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Medium: Etching
Fallscape
Fallscape

Fallscape

By Peter Milton

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Fallscape" 1961, is an original drypoint etching by noted American artist Peter Winslow Milton, b.1930. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 15/40 in pencil by ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Vintage California Wine Country Etching - "Sonoma Oak"
Vintage California Wine Country Etching - "Sonoma Oak"

Vintage California Wine Country Etching - "Sonoma Oak"

Located in Soquel, CA

Vintage California Wine Country Etching - "Sonoma Oak" Landscape Wonderful iconic wine country scene of large California Live Oak with barn and water tower by Napa County artist Lou...

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1970s American Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Lovers - Etching, 1897
Lovers - Etching, 1897

Lovers - Etching, 1897

By (after) Auguste Rodin

Located in Paris, IDF

Auguste RODIN (after) Lovers, 1897 Etching enhanced with watercolor On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm (c. 16.7 x 12.2 inches) Edition limited to 125 copies, send with the certificate of authen...

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1890s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) - The Horse and the Wolf-drypoint etching with stencil
Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) - The Horse and the Wolf-drypoint etching with stencil

Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) - The Horse and the Wolf-drypoint etching with stencil

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Varese, IT

Drypoint etching with stencil on extremely fine Japanese paper, edited in 1974. Limited edition, numbered 245/250 in lower left corner. Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corn...

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1970s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Peça de roba - Aguatinta al carborundum a colores - Año 1988
Peça de roba - Aguatinta al carborundum a colores - Año 1988

Peça de roba - Aguatinta al carborundum a colores - Año 1988

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La obra va firmada a mano por el artista y con justificante, que en este caso es el número 3 sobre un tiraje de 99 ejemplares Se presenta enmarcada la obra (se enviará sin cristal p...

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1980s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

Abstract Erotism - Original Etching Handsigned and Numbered
Abstract Erotism - Original Etching Handsigned and Numbered

Abstract Erotism - Original Etching Handsigned and Numbered

By Hans Bellmer

Located in Paris, IDF

Hans BELLMER Abstract Erotism Original etching, 1973 Handsigned in pencil by the artist Numbered / 20 (Roman numerals) On Auvergne paper, 57 x 38 cm (22,4 x 14,9 inches) From the P...

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1970s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Landscape with House
Landscape with House

Landscape with House

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Landscape with House" c.1950, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the arti...

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Early 20th Century Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Thomas Nozkowski - etching aquatint on Hahnemühle paper Signed/N ex-Deutsch Bank
Thomas Nozkowski - etching aquatint on Hahnemühle paper Signed/N ex-Deutsch Bank

Thomas Nozkowski - etching aquatint on Hahnemühle paper Signed/N ex-Deutsch Bank

By Thomas Nozkowski

Located in New York, NY

Thomas Nozkowski Untitled #2, 2008 Color etching with aquatint on Hahnemühle paper Signed and numbered 5/35 in graphite on the back. Die cut window flap on the back of the frame reve...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Les Danseurs à la Lune - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1967
Les Danseurs à la Lune - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1967

Les Danseurs à la Lune - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1967

By Marc Chagall

Located in Roma, IT

Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 35 prints. Rare and precious artwork by Chagall, in excellent conditions. Ref. Cat. Cramer, n. 32 Image dimensions : 30.5 x 24 cm

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1960s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

Une Lecture chez Diderot - Etching by Auguste Mongin - 1878
Une Lecture chez Diderot - Etching by Auguste Mongin - 1878

Une Lecture chez Diderot - Etching by Auguste Mongin - 1878

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint realized by Auguste Mongin in 1878, after Meissonier. Early proof before the letter, with the stamp of the publisher Petit. The subject was published on the Ma...

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1870s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Framed Evening Birds Etching, Landscape Style, Circa 1932, 15x21 cm
Framed Evening Birds Etching, Landscape Style, Circa 1932, 15x21 cm

Framed Evening Birds Etching, Landscape Style, Circa 1932, 15x21 cm

By John Copley

Located in Bournemouth, Dorset

John Copley (1875 - 1950) Birds at Evening 1932 Image: 15 x 21.2 cm Frame: 33.0 x 38.2 cm Painter and printmaker John Copley was born in Manchester in 1875. He trained at Mancheste...

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1930s Land Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Animal Anatomy - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Plate from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle, Tom. VIII Pl. LIII, p. 396 Copper engraving, 1771 edition This finely engraved anatomical plate presents a detailed study of the male reprod...

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1770s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Caducee de Mars Alimente par la Boule de feu de Jupiter
Le Caducee de Mars Alimente par la Boule de feu de Jupiter

Le Caducee de Mars Alimente par la Boule de feu de Jupiter

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Le Caducee de Mars Alimente par la Boule de feu de Jupiter Year: 1974 Medium: Etching with embossing and color lithograph...

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Late 20th Century Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

Bible : Isaiah's vision, 1939 - Original Etching
Bible : Isaiah's vision, 1939 - Original Etching

Bible : Isaiah's vision, 1939 - Original Etching

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall (1887-1958) Bible : Isaiah's vision (Vision d'Esaïe), 1939 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Montval vellum, 44 x 33.5 cm (c. 17.3 x 13.1 inch) INFORM...

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1930s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Wild Flowers II, Modern Etching by Aubrey Schwartz
Wild Flowers II, Modern Etching by Aubrey Schwartz

Wild Flowers II, Modern Etching by Aubrey Schwartz

By Aubrey Schwartz

Located in Long Island City, NY

Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Wild Flowers II, Year: 1966, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 28/100, Image Size: 4.75 x 3.75 inches, Size: 14 x 1...

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1960s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Cement Mixer - Etching by Armando Buratti - 1970

Cement Mixer - Etching by Armando Buratti - 1970

By Armando Buratti

Located in Roma, IT

Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 40 prints. Reference: Catalogue Battisti n.59. Armando Buratti (Rome, 1924), is an italian artist and painter. His first exhibition was held in...

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1970s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Birches, by Stephen Lawlor
Birches, by Stephen Lawlor

Birches, by Stephen Lawlor

By Stephen Lawlor

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Aquatint, Drypoint, Etching Year: 2013 Image Size: 8.66 x 10.6 inches Edition Size: 50 Beautiful impressionist scene of birch trees in calming greens and browns. Lawlor's e...

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2010s Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Thorn Angel, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Thorn Angel, by Yuji Hiratsuka

Thorn Angel, by Yuji Hiratsuka

By Yuji Hiratsuka

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A young female angel contemplating thorny rose.Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 10. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, thei...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Flores 1, Modern Signed Etching by Manolo Valdes
Flores 1, Modern Signed Etching by Manolo Valdes

Flores 1, Modern Signed Etching by Manolo Valdes

Located in Long Island City, NY

In 1957 Manolo Valdes entered the École des Beaux-Arts "San Carlos"of Valencia. He left in 1958 to devote his life to painting. 1964 Valdés formed the group Equipo Crónica with Joan ...

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1970s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Richard Smith, Signature Etching & Aquatint Signed 17/25 British Pop Art pioneer
Richard Smith, Signature Etching & Aquatint Signed 17/25 British Pop Art pioneer

Richard Smith, Signature Etching & Aquatint Signed 17/25 British Pop Art pioneer

By Richard Smith

Located in New York, NY

Richard Smith Signature, 1997 Etching and Aquatint 22 3/4 × 18 inches Edition 17/25 Signed and numbered 17/25 in graphite on the lower front RICHARD SMITH BIOGRAPHY Charles Richard ...

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1990s Abstract Geometric Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled - Etching by Ossi Czinner - 1980

Untitled - Etching by Ossi Czinner - 1980

By Ossi Czinner

Located in Roma, IT

Burin engraving on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 39cmx29,5cm, work size 22cmx17,5cm. Excellent condition, no defects. OSSI CZINNER - Central European artist, graphic designer and...

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1980s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Twixt Dawn and Day
Twixt Dawn and Day

Twixt Dawn and Day

By Sir Frank Short

Located in Plano, TX

Twixt Day and Dawn. 1919. Aquatint. Hardie catalog 165 state ii. Image 9 7/8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 13 9/16 x 16 7/8). A masterly inked impression produces subtle lighting variations throu...

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Early 20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Aquatint

Evening Rain (14/20), by Stephen McMillan
Evening Rain (14/20), by Stephen McMillan

Evening Rain (14/20), by Stephen McMillan

By Stephen McMillan

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This 3‑plate color piece beautifully captures the delicate interplay of raindrops rippling across water surfaces, giving rise to abstract reflections that evoke both movement and tra...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Landscape XI
Landscape XI

Landscape XI

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Landscape XI' c.2000 is an original color etching with aquatint by Hungarian/American artist Theodora Varnay Jones, b.1942. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 18/50 in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 14.75 x 17.65 inches, framed size is 28.25 x 30 inches. Custom framed in a silver and brown patina frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Theodora Varnay Jones, printmaker, sculptor, installation and digital artist, lecturer, and teacher, was born in Budapest, Hungary on 26 February 1942. She graduated from the Hámán Kató Leány Gimnázium before beginning her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest where she earned her B.F.A. and, in 1971, her M.F.A. She moved to the United States in the early 1970s and married Monty Jones on 9 September 1972 in Reno. On 27 September 1984 she became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Her creativity seems unlimited and her work has been featured in exhibitions too numerous to enumerate. She is a member of the KALA Art Gallery in Berkeley, California and teaches classes there. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 "Dialectics:angles of cognition, in the orbit of photography" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2016 "Fugue" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2015 "Resonances" Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, CA "Appearances" Lena & Roselli Galeria, Budapest, Hungary 2011 "Theodora Varnay Jones: Prints & Drawings: Selected Archival Work” Baczek Gallery, Berkeley, CA 09/10 "Manifold", (survey) ICA, San Jose, CA 2009 "Reflections", (survey) Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 "Translucent Phenomena", Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA 2007 "Structures" Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Galerie Reinfeld, Bremen, G e r m a n y "Undercurrents", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Gallery Hirawata, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, J a p a n "Theodora Varnay Jones", Gallery Naufu, Gifu City, J a p a n "Dialectica", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2001 "Transparentia", Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA " Theodora Varnay Jones", Galerie Reinfeld, Bremen, G e r m a n y "Mixed Media Works", Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000 " Microcosmos" invited to represent the US, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bad Segeberg, G e r m a n y "Microcosmos" Kieler Kloster, Kiel, G e r m a n y 1999 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Plaza Gallery, Tokyo, J a p a n 1996 "Theodora Varnay Jones" (survey), Vasarely Museum, Budapest, H u n g a r y 1995 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Theodora Varnay Jones", Shirakawa Gallery, Kyoto, J a p a n 1994 Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum, CA 1993 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1992 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Concourse Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA "Theodora Varnay Jones", Shirakawa Gallery, Kyoto, J a p a n "Theodora Varnay Jones", Chicashige Gallery, Okayama, J a p a n 1991 Collectors Gallery, The Oakland Museum, CA 1990 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Theodora Varnay Jones", Art Forum Yanaka, Tokyo, J a p a n Tamura Gallery, Tokyo, J a p a n Gallery 88, Sendai, J a p a n Heian Gallery, Kyoto, J a p a n 1989 Richard Hanson Fine Arts, Fresno, CA 1988 Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Taller Galleria Fort, Cadaques, S p a i n 1984 Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1978 "Theodora Varnay Jones", Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA TWO AND THRE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2010 "Interdepencia/Interdependence; Theodora Varnay Jones, Francesca Pastine and Marta Sanchez-Vasquez" Consulate General of Mexico, San Francisco, CA 2007 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Tom Bills", Pacifica Center for the Arts, CA 2004 "Between"; Theodora Varnay Jones and Dee Hibbert-Jones Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis 2002 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Lee Imonen", Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon University 2001 "Traces" ; Theodora Varnay Jones, Christel Dillbohner and Mary Ijichi, Palo Alto Art Center, CA 2000 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Hoh Yin Ping", Kassenarztliche Vereinigung, Bremen, G e r m a n y 1988 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Kazuko Watanabe", Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA 1985 "From a Different Perspective"; Theodora Varnay Jones and Peter Baczek, The Art Corridor, Menlo Park, CA 1981 "Theodora Varnay Jones and Vicki Ann Scuri", Rorick Gallery, San Francisco, CA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 "50th Anniversary Survey Exhibition" Don Soker Gallery at Carriage House Annex, San Francisco, CA "Art in the Time of Corona" NUMU New Museum Los Gatos, CA 2020 "Echoes of Bauhaus Photography Cast Long Shadows" curated by Hanna Regev, Ruth's Table Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2019 "Hardly Strictly Mini" Bolinas Art Museum, CA "The Artists' Annual" Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA "Annual Members Exhibition" Berkeley Art Center, CA 2018 "Surprise: New Acquisitions" The Janet Turner...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Headland II, American Realist Etching with Aquatint by John McNulty

Headland II, American Realist Etching with Aquatint by John McNulty

By John McNulty

Located in Long Island City, NY

John McNulty, Irish/American (1949 - ) - Headland II, Year: 1982, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and titled in pencil, Edition: AP, Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm)

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1980s American Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Stanley Boxer Aquatint Intaglio Etching Elephant Herd Abstract Expressionist
Stanley Boxer Aquatint Intaglio Etching Elephant Herd Abstract Expressionist

Stanley Boxer Aquatint Intaglio Etching Elephant Herd Abstract Expressionist

By Stanley Boxer

Located in Surfside, FL

Elephants. 1979 edition 2/20 Hand signed and dated Framed 24.5 X 28. Sheet 23 X 26 This is from a series of prints Boxer produced at Tyler Graphics between 1975 and 1979. Over thi...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Couple à cheval - Drypoint etching on paper - 1971
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Couple à cheval - Drypoint etching on paper - 1971

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - Couple à cheval - Drypoint etching on paper - 1971

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Varese, IT

Drypoint etching with stencil on Rives paper, edited in 1971. Limited edition in 150 copies, numbered as EA (épreuve d'artiste) (artist's proof) in lower left corner. Hand-signed in ...

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1970s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Paper

Owl - Etching  by Enotrio Pugliese - 1963

Owl - Etching by Enotrio Pugliese - 1963

By Enotrio Pugliese

Located in Roma, IT

Owl is an Etching realized by Enotrio Pugliese in 1963. Limited edition of 14 copies numbered and signed by the artist. Good condition on a white cardboard. Enotrio Pugliese (May ...

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1960s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Untitled Aquatint (THE GUITAR PLAYER ED.3 OF 3 A.P) Bernard Stern
Untitled Aquatint (THE GUITAR PLAYER ED.3 OF 3 A.P) Bernard Stern

Untitled Aquatint (THE GUITAR PLAYER ED.3 OF 3 A.P) Bernard Stern

By Bernard Stern

Located in Surfside, FL

Genre: Other Subject: Portrait Medium: Aquatint Eching Print Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 30" x 22" The artist Bernard Stern illustrates the figure of a...

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20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

German Manner of Netting Partridges, aquatint engraving hunting print, 1813
German Manner of Netting Partridges, aquatint engraving hunting print, 1813

German Manner of Netting Partridges, aquatint engraving hunting print, 1813

By Samuel Howitt

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'German Manner of Netting Partridges' Colour aquatint by Merke after Franz Joseph Manskirch (1768-1830). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports'. Samuel Howitt was an English p...

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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

C. Hunt (1803-1877) after J.F. Herring (1795-1865) - Aquatint, The Baron
C. Hunt (1803-1877) after J.F. Herring (1795-1865) - Aquatint, The Baron

C. Hunt (1803-1877) after J.F. Herring (1795-1865) - Aquatint, The Baron

By C. Hunt

Located in Corsham, GB

A fine etching by Charles Hunt (1803-1877) and coloured using aquatint by C. Simpson after a painting by John Frederick Herring (1795-1865). It depicts The Baron, a Thoroughbred race...

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19th Century Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Alice In Wonderland: Hookah Smoking Caterpillar, Hand signed Etching, Erotica
Alice In Wonderland: Hookah Smoking Caterpillar, Hand signed Etching, Erotica

Alice In Wonderland: Hookah Smoking Caterpillar, Hand signed Etching, Erotica

By Knox Martin

Located in Union City, NJ

Alice In Wonderland:Hookah Smoking Caterpillar is an original hand made etching by the American abstract painter Knox Martin. Printed in black ink on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Erotic fantastical interpretation of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, where Alice first meets the Catepillar while he is sitting on a mushroom smoking a hookah. He helps her by advising her to eat from the mushroom if she wants to change her size. Print size- 18" x 15", Image size - 8.25" x 6.75" Edition size - 50 About the artist- Knox Martin (1923-2022) was an esteemed New York School painter. Knox Martin was born in 1923 in Barranquilla, Colombia. He was the son of the aviator, painter, and poet William Knox Martin, the first man to fly over the Andes mountains. After serving in World War II, Knox Martin attended the Art Students League of New York on the G.I. Bill from 1946-1950, where he studied with Harry Sternberg, Vaclav Vytlacil, Will Barnet, and Morris Kantor. In 1954, Knox Martin's friend Franz Kline placed a painting of his in the Stable Gallery Annual. Charles Egan of the renowned Charles Egan Gallery saw Knox Martin's painting at the Stable Gallery and asked Martin to show his work in a one-man show for the tenth anniversary of the Egan Gallery. Since then, Knox Martin was a celebrated painter, sculptor and muralist. Knox Martin had an extensive exhibition record and his work is in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide. His two best-known murals in NYC are Venus and Woman with Bicycle...

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1970s Contemporary 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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