis Saymour-Haden - 1877
Located in Roma, IT
The Cabin is an original Modern artwork realized by Sir Francis Saymour-Haden (16 September 1818 – 1 June 1910) in 1877. Beautiful Proof on vélin fort, with stamp "Lugt 1048”. Full ...
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1870s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Cowdray Castle (with Geese)
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful proof on vergé crème, signed by the artist in pencil. Full margins. Ex-coll. H.H. Benedict (Lugt 1298). Ref. Cat. Harrington 221; Schneiderman 208.
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1880s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sextus Tarquinius Raping Lucretia Engraving, c. 1546-47 Signed with the intials in the plate (see photo) From: "Four Scenes of Early Roman History" An early impression with plate ton...
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16th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Portrait of a Gentlewoman - Colored and Mezzotint - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Gentlewoman is an original print on paper realized by Anonymous English artist in the late 18th Century. The artwork represents a portrait of an elegant woman. Mixed ...
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Early 1800s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Mezzotint

Boat - Mezzotint Print by Robert Naly - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boat is a Contemporary artwork realized in the half of the 20th Century by Robert Naly (1900 - 1983). Mezzotint print. Hand-signed. Numbered, edition of 50 prints. Good conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Die Zisterne - Vintage Héliogravure by Franz von Bayros - 1921 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Die Zisterne is a black and white héliogravure on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, pseudonym of Franz Von Bayros (Agram, 1866 – Vienna, 1924). From Mappe, a port...
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1920s Symbolist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

French Village - Original Etching and Drypoint by Eugène Corneau - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
French Village is an original artwork realized by Eugène Corneau between the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s. The monogram of the artist is present on the lower left...
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1930s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

"Holiday", Abstract Drypoint Etching and Aquatint, Numbered and Signed
Located in Detroit, MI
"Holiday" is a work that displays Richard Jacobs early Balinese influence. This abstract work made with drypoint etching manifests a layer of depth and contrast that is achieved through an Indonesian technique of drawing the lines of the resist or printing it with a copper stamp that allows an artisan to selectively color the work through the soaking process. "Holiday" is exemplary of this earlier aquatint process before Jacobs would go on to apply a diversity of colors to his work. The print is 39 x 29 inches and is signed and numbered from an edition of 30 by the artist. Numbered edition may not necessarily be number 17 as there are multiple prints in the possession of Collected Detroit...
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1990s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Origami, by Guntars Sietins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The illusions and reflections in Sietins prints often bring M.C. Escher to mind, but his prints have a distinctive feel all their own. This is one of the smallest prints done by Siet...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

Landscape with an Obelisk - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with an Obelisk is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching by Rembrandt dated 1650 ca. This wonderful piece of art belongs to an edition of the late 1...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Antique Map of the Southern Oceans, South America and Africa
Located in New York, NY
Antique Map of the South Atlantic, c. 1800s Engraving 20 x 28 in. Framed: 25 3/4 x 33 3/4 in.
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19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Fisherman - Original Litograph by Louis Pons - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Fisherman is an original litograph realized by Louis Pons in Marseille 1927. Good condition. Hand-signed with pencil by the artist on the lower right corn...
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1920s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

La Coupole (the dome), by JMM Mathieux-Marie
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: drypoint on chine collé Edition of 180 Image Size: 4.5 X 9 inches Signed, titled and numbered, from the edition of 180. A view of a bridge over the Seine River in Paris wit...
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1970s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Figures - Original Etching and Drypoint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original print in etching and drypoint on white paper realized by an anonymous artist of the mid-20th Century. In very good conditions. The artwork is created through ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

“On the Seine, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original aquatint engraving of working river barges on the Seine in Paris, France. A horse drawn cart is seen loading or unloading product. Circa 1900. ...
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Early 1900s Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Mezzotint

Owl - Etching on Paper by Mario Avati - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Owl is an etching on paper, realized by the French artist and print-maker master Mario Avati (1921-2009). Hand-signed on the lower right and numbered on the lower left in pencil. Ed...
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1960s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Mezzotint

Rakstzimes (Characters) XVII / ∞-B, mezzotint by Guntars Sietins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: mezzotint with aquatint Year: 2015 Edition: 35 copies, signed in pencil. Image Size: 10.25 x 8.66 inches The surreal illusions and reflections in Sietins prints often bring ...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

"II Walnuts" - Intaglio Print by Tomoya Uchida
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted dry point etching by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, 20th Century). Two walnuts sit in an abstracted space, with ropes in the background. Titled "II Walnuts" along the bottom edge. Signed and dated "T. Uchida - 89" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new grey mat with foam core backing. Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...
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1980s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Drypoint

Chinese Lanterns by Judith Rothchild
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Lanterns by Judith Rothchild - 2001 Judith Rothchild is an American born artist, having grown up in Boston, Massachusetts. She now lives in the Languedoc region of France, w...
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1990s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Etching

FEOLI. Vedute del Museo Pio-Clementino
Located in London, GB
Magnificent large plate illustrating the Vatican Museum at the end of the eighteenth century by Vincenzo Feoli (1750 - 1831) after Miccinelli and Costa. The Pio-Clementino museum, n...
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1790s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Handmade Paper

Original Jean Francois Raffaelli Etching of a Hat Salesman
Located in New York, NY
Jean-François Raffaëlli (French, 1850-1924) Le Marchand de Habits, 1895 Etching and drypoint Sight: 6 x 4 in. Framed: 12 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in. Initialed lower left in plate: R This etc...
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1890s French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late ed...
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19th Century Old Masters 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

St John's College, Oxford engraving by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
Located in London, GB
Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692) St John's College, Oxford Engraving 12 x 16 cm An eighteenth-century view of Canterbury Quad, St John's, engraved by Pi...
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Early 18th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Landscape - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles Amand Durand (1831-1905) after an etching by Rembrandt. This wonderful piece of art belongs to a late edition of ...
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19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"Folkestone" engraving
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: engraving (after the painting). Printed on Holland-style wove paper, from the rare large size deluxe portfolio entitled "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England", ...
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Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Mein Weg mit dem Weib # 12 - Original Etching by W.R. Rehn
Located in Roma, IT
Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...
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1910s Symbolist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

The Raven and the Fox
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Raven and the Fox Series: Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine Date: 1974 Medium: drypoint with color added by stencil Framed Dimensions: 35.75" x 28" S...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Stencil

Circa 1840 engraving "Défense de la Porte St-Denis - Trois Glorieuses" by Jazet
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1840 engraving "Défense de la Porte St-Denis - Trois Glorieuses", engraved by Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet after a painting by H. Lecomte, vividly captures a defining moment fro...
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1840s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

John Speede Map The Countye of Monmouth
Located in London, GB
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17th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

momento no. 7006 (know)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carrie Lingscheit's print often deal with relationships and memories. "Human experience is plagued by an inherent incompleteness—both perception and memory being naturally imperfect,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching

Le Reve - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 18.5 x 24.5 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien”, published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. An...
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1910s Futurist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Georg Baselitz, Schwester Rosi III - Signed Print, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Georg Baselitz (German, b. 1938) Schwester Rosi III, 1995/1996 Medium: Drypoint etching on wove paper Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm Edition of 12: Hand-signed and numbered Condition: Excellent
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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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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