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Medium: Intaglio
Young Boy - Vintage Phototype Print after Jean Cocteau - 1930 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Young Boy is a vintage phototype print realized after a drawing by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca., French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director. Wi...
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1930s Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Relief I - XXI Century, Contemporary abstract graphics, Geometric shapes
Located in Warsaw, PL
Embossing, print on paper, 2004 RYSZARD GIERYSZEWSKI (born in 1936) Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1964. He is a member of International Association XYLON in S...
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Early 2000s Abstract Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Fern-12
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 25. Seiko Tachibana was born in Japan and completed her Masters of Art Education at Kobe University, Japan. Her distinctive work balances Asian tradition with minimalist modernity. Tachibana’s work is exhibited internationally and has been acquired by many museum collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, The Portland Art...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Salvador Dalí­, "Les petits chevaux" from Poemes de Mao-tse-toung, mixed media
Located in Chatsworth, CA
A heliogravure reworked in drypoint and ink drawing on Chinois ancien paper by Salvador Dali, 1967. Hand signed twice within the drawing and dated '1967'. It is inscribed "Por monsi...
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1960s Surrealist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Ballpoint Pen, Etching, Photogravure

Pasta - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Pasta is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect hatchings.
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

The Face - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Face is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect hatch...
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

The Ears - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Ears is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect hatch...
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Portrait and Hand - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait and Hand is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perf...
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Slynny Piosenkarz - Vintage Poster - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Slynny Piosenkarz - Vintage Poster is a vintage poster realized by W. Terechowicz, in 1970s. Mixed colored lithograph and offset print. The artwork represented a film italian post...
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1970s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Polichinel Ex-Roi - Rare Book Illustrated by A.-J. Lorentz - 1848
Located in Roma, IT
Polichinel ex-roi des Marionnettes devenu philosophe is an original modern rare book illustrated by Alcide-Joseph Lorentz (1813-1891) in 1848. Original Edition. Published by Willer...
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1840s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Recollections
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 10. Yuji Hiratsuka was born 1954 in Osaka, Japan. In 1985 he moved to the United States to pursue graduate degrees in printmaking at New Mexi...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Pavillon dans les Arbres (Pavilion in the Trees) /// Impressionist Henri Sidaner
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Henri Le Sidaner (French, 1862-1939) Title: "Pavillon dans les Arbres (Pavilion in the Trees)" Portfolio: Henri Le Sidaner (Camille Mauclair) *Issued unsigned, though signed by Sidaner in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1928 Medium: Original Etching on Rives BFK paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Galeries Georges Petit and Henri Floury, Paris, France Reference: Bibliothèque Nationale No. 12 Sheet size: 11" x 8.38" Image size: 9.25" x 7.13" Condition: Some minor foxing on verso. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition Notes: Printed in one color: bistre. Comes from Camille Mauclair's 1928 book publication "Henri Le Sidaner" which contained two bound original drypoint etchings by Sidaner. Comes with its original tissue cover...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio

The Hand - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Hand is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect hatch...
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Composition - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect ha...
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

The Hand - Print by Renzo Vespignani - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Hand is a phototype print reproducing drawing by Renzo Vespignani of the 1960s Signed on the plate lower right. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and perfect hatch...
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1960s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Fern-15
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carborundum and intaglio. Signed and numbered from the edition of 25. Tachibana’s prints take their inspiration from nature, a meditation on the forms and shapes of water, ferns an...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Magician, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 15. Printed on Chine colle. Image of a young woman with her hands poised to make magic, with a large flower before her, and a bird whispering ...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

fractal-ssi-10a, by Seiko Tachibana
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carborundum and intaglio. Signed and numbered from the edition of 25. Tachibana’s prints take their inspiration from nature, a meditation on the forms and shapes of water, ferns an...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Eagle Angels, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 15. Printed on Chine colle. Image of two Eagles dressed as angels, celegrating a beautiful landscape under a smilin...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Reclining Woman - Figurative Abstract Series (Set of 4)
Located in Soquel, CA
Set of four prints depicting each layer of the printing process (Collotype), as well as a final print by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). Each piece is individually matted. Two o...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Photogravure

Ardea, Nycticorax (Black-crowned Night Heron) /// Dutch Ornithology Bird Animal
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786) Title: "Ardea, Nycticorax (Black-crowned Night Heron)" (Plate 78) Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Bird...
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1770s Old Masters Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Cosmos-Scene A-3
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: intaglio with monotype background Image size: 7.75 × 7.75 in (19.7 × 19.7 cm) Sheet size: 17.75 × 15.25 in (45.09 × 38.47 cm) Edition of 20 Year: 2022 Tachibana’s prints tak...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio, Monoprint

Fern-16
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carborundum and intaglio. Signed and numbered from the edition of 25. Delicate organic shapes. Seiko Tachibana was born in Japan and completed her Masters of Art Education at Kobe U...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Set of Two Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by George Edwards /// Bird Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Edwards (English, 1694-1773) Title: "Set of Two Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by George Edwards" Portfolio: A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals / Gleanings Of Natural History Year: 1743-1764 Medium: Set of Two Original Hand-Colored Engravings on watermarked laid and wove papers Limited edition: Unknown Printer: C. Rickaby, London, UK Publisher: William Gardiner and Messrs. Robinson, London, UK Reference: Mullens and Swann page 194-195; Anker No. 124-126; Fine Bird Books page 93; Lisney page 128-144; Nissen IVB No. 286-288; Zimmer page 192-198 Sheet size (each): approx. 11.25" x 9" Image size (each): approx. 8.63" x 7.38" Condition: "90" has faint offsetting to sheet. "308" has one foxmark center right. They are both otherwise in excellent condition with strong colors Notes: Comes from Edwards seven volume portfolio "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals" / "Gleanings Of Natural History" (1743-1764), which consists of 362 hand-colored engravings. "90" is on laid paper with a "fleur-de-lis" watermark at center left edge. "308" is on wove paper with no watermark. The last image of the cover title sheets is for reference/provenance; it is not included. Biography: George Edwards FRS (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology". Edwards was born at West Ham...
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1740s Old Masters Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

A Base Ball Game
By Henry Sandham
Located in New York, NY
Goupilgravure (photogravure) was printed in Paris and published April 1, 1896, by Boussod Valadon & Co. Successors to Goupil & Co. Painted by Henry Sandham, 1894. "A BASEBALL GAME" depicts the 1894 "Temple Cup" game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Giants...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Basilica of Saint Clement - Phototype Print - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Basilica of Saint Clement is a phototype print on cardboard, with the description on the lower dated "1863". Good conditions with diffused foxing. The Medieval scene represent a si...
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1860s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Le Liseur - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Le Liseur is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. Titl...
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1920s Symbolist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Portrait - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. Title...
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1920s Symbolist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Figure - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. Titled ...
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1920s Symbolist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

La Première Conscience Du Chaos - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
La Première Conscience Du Chaos is a phototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henr...
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1920s Symbolist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Ange Déchu - after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Ange Déchu is a prototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 1923. Tit...
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1920s Symbolist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

My Size, Intaglio Etching by Omar Rayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Omar Rayo Title: My Size Year: 1969 Medium: Intaglio Etching with Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50, 10 APs Paper Size: 29 x 22 inches (73.7 x 60 cm) Refer...
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1960s Minimalist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

La Coda di Paglia - Rare Book illustrated by Mino Maccari - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
La Coda di Paglia is an original modern rare book illustrated by Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989) and written by Alfonso Gatto in 1949. Original First Edition. Published by...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Young Boy - Vintage Photolithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Young Boy is an original photolithograph realized by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca. With the blue stamp of” Collezione Contessa Anna Labtitia Pecci” on the rear. Excellent c...
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1930s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Cosmos-Scene A-20
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Intaglio (etching, acquatint, monotype) Image size: 7.75 × 7.75 in (19.7 × 19.7 cm) Sheet size: 17.75 × 15.25 in (45.09 × 38.47 cm) Edition of 20 Year: 2022 Tachibana’s prin...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint, Intaglio

Spring Suite (Yellow with Yellow), OP Art Etching by Anuszkiewicz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Considered a major force in the op art movement, Anuszkiewicz is concerned with the optical changes that occur when different high-intensity colors are applied to the same geometric ...
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1970s Op Art Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Set of Two Engravings from Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus" /// Architecture
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Colen Campbell (Scottish, 1676-1729) Titles: "Plan of the Principal Floor of Wilberry House" (Vol. 1, Plate 51) and "Wilberry House in the County of Wilt" (Vol. 1, Plate 52) ...
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1710s Old Masters Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

Door To The East no.27 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.27 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, an...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Door To The East no.62 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.62 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, an...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Door To The East no.20 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.20 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, and ...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Door To The East no.31 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.31 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, and...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

"Untitled"
Located in Southampton, NY
Artist proof, aquatint, mixed intaglio engraving by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Pencil signed and dated lower right, 1947. Artist Proof. Condition: good; slight...
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1940s Surrealist Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

"Untitled"
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Door To The East no.26 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.26 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, and ...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Door To The East no.28 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.28 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, and ...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Door To The East no.50 - Cibachrome Photograph by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.50 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, an...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Door To The East no.58 - Cibachrome Photogra by Marilù Eustachio - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Door To The East no.58 is a Cibachrome Photograph retouched by hand in progressive numbers, realized by the Italian contemporary artist Marilù Eustachio in 1987. Titled, dated, and ...
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1980s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Photogravure

Cosmos-Scene A-21
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: intaglio with monotype background Image size: 7.75 × 7.75 in (19.7 × 19.7 cm) Sheet size: 17.75 × 15.25 in (45.09 × 38.47 cm) Edition of 20 Year: 2022 Tachibana’s prints tak...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio, Monoprint

Scent of Flowers
Located in Palm Springs, CA
While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilit...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Cosmos-Scene A-5
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: intaglio with monotype background Image size: 7.75 × 7.75 in (19.7 × 19.7 cm) Sheet size: 17.75 × 15.25 in (45.09 × 38.47 cm) Edition of 20 Year: 2022 Tachibana’s prints tak...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Monoprint, Intaglio

Retro Mode Joyful Moment
Located in Palm Springs, CA
While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate more closely to contemporary life and western sensibilit...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio, Etching, Aquatint

fractal-ssi-5a
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carborundum and intaglio. Signed and numbered from the edition of 24. Tachibana’s prints take their inspiration from nature, a meditation on the forms and shapes of water, ferns an...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Choki (Scissors)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 10. Young girl using her fingers ass scissors trimming the leaves of a red flower (tulip?). Yuji Hiratsuka was born 1954 in Osaka, Japan. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Giuseppe Garibaldi e i suoi Garibaldini - Original Photolithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Giuseppe Garibaldi e i suoi Garibaldini is a beautiful photo-type after a drawing attributed to Giuseppe Garibaldi. Photographic portrait in very good condition. Hand-signed and da...
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1860s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

David Salle Photogravure Heliogravure "Lucky" Pictures Generation Signed Print
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID SALLE (American, 1952- ) Lucky 1992 Photoengraving heliogravure on Lana paper Edition Julie Sylvester, New York Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right, numbered lower left...
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1990s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

The girl with a Rose- Original Photolithograph - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The girl with a rose is a photolithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in the Late 20th Century. Good conditions. Franco Genti...
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Late 20th Century Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Portrait of a Man - Phototype Print Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Man is a wonderful phototype print realized in the second half of XIX century. Signed on the lower right margin. Fair conditions, with a browing of paper due to the t...
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Late 19th Century Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

First Project of Silence - Photolithograph with Hand Notes by Gina Pane - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
First project of silence is an original artwork realized by the contemporary artist Gina Pane in 1970. Black and white photolithograph mounted on cardboard....
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1970s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Worm Hunters, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 15. Printed on Chine colle. Image of two happy birds finding a meal under a palm tree. Yuji Hiratsuka was born 1954 in Osaka, Japan. In 1985 he moved to the United States to pursue graduate degrees in printmaking at New Mexico State University (M.A.) and at Indiana University (M.F.A.). Since 1987 Hiratsuka has been teaching printmaking and drawing at several universities. He currently serves as a Professor of printmaking at Oregon State...
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2010s Contemporary Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio

Out West - Vintage Photo Book - Around 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Out West is a beautiful rare book illustrated by 24 panels with photolithographs realized by various authors. Printed probably in Germany, around 1900. Black and gold embossed title...
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Early 1900s Modern Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Equestrian Torso, British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Equestrian Torso from the Mausoleum' Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top rig...
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1910s Other Art Style Intaglio Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Shopping for Intaglio Prints?

There are many good reasons for an art lover to venture into the world of intaglio prints and other types of fine art prints. For one, 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, prints and other art can help enhance your space while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

Making a print can be as straightforward as pressing one painted surface to another or as complex as triggering a chemical reaction to create an image. Intaglio is a broad term for the variety of techniques used to create images by incising a metal plate, either with a sharp instrument (engraving, drypoint and mezzotint) or with acid (etching, aquatint and photogravure). 

In intaglio printmaking, after the artist incises the image, the plate is covered with ink then wiped clean, leaving pigment only in the marks that have been made on the plate. The plate is then covered with a piece of damp paper and run through a press to transfer the ink. Different intaglio techniques are often combined to create varying effects of line and tone.

OK, so what is the difference between a woodcut print and an intaglio print?

“It is the opposite of relief printingwoodcut, linoleum cut, letterpress, and rubber or metal stamping,” says Rhea Fontaine of Paulson Fontaine Press. “With relief printing, the raised areas of the printing surface are inked and printed, while the areas that have been cut away do not pick up the ink. Often these prints are made by hand.”

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