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Medium: Engraving
“Haughton in the County of Nottingham” (Near Newark Upon Trent)
By Johannes Kip
Located in Southampton, NY
An original hand colored engraving by Johannes 'Jan' Kip (1653-1722) of Haughton in the County of Nottinghamshire, one of the seats of Prince John Duke of ...
Category
Early 1700s Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Great Fire of London, 1666
By James Stow
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare early 19th century view of the Great Fire of London over Ludgate, enhanced with hand coloring.
London: Robert Wilkinson, 1811.
Copperplate engraving with hand coloring in wa...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
The Rostrated Ray, Australia, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1794
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Rostrated Ray' (Eastern Shovelnose Ray)
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1794, by Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
110mm by 195mm (platemark)
125...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge
By Alfred Benjamin Cole
Located in Middletown, NY
After Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto
Copper plate engraving with hand coloring on cream laid paper with the Arms of France watermark (a crown in shield topped by a fleur-de-lys and the letters GR), 22 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (576 x 400 mm), wide to full margins. Multiple vertical and horizontal creases from folding and rolling; none appear to be particularly hard, there is however some associated cockeling. While there is some minor mat tone visible around the perimeter of the sheet, the extensive handcoloring remains extremely fresh and saturated in the intended areas. There are edge tears at each the right and left sheet edge (outside of the image area) due to an improper effort to mount the sheet to a mat. Otherwise in very good condition with all issues being consistent with age.
The print is wrongly titled "The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge...
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Le Petit Braconnier
Located in Middletown, NY
A boy kneels on a grass slope, trying to tempt an unseen animal.
Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865
Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper, Etching
The Bloody Ford
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Bloody Ford
Series: La Quete du Graal
Date: 1975
Medium: drypoint printed in color
Unframed Dimensions: 17.91" x 12.91"
Framed Dimensions: 25"...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
The Rider and the Deer
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: The Rider and the Deer
Series: Bestiaire de la Fontaine
Date: 1974
Medium: drypoint with color added by stencil
Unframed Dimensions: 22.83" x 29.92...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil, Drypoint
untitled (Returning Home with Supplies)
By Gustav Hagermann
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Returning Home with Supplies)
Signed in pencil by the artist lower right (see photo)
Signed by his printer, Otto Felsing lower left ((see photo)
Annotated in pencil: "In kupfer geschnitten von einen Lapplander"
Printed by Otto Felsing, one of Germany's master printers of the era
One of several engravings Hagemann made based upon actual drawings given to him by Laplanders.
Gustav Hagemann was born on February 17, 1891, in Engelnstedt, Salzgitter, Germany. Hagemann attended high school in Wolfenbüttel and studied at the art school, in Kassel, Germany. After graduating as an art teacher, he became a trainee teacher in Torgau in Saxony.
He fought in the First World War between 1914-1918. After the war he studied art from 1920...
Category
1930s Outsider Art Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
The Twin Rocks of Capri; I Faraglioni a Capri
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879
Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor margina...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photogravure, Engraving
The Royal Exchange of London
Located in Middletown, NY
London: A. Churchill & J. Knapton, 1754
Engraving on fibrous laid paper with a "C" watermark, 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (246 x 297 mm), full margins. Significant edge wear including mul...
Category
Mid-18th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper, Handmade Paper
Visage Surrealiste
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador
Title: Visage Surrealiste
Series: Aurelia
Date: 1972
Medium: Engraving
Unframed Dimensions: 29.92" x 22.05"
Framed Dimensions: 38" x 30"
Signature: Penc...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
View of the New Trinity House on Tower Hill
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Laurie & Whittle, 1799
Engraving on buff wove paper, 10 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (271 x 338 mm), uneven narrow to wide margins. Soft vertical fold at the center sheet (as issued)...
Category
Late 18th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
Sous Bois
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Cadart & Luquet, c1870.
Etching with engraving on Chine-collé mounted to wove paper, 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (360 x 244 mm) full margins. In good condition with some marginal w...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving, Handmade Paper
A North West View of St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Located in Middletown, NY
London: R.H Laurie, 1823
Engraving on buff wove paper, 10 x 15 3/4 inches (252 x 398 mm), full margins. Age and light tone, as well as areas of light yellow discoloration from the e...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
The plan of St. Martin's Church, St. Martin in the Fields
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Society of Antiqauries London, 1744. Engraving on buff wove paper with a large heraldic watermark with Strasbourg lily with a crown and shied and the letters LVG, 9 1/2 x 14 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Salvador Dalí, Gianni Schicchi’s Bite (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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
St. Paul's Cross
By James Stow
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Robert Wilkinson, c1620
Engraving on thin Japon paper,16 1/8 x 11 3/4 iches (408 x 297 mm), narrow margins. In good condition with some age-related toning and edge wear, including two small horizontal tears which appear at the right and left center sheet edges. There is a vertical edge tear on the the lower sheet edge which is expertly repaired with a tab of paper tape mounted to the verso, and a soft horizontal fold, as issued. Plate created circa 1620, however printed later, likely early 19th century.
Dr. John King preaching at St. Paul's Cross for James I, his Queen, Charles Prince of Wales...
Category
17th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
Inside of the Duke's Theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields as it appeared...Charles II
Located in Middletown, NY
London: William Herbert & Robert Wilkinson, 1809
Engraving on buff wove paper, 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (310 x 208 mm), full margins. In good condition with some scattered surface soiling, and edge wear along the top sheet edge, well outside of the image area. From a series of three views of the Duke's Theater.
An impression of this work may be viewed in the permanant collection of the Royal Collection...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving
Neferchidea /// Abstract Geometric Expressionist Nancy Graves Female Artist
By Nancy Graves
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Nancy Graves (American, 1939-1995)
Title: "Neferchidea"
Portfolio: Black Ground Series
*Signed and dated by Graves in pencil lower right
Year: 1987
Medium: Original Etching, ...
Category
1980s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Hall of Bermondsey Abbey, English School, 19th Century (attributed to Dale)
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Robert Wilkinson, 1820
Copperplate engraving on buff wove paper, 13 x 9 3/4 inches (330 x 247 mm) full margins. In good condition with some minor toning and surface soiling ...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
English School, 19th Cent. –An Interior View of the Porch ... Church St. Alphage
Located in Middletown, NY
An Interior View of the Porch of the Parish Church St. Alphage; An interior view of the porch of the parish church of St Alphage, London Wall: formerly the chapel of the priory of El...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
(after) John Constable mezzotint "Spring"
By David Lucas
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: mezzotint (engraved by David Lucas after the John Constable painting). Printed in 1855 on cream wove paper for the "English Landscape Scenery" portfolio, published in London ...
Category
1850s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Flight of the Elephant Garlic
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. Most of his mezzotints are tiny, and his subjects are the simplest of everyday objects: an egg, seashell, carrot, potatoes. Simil...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
"Dover" 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", ...
Category
Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Moon phase man
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving
Not signed
65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. | 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (paper)
43.50 cm. x 32.50 cm. | 17.13 in. x 12.8 in. (image)
Arches paper
A lithograph by the Belgian artist, cap...
Category
1970s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 10
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
Category
1820s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
(after) John Constable mezzotint "A Heath"
By David Lucas
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: mezzotint (engraved by David Lucas after the John Constable painting). Printed in 1855 on cream wove paper for the "English Landscape Scenery" portfolio, published in London ...
Category
1850s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
David Loggan Clare College Cambridge engraving 1690
By David Loggan
Located in London, GB
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David Loggan (1634-1692)
Clare College Cambridge...
Category
1670s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Europe recens deseripta a Guilielmo Blaeuw
By Willem Janszoon Bleau
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Hand-colored engraved map by map publisher and engraver Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), offical cartographer for the Dutch East India Company and considered one of the great maste...
Category
Early 18th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Photogravure
Aardvark
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Aardvark
Engraving, 1951
Signed, dated, titled in pencil by the artist (see photo)
Annotated "To Jon from Ray" (see photo)
Printed by Jon Clemens, Master Printer, c. 1990
Condition: ...
Category
1950s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Porcupine
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Porcupine
Engraving, 1949
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Titled and numbered lower left (see photo)
Created while the artist was completing the MFA in Printmaking at the Un...
Category
1940s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Vienna Lipizzaner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Vienna Lipizzaner
Engraving, 1962
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Titled and numbered lower left (see photo)
This impression is from the second edtition printed c. 1992
1st ...
Category
1960s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 12
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
Category
1820s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Walruses
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Walruses
Engraving, 1952
Signed, dated, titled and numbered (see photos)
Edition: 100, this from the second printing with the artist's initials in an edition of 25 (16/25)
Condition:...
Category
1950s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Sinopsis, by Javier Roz
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Roz is particularly interested in exploring the relationship between photography and drawing, line and light. His current work is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Pen, Photographic Film, Drypoint, Etching
Synagogue Duke's Palace Houndsditch by Th. Sunderland after Pugin & Rowlandson
Located in Middletown, NY
A faithful architectural rendering of the earliest Ashkenazi synagogue constructed in London; built about 1690, and subsequently destroyed in the Blitz, 1941.
London: Rudolph Ackerm...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Engraving, Handmade Paper
His & Hers Prints, Pair of 18th Century Engravings of Male and Female Tapirs
By Jacques Eustache de Seve
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive pair of engravings of Male and Female Tapirs.
Etching / engraving on hand laid paper.
Sheet size:(7,9 x 10,2 inch).
Image size: (6,3 x 7,9 inch).
Framed size: 15...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Queen of Great Britain arriving in Portsmouth 25 May 1662 & The Arrival in L
Located in Middletown, NY
Two images of Queen Catharina of Braganza; one before her marriage to King Charles II, the other after, as Queen of Great Britian. Engraved by Matthiäus Merian, father of Maria Sybli...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Nude with Guitar (Poèmes Secrets d'Apollinaire), 1967
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nude with Guitar – signed and dated ‘Dalí 67’ lower right and framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame. On japon, unnumbered from the 1967 edition of 235 portf...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
La Place Saint Georges, Paris
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879.
Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor margin...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Photogravure
Crucifixion
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Crucifixion
Engraving, etching, and ground printed in colors, 1947
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
From the second printing by Jon Clemens, master printer in the 1990's
Done while the artist was at the Iowa Print Group, MFA Program, University of Iowa .
Condition: excellent
Image/Plate size: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Printmaker, painter, and sculptor Ray H...
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1940s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
J. M. W. Turner / Sir Frank Short mezzotint "Erhrenbreitstein to Coblenz, No. 2"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: mezzotint. Catalogue reference: Hardie 95. Executed in 1913 by Sir Frank Short after J. M. W. Turner and signed in pencil by Sir Frank Short. Printed on chine-collé paper in ...
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1910s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching
KITES
Located in Portland, ME
Saunier, Hector (French, born Argentina, 1936-) . KITES. Aquatint and engraving in colors, 1974. Edition of 50. Titled, numberd, dated, and signed in pencil. 17 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches (...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Landscape - Etching by J. F. Raffaelli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint. Hand signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Colosseum (First State)
Located in Middletown, NY
Copper plate engraving on cream wove paper, 18 1/4 x 13 3/8 (462 x 338 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right. Edition of 20. First state (of 2). Minor uniform toning, and ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper
Gresham College
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with engraving on cream laid paper with a Garden of Holland or Maid of Dort Pro Patria watermark, 11 x 14 1/4 inches (278 x 361 mm), thread margins. Lettered with the title in a cartouche at the top-center sheet, continuing "a Latere Occidentali Prospeus AD MDCCXXXIX," with numbers over the image at right that correspond to a key 1 to 29, and with publication details: "Georgius Vertue Londini delineavit et Sculpsit anno MDCCXXXIX". Multiple expert repairs, notably a Y-shaped, expert paper tape repair on the verso. Handling creases, toning. All issues are consistent with age. An impression of this work may be viewed in the permanent collection of the British Museum, registration No. 1880,1113.3963.
A bird's eye view of the college in Broad Street, London, showing the courtyard, adjoining stable yard to the right, and the buildings at the back.
This work was included in Frederick Crace...
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Early 18th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Handmade Paper
Nude at the Fountain (Poèmes Secrets d'Apollinaire), 1967
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nude at the Fountain– signed and dated ‘Dalí’ lower right and framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame. On japon, unnumbered from the 1967 edition of 235 portfolios.
Originally publishe...
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20th Century Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Liquid and Gaseous Television (Michler/Löpsinger 824; Field 75-11C), S. Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Liquid and Gaseous Television (Michler/Löpsinger 824; Field 75-11C), Imagination and Objects of the Future Portfolio
Year: 1975
Medium: Drypo...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint
Le Drongo a Racquettes. Mâle
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Engraving by Claude Fessard after Johann Lebrecht Reinold for "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d'Afrique" by François Levaillant (1753-1824), pu...
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19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, The Joy of the Blessed (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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Philanthropic Reform in St. George's Field
Located in Middletown, NY
London: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie, 1814.
Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper, 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches (290 x 437 mm). Condition issues include signif...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Salvador Dalí, News of the Limbos, 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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
La divine comédie Purgatoire 33 Dante purifié by Salvador Dali - Print multiple
Located in Geneva, CH
Color engraving on wood from the Dali's portfolio " The Divin Comedy"
Lithograph without numbering
Framed. Total size with frame 30x38 cm
In perfect condition
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1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Lithograph
Salvador Dalí, Charon, 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...
Category
1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Paul Jouve - Eagle - Original Engraving
By Paul Jouve
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Jouve - Eagle - Original Engraving
Editions Rombaldi, Paris, 1950.
Copy on velin creme de Rives
Artwork by Paul Jouve.
Original copper engraving heightened with pochoir.
Paul...
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1950s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí, The Archangel Gabriel (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
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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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