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Medium: Engraving
wood engraving for Mille Nuits
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...
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1950s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames, Set of 6
Located in Richmond, GB
A group of mezzotint engravings of flowers from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames. Johann Weinmann (1683-174...
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18th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Mezzotint

The Spire -- New York
Located in Storrs, CT
The Spire -- New York. 1985. Etching and drypoint. 14 1/2 x 11 (sheet 22 1/2 x 18). Trial proof of the second third, prior to the edition of 100. Printed on Rives cream wove paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. A rich impression in pristine condition, housed in an archival sleeve. This etching has never been matted. Provenance: the artist's estate. Titled, annotated 'third state - trial proof' and signed in pencil. A dramatic view of the Chrysler Building. Painter and printmaker Lawrence Nelson...
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20th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Ordinis Benedictini monialis; Saint Thecla of Kitzengen
Located in Middletown, NY
King, Daniel (with Wenceslaus Hollar) Ordinis Benedictini monialis; Saint Thecla of Kitzengen c 1650. Etching with engraving on cream laid paper with an indiscernible watermark wit...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Laid Paper, Engraving

Tortoise-shell Butterfly, Hawk Moth: Antique Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Tortoise-shell Butterfly and Privet Hawk Moth, which is plate 2 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aure...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Game Birds, English antique bird engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Game Birds Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879. 160mm by 245mm (sheet). Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Girders (rainy night view of artist's former studio in Washington Heights
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Griders" is Craig McPherson's rainy night scene showing the view from his former studio in Washington Heights in NYC. The image is the companion pi...
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1980s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865 Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (367 x 268 mm), full margins. In very...
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Mid-19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving

Genip Tree & Fruit: An 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Geniculata Wieder Kraief, B. Genipa seu Ganipaba". It is plate 531 in...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Fifth Avenue Bridge.
Located in Storrs, CT
Fifth Avenue Bridge. 1928. Drypoint. McCarron 72. 9 7/8 x 12 (sheet 12 3/4 x 15). Edition of 108 recorded impressions. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper, with full margin...
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1920s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Degas, La Toilette, 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: 6.42 x 7.25 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

'Sister, A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Sister' , by contemporary printmaker and artist Rosie McLay (British) Edition 59 of 75 in total, handmade etching by the artist. Ink on paper layed on Dutch gold leaf. Hand etched ...
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2010s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

La Brebis, antique French 1760s sheep engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'La Brebis' Copper-line engraving, circa 1765 From Buffon's "Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere Avec la Description du Cabinet du Roi" which was published in Paris. 24c...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
A wonderful selection of hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames. Joha...
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18th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Mezzotint

Degas, Famille Cardinal, 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: 8 x 6.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the vo...
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1940s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

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 "Liebe" (Dear), Text in German on the plate, The drawing created unusually bold erotic subjects through deft strokes. Good conditions. Mihály Zichy...
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1910s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

Degas, Attente, 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: 4.875 x 6.625 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From t...
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1940s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Degas, Les Femmes, 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

'Blue Eyes' — Erotic Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hans Bellmer, 'Blue Eyes', engraving and drypoint, edition 99, 1971. Flahutez 89. Signed and numbered '74/99' in pencil. A fine impression, on Arches cream wove paper; the full sheet...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Drypoint

Sandwich Islands Canoe (Hawaii): Framed 18th C. Engraving Captain Cook's Journal
Located in Alamo, CA
"A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers Masked" is an engraving created by Charles Grignion, from a drawing by John Webber (1752-1793), who was the artist on Captain James Cook's 3rd and final voyage of discovery. It is Plate 65 in the atlas of "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere", the official British Admiralty sanctioned journal published upon completion of the voyage in London in 1784 by Strahan & Cadell. This famous image of ten Hawaiian rowers transporting a priest who is carrying a feather-covered image of Kukailimoku, the Hawaiian god of war. The priests and paddlers are all wearing gourd masks in their double-hulled canoe with an upright lateen woven sail. Each hull was shaped from a single large Koa log harvested from island rainforests, where they were carved before being transported to the coast. This engraving is presented in a Koa wood frame and a white mat. There are occasional faint spots, but the print is otherwise in very good condition. Koa is the same wood as was used to make the canoe. Koa wood is legendary in Hawaii. Not only is this amazing wood native to Hawaii, but it is known for the deep rich colors and varied grain pattern. Koa has an honored heritage in Hawaii and is highly revered and sacred. The word “koa” means “warrior” in Hawaiian. The warriors of King Kamehameha the Great, created canoes and weapons from a wood plentiful on the Big Island of Hawaii. This wood became synonymous with the warriors themselves, and it became known as koa. The frame measures 20.75" high, 26.75" wide and 0.88" deep. There are three other engravings listed from the official journal of Captain Cook's 3rd voyage available that are presented in identical Koa wood frames and mat (LU117324682022, LU117324684052, LU117324684062). They would make a wonderful grouping for a display of 2, 3 or 4 prints. A discount is available for a grouping depending on the number of items included. Hawaii was discovered by Captain Cook (1728-1779) during this voyage. Hawaii was originally called The Sandwich Islands in honor of The Earl of Sandwich...
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1780s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Street in Marblehead, Massachussets
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching on white, buff laid paper with deckle edges, 8 13/16 x 12 inches (224 x 305 mm), full margins. One of only 25 proof impressions. In superb condition with excellent i...
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1930s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Crustaceans - crabs, antique English natural history engraving print, 1837
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Crustacea' Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From Baron Georges Cuvier's (1769-1832) 'Animal Kingdom', published in London in 1837. 210mm by 130mm (sheet)
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

George Romodo - An Eccentric Mimic
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Romondo, was a diminutive 18th-century performer known as the “eccentric mimic.” Born in about the year 1765 in Lisbon, Portugal, Romondo’s unusual talent was matched by an...
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19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

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

The Grand Coronation Banquet of King George IV at Westminster Hall, 17 July 1821
Located in Middletown, NY
The Grand Coronation Banquet of King George IV at Westminster Hall, the oldest building on the Parliamentary estate. A Prospect of the Inside of Westminster Hall; The Grand Coronati...
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Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Watercolor

untitled, original
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is a limited edition, pencil signed by the artist on the print and in the plate. It is part of my private collection of artists from the School of Paris era. It is in very...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Lithograph

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

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Gebbie & Co., 1895. Photogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 6 11/16 x 9 5/8 inches (169 x 244 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor toning and three scatter...
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Late 19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Photogravure

A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - A Shattering Entrance upon the American Stage Drypoint etching with stencil from 1973. Editon A 55/195 on Arches paper. Dimensions of work: 65.4 x 50.4...
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1970s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Degas, Femme debout dans une Baignoire, 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: 6.5 x 4.75 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

Fish, English antique fish angling engraving print, 1879
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fish Wood-engraving with original colouring. 1879. 160mm by 245mm (sheet). Key below the image. From Oliver Goldsmith's 'A History of the Earth and Animated Nature'.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Salvador Dali "Blackberries"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Blackberries Series: Fruits Date: 1970 Medium: Photolithograph with original engraving on Rives Unframed Dimensions: 22.5" x 14.5" Framed Dimensio...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Lithograph

Ascension (Traffic in front of St. Bartholomew / Park Ave bet 50th and 51s
Located in New Orleans, LA
An overflow of traffic in front of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Cathedral on Park Avenue between 50th and 51st
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Ancient Rome /// Joseph Mallord William Turner City River Landscape Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Joseph William Mallord Turner (English, 1775-1851) Title: "Ancient Rome" Portfolio: The Turner Gallery: A Series of Sixty Engravings From The Principal Works of Josep...
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1860s Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Degas, Au Salon, 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: 6.25 x 8.25 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

The Wrath of Elihu: 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid.'
Located in Storrs, CT
The Wrath of Elihu. 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid'. 1823-25. Engraving. .Binyon catalog 117 state ii, Bindman catalog 632. Image 7 7/8 x 5 15/16; plate 8 ...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Vatican Hallway designed by Raphael: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volpato
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored copper-plate engraving by Giovanni Volpato after a drawing by Camporesi. It was the frontispiece for volume one of the rare and valuable...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Rococo design for a gate, German mid 18th century etching
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Rococo design for a gate, etching, by Joseph Baumann (active 1740-1760), circa 1750. Published by Martin Engelbrecht (1684–1756). Similar works ar...
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

"In the Forest" Aquatint - Mid Century Engraving Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming vintage Aquatint/etching titled "In the Forest" from the Paris Etching Society by French artist Pierre Maulin (France, late 19th-early 20th Cent...
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1930s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint

Portrait of Albert Schweitzer.
Located in Storrs, CT
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer. Etching. 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 (sheet 16 1/4 x 14). Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress, page 205....
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1950s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Fish, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fish and seahorse, engraving with original hand-colouring, circa 1815. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), an encyclopaedic ...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Salvador Dali -- L'Ouroboros
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali­ L'Ouroboros from Alchimie des Philosophes, 1976 Lithograph and drypoint on parchment Hand signed and Edition 179 / 225 Sheet size 77 x 56 cm Printer: Art Lithographie...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Drypoint

Degas, La Chanteuse du Cafe-Concert, 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: 6.5 x 5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the vol...
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1940s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Degas, Le Coucher, 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: 6.5 x 4.75 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

La Promenade
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Promenade Etching, soft-ground, aquatint & drypoint, Signed in pencil lower left Published by Edmund Sagot, Paris Edition of 50 in black only, aside from the edition of 50 in co...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Woman's Head - Woman's Head in Profile (left) (Havard)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman's Head - Woman's Head in Profile (left) (Havard) Drypoint, 1920 Unsigned (as issued) From: The Drypoints of Elie Nadelman, 21 unpublished prints by the sculptor, proof from th...
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1920s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

'Ironsides' a famous Hunter belonging to the Earl of Halifax
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Seymour (1702-1752) 'Ironsides' a famous Hunter belonging to the Earl of Halifax Mezzotint by R. Houston Image size 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in Framed size 12 x 16 in James Seymour was ...
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18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall: A Framed 19th C. Engraving After Myles Foster
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful 19th century framed hand-colored engraving is entitled "St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall" by J. Saddler after an original painting by the British artist Myles Birket Fost...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

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

Moths and a Lady Bug in a Landscape: A Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving depicting the natural history of moths and a lady bug, which is plate 22 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelian: or Natural History of English Insects; Namely Moths & Butterflies", first published in London in 1766 and this from an 1840 edition. The engraving depicts the natural history developmental stages of the Burnished Brass Moth, the Dark Gothic...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Framed Rubbing of 1550 Brass Monument in Grote Kerk Church, Breda, Netherlands
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an engraving of a tomb monument rubbing that has been highlighted with gold color on a dark grey to black background. The rubbing is of a brass plaque on a stone slab. It has...
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16th Century Northern Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Pommiers à Auvers
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1884. Etching with aquatint on cream laid paper, 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (196 x 272 mm), full margins. Light age tone, some very minor cockeling and a 1.5 inch v...
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Late 19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Aquatint

Salvador Dali "Icarus (Eolus)"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Icarus (Eolus) Series: The Mythology Date: 1963 Medium: drypoint Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 18" Framed Dimensions: 41" x 33" x 2" Signature: Pen...
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Degas, Famille Cardinal, 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 6.24 x 4.75 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

wood engraving for Mille Nuits
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...
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1950s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

Turbulence (black and white version), by Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular wave breaking under a stormy sky . Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to complete. Signed and numbered f...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Black Berries by Judith Rothchild
Located in New York, NY
Black Berries by Judith Rothchild - 23/100 Judith Rothchild is an American born artist, having grown up in Boston, Massachusetts. She now lives in the Languedoc region of France, wh...
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1990s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Etching

Walking Sticks and Round-A-Bouts. For the Year 1801
Located in Middletown, NY
An excellent example of Rowlandson's visual commentary on the challenges of changing fashion for those with a less than ideal physique. Rowlandson, Thomas (after George Murgatroyd W...
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Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving, Watercolor

Degas, Nu debout, 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: 8.5 x 6.25 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

Asie (Asia) from the series Atlas — Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Joseph Hecht, 'Asie (Asia) from the series Atlas', engraving, 1928, edition c. 50, Tonneau-Ryckelynck & Plumart 162. Signed and annotated 'epreuve definitive' (final proof) in pencil...
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1930s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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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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