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Medium: Engraving
Maldoror : Making dinner - Original etching, HANDSIGNED, 1975
Located in Paris, FR
Salvador Dali
Making Dinner, 1975
Original etching
Signed in pencil
Limited to 100 copies (Here numbered 52)
On Arches vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (c. 12.7 x 9.8 in)
REFERENCES :
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Die Nixen (Mermaids), nudes, German antique engraving
By Virgilio Tojetti
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Die Nixen'
(Mermaids)
German wood-engraving, 1903.
230mm by 320mm (image)
280mm by 410mm (sheet)
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Olliver St. John Gogarty
Located in Storrs, CT
Oliver St. John Gogarty. 1935. Etching. Fletcher 78. 6 7/8 x 5 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 8 3/8). Edition 100. 75 intended for the Cuala Press, Dublin. A rich impression, printed on cream-...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Showcase (color), by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Color mezzotint
Year: 2024
Edition: 25
Image Size: 24 x 18 inches
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist
Dramatic mezzotint of the tattooed back of a circus per...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Apuleius, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apuleio' (Apuleius)
Copper-line engraving by N Billy after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni...
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Mid-18th Century Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Les Poules de Lyora by Lélia Pissarro - Etching and watercolour on paper
Located in London, GB
Les Poules de Lyora by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Drypoint and watercolour on paper
21.5 x 26.5 cm (8 ¹/₂ x 10 ³/₈ inches)
Signed lower left, Lélia Pissarro
Numbered lower right, 10/15...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint
Antique Engraving Dogs Watching Cats Drink Milk Cats Animal 1895
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3881 Dogs and Cats Animal Engraving
Image size 11.5x8"
Category
1890s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Kerfany by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Wood engraving
Located in London, GB
Kerfany by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Wood engraving
10.9 x 13.9 cm (4 ¹/₄ x 5 ¹/₂ inches)
Initialled and titled in the plate
Signed lower right, Ludovic Rodo and numbered low...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale II
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Johannes Sadeler I
(Flemish, ∗ 1550 in Brussels, Belgium – † 1600 Venice, Italy)
Jonah Spat Up by the Whale (Sheet II)
Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Bernard...
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16th Century Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
The Old Smyth Gate, Charleston, South Carolina
By Alfred Hutty
Located in Middletown, NY
A view of the gateway to Simmons-Edwards House (14 Legare Street), also known as the Pineapple Gate House.
Etching with drypoint on watermarked "Hand Made" laid paper, signed in pen...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Handmade Paper
Salvador Dalí, Dante's Confession, La Divine Comédie (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londinensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, Ecstatic Visions (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, The Sixth Heaven of Jupiter (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Italian, plus proofs
Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200
Size: 13 x 10.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Johannes Sadeler I (Flemish 1550-1600) – Engraving 1582 - Jonah and the Whale I
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Johannes Sadeler I
(Flemish, ∗ 1550 in Brussels, Belgium – † 1600 Venice, Italy)
Jonah thrown to the Whale (First Sheet)
Engraved by Sadeler after an image created by Theodor Berna...
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16th Century Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper
1960s printed vinyl copy of the 1938 original by Maurits Cornelis Escher
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
After Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898–1972)
Sky and Water II
Printed vinyl
A 1960s copy of the 1938 original
21 x 17 in. (53.5 x 43 cm.) t...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Three Hearts
Located in Albuquerque, NM
Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi/Choctaw), Three Hearts, $1,200.00, Drypoint on paper, 2001, 16” x 23.5”, framed
Category
2010s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
English Dancing Mythical Fairies Abstract Figurative Engraving
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2957 Engraving of three dancing Abstract Putti in a forest scene
signed E Andrews 30/100
Image size 10 H x 5.5 W
Category
1980s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
TV Re-Run B Unique mixed media monotype and colored embossing geometric abstract
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields
TV Re-Run B, 1978
Mixed Media Monotype: Color drypoint, mezzotint, linocut and colored embossing on perforated paper on Handmade Paper Mounted on Linen Board
Signed, num...
Category
1970s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Drypoint, Mezzotint, Linocut, Pencil
Marcoussis, Rimbaud, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition burin etching and engraving on wove paper. Edition: 1,500. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted. N...
Category
1930s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Wardell-Power, L'homme calculateur, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Edition etching and engraving on wove paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued, verso. Excellent Condition; never framed or matted; lithograph by th...
Category
1930s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Miguel Castro Leñero, Caballo de Batalla III-3, 29.8 x 47.3 in. (75.5 x 120 cm.)
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Castro Leñero (Mexico, 1956)
'Caballo de Batalla III-3', 2019
engraving on paper Intaglio 300 g.
29.8 x 47.3 in. (75.5 x 120 cm.)
Edition of 30
Unframed
ID: CAM-107
Hand-signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen, Aquatint, Etching, Engraving
Esne (Latopolis). / Plans et Elevations de Six Chappiteaux Portique
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Copperplate engraving on laid paper. This plate was created for Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. [Description of Egypt...
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Late 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Miro Barb IV Vertical. engraving
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Miro Barb IV Vertical. engraving
certificate Succesio Miro
Numered 38/50
Color measurements 39x31.
printing: Joan Barbera Workshop, Barcelona
CATALOGADO .MIRO grabador. Tomo IV. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Two hearts with hand coloring in oil stick, signed & numbered (unique variation)
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...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset, Etching, Drypoint, Engraving, Oil, Mixed Media, Oil Crayon
Liquid Tornado Bath Tub (Michler/Löpsinger 823; Field 75-11B), Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Liquid Tornado Bath Tub (Michler/Löpsinger 823; Field 75-11B), Imagination & Objects of the Future Portfolio
Year: 1975
Medium: Lithograph, d...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint
'Gloucester Harbor 2' — Mid-Century East Coast Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur, 'Gloucester Harbor', drypoint, 1940. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. Annotated 'PERSONAL...
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1940s American Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
"Antonin Proust" original drypoint
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 10. Published in Paris in 1899 by H. Floury for Auguste Rodin "Statuaire" by Lon Maillard. This impression is prin...
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1890s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Plensa; Untitled Face, Black and White Big. vertical 2020 Engraving
By Jaume Plensa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Plensa. Untitled
2020 Engraving
number 14 of an edition of 15 engravings.
Etching with chine collé
Signed
Jaume Plensa Suñé (Barcelona, 1955) is a Spanish plastic artist, sculptor a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Saint Michael fighting the Dragon
Located in Zürich, CH
"Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (B. 72; M., Holl. 174)"
This engraving is a print from the Latin publication of the text of the Apocalypse of 1511. Dürer’s series dedicated to the Apocalypse comprises 15 engravings and a title sheet. The master worked on this series from 1496 to 1498. In 1511, Dürer repeated his Latin edition and provided it with a prohibition on the series being copied. The Apocalypse was intended for extremely varied levels of society. All of the sheets are united by the theme of the battle between good and evil.
The work refers to a quote from the Revelation of St. John the Divine: “And there was war in heaven...
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16th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Lady Hailing a Carriage Dame, eine Droschke rufend - German Impressionism
By Lesser Ury
Located in London, GB
This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "L. Ury" at the lower left margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 150, at the lower ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
John Thomson (1777-1840) - 1830 Map Engraving, Northern Hemisphere
By John Thomson
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine engraved map of the Northern Hemisphere, from the second edition of John Thomson's 'New General Atlas' published in 1830. On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
John Thomson (1777-1840) - 1830 Map Engraving, The Rivers of the World
By John Thomson
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine engraved chart table showing the lengths of the principal rivers across the world, from the second edition of John Thomson's 'New General Atlas' published in 1830. On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
John Thomson (1777-1840) - 1830 Map Engraving, Eastern Hemisphere
By John Thomson
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine engraved map of the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth, from the second edition of John Thomson's 'New General Atlas' published in 1830. On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
John Thomson (1777-1840) - 1830 Map Engraving, Chart of the World
By John Thomson
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine engraved map of the world on Mercator's projection, from the second edition of John Thomson's 'New General Atlas' published in 1830. On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Porculine Opossum (Bandicoot), Australia, engraving, 1795
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Porculine Opossum' (Bandicoot)
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. Circa 1795, by Richard Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
155mm by 125mm (platemark)
225mm by...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Illusion- Original etching with hand watercolor from 1940
By Louis Icart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Illusion by Louis Icart
1940
MINT PERFECT CONDITION
Original dry point etching on paper
From the rare limited edition OF 250 WITH VERY LARGE MARGINS AND THE BLINDSTAMP WINDMILL LOWER...
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1940s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day
Located in Southampton, NY
Original wood engraving on paper. Taken from Harper’s Weekly, April 7, 1860. Signed “Homer” in the plate. Condition is good. Slight staining lower left. Very slight tear to the l...
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1860s Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Engraving
The Portraiture of the Famous Horse Old Partner
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Restrike of engraved plate with hand color, from a series of twelve portraits of celebrated race horses wwth their groomsmen, by Irish mezzotint engraver Richard Houston (1721-1775) after James Seymour (1702-1752) with ornamental borders and coat of arms. This series of 12 mezzotint plates commissioned by Thomas Spencer...
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Mid-20th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
'Cargo Carriers' — 1930s New York Harbor
By Otto Kuhler
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Otto Kuhler, 'Cargo Carriers', etching and drypoint, c. 1932, edition 10, Kennedy 44. Signed in pencil. A superb, atmospheric impression with rich burr and selectively wiped overall plate tone, in dark brown ink, on Arches cream laid paper; wide margins (2 to 2 3/4 inches), in very good condition. Printed by the artist. Original Kennedy Galleries mat and label. Scarce.
"On my trips up and down N.Y. harbor on the Weehawken Ferry, the late evening sun playing on the side of the big liners has always intrigued me... The liner shown I believe to be the Vaterland of the North German Lloyd...
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1930s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Salvador Dalí -- Rose + Drawers from Surrealist Flowers, Florals 1972
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí
Rose + Drawers from Surrealist Flowers, Florals 1972
Hand-signed in pencil
Edition 259/350
Image size: 55 x 42 cm
Sheet size: 75 x 55 cm
Published by Editions Graphi...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Private Architecture in 19th Century, Parisian Suburban Villa Floor Plan
Located in Houston, TX
This architectural drawing of a Suburban Villa in the countryside near Paris, France is from a 1872 book titled Private Architecture In the XIX Century Under Napoleon III. Second Series. New Houses Of Paris And Surroundings. This book was dedicated to Baron Haussmann, the name who is credited with transforming Paris' slums into the thriving metropolitan center we know today. The architect listed for this floor plan...
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19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Mary Cassatt 1844-1926 "By the Pond"
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mary Cassatt 1844 - 1926
"By the Pond" (Breeskin 161; Matthews & Shapiro 21)
Drypoint and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1896, on laid paper, framed
Fourth state of four.
Plate:...
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1890s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Drypoint
portrait
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is from my private School of Paris collection of early, mid , late 20th Century artist. It is vibrant in color and a limited edition, hand signed. It is in very good ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Oil, Engraving, Lithograph
"Plymouth" 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
David Loggan Trinity College Cambridge Bishop's Hostel engraving 1690
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
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The Bishop's Hostal, Trinity College Cambridge...
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1690s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands
Located in Fairlawn, OH
St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands
Wood engraving, 1868
Published in: Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1868
Titled and signed in the block
Image size: 13 5/8 x 9 inches
C...
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1860s Hudson River School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan 136) UNIQUE Proof Love Food Life
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
American Dream (EAT / DIE / HUG / ERR) (Sheehan, 136), 1986
Hard and soft-ground etching, aquatint, drypoint and stencil on white Arches paper
37 inches × 21 inches
...
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1980s Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Stencil
Dalínean Prophecy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dalínean Prophecy is a drypoint etching with lithographic color on japon paper, image size 16 x 23.5 inches, signed Dalí lower right and numbered XVIII/LXXV lower left. From the edit...
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20th Century Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Lithograph
Bare Arms (The Practice #1)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bare Arms (The Practice #1)
Drypoint on Aluminum, 2019
Signed with the artist's initials (see photo)
The first plate from a proposed suite of 9 drypoints, all printed in an edition o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Untitled: Head of A Woman 2
Located in New York, NY
George Zachary Constant (American/Greek 1892-1978), "Untitled: Head Of A Woman No. 2", Portrait/ Figurative Etching and Drypoint signed on Paper, 12.50 x 8.75 (15.25 x 11.50 Framed),...
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Early 20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Salvador Dalí, Ecstatic Visions, La Divine Comédie (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Ital...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Untitled (Web 1)
By Vija Celmins
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio: The MOCA Portfolio
Sheet size: 23 x 18 1/4 inches
Frame size: 24 15/16 x 20 1/8 inches
Printer: Jacob Samuel, Santa Monica
Publisher: Lapis Press and Museum of Contemporar...
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Early 2000s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Salvador Dalí (signed), The Avaricious (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Year: 1963
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on Rives BFK paper
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Edition: 4765 in French; 3188 in Italian, plus proofs
Catalogue Raisonne Reference: Michler & Löpsinger 1039-1138; Field 189-200
Size: 13 x 10.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Notes: The Salvador Dali Divine...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, On Geryon’s Back (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, Apotheosis of the Virgin Mary (M/L.1039-1138; F.189-200)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Suite: Göttliche Komödie (The Divine Comedy)
Year: 1974
Medium: Wood engraving in colors on BFK Rives wove paper tipped to Arches paper mounts
Inscr...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Valentine for Mr. Wonderful
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artist: Helen Frankenthaler
Title: Valentine for Mr. Wonderful
Year: 1995
Medium: 7 Original color etchings, aquatint, engraving, and embossing printed from 11 copper plates and five...
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1990s Engraving Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph
Shore Bird
Located in Raleigh, NC
Hand colored Martinet shore bird engraving on laid paper.
Wonderful condition with frame.
Framed dimensions 14 25 x 12.5 in.
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19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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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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Vintage Botanical Prints
Soviet Propaganda Poster
American Vintage Games
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French Map Of America