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Medium: Etching
Henri Laurens “Tete de Femme a L’eventail’
Henri Laurens “Tete de Femme a L’eventail’

Henri Laurens “Tete de Femme a L’eventail’

By Henri Laurens

Located in San Francisco, CA

Henri Laurens: 1885-1954. Well listed French artist with Auction records in the millions of dollars and over $8000 for a print. This rare print came in a small edition of Which I bel...

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1920s Cubist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Abstract Composition - Original Etching and Drypoint - Mid-20th Century

Abstract Composition - Original Etching and Drypoint - Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Abstract Composition is an original print in etching and drypoint on white color paper, realized by an anonymous artist of the Mid-20th Century. In very good conditions. The artwor...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

"Centre Noeuds" planche #10
"Centre Noeuds" planche #10

"Centre Noeuds" planche #10

By Roberto Matta

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #10, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It i...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Bain-Froid Chevrier; Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, "School Baths", Paris
Bain-Froid Chevrier; Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, "School Baths", Paris

Bain-Froid Chevrier; Chevrier's Cold-Bath Establishment, "School Baths", Paris

By Charles Meryon

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on cream laid Hudelist paper with a large indicative watermark, 5 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (130 x 143 mm), full margins. From the edition of only 50 impressions prin...

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Mid-19th Century French School Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching, Engraving

Molvout, by Francois Houtin
Molvout, by Francois Houtin

Molvout, by Francois Houtin

By François Houtin

Located in Palm Springs, CA

In Molvout, François Houtin merges organic vitality with the crumbling geometry of architecture. The composition presents a fantastical form that seems part tree, part tower, entwine...

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1970s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Maternal Caress, Impressionist Etching after Mary Cassatt
Maternal Caress, Impressionist Etching after Mary Cassatt

Maternal Caress, Impressionist Etching after Mary Cassatt

By Mary Cassatt

Located in Long Island City, NY

Mary Cassatt, After, American (1844 - 1926) - Maternal Caress, Year: 1991; Original Published: 1890 - 1891, Medium: Color Etching on Arches Paper, Image Size: 13 x 10 inches, Size...

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1990s Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

James Hansen "Untitled III", Abstract Aquatint Etching Lithograph, Signed & No.
James Hansen "Untitled III", Abstract Aquatint Etching Lithograph, Signed & No.

James Hansen "Untitled III", Abstract Aquatint Etching Lithograph, Signed & No.

By James Hansen

Located in Detroit, MI

ONE WEEK ONLY SALE AT 40% "Untitled III" is a work that displays James Hansen's intense colors and shapes of his abstract and surrealist style. This print made with etching and aquatints with hand-coloring on Arches paper pops with the illusion of three dimensions set against a muted background of esoteric shapes and symbols. The print is 32-3/4 x 25-3/4 inches and is signed and numbered from an edition of 30 by the artist. Numbered edition may not necessarily be number 20 as there are multiple prints in the possession of Collected Detroit. James Hansen was born in 1951 in New Haven, Connecticut and spent most of his artistic career in Provincetown, Massachusetts where he befriended and worked with Paul Bowen...

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1990s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Signed 1980s Contemporary Etching 'The Bride', Framed, 100x78 cm
Signed 1980s Contemporary Etching 'The Bride', Framed, 100x78 cm

Signed 1980s Contemporary Etching 'The Bride', Framed, 100x78 cm

By Gabrijel Stupika

Located in Roma, IT

The Bride is an original etching realized by Gabrijel Stupika in the 1980s. Good Conditions. Includes frame: 100 x 78 cm Hand-signed on the lower right margin. Bonne a tirè Gabrijel Stupika: Yugoslavian painter (Drazgose 1913-1990). He trained in the popular tradition, to the point of becoming one of the most notable representatives, with Pregely, Hededusic and V. Velickovic, of the neo-figurative current of Yugoslav painting...

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1980s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Piazzetta, Venice
Piazzetta, Venice

Piazzetta, Venice

By Jan C. Vondrous

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Jan Charles Vondrous, 'Piazzetta, Venice', color etching, 1930. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. A fine impression, on cream, laid pap...

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1930s Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart
Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Abstract "doodle" design in blue. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition of 3. Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Yosemite Valley. He is a painte...

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1970s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Cypriano (A Basque Boy)

Cypriano (A Basque Boy)

By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on cream wove paper. 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (159 x 94 mm), full margin. Signed in pencil lower center margin, from the edition of 111. A well inked impression with a minor cre...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Etching

The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993

The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, Moby Dick Deckle Edges Series, 1993

By Frank Stella

Located in Palo Alto, CA

A tour de force of late 20th-century printmaking, Frank Stella print The Pequod Meets the Jeroboam. Her Story, 1993, is among the most visually complex and ambitious compositions fro...

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1990s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Mixed Media

Mimi, Art Nouveau Color Etching by Louis Icart
Mimi, Art Nouveau Color Etching by Louis Icart

Mimi, Art Nouveau Color Etching by Louis Icart

By Louis Icart

Located in Long Island City, NY

Louis Icart, French (1888 - 1950) - Mimi, Year: 1927, Medium: Color Etching, Signed in Pencil, Edition: 105/500, Image Size: 20.5 x 13 inches, Size: 27 in. x 19 in. (68.58 cm x ...

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1920s Art Nouveau Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ouvrage du vent I
Ouvrage du vent I

Ouvrage du vent I

By Joan Miró

Located in Paris, FR

Aquatint, 1962 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 74/75 Publisher : Maeght (Paris) Printer : Maeght (Levallois-Perret) Catalog : [Dupin 342] 52.00 cm. x 80.50 cm. 20.47...

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1960s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Dragon vert, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson
Dragon vert, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson

Dragon vert, Surrealist Etching by Andre Masson

By André Masson

Located in Long Island City, NY

Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Dragon vert, Medium: Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered in pecnil, Edition: 14/50, Image Size: 10.5 x 8 inches, Size: 16.25 x 13 in. (41....

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1940s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Modernist Judaica Art Aquatint Etching Jewish Rabbi at Prayer Jerusalem Memories
Modernist Judaica Art Aquatint Etching Jewish Rabbi at Prayer Jerusalem Memories

Modernist Judaica Art Aquatint Etching Jewish Rabbi at Prayer Jerusalem Memories

By Lennart Rosensohn

Located in Surfside, FL

on Hahnemuhle paper, hand signed and numbered. poster is not included. These depict synagogue interiors, Rabbis at prayer etc. Judaic religious events. Mauritz Lennart Rosensohn , bo...

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20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

La Reine des éphémères (The Queen of Éphémeres), 1975

La Reine des éphémères (The Queen of Éphémeres), 1975

By Joan Miró

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Joan Miró La Reine des éphémères (The Queen of Éphémeres), 1975, is a large sized etching and aquatint which is both immersive and abstract. Bold colors, animated imagery, and vivid ...

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1970s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Anesthesia 1848, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Anesthesia 1848, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg

Anesthesia 1848, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg

By Charles Bragg

Located in Long Island City, NY

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Anesthesia 1848, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 6 x 9 inches, Size: 11...

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1970s Folk Art Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Listening to Bessie Smith
Listening to Bessie Smith

Listening to Bessie Smith

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Woody Gruber (1946-2022) Listening to Bessie, 1975. Etching on paper, plate measures 7 inches h. x 7.75 w. Overall framed measurement in 14 x 15 inches. Numbered, titled, signed ...

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1970s Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Princess after many years in the Glass Mountain by David Hockney fairy tale
The Princess after many years in the Glass Mountain by David Hockney fairy tale

The Princess after many years in the Glass Mountain by David Hockney fairy tale

By David Hockney

Located in New York, NY

This etching from David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio depicts the somewhat obscure story Old Rinkrank, which Hockney chose to illustrate beca...

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1960s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone) /// Salvador Dali Surrealism Modern Engraving
Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone) /// Salvador Dali Surrealism Modern Engraving

Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone) /// Salvador Dali Surrealism Modern Engraving

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) Title: "Le Téléphone (Lobster Telephone)" Portfolio: Hommage à Leonardo da Vinci (Great Inventions) *Signed by Dali in pencil lower right Y...

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1970s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

Savasan 8
Savasan 8

Savasan 8

By David Shapiro

Located in New York, NY

Created by David Shapiro in 1994, Savasan 8 is an original lithograph, collagraph, and aquatint in colors on Japon paper. Hand-signed in pencil, titled, dated, and numbered from the ...

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20th Century Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint, Lithograph, Collagraph

Autumn Light, by Stephen McMillan
Autumn Light, by Stephen McMillan

Autumn Light, by Stephen McMillan

By Stephen McMillan

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Medium: etching and aquatint Image size: 12 x 9 inches Year: 2019 Fall colors along Ashland Creek in Lithia Park. Born in Berkeley, Ca...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Portrait of an infamous thief

Portrait of an infamous thief

By Abraham Bosse

Located in Middletown, NY

A fascinating image of a well-known theif robbing a merchant of goods held atop her head. Paris: circa 1670. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 x 4 15/16 inches (17...

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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.
Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.

Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C.

By Louis Oscar Griffith

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Desolation, S.C. or Deserted Cabins, Beauford, S.C. Etching & Aquatint, c. 1930 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Annotated "Trial Proof" in pencil lower left corner of sheet Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent Note: An impression of this image is in the collection of the Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina Condition: Excellent Plate/Image size: 8 x 9 3/4 inches Sheet size: 12 7/8 x 15 inches Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop...

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1930s American Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Anagrom

Anagrom

By Leonor Fini

Located in Columbia, MO

Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....

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20th Century Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

"Le Champ de Mars" original etching
"Le Champ de Mars" original etching

"Le Champ de Mars" original etching

By André Lhote

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...

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1930s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Large Contemporary Annette Lemieux Photo Etching Aquatint Censor Abstract Print
Large Contemporary Annette Lemieux Photo Etching Aquatint Censor Abstract Print

Large Contemporary Annette Lemieux Photo Etching Aquatint Censor Abstract Print

By Annette Lemieux

Located in Surfside, FL

Annette Lemieux (American, 1957-) Date: 1994 Medium: photogravure, aquatint (photo etching) and stencil Hand signed and dated lower right. Editioned lower left. Dimensions: Sheet: 22...

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1990s Conceptual Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Photogravure

Henry Etching and Engraving: Garden, Realist, Signed, 1993, 153/250
Henry Etching and Engraving: Garden, Realist, Signed, 1993, 153/250

Henry Etching and Engraving: Garden, Realist, Signed, 1993, 153/250

By Peter Milton

Located in New York, NY

Peter Milton created this etching and engraving entitled “GARDEN WITH HENRY” in 1993. It is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “153/250” in pencil under the image. The printed image size is 9.5 x 12 inches and the paper size is 15.5 x 18 inches. The inspiration for this piece came from the Henry James novella “The Aspern Papers” and clearly depicts the Venetian setting. The American-British author Henry James (1843-1916) wrote “The Aspern Papers” first published in 1888. Peter Milton was born in Pennsylvania in 1930. He studied for two years at the Virginia Military Institute...

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1990s Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Engraving

The Profile - Etching - 17th Century

The Profile - Etching - 17th Century

Located in Roma, IT

The Profile is an etching on ivory-colored paper realized by anonymous Italian artist in 17th Century. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft smoo...

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17th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Vierge a la Poire, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer

La Vierge a la Poire, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer

By Albrecht Dürer

Located in Long Island City, NY

Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - La Vierge a la Poire, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Size: 6 x 4 in. (15.24 x 10.16 cm), Printer: Amand Durand, D...

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Seine, berceau de Paris" original etching

"Seine, berceau de Paris" original etching

By Paul-Élie Gernez

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...

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1930s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Battle Scene - Original Etching Hand Watercolored After Antonio Simonini - 1760

Battle Scene - Original Etching Hand Watercolored After Antonio Simonini - 1760

By Luigi Guidotti

Located in Roma, IT

Scena di Battaglia (Battle Scene) is a wonderful hand-watered etching, made in 1760 by Luigi Guidotti ( Bologna, 1751 -1800 c.a), after Francesco Antonio Simonini. On lower margin u...

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1760s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Etching

"Portrait de femme" etching

"Portrait de femme" etching

By Félix Bracquemond

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: etching (etched by Felix Bracquemond after Ingres). This impression on chine-colle paper was printed in 1903 and published in Paris by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts. The image m...

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Early 1900s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Marché aux Puces
Le Marché aux Puces

Le Marché aux Puces

By Auguste Brouet

Located in Middletown, NY

Published in Paris by Chalcographie Louvre around 1910. Drypoint etching on buff wove paper, 7 x 11 inches (175 x 278 mm) full margins. With the "Musée Louvre Chalcographie" blind st...

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Early 20th Century French School Etching Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Tropic Bird /// Ornithology John James Audubon Florida Keys Ocean Beach Seascape
Tropic Bird /// Ornithology John James Audubon Florida Keys Ocean Beach Seascape

Tropic Bird /// Ornithology John James Audubon Florida Keys Ocean Beach Seascape

By John James Audubon

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Tropic Bird" (Plate CCLXII - 262; part No. 53) Portfolio: The Birds of America (Havell Edition) Year: 1835 Medium: Original H...

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1830s Victorian Etching Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

A Wolf, Hand-Colored Print From The Early 1800s by Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch
A Wolf, Hand-Colored Print From The Early 1800s by Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch

A Wolf, Hand-Colored Print From The Early 1800s by Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch

By Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch

Located in Stockholm, SE

Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch (1770-1811) Sweden Title: A Wolf hand-coloured print early 1800s print dimensions approx 4.33 x 7.08 inches (11 x 18 cm) frame 11.81 x 15.74 inches (30 ...

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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Les musees" original etching
"Les musees" original etching

"Les musees" original etching

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...

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1930s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Way Home. A Winter Evening

The Way Home. A Winter Evening

Located in Middletown, NY

A beautiful, dark impression of a bucolic cow path. Etching with drypoint on heavy cream wove paper, 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (174 x 248 mm), full margins. Uniform light brown discolorat...

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Late 19th Century English School Etching Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Waiting For My Train(track crossings that create Chicago EL / Merchandise Mart)
Waiting For My Train(track crossings that create Chicago EL / Merchandise Mart)

Waiting For My Train(track crossings that create Chicago EL / Merchandise Mart)

By Martin Levine

Located in New Orleans, LA

Waiting for my Train is #55 from edition of 100. "Waiting for my train" is the stop right before the tracks cross, and create Chicago's famous "Loop", on the above ground EL. The M...

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1980s American Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Death of Orpheus, Surrealist Etching by Pablo Picasso
Death of Orpheus, Surrealist Etching by Pablo Picasso

Death of Orpheus, Surrealist Etching by Pablo Picasso

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Long Island City, NY

Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 -1973) - Death of Orpheus from Ovids The Metamorphoses, Year: 1930, Medium: Etching on thin laid paper, Edition: , Image Size: 9 x 6.5 inches, Size: ...

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1930s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Steps to the Grand Canal, St. Mark's in the distance, Venice.

Steps to the Grand Canal, St. Mark's in the distance, Venice.

By Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Located in Middletown, NY

A lovely view of Venice from the water. Etching with drypoint on antique cream laid paper with a large figural watermark, signed in pencil, lower right. 14 1/4 x 11 inches (362 x 280...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

“A Trip to Scarbro’”
“A Trip to Scarbro’”

“A Trip to Scarbro’”

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Southampton, NY

Rare, original hand colored etching (Aquatint) from the Poetical Sketches of Scarborough titled “A Tro to Scarbro’”. Condition is good. Executed in 1813. Under glass. The etching ...

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1810s Academic Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Femme-feuille
Femme-feuille

Femme-feuille

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in OPOLE, PL

Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Femme-feuille Etching from 1969. 66/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa Anstalt. Reference: M...

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1960s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio
Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio

Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio

By Giuseppe Vasi

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Piazza del Popolo con Obelisco Egizio Etching, 1752 Signed in the plate lower left (see photo) From: Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna ( The Magnificense of Ancient and Modern Rome) , (1747-1761) Volume II, The Main Squares and Obelisks, columns and other ornaments, 1752, Plate No. 21 Della Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna_ (1747-61), a collection of 238 plates that was published in ten volumes. Vasi recorded all types of architecture and organized these images of contemporary Rome by subject, with each volume representing a different category of architecture. This comprehensive project provides one of the most complete views of eighteenth-century Rome Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 8.25 x 12.63 inches Sheet size: 11 x 15 7/8 inches Vasi was Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s teacher. Piranesi (1720-1778) entered Vasi’s studio as an apprentice at age 20 c. 1740. Piranesi left Vasi’s employment after stabbing Vasi over the perception that Vasi was withholding secrets of the etching process. Giuseppe Vasi was an Italian engraver and painter born and trained in Sicily. He received a classical education in his hometown of Corleone and trained as a printmaker in nearby Palermo, perhaps under the tutelage of the etchers Antonino Bova and Francesco Cichè. He moved to Rome in 1736, already an established printmaker, and spent most of his career documenting the urban landscape of the city in engravings. Through his patron, the politically and culturally influential Cardinal Troiano Acquaviva d’Aragona, Vasi met other artists working in Rome, such as Sebastiano Conca, Ferdinando Fuga, and Luigi Vanvitelli. He was also influenced by his predecessors, including Giovanni Paolo Panini, Giovanni Battista Falda...

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1750s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Find Etchings and Other Prints on 1stDibs

Has the art-collecting bug bitten you? If not, maybe you’re merely looking to warm your space with art. Etchings and other types of fine art prints can help add interest to any room in your home while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

First invented in the 1500s, etching is a way of incising lines in a metal plate by first drawing on an acid-resistant coating, or ground, to reveal the metal beneath. The plate is then submerged in acid, which “bites” the lines into the metal plate. The ground is then removed and the plate inked for pressing. Etched lines tend to reveal the movement of the artist’s hand more than a technique like engraving, since the image is created on a softer ground.

“People often ask me what types of prints they should collect — etchings or woodcuts or linocuts or silkscreens or lithographs or whatever,” explains Ryan Cross, associate director of Boston’s Barbara Krakow Gallery. “But it’s really more how the artist used those processes and what he or she was trying to express through the medium.”

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