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Medium: Engraving
Degas, Trois Femmes de dos, 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

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

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

The Biggest of All; Telephone and Telegraph Building.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Biggest of All; Telephone and Telegraph Building. 1925. Etching. Wuerth 853. 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17 1/8). Edition probably 35. An atmospheric impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Fractal - ssi - 3b
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 2018 Edition : 18/25 61.00 cm. x 56.00 cm. 24.02 in. x 22.05 in. (paper) 30.00 cm. x 30.00 cm. 11.81 in. x 11.81 in. (image) In this minimalist etching, Seiko Tachiban...
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2010s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Map of the Russian Empire: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of The Whole Russian Empire, As Contain'd Both In Europe and Asia, Drawn from Authentic Journals, Sur...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

George I, King of England, royalty portrait engraving, circa 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'George I' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan. Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher. George I (1660-1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire...
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Late 18th Century Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Admirable Butterflies, Magpie Moths: A Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Admirable Butterfly and the Small Magpie Moth, which is plate 6 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aure...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Purslane-leaved Aizoon. Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Aizoon Canariense - Purslane-leaved Aizoon' Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by ...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Serie 23 no. 14-4, Serigraph, edition 157 of 200
Located in Miami, FL
"Serie 23 no. 14-4" 1971 Serigraph in color Edition 157 of 200 30 x 30 in Julio Le Parc is an Argentinian artist best known for his pioneering works of Kinetic Art. Depicting lab...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Chelsea Old Church, London
Located in Storrs, CT
Chelsea Old Church. 1924. Etching, drypoint, and aquatint. Dickins 94. 5 3/8 x 8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 9 3/4). Edition 100 for The Print Collector's Club. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dedicated "W.R. Button from W. Walcot London 1930" in pencil. Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England. Inside the Grade I listed building, there is seating for 400 people. There is a memorial plaque to the author Henry James (1843–1916) who lived nearby on Cheyne Walk. To the west of the church is a small public garden containing a sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein. When he was seventeen,William Walcot began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel Metropole...
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Early 20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Rising Tide
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to complete. His seascapes and ocean prints are from the California coastline. Sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Requiem
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Scene of cliffs shaped by the waaves of the california coastline. Suggestions of human forms can be seen in some rock formations. Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturin...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome Italy. Jacobs Lauro 17th century engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Lauro produced a series of engravings of the ancient monuments of Classical Rome with detailed descriptions in Latin below. 180mm by 240mm (plate mark)...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

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

Mythological Roman Alphabet Leaf with Celtic Motif, Letter X
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving printed in black ink on hand-made, thin-laid paper, 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (84 x 84 mm), 3/4 inch margins. In excellent condition, printed 19th century.
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17th Century Italian School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Indian Friendship Dance
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Indian Friendship Dance Drypoint, 1953 Signed in pencil lower right, (see photo) Edition 200 Published by The Society of American Graphic Artists, New York An impression is in the collection of SAAM, Washington and RISD Museum, Condition: Excellent Very rich impression with burr and selective whiping of the ink for atmospheric nocturnal effect. Image/Plate size: 8 3/16 x 11 15/16 inches Sheet size: 11 1/8 x 17 inches Reference: Kloss 450 "'Indian Friendship Dance' is an eloquent statement of something which Gene Kloss has both observed and participated in. It is an Indian dance that is thought of as entertainment, rather than ceremony, but it is essentially an idea expressed in action, and an idea that has universal meaning. The young men who dance wear costumes of exquisite workmanship, intricately wrought with beads and feathers and subtle combinations of colors. The dancers are trained from childhood but develop their own steps and exhibit distinctive strength and grace. Singers and a tom-tom accompany the dance and since it usually takes place at night, a campfire is the source of light. The conclusion occurs when all the onlookers, old and young and from many places, join hands with the dancers in a slow revolving movement, while those who can, sing the difficult but meaningful Indian song that flows with the rhythmical dance step and speaks of fellowship, brotherhood, friendship." - An excerpt from a descriptive statement, written by Lynd Ward, and distributed with the drypoint at the time of publication." Courtesy Old Print Shop Born Alice Glasier in Oakland, CA, Kloss grew up amid the worldly bustle of the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with honors in art in 1924. She discovered her talents in intaglio printmaking during a senior-year course in figurative drawing. The professor, Perham Nahl, held up a print from Kloss’ first plate, still damp from the printing process, and announced that she was destined to become a printmaker. In 1925, Gene married Phillips Kloss, a poet and composer who became her creative partner for life. The match was uncanny, for in her own way Gene, too, was a poet and a composer. Like poetry, her artworks capture a moment in time; like music, her compositions sing with aesthetic harmony. Although she was largely self-taught, Kloss was a printmaking virtuoso. On their honeymoon the Klosses traveled east from California, camping along the way. They spent two week is Taos Canyon – with a portable printing press cemented to a rock near their campsite – where Gene learned to appreciate the wealth of artistic subject matter in New Mexico. The landscape, the cultures, and the immense sky left an indelible impression on the couple, who returned every summer until they made Taos their permanent home 20 years later. Throughout her life, Kloss etched more than 625 copper plates, producing editions ranging from five to 250 prints. She pulled every print in every edition herself, manually cranking the wheel of her geared Sturges press until she finally purchased a motorized one when she was in her 70s. Believing that subject matter dictated technique, she employed etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, softground, and a variety of experimental approaches, often combining several techniques on the same plate. She also produced both oil and watercolor paintings. Kloss’ artworks are filled with drama. Her prints employ striking contrasts of darkness and light, and her subjects are often illuminated by mysterious light sources. Though she was a devout realist, there is also a devout abstraction on Kloss’ work that adds an almost mythical quality. For six decades Kloss documented the cultures of the region-from images of daily life to those of rarely seen ceremonies. She and her husband shared a profound respect for the land and people, which made them welcome among the Native American and Hispanic communities. Kloss never owned a camera but relied instead on observation and recollection. Her works provide an inside look at the cultures she depicted yet at the same time communicate the awe and freshness of an outsider’s perspective. Although Kloss is best known for her images of Native American and Penitente scenes, she found artistic inspiration wherever she was. During the early years of their marriage, when she and Phil returned to the Bay Area each winter to care for their aging families, she created images of the California coast. And when the Klosses moved to southwestern Colorado in 1965, she etched the mining towns and mountainous landscapes around her. In 1970 the Klosses returned to Taos and built a house north of town. Though her artwork continued to grow in popularity, she remained faithful to Taos’ Gallery A, where she insisted that owner Mary Sanchez keep the prices of her work reasonable regardless of its market value. Kloss continued to etch until 1985, when declining health made printmaking too difficult. From her first exhibition at San Francisco’s exclusive Gump’s in 1937 to her 1972 election to full membership in the National Academy of Design, Kloss experienced a selective fame. She received numerous awards, and though she is not as well known as members of the Taos Society of Artists...
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1950s American Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Lion Défendant sa Proie (Lion Defending Its Prey)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Joseph Hecht, 'Lion Défendant sa Proie (Lion Defending Its Prey)', engraving, 1931, edition 50, Tonneau-Ryckelynck & Plumart 215. Signed and numbered '18/50' in pencil. A fine impres...
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1930s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Amolago (Aglaonema) Plant: 17th Century Botanical Engraving by H. van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 17th century engraving of a plant entitled "Amolago" by the Dutch botanist Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 16 from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' (Garden of Malabar), published in Amsterdam in 1686 by Johann van Someren. The engraving depicts the Amolago plant, a large leafed plant, possibly corresponding to the present day aglaonema plant. Rheede's 19th century publication featured illustrations of exotic plants and fruits labelled with script in the upper right corner in Latin, Malay, Arabic, and Sanskrit. Hortus Indicus Malabaricus is believed to be the earliest comprehensive published work on the flora of Asia and the tropics. The 17th century treatise featured important illustrations of 740 plants of the region, including Indian medicinal plants. The engraving is printed on 17th century laid, chain-linked paper. The sheet measures 14.75" high by 17.25" wide. There is a central fold, as issued. There are a few tiny spots and there is minimal irregularity of the left edge of the paper where the print was previously bound in the 17th century publication. The print is otherwise in very good condition. There are additional Rheede botanical engravings from his 'Hortus Indicus Malabaricus' publication that are listed on my 1stdibs storefront and online website. These would make for an impressive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of two or more of the prints. Hendrik Adriaan van...
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Late 17th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Earl Waldegrave coat of arms
Located in Middletown, NY
London: c 1750. Steel engraving on cream wove paper, 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (sheet) (142 x 162 mm), margins trimmed inside the platemark. Scattered handling wear, creasing and edge nic...
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Mid-18th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

14th Street Oriental
Located in Middletown, NY
New York, Associated American Artists, 1950. Drypoint and aquatint on cream wove paper, 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 inches (150 x 100 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 48/50 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Stephen Sholinsky...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Dominus Nicolaus Vander Borcht /// Anthony van Dyck Full Length Portrait Flemish
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Anthony van Dyck (Dutch, 1599-1641) Title: "Dominus Nicolaus Vander Borcht" Year: 1703 (first or second state of three) Medium: Original Engraving on laid paper Limi...
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Early 1700s Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Malopa grandiflora, antique botanical flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Acer & Carduus - 18th century Weinmann botanical plant flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Acarna Theophrasti' and 'Acer Campestre minus' Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740. From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The fi...
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18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

San Marco [Venice].
Located in Storrs, CT
William Walcot. R.E., R.I.B.A. San Marco. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 66, Harvey-Lee 91. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/8). Venice set, # 2. Edition 415. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Fold in the margin, well outside the image; otherwise good condition. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat. Soon after Walcot's arrival in England, the Fine Art Society sponsored a trip sent to Italy. This scene is one of four small drypoints that resulted from the artist’s stay in Venice. When he was seventeen, he began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel Metropole...
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Early 20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

'The Protestants Champion!!' (... Duke of Sussex, Son of King George III)
Located in Middletown, NY
This portrait of King George the III's son was published in the same year that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in London. 'The Protestants Champion!!' (Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex...
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Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Engraving, Etching

Fever Nut Plant "Ban Caretti": A 17th Century Engraving by Hendrik van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraving of a fever or bonduc nut plant entitled "Ban Caretti" by Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 20 from his 'Hortus Indi...
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Late 17th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Rainy Day / Fifth Avenue in New York
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a rare New York image by Levon West Levon West, who also used the name Ivan Dimitri, was born on February 3, 1900 in Centerville, North Dakota. ...
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1930s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Orchids: Framed 19th C. Hand-Colored Engraving of "Laelia Anceps" by J. Fitch
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph entitled "Laelia Anceps Williamsii" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate 100 in Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Album...
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1880s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Terence, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Terenzio' (Terence) Copper-line engraving by Silvestro Pomared after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image. Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692–1768) w...
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Mid-18th Century Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Study of Turnstones.
Located in New York, NY
Frank Benson made this drypoint in 1928. The second state of two. A scarce print with no recorded printings of the second state - presumably, at least two were printed. The image size is 4 7/8 x 5 7/8" (12.4 x 14.9 cm). #282 in the Frank W. Benson catalogue raisonne by Adam Paff. Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), well known for his American impressionist paintings, produced an incredible body of prints - etchings, drypoints, and a few lithographs. Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Benson, a natural outdoorsman, grew up sailing, fishing, and hunting. While a teenager his fascination with drawing and birding developed simultaneously and continued throughout his life. His first art instruction was with Otto Grundman at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then in 1883 in Paris at the Academie Julian where he studied the rigorous ‘ecole des beaux arts’ approach to drawing and painting for two years. During the early 1880’s Seymour Haden visited Boston giving a series of lectures on etching. This introduction to the European etching...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

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

Xisco Mensua Spanish artist 1995 original signed framed engraving print n8
Located in Miami, FL
Xisco Mensua (Spain, 1960) Untitled from Portfolio "Junio - Julio", 1995 engraving on paper 12.6 x 9.5 in. (32 x 24 cm.) Edition of 6 Frame 16x20 in. ID: MEN1253-008 Hand-signed by a...
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

"The Caissons Go Rolling Along".
Located in Storrs, CT
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along". 1929. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 145. 17 3/8 x 9 1/2 (sheet 18 3/4 x 11 1/2). Edition 90. Slight mat line, otherwise find condition. A ri...
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1920s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Birds
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA Artist proof 91.00 cm. x 63.00 cm. 35.83 in. x 24.8 in. (paper) 76.50 cm. x 58.50 cm. 30.12 in. x 23.03 in. (image) Th...
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1970s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artist proof engraving, aquatint, intaglio on archival paper by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed in pencil lower right and dated 1947. Condition: good...
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1940s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

Winslow Homer "Snap The Whip" Harper's illustration, engraved by Lagarde
Located in New York, NY
Winslow Homer Snap The Whip, 1873 Engraving Sight: 14 1/4 x 20 in. Framed: 20 x 26 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. Inscription: in block: "Homer 1873, Lagarde Sc." printed below image: "Snap-the-Whi...
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1870s American Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Adoration of the Shepherds
By Peter Paul Rubens
Located in New York, NY
Adoration of the Shepherds after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640), engraved by Pierre-Franois Basan (French, 1723-1797), engraving, c. 1750, in black on ivory laid paper, 282 x 200 mm., with small margins. In very good condition. A fine proof impression, before letters. A draft printing of letters is visible, lower left, below image: “P P Rubens inv.”; lower right: “F. Basan excudit”. Basan’s engraving after Rubens may be modeled after another engraving of the Adoration after Rubens by Theodor Galle (1571-1633), which appeared as an illustration to the 1618 reprint of 1616 edition of “Missale Romanum...
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1750s Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Manhattan Municipal Building
By Chester B. Price
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil and annotated "imp" lower right; Dedicated lower left: "To Bob Nisbet from…" Note: Desgined by William M. Kendall of McKim, Mead and White, this classical skyscra...
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1910s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Composition, L'amour du plus lointain, James Coignard
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Engraving on vélin papier à la cuve du Moulin Richard de Bas paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, L'amour du plus lointain, neuf gravures...
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1960s Post-War Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Two Girls - Engraving after Rembrandt - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Girls  is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized after an etching after Rembrandt by Charles Amand-Durand. This wonderful 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

3 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Three plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: XLVIII; XLIX & L. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Engraving

Fritz William Scholder American artist 1982 original signed engraving mask
Located in Miami, FL
Fritz Scholder (American, 1937-2005) 'Mask of the artist', 1982 Engraving, aquatint and resin 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) ID: SCH1341-005 Unframed
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1980s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

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

Saint Louis en Ile, 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

Canterbury: An Original 16th C. Framed Hand-colored Map by Braun & Hogenberg
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 16th century map and city view of Canterbury, England entitled "Cantuarbury" by Braun & Hogenburg, from their famous landmark atlas of city views 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' (Atlas of the Cities of the World), which was first published in Cologne, Germany in 1572. The map of Canterbury was first published in 1588. It depicts a detailed birdseye view of the completely walled and fortified city of Canterbury, with its cathedral the most prominent feature. The coat of arms of England, Canterbury, and the Archbishop of Canterbury are included. This beautifully hand-colored map is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a beaded inner trim and a paprika-colored mat that highlights details in the map. The frame measures 18.75" high by 22.25" wide by 0.875" deep. There is a central vertical fold, as issued. The map is in excellent condition. Braun and Hogenberg's 'The Civitates Orbis Terrarum' was the second atlas of maps ever published and the first atlas of cities and towns of the world. It is one of the most important books published in the 16th century. Most of the maps in the atlas were engraved by Franz Hogenberg and the text, with its descriptions of the history and additional factual information of the cities, was written by a team of writers and edited by Georg Braun. The work contained 546 bird-eye views and map views of cities and towns from all over the world. It gave graphic representation of the main features of the illustrated cities and towns, including the buildings and streets. Although the ordinary buildings are stylized, the principal buildings are reproduced from actual drawings created on location. The principal landmarks and streets can still be recognized today. In addition, the maps often include the heraldic arms of the city, the nature of the surrounding countryside, the important rivers, streams and harbors, even depicting stone bridges, wooden pontoons, flat-bottomed ferries, ships and working boats, wharves and jetties, as well as land-based activities, including horsemen, pedestrians, wagons, coaches, and palanquins. Small vignettes are often included which illustrate the trade, occupations and habits of the local inhabitants, such as agriculture, paper-making and textiles, as well as local forms of punishment, such as gibbets, wheels, floggings etc. Large figures dressed in their local costume are often presented out of proportion in the foreground. The aim of the authors was to give as much information as possible in a pleasing visual form. They succeeded in creating maps that were both informative and decorative works of art. The atlas is a wonderful glimpse of life in medieval Europe. Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic...
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16th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Engraving after POUSSIN by JAZET 19th French classical landscape 17th
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Pierre Marie JAZET Paris, 1788 - Paris, 1871 (after Nicolas POUSSIN) Color engraving 46 x 63.5 cm (59 x 74 cm for the sheet)
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19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

The Picador Incites the Bull.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Picador Incites the Bull. 1911. Drypoint. Hardie 104. 6 1/4 x 9 7/8 (sheet 8 1/4 x 11 7/8). Edition 30, #5. Slight mat line, 1 hinge stain in the lower margin, well outside the i...
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1910s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

'Mokihana (Hawaii)' — Classic Polynesian Portrait
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
John Melville Kelly, 'Mokihana (Hawaii)', drypoint, 1946. Signed, titled, and annotated 'No 5' in pencil. A superb, finely nuanced impression, in dark brown ink, on cream wove Japan ...
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1940s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

18th C. Bartolozzi Portrait of Brooke Cobham from a 16th Century Holbein Drawing
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century engraved portrait of Brooke Cobham, a nobleman in King Henry VIII's court, created by Francesco Bartolozzi (1728–1815), after a drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497- 1543) in the 16th century. Holbein was the official artist in the court of King Henry VIII. Bartolozzi used both etching and stipple engraving techniques to create the work which was then was printed in color on pink paper and hand finished with watercolor. It was published by John Chamberlaine in London in 1793 in "The Book of Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of His Majesty". Sir George Brooke, Baron Cobham (1497-1558) was a prominent member of King Henry VIII's royal court. He became a member of parliament in 1529 and served as a peer in the trial of Queen Anne Boleyn, which resulted in her beheading. He was rewarded for his political and military service to King Henry and Britain with land, castles and former monasteries and was made a Knight of the Garter, a prestigious membership limited to the king and a very limited number of prominent British subjects. As a member of the Privy Council following the death of young King Edward VI (Henry VIII's son), he fell out of favor when he signed a ruling disinheriting both of Henry VIII's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, in favor of Lady Jane Grey...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Sexual Encounter - Original Etching ad Drypoint by A. Doré - Late 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Sexual Encounter is a beautiful drypoint made by the French painter, illustrator, and writer Amandine Doré in the second half of the 20th century. The st...
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Late 20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Mimulus roseus, antique botanical pink flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Palazzo dell'Angelo
Located in Middletown, NY
Palazzo dell'Angelo 1931 Etching and drypoint on cream-colored, handmade laid paper with deckle edges, 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches (185 x 171 mm), edition of 100, full margins. Signed, dated and numbered "Ed. 100" in pencil, lower margin, second state (of three). Printed by Henry Carling, New York. Extremely minor mat tone and some inky residue in the top right corner, all unobtrusive and well outside of image area. An exquisite impression of this intricate image, with astonishing detail, and all the fine lines printing clearly. The image represents the first print which Arms printed on his own handmade paper. Framed handsomely with archival materials and museum grade glass in a wood gilt frame with a flower and garland motif. Illustrated: Dorothy Noyes Arms, Hill Towns and Cities of Northern Italy, p. 180; Anderson, American Etchers Abroad 1880-1930; Eric Denker, Reflections & Undercurrents: Ernest Roth and Printmaking in Venice, 1900-1940, p. 116. [Fletcher 233] Born in 1887 in Washington DC, John Taylor Arms studied at Princeton University, and ultimately earned a degree in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1912. With the outbreak of W.W.I, Arms served as an officer in the United States Navy, and it was during this time that he turned his focus to printmaking, having published his first etching in 1919. His first subjects were the Brooklyn Bridge, near the Navy Yard, and it was during his wartime travel that Arms created a series of extraordinarily detailed etchings based on Gothic cathedrals and churches he visited in France and Italy. He used what was available to him, namely sewing needles and a magnifying glass, to create the incredibly rich and fine detail that his etchings are known for. Upon his return to New York after the war, Arms enjoyed a successful career as a graphic artist, created a series of etchings of American cities, and published Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers (Macmillan, 1934). He served as President of the Society of American Graphic Artists, and in 1933, was made a full member of the National Academy of Design. In its most modern incarnation, Palazzo dell'Angelo was constructed in or around 1570. The building, which has a rich and storied history, was erected upon the ruins of an earlier structure which predates the Gothic period. Some remnants of the earliest features of the residence were most certainly still visible when Arms visited, as they are today. Having a background in architecture, there's no question that Arms was moved by the beauty, history and ingenuity represented in the physical structure. One thing specifically gives away Arms's passion for the architecture, and that is the fact that he focused on the building's Moorish entranceway, balustrade, and two mullioned windows, and not on the curious Gothic era bas-relief of an angel nestled into the facade of the building, after which the structure is named. The sculpture itself doesn't appear in Arms's composition at all, despite the fact that it is the feature of the building that is most famous in its folklore. Arms instead focuses on the oldest portion of the architecture, even documenting some of the remnants of a fresco, and a funerary stele for the freedman Tito Mestrio Logismo, and his wife Mestria Sperata (visible above the water level, to the left of the door, behind the gondola), which was first described in 1436. Among the many notable bits of history regarding the Palazzo, it has been documented that Tintoretto painted frescos of battle scenes on the facade of the building. The paintings have been lost to time and the elements, but not entirely to history. The empty frame...
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1930s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

Map of Cambridge, c.1572 engraving by Braun & Hogenberg
Located in London, GB
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16th Century Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Becquet
Located in Storrs, CT
J. Becquet, Sculptor (The Fiddler). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 52 state iv; Glasgow 62. state i. 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 5/16 x 9 3/4). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thame...
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Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

A Falkland Island Quail: An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a Falkland Island Quail ("Caille des Isles Malouines") by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 222 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in associatio...
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1760s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Schizanthus Priestii, antique botanical white flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Boris Viskin Mexican Artist Original Hand Signed engraving 2004, 15x15 in
Located in Miami, FL
Boris Viskin (Mexico, 1960) Untitled from 'El exilio de los sentidos', 2004 engraving on paper 15 x 15 in. (38 x 38 cm.) Edition of 75 ID: VIS1662-001 Han...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

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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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