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Medium: Mezzotint
Awakening (9/40), mezzotint of rose by Marina Lazareva
By Marina Lazareva
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition of 40. Atmospheric mezzotint still life of two roses.
Marina Lazareva was born in Moscow in 1961. She is a member of Union of ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
From My Window, by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: mezzotint
Year: 2018
Edition: 30
Image Size: 19 x 19 inches
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist
Montage of scenes of the street below as seen from the artist...
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2010s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Black Water, mezzotint of the Maine coastline by James Groleau
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early twentieth century...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Still Night (Brooklyn brownstones on 7th Avenue off Flatbush Avenue)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Still Night", Frederick Mershimer depicts a row of brownstone houses on Seventh Avenue near Flatbush Avenue between Park and Stirling Places. Mershimer remembers that as he was ...
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1980s American Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Le banc de jardin (The Garden Bench).
Located in Storrs, CT
Le banc de jardin (The Garden Bench). 1883. Mezzotint. Tissot catalog 79, Béraldi catalog 66, Wentworth catalog 75 state ii/iii. 16 1/2 x 22 1/8 (s...
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19th Century Impressionist Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Italianate Landscape, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82).
From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain...
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Late 18th Century Italian School Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Engraving, Etching
Red Geranium: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Red Geraniums which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Geranium Anemones folio Af...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Une Fois Rien (Once Again / No Action)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Christine Ravaux created Une Fois Rien which is signed by pencil. This impression is #12 of 30
Shades of blacks and grays on a fallen branch create a pleasing pattern contrasted wi...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Betel Nut Palm: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of a flowering Betel Nut Palm plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Fagus Fau Buch,...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Sommeil (a sensuous nude woman sleeps on her side)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In this mezzotint, the sensual profile of a young nude woman is seen sleeping with her torso stretched out. The mezzotint is signed, titled and dated by the artist in pencil, from a...
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1990s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Clifford James (active 1900-1930)
After James Abbott NcNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl
Color mezzotint, 1922
Signed in pencil by James (see ...
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1920s Pre-Raphaelite Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Consequence of an Absence ( A loss makes one more appreciative)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is from an edition of 50. The artist's subject matter was enigmatic: a recurring theme was that of anonymous packages tied with knots of rope; sometimes there are prison bars...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Seventy Percent Chance
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Mezzotint
Year: 2023
Edition: 50
Image Size: 11.75 x 17.5 inches
Pedestrians sheltering from the rain under umbrellas in an urban downtown setting,
Art Werger’s prints show...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 12
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Reflet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #8 of 50
Mezzotint artist Mikio Watanabe was born in 1954 in Japan and currently lives in France. He is most known for his elegant, evocative black and white nude...
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1980s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
The Mountain
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Mezzotint print. Edition of 18, signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
Caulfield has exhibited his prints, drawings, installations and artist’s books extensively throughout Cana...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Beyound (sic) - IX
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Beyond (sic) - IX
Mezzotint, n.d.
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition: Unique impression (i/I)
Ninion and Sheldon Landy were major collectors of Hamanishi's works. They donated a large group of his mezzotints to Art Institute of Chicago, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019.
Condition: excellent
Plate/Image size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches
Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches
Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy, Hamanishi's patrons
EXTREMELY RARE-UNIQUE
Katsunori Hamanishi
Born: 1949, Hokkaido
Medium: Mezzotint, with relief printing and metallic foil. Also a few woodblocks
Hamanishi studied painting and graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Art, in 1973. Since then, he has been living in the Tokyo area, where his primary focus is printmaking. Mezzotint is a variation of intaglio printing--an exacting and laborious process whereby ink is transferred from below the surface of the plate by use of a press. First, the entire copper plate is indented with a toothed steel rocker tool. Worked in all directions, this creates an even finely-grained texture over the surface of the plate. Each pit will hold ink and were the plate inked at this stage, it would print almost solid black.
To create the design the artist smoothes out some of the pits with a burnisher so they will hold less ink. Where highlights are required the plate is burnished and polished quite smooth. A wide range of tones are possible in mezzotint and the process can usually be recognized by a light design on a velvety black background. Hamanishi is internationally known for his mastery of this medium. He creates images with both subtle detail and dynamic composition that explore spatial relationships.
His genius is in balancing calm and meditative qualities with the energetic tensions of inanimate and natural objects. Early work had such things as pipes and branches wrapped with cloth, later rope, then straw. When he moved to a more rural area, rice fields became a common element. He has also been exploring the use of color and metallic leaf in his artwork. In 2005 Mr. Hamanishis began the Haze series exploring more abstract themes using the subtle differences between matte and black inks done in mezzotint and relief printing.
There is always a sense of mystery and intrigue in the complex mezzotint prints that come from Hamanishi’s deft hands. They compel the viewer to do a slow, thoughtful examination in order to fully absorb the vision the artist intends.
Exhibitions:
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts --2 person show with Hamaguchi
Ibiza Biennial, Spain--Grand Prize
Original Colored Graphic Print Triennial, Switzerland--Grand Prize
Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil--Grand Prize
CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo--Art Grant winner
Republic of China Print Exhibit--Gold Medal
Graphic Arts Council, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco--commissioned print
Art Institute of Cleveland
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada--visiting artist
Shun-yo-Kai, Tokyo--prize winner
Bhara Bhavan International Print Biennale, India
Ren Brown...
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1980s Abstract Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
American Dream
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An idealized American suburb, but without an exit...
Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood and suggesting a story for the viewer to complete. He is known for h...
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2010s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Flowering Narcissus Lily: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of a flowering Red Narcissus Lily plant, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Narcissus In...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Playmates, mezzotint of child and cat by Cousins after Hugues Merle
By Samuel Cousins
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Hugues Merle was a French painter who mostly depicted sentimental or moral subjects. Samuel Cousins was a highly regarded mezzotint engraver.
350mm by 2...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Book 1, line 192: Satan on the Burning Lake
By John Martin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Book 1, line 192: Satan on the Burning Lake
Mezzotint, 1825
Engraved signature below the image (see photo)
From John Milton's "Paradise Lost"
Published by Septimus Prowett
Printed by...
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1820s Romantic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
"The Game of Transformation. Butterflies"
Located in Zofingen, AG
The etching "The Game of Transformation. Butterflies" is an artist's play with meanings and associations. In this work, modern girls are presented in the form of glamorous fluttering...
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2010s Aesthetic Movement Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Mulberry Paper, Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint
Exit (Dappled sunlight in an ancient stairway leads to an uncertain end.)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Finns always seek the solace of nature. Is this mysterious stairway an escape from the challenges of civilization? Vanttinen created this mezzotint in an edition of 100 and it is tit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 14
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
THORNTON. The Roses
Located in London, GB
Magnificent print by Robert John Thornton. Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora.
[London 1799]
First state.
Thornton was a prolific medical author and Doctor of Medicine, practicing at St Andrews University and licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. However, he is best remembered for this great botanical publication The Temple of Flora, which formed a part of the larger work - New Illustration of the Sexual system of Linnaeus.
In 1797, he also began advertising for subscribers to his planned natural history publishing venture, which eventually comprised of 30 folio botanical plates. For these remarkable illustrations, he engaged the services of the leading artists and engravers of his day: Sir William Beechey, James Opie, Henry Raeburn, John Russell, Philip Reinagle and others as painters; Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Earlom and John Landseer. Most of the images were painted by Peter Charles Henderson and Philip Reinagle.
These botanical illustrations are unique as they were the first flower prints with landscape backgrounds, depicting the natural habitat of the plant. The life-size flowers stand out dramatically and the whole effect is startlingly modern. Thornton's announced intention was to make this work the most magnificent tribute ever paid to the famous Swedish botanist Linnaeus by illustrating his Sexual System with the finest possible prints. All these were engraved on a larger scale than anything which had hitherto appeared and then were printed in colour, an expensive and uncommon method in England at this time. A brilliant effect.
This rare and celebrated plate of the Roses...
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1790s Naturalistic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper, Mezzotint, Aquatint
J. M. W. Turner / Sir Frank Short mezzotint "Erhrenbreitstein to Coblenz, No. 2"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: mezzotint. Catalogue reference: Hardie 95. Executed in 1913 by Sir Frank Short after J. M. W. Turner and signed in pencil by Sir Frank Short. Printed on chine-collé paper in ...
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1910s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Etching
Desvelo (Sleeplessness or insomnia
Located in New Orleans, LA
A copper mezzotint printed on Hahnemulle paper in an edition of 20,
Graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts "San Alejandro" in 2005. Study of graphic arts. Printer and spe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Italianate Landscape, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82).
From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain...
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Late 18th Century Italian School Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching, Engraving
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 2
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
No U-Turn
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Mezzotint
Year: 2023
Edition: 25
Image Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches
Art Werger’s prints show a keen observation of quiet and normally unnoticed moments. Pedestrians passing each...
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2010s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
momento no. 345 (Fail)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carrie Lingscheit originally hails from South Dakota, where her love of printmaking was galvanized through involvement in several Frogman’s summer print workshops. She received her B...
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2010s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching
J. M. W. Turner / Sir Frank Short mezzotint "Erhrenbreitstein to Coblenz, No. 2"
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: mezzotint. Catalogue reference: Hardie 95. Executed in 1913 by Sir Frank Short after J. M. W. Turner and signed in pencil by Sir Frank Short. Printed on chine-collé paper in ...
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1910s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Etching
Banana Plants: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line double page engraving of banana plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Banana 1. Musa,...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 1
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 20
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 13
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 15
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
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1820s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
Flowering Cotton Plant: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving is entitled "Gnaphalium, Gossypium (Cotton Plant)". It is plate 551 in Johann Weinmann's monumental publication "Phy...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Mezzotint
A meeting. Mezzotint print, Limited edition, Black & white, Polish artist
By Ewa Kutylak
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative black & white mezzotint and drypoint print by Polish artist Ewa Kutylak. Print depicts a man facing a horse. Above them there is a dog in a landscape and bene...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Drypoint, Mezzotint
Sud (South)
By Anne Dykmans
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #5 out of 40
Anne Dykmans was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1952. She is a graduate of l’École Nationale d’Architecture et des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in Brussels, where she studied printmaking. Specialist of the Mezzotint (mezzotinto) technique, she is especially known for her prints of interior scenes, where light and dark come together in amazing chiaroscuro effects. She has presented her work in solo and group shows in Belgium and in many countries including; among others: France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Japan, China, and the USA. She was awarded in 1983 the Prix de la Jeune Gravure Belge in Antwerp. In 1986 she received the Prize of the 8th Biennale of Engraving of Fredrikstad, Norway. She won in 1988 the Gold Medal at the 2nd Triennial of Mezzotint Engraving of Sopot, Poland. Her prints are included in many private and public collections around the world.
Anne Dykmans taught engraving from 1984 to 2017 at the Constantin Meunier...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Girders (rainy night view of artist's former studio in Washington Heights
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Griders" is Craig McPherson's rainy night scene showing the view from his former studio in Washington Heights in NYC. The image is the companion pi...
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1980s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Waterfall I, de-accessioned from Denver Art Museum, etching, drypoint, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
David Shapiro (American, b. 1922)
Waterfall I (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum), 1979
Spit-bite etching, drypoint and carborundrum on Lanaq...
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1970s Abstract Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching
Architextures
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architextures is a suite of 8 mezzotints in an edition of 50 created in 1984:
Mosque and Mosque Interior (5.1 cm x 5.1 cm)
Dome and Dome Interior (5.7cm x 3.8 cm)
Castle and Castle ...
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1980s American Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Storm Wave III
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to complete. His seascapes and ocean prints are from the California coastline. Sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Holiday Pine Cones
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Holiday wreath adorns the door of a Brooklyn Mansion
Frederick Mershimer (American, b. 1958)
Moody, mysterious, majestic – these are some of the ways to describe the mezzotint...
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1990s American Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engravings of Fruit in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
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18th Century Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Watercolor
Turbulence (color version), by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular wave breaking under a stormy sky . Werger's mezzotint prints are masterful at capturing a mood, and suggesting a story for the viewer to complete. Signed and numbered f...
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2010s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Still life - Etching on Paper by Mario Avati - 1960s
By Mario Avati
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an etching on paper, realized by the French artist and print-maker master Mario Avati (1921-2009).
Hand-signed on the lower right and numbered on the lower left in pen...
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1960s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching
Two Graters
By Tomoe Yokoi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and editioned in pencil by the artist
Edition: 150 (84/150)
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26";
Image: 11 7/8 x 12 3/4"
Tomoe Yokoi (Born 1943)
Tomoe Yokoi was born in Nagoya, Japan i...
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1980s Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland: Mezzotint After a Painting by J. Reynolds
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century mezzotint portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy by Richard Houston after a painting by Joshua Reynolds, published in London by Robert Sayer in 1763. It is a rare, full length portrait of Elizabeth, who was known as Lady Betty. Lady Betty stands, facing to the right, holding her coronet, and wearing her peeress’s ermine and velvet robes over a brocade dress. In the background are a column, a billowing drape, and the grounds of Alnwick Castle...
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Mid-18th Century Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Italianate Landscape, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82).
From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after ...
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Late 18th Century Italian School Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching, Engraving
Italianate Landscape, mezzotint by Richard Earlom after Claude le Lorrain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Sepia mezzotint by Richard Earlom (1743-1822) After Claude Gellee ('Claude Lorrain') (1600-82).
From 'Liber Veritatis; or A Collection of Prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian School Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint, Engraving, Etching
John Paul Jones Commander of a Squadron - 13 Colonies United States...
Located in Santa Monica, CA
AMERICAN REVOLUTION - (Attributed to Richard Brookshaw)
JOHN PAUL JONES Commander of a Squadron in the Service of THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, 1779 (Creswell LC1...
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1770s Old Masters Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Looking Up (left profile of a man looking toward the heavens)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes several spirit-like creatures seeming to wander in an unknown landscape He moves images around on the paper to create ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames, Set of 6
Located in Richmond, GB
A group of mezzotint engravings of flowers from: "Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-174...
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18th Century Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Mezzotint
Personne Seule Etendue
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes traditional images of a sun-filled sky, dark shadows cast on water and through leafy trees all under the guise of thre...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Parabole 2 (Sunshine streams through clouds and trees as three men observe)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak has created a surreal landscape that includes traditional images of a sun-filled sky, dark shadows cast on water and through leafy trees all under the guise of thre...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Sleepless Night, gorgeous Color mezzotint Rives BFK Signed 18/50 Japanese artist
Located in New York, NY
Kazuhisa Honda
Sleepless Night, 1981
Color mezzotint on Rives BFK watermarked paper
Signed, dated, titled and numbered 18/50 on the front
14 × 19 inches
Unframed
Accompanied by COA i...
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1980s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Delta (River delta in front of mountains in volcanic landscape, Iceland)
By Udo Claassen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Delta was first brought to attention as one of the dramatic images illustrated in Carol Wax's book, The Mezzotint, History and Technique. It was also exhibited at the New Orleans Mu...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
His Timmer Staff
Located in New Orleans, LA
"His Timmer Staff" is an image of herding pigs by William Strang. It is a fine impression in fine condition in an edition of 20 signed and inscribed by the artist. Binyon 119
One...
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1890s Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Engraving, Mezzotint
GAME-WORK #20
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATSUNORI HAMANISHI (b.1949)
GAME-WORK #20 (S.22) c. 1984. Mezzotint, Signed titled and numbered 12/100 in pencil, 13 x 8 5/8 inches. Sheet 18 3/4 x 14 inches. In excellent condi...
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1980s Realist Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Setsugo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Setsugo-Δ
Mezzotint, 1977
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photo)
Edition: 30 (8/30)
Provenance:
Ninion and Sheldon Landy Collection, Donors to Art Inst. of Chicago Hamanishi Exhibition, Oct. 12, 2013-January 5, 2014
Hamanishi Large 12
HAMANISHI Katsunori...
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1970s Abstract Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Blueberry Field Near Eggemoggin Beach
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
momento no. 17384 (drift)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carrie Lingscheit's print often deal with relationships and memories. "Human experience is plagued by an inherent incompleteness—both perception and memory being naturally imperfect,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching
Blueberry Field Near Eggemoggin Beach
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine. Intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
Materials
Mezzotint
Crushed Beetle / Fragile Series
By Lois Ward
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lois Ward created a Fragile Series of images including "Crushed Beetle" in 1990 in a very small edition of just 9. This impression is #1 of 9.
Ward has always been concerned with t...
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1990s American Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Columbines Pl.162 Original mezzotint by J.W. Weinmann
Located in Paonia, CO
“Columbines Pl. 162” A Weinmann, Johann, Wilhelm Mezzotint Engraving With Some Hand Coloring from Johan Wilhelm Weinmann’s ( 1683-1741 ) Phytanthoza Iconographia, a comprehensive sci...
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1740s Other Art Style Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Beyound (sic) - IX
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Beyond (sic) - IX
Mezzotint, n.d.
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition: Unique impression (i/I)
Ninion and Sheldon Landy were major collectors of Hamanishi's works. They donated a large group of his mezzotints to Art Institute of Chicago, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019.
Condition: excellent
Plate/Image size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches
Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches
Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy, Hamanishi's patrons
EXTREMELY RARE-UNIQUE
Katsunori Hamanishi
Born: 1949, Hokkaido
Medium: Mezzotint, with relief printing and metallic foil. Also a few woodblocks
Hamanishi studied painting and graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Art, in 1973. Since then, he has been living in the Tokyo area, where his primary focus is printmaking. Mezzotint is a variation of intaglio printing--an exacting and laborious process whereby ink is transferred from below the surface of the plate by use of a press. First, the entire copper plate is indented with a toothed steel rocker tool. Worked in all directions, this creates an even finely-grained texture over the surface of the plate. Each pit will hold ink and were the plate inked at this stage, it would print almost solid black.
To create the design the artist smoothes out some of the pits with a burnisher so they will hold less ink. Where highlights are required the plate is burnished and polished quite smooth. A wide range of tones are possible in mezzotint and the process can usually be recognized by a light design on a velvety black background. Hamanishi is internationally known for his mastery of this medium. He creates images with both subtle detail and dynamic composition that explore spatial relationships.
His genius is in balancing calm and meditative qualities with the energetic tensions of inanimate and natural objects. Early work had such things as pipes and branches wrapped with cloth, later rope, then straw. When he moved to a more rural area, rice fields became a common element. He has also been exploring the use of color and metallic leaf in his artwork. In 2005 Mr. Hamanishis began the Haze series exploring more abstract themes using the subtle differences between matte and black inks done in mezzotint and relief printing.
There is always a sense of mystery and intrigue in the complex mezzotint prints that come from Hamanishi’s deft hands. They compel the viewer to do a slow, thoughtful examination in order to fully absorb the vision the artist intends.
Exhibitions:
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts --2 person show with Hamaguchi
Ibiza Biennial, Spain--Grand Prize
Original Colored Graphic Print Triennial, Switzerland--Grand Prize
Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil--Grand Prize
CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo--Art Grant winner
Republic of China Print Exhibit--Gold Medal
Graphic Arts Council, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco--commissioned print
Art Institute of Cleveland
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada--visiting artist
Shun-yo-Kai, Tokyo--prize winner
Bhara Bhavan International Print Biennale, India
Ren Brown...
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1980s Abstract Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Flight of the Elephant Garlic
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. Most of his mezzotints are tiny, and his subjects are the simplest of everyday objects: an egg, seashell, carrot, potatoes. Simil...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Wind
By Anne Dykmans
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anne Dykmans' "Wind" shows a multi color ribbon flapping in the wind. The flow of the wind is shown through the movement of the fabric. It is in an edition of just 10.
Anne Dykman...
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Early 2000s Modern Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
“On the Seine, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original aquatint engraving of working river barges on the Seine in Paris, France. A horse drawn cart is seen loading or unloading product. Circa 1900. ...
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Early 1900s Academic Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Mezzotint
Johann Weinmann: c.18th Engravings of Fruit in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand-made parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania frames.
Johann Weinmann (1683-1741), a G...
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18th Century Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Watercolor
Mezzotint Etching Botanical Print 'Mantle' Signed AP Jungle Image
By Richard Hricko
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Hricko has exhibited internationally in museums, galleries and juried competitions, including the National Academy Museum in New York, Glynn Vivian Art Museum in Wales, and G...
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20th Century Contemporary Mezzotint Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint, Etching
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