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Medium: Etching
La Baiser Envoye - Etching by Augustin de Saint-Aubin -Mid 18th century

La Baiser Envoye - Etching by Augustin de Saint-Aubin -Mid 18th century

By Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Located in Roma, IT

La Baiser Envoye is a splendid etching realized around the mid-XVIII century in France by the engraver Augustin de Saint-Aubin (Paris, 1736 – 1807), belonging to an important dynasty...

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18th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Lutte, Signed Surrealist Etching by Leonor Fini
La Lutte, Signed Surrealist Etching by Leonor Fini

La Lutte, Signed Surrealist Etching by Leonor Fini

By Leonor Fini

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Fight Leonor Fini, Argentine/French (1918–1996) Etching on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of XVII/XXV Image Size: 11.25 x 8 inches Size: 16.25 x 12.75 in. (41.2...

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Late 20th Century Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Suzanne - Original Etching  by J.-P. Norblin de La Gourdaine  - 19th Century
Suzanne - Original Etching  by J.-P. Norblin de La Gourdaine  - 19th Century

Suzanne - Original Etching by J.-P. Norblin de La Gourdaine - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Suzanne et les vieillards is an original etching on creamy-colored paper realized by Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine artist in the Early 19th Century. Good Conditions. Included...

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19th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV
Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV

Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV

By Serge Poliakoff

Located in Paris, FR

Etching and aquatint, 1964 Publisher : La Rose des Vents, Paris Printer : Jean Signovert Catalog : [Schneider XXV] 37.00 cm. x 27.00 cm. 14.57 in. x 10.63 in. (paper) 32.50 cm. x 23...

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1960s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, Etching & Mixed Media, 1876, Framed
Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, Etching & Mixed Media, 1876, Framed

Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, Etching & Mixed Media, 1876, Framed

Located in Roma, IT

Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, from La Mode Illustrée is a modern artwork realized in 1876. Mixed colored etching and collages on paper. Fabric miniatures of dresses were added to ...

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1870s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Etching

Sibyl and the Border - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970

Sibyl and the Border - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970

By Leo Guida

Located in Roma, IT

Sibyl and the Border is an original etching and aquatint realized by Leo Guida in 1970. Good condition. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35). Dated and signed by the a...

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1970s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel Etching, Mixed Media, 1879, Unframed
Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel Etching, Mixed Media, 1879, Unframed

Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel Etching, Mixed Media, 1879, Unframed

Located in Roma, IT

Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, from La Mode Illustrée is a modern artwork realized in 1879. Mixed colored etching and collages on paper. Fabric miniatures of dresses were added to ...

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1990s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Mixed Media

Manhattan Excavation, Signed Etching by David Muirhead Bone
Manhattan Excavation, Signed Etching by David Muirhead Bone

Manhattan Excavation, Signed Etching by David Muirhead Bone

Located in Long Island City, NY

Manhattan Excavation David Muirhead Bone, Scottish (1876–1953) Etching on wove paper, signed in pencil lower right Image Size: 12.25 x 10.25 inches Size: 18 x 13 in. (45.72 x 33.02 cm)

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1920s Art Deco Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Esta no lo es Menos  - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863

Esta no lo es Menos - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863

By Francisco Goya

Located in Roma, IT

Esta no lo es menos is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810. Original Etching on paper. The artwork belongs to the famous series "Los D...

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1860s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

"Head of a Child" etching

"Head of a Child" etching

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: etching (etched by Forberg after the Jean-Baptiste Greuze painting. This etching was printed in 1882 for the Nature and Art portfolio, and published in Boston by Estes and La...

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1880s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Les Marguerites (Daisies), c. 1950
Les Marguerites (Daisies), c. 1950

Les Marguerites (Daisies), c. 1950

By Georges Braque

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created with a sensitive attention to color and value, this work is one of many floral motifs Braque depicted in his lifetime. Deeply saturated tones of ochre and brown express a subdued mood, while the hints of highlights convey to the viewer a sense of brightness and energy. A cluster of yellow daisies emerge from a simple ochre vase...

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1950s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Eurybia and Eros
Eurybia and Eros

Eurybia and Eros

By George Braque

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Eurybia and Eros Etching, 1932 Printed on BFK Rives paper Unsigned (as issued by Vollard) Published by Ambrose Vollard, Paris From the suite of 16 illustrations for Hesiod's Theogony...

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1930s French School Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Stigma - Etching by Bruno Caruso - 1970
Stigma - Etching by Bruno Caruso - 1970

Stigma - Etching by Bruno Caruso - 1970

By Bruno Caruso

Located in Roma, IT

"Stigma" is an Artwork realized in 1970 by the Italian Artist, Bruno Caruso. Etching on ivory paper. Signed in plate on the back. Printed with hand press by Il Feltro Stamperia, Ro...

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1970s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

THE BROWN COAT
THE BROWN COAT

THE BROWN COAT

By Jim Dine

Located in Portland, ME

Dine, Jim (American, born 1935). THE BROWN COAT. D'Oench/Feinberg 3 Color etching, soft-ground etching, aquatint, drypoint and electric tools, 1977. Edition of 50. Printed on Copperp...

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1970s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Gathering, foggy water front scene by Stephen McMillan

Gathering, foggy water front scene by Stephen McMillan

By Stephen McMillan

Located in Palm Springs, CA

water front scene on a foggy morning, calm and meditative. Born in Berkeley, California, on December 21, 1949, he was raised in a home that had a sweeping view of the San Francisco ...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Migration Etching by Georges Braque, Signed Cubist Edition, 1962
Migration Etching by Georges Braque, Signed Cubist Edition, 1962

Migration Etching by Georges Braque, Signed Cubist Edition, 1962

By Georges Braque

Located in Roma, IT

" Migration " is an etching realized by  Georges Braque  in 1962. The print is hand signed and numbered. This is an edition of 90 prints. Bibliography: D. Vallier,  Braque : l'oeuvre gravé: catalogue raisonné , Flammarion, Paris 1982, p.241, n.72. Georges Braque  (1882-1963) was a French Fauve painter who began to rethink his own painting style after admiring Picasso’s  Les Demoiselles...

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1960s Cubist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Moshannon, Modern Etching by Linda Plotkin
Moshannon, Modern Etching by Linda Plotkin

Moshannon, Modern Etching by Linda Plotkin

By Linda Plotkin

Located in Long Island City, NY

Linda Plotkin, American (1938 - ) - Moshannon, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching on BFK Rives, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/55, Image Size: 5.75 x 5.75 inche...

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1960s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Oval Head with Dividing Line (from the Carmen portfolio) Copper Plate & Etching
Oval Head with Dividing Line (from the Carmen portfolio) Copper Plate & Etching

Oval Head with Dividing Line (from the Carmen portfolio) Copper Plate & Etching

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Palm Desert, CA

The Carmen portfolio occupies a particular place within this legacy. Based on Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novella, the same source that inspired Bizet's opera, Picasso's Carmen suite dist...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Copper

Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s

Animal Figures from Ancient Rome - Original Etching by Various Masters - 1750s

Located in Roma, IT

Animal Figures from Ancient Rome, from the Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed is an original etching from the end of the 18th Century, made by Various Old Masters. In very good cond...

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1750s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

96-C-1
96-C-1

96-C-1

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Yutaka Yoshinaga – Japanese (1948- ) Title: 96-C-1 Year: 1996 Medium: Color spit bite aquatint with drypoint and hard ground etching. Image si...

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1990s Abstract Geometric Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Demian Flores, ¨Defensa Personal¨, 2005, Engraving, 27.6x39.4 in
Demian Flores, ¨Defensa Personal¨, 2005, Engraving, 27.6x39.4 in

Demian Flores, ¨Defensa Personal¨, 2005, Engraving, 27.6x39.4 in

By Demián Flores

Located in Miami, FL

Demian Flores (Mexico, 1971) 'Defensa Personal', 2005 engraving on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 27.6 x 39.4 in. (70 x 100 cm.) Edition of 99 Unframed ID: FLO-101 Hand-signed by author

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Early 2000s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Aquatint, Screen, Engraving

Forced Entry, Expressionist Etching by Richard Bosman
Forced Entry, Expressionist Etching by Richard Bosman

Forced Entry, Expressionist Etching by Richard Bosman

By Richard Bosman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Richard Bosman, American (1944 - ) Title: Forced Entry Year: 1983 Medium: Sugar Lift Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: 10/20 Image Size: 10 x 7 inches...

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1980s Neo-Expressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera /// French Impressionist Etching Figurative Lady Man
L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera /// French Impressionist Etching Figurative Lady Man

L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera /// French Impressionist Etching Figurative Lady Man

By Tony Minartz

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Tony Minartz (French, 1873-1944) Title: "L'Avant-Foyer de l'Opera" Portfolio: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne *Issued unsigned Year: 1903 Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne, Paris, France Framing: Recently framed in a traditional gold and black moulding with 100% cotton rag matting Framed size: 18.63" x 16.38" Sheet size: 12" x 9" Image size: 9" x 7.25" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Printed in one color: bistre. This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Biography: Tony Minartz, pseudonym of Antoine Guillaume, born 8 April 1873 to Cannes and died in that city on 13 December 1944 Is a painter, draftsman , illustrator and engraver French. Painter autodidact , Tony Minartz starts to become known in 1896 by exhibiting paintings at the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts , and then decorates the Pompadour theater of painted panels for fashion shows " Grand Guignol ", directed by L. Darthenay. In 1903, Henri Béraldi , with whom he worked, praised him in The Journal of ancient and modern art, writing that "it was thirty years ago," and he has received advice from Paul Renouard to be formed the technique of etching ; Béraldi adds that his favorite subjects are "Paris at night Paris at night, always." Minartz also gives them some high-remarkable in The Journal of ancient and modern art until 1910: balls, cafe concerts, Parisian in their most beautiful dresses, but also music-halls, music halls, restaurants, large and small theaters, are the preferred settings of his compositions. Its fertile period seems to end in 1914. In addition to the National Salon, Minartz exhibited in Paris at the gallery Bartholomew (1903), the Independent Living (1905, 1906) and the gallery Devambez (1909) and received the Academic Palms . He occasionally collaborates with periodic illustrated as The Almanac Sports (Ollendorff, 1899), or satirical as Gil Blas...

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Early 1900s Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Laid Paper, Intaglio

Abstract Color Field Gradient Monoprint Aquatint Etching California Minimalism
Abstract Color Field Gradient Monoprint Aquatint Etching California Minimalism

Abstract Color Field Gradient Monoprint Aquatint Etching California Minimalism

By Joe Novak

Located in Surfside, FL

"Voices XII" Aquatint Etching • Monoprint Image: 12”x 14” • Paper: 30”x 22” • 2001 Hand signed and numbered 1/1 on BFK Rives paper. Joe Novak (1930-2019) California Contemporary Minimalist. His work is about the exploration of color and light through abstraction, with tonal gradations that infuse them with a meditative quality. During the eighties and nineties, he painted large monochromatic color field canvases with tonal gradations and soft edges that infuse them with a meditative quality and a sense of movement. When illuminated they become glowing surfaces of color and light. His artistic background and work link him closely with the first generation abstract expressionists of the New York School. Major influences include Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, and his mentors, Peter Busa and Esteban Vicente, whom he met and befriended during the eighties while living and painting in East Hampton. During the nineties, while living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Novak initiated a project called "Light Emanations", in which he created digital computerized programs of changing light levels and configurations on a selection of his large paintings, dramatically illustrating the effect of light changes on color perception. Novak's body of work is extensive and include painting on canvas, panel and paper as well as monotypes, drawings, assemblages, mixed media and prints. He has often worked in series, focusing on a particular medium for years. Among these are "Meditations" (color pencil drawings), "Voices" and "Voices 2" (color aquatint etchings), "Echoes" (painting assemblage with minerals) and "Colors" (350 miniature panel paintings). In recent years his paintings have become more gestural, often with musical allusions. His work bears a relationship to the Light & Space Movement and Minimalism artists James Turrell, Larry Bell, Craig Kauffman, Billy Al Bengston, Peter Alexander, Laddie John Dill, Lita Albuquerque. these are also anticipative of the aquatint etching works by Anish Kapoor. Color Gradient, Abstract Art, Land Art. During the eighties and nineties, he painted large monochromatic color field canvases with tonal gradations and soft edges that infuse them with a meditative quality and a sense of movement. When illuminated they become glowing surfaces of color and light. Critic Christopher Knight wrote, Novak is an unabashed Color Field painter. His paintings and aquatints at Bert Green Fine Arts — the Santa Fe artist's third show there — feature works that will call to mind abstractions as diverse as those by Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko and Morris Louis and the landscape abstractions of Joe Goode. Novak's work is in many public and private collections, including numerous museum collections. He spent his last years living in Palm Springs. Selected Group Exhibitions Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois "Joe Novak/Huck Lewis-Bennett: A Collaboration", Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs Melissa Morgan Fine Art...

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Early 2000s Minimalist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Color, Etching, Aquatint, Monoprint

Military - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917
Military - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Military - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

"Military" 1917s is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 61/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower left corner...

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1910s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.
Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.

Spanish 1986 signed limited edition original art print etching 15x11 in.

By Andres Nagel Tejada

Located in Miami, FL

Andres Nagel Tejada (Spain, 1947) Las partes del mundo I, 1986 Etching and aquatint on paper Image size: 7.08 x 4.92 in (18 x 12.5 cm.) Sheet size: 14.96 x 11.22 in. (38 x 28.5 cm.) ...

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1980s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century
Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century

Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century

By Israel Henriet

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape is an original Modern artwork realized by Israel Henriet (Nancy, 1590 - 1661) in the second half of the XVII Century. Original B/W Etching on ivory cardboard. Inscripte...

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Late 17th Century Naturalistic Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Personages with Lambs
Personages with Lambs

Personages with Lambs

By Sylvain Sauvage

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Personages with Lambs" 1924 is an original colors aquatint by noted French artist Felix Roy A.K.A Sylvain Sauvage, 1888-1948. It is hand signed and numbered 88/350 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 13 x 9.5 inches, framed is 20 16 inches. Published and printed by La Societe Des Graveurs Modernes, Paris. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age of this artwork About the artist. Félix Roy, said Sylvain Sauvage (born in Baume-les-Messieurs ( Jura ) on May 8 , 1888 and died in Paris in January 1948 ) is an illustrator and technician of the French book. He was an exhibitor at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and Director of École Estienne . He illustrated many books of the French classic literature. The work of Sylvain Sauvage is held in numerous private collections in France and Europe. Selected books illustrated by the artist. L'Ingénue de Voltaire, Kieffer, 1922 La fille aux yeux d'or de Balzac, G. Crès, 1923 Monsieur Nicolas ou le cœur humain dévoilé. Mémoires intimes de Restif de la Bretonne, illustrés par Sylvain Sauvage de Restif de la Bretonne, Henri Jonquières, 1924 Les Belles Dames de Paris, historiettes de Tallemant de Réaux, coll. « Le livre du lettré », 1924 (avec une préface de Gérard Bauër) Anatole France, Les sept femmes de la Barbe Bleue et autres contes merveilleux, A.&G. Mornay, Paris, 1925 Marquis de Sade, Ernestine, Cabinet du Livre / Jean Fort Éditeur, Paris, 1926 : 10 eaux-fortes Casanova (J. de, Seigneur de Seingalt.), Une aventure de Casanova, Histoire complète de ses amours avec la belle C. C. et la religieuse de Muran. Compositions de Sylvain Sauvage gravées avec la collaboration de E. Feltesse. Paris, [chez l'artiste], 1926. Candide de Voltaire, chez l'Artiste (imprimé chez Frazier-Soye et Haasen), 1928 Les Dieux ont soif de Anatole France, Éditions du Nord, 1928 Le Bon Plaisir d’Henri de Régnier, La Roseraie, 1929 : 20 eaux-fortes en couleurs et vingt bois gravés La Troisième Jeunesse de madame Prune de Pierre Loti, Calmann-Levy, 1936 Les Romanesques ; Les Deux Pierrots ; La Dernière Nuit de Don Juan d’Edmond Rostand, éditions Pierre Laffitte, 1939 ; illustrations de Auguste Leroux...

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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Etching Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Batterie de New-York - Etching by Anatole De Bonsonge - 1870s

Batterie de New-York - Etching by Anatole De Bonsonge - 1870s

Located in Roma, IT

Batterie de New-York is an artwork realized by Anatole De Bonsonge in the 1870s. Etching. Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative of...

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1870s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Statue of Liberty by Vick Vibha

Statue of Liberty by Vick Vibha

By Vick Vibha

Located in Long Island City, NY

Statue of Liberty by Vick Vibha Date: 1978 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150, AP 20 Size: 26 in. x 20 in. (66.04 cm x 50.8 cm)

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1970s Folk Art Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Terral, Abstract Etching and Aquatint in red and beige, by Christian Bozon
Terral, Abstract Etching and Aquatint in red and beige, by Christian Bozon

Terral, Abstract Etching and Aquatint in red and beige, by Christian Bozon

By Christian Bozon

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Terral is a small, richly layered abstract composition by Christian Bozon, created using drypoint and aquatint. Broad areas of saturated red are set against lighter, textured passage...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Still Life - Etching by Leo Guida - 1976

Still Life - Etching by Leo Guida - 1976

By Leo Guida

Located in Roma, IT

Still Life is an artwork realized in 1976 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original screen print on cardboard Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil ...

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1970s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Guy Allen, French Gold, Original Dog Etching, Affordable Art
Guy Allen, French Gold, Original Dog Etching, Affordable Art

Guy Allen, French Gold, Original Dog Etching, Affordable Art

By Guy Allen

Located in Deddington, GB

Guy Allen French Gold Image size: 25cm x 30cm Approximate size when framed: 45cm x 50cm Etching and Gold Leaf on Paper Please note the price is for the unframed original etching. Ple...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Gold Leaf

St Peters Church at Rome /// "Vitruvius Britannicus" Architecture Engraving Art
St Peters Church at Rome /// "Vitruvius Britannicus" Architecture Engraving Art

St Peters Church at Rome /// "Vitruvius Britannicus" Architecture Engraving Art

By Colen Campbell

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Colen Campbell (Scottish, 1676-1729) Title: "St Peters Church at Rome" (Vol. 1, Plate 6) Portfolio: Vitruvius Britannicus; or The British Architect, Containing the Plans, Ele...

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1710s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

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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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