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Medium: Woodcut
Cancer - Original Woodcut Print by P. C. Antinori - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Zodiac Signs - Cancer is original Black and white xilography artwork, realized by Italian artist Piero C. Antinori. Excellent condition. Written on the lower left; original woodcut...
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1970s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ecce Homo Plate X
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ecce Homo Plate X Woodcut, 1921 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist (see photos) Edition: One of two known impressions This image wwas unknown to the catloger Ingrid Rose in 1984 when she published the catalog raisonne of Drewes prints. Done while Drewes was studying at the Bauhaus. Reference: Ingrid Rose, Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonne of His Prints (Munich: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984), 33, one of two known impressions. Provenance: Gift of the artist to one of his Bauhaus professors. Held in East Germany until the opening of the wall Jorg Maas Kunsthandel, Berlin Other image from the suite of Ecce Homo images are available. Extremely early, rare Bauhaus works. n 1921 Drewes went to the Bauhaus in Weimar, where, after completing the compulsory preliminary course with Johannes Itten, he continued to study with Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer and Georg Muche and initially went to the wall painting workshop. He then traveled extensively through Europe, North America and Asia. After returning to Germany in 1927, he went back to the Bauhaus, this time to his new location in Dessau, where he studied in the classes of László Moholy-Nagy and Wassily Kandinsky. He was one of the first artists to introduce the groundbreaking concepts of the Bauhaus School in the United States through his painting, printmaking, and teaching. Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. His mature style encompassed both nonobjective and figurative work and the emotional content of this work was consistently more expressive than formal. Drewes was as highly regarded for his printmaking as for his painting. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was largely responsible for bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. Early life and education Drewes was born in 1899 to Georg Drewes, a Lutheran pastor, and Martha Schaefer Drewes. The family lived in the village of Canig within Lower Lusatia, Germany. From age eight to eighteen he attended the Saldria Gymnasium, a boarding school in Brandenburg an der Havel. There, he showed talent both for painting and woodblock printing. Graduating from Saldria in 1917, he was drafted by the German army and served in France from then until the close of the war. About this period of his life he is reported to have said that the horrors of life at the front were only made tolerable by his sketchbook, a copy of Goethe's Faust and a volume of Nietzsche. For a decade following the close of the war he studied, made paintings and prints, and traveled widely. His friend, Herwarth Walden, helped shape his appreciation for expressionist literature and art. Walden produced the quarterly magazine, Der Sturm and ran a gallery of contemporary art, Galerie Der Sturm, from which, in 1919, Drewes purchased an expressionist painting by William Wauer titled Blutrausch (Bloodlust). In the same year he made the acquaintance of Heinrich Vogeler and participated in Vogeler's socialist utopian artists' commune, Barkenhoff, at Worpswede, Lower Saxony. In 1919 Drewes also enrolled at the Königlich Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg to study architecture and the following year he studied the same subject at the Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart. Preferring art over architecture, he then enrolled in Stuttgart's school of applied arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) where he studied life drawing and learned to work with colored glass. At this time he joined a group of artists and architects associated with the newly formed Merz Akademie, a college of design, art, and media in Stuttgart. In 1921 his friendship with a French artist, Sébastien Laurent, led him to begin studies in Weimar at Bauhaus, then a new school which taught an integrated approach to the fine and applied arts. His instructors were Johannes Itten and Lyonel Feininger, whose paintings were expressionist and abstract, and Paul Klee, who taught bookbinding, stained glass, and murals. While at Bauhaus Drewes produced a portfolio of ten woodblock prints entitled "Ecce Homo." In 1923 and 1924 he studied art during travels throughout Italy, Spain, the United States, and Central America and in 1926 he traveled to San Francisco, Japan, and Korea, thence taking the Trans-Siberian railway to Manchuria, Moscow, and Warsaw. He later said the El Grecos he saw proved to be most influential in his work. While traveling, he exhibited: (1) etchings in Madrid (1923) and Montevideo (1924), oils and etchings in Buenos Aires and St. Louis (1925), and (3) etchings in San Francisco (1926). He paid his way by the sales these exhibits produced and by taking commissions to paint portraits. While in San Francisco he set up a shop from which he sold prints he had made in Spain and South America. After his return to Germany in 1927 he resumed study at Bauhaus, which had been forced to relocate in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. His instructors at that time were László Moholy-Nagy (metal work), Wassily Kandinsky, and (painting), and Lyonel Feininger (prints). At this time he also worked and exhibited in Frankfurt. With the rise of Nazism abstract artists found it increasingly difficult to sell their work and, in 1930, Drewes, finding the political pressure unbearable, emigrated to the United States. There, despite the world economic crisis, Drewes was able to earn a living as a professional artist. Mature style After Drewes moved to New York, Kandinsky, who was both friend and mentor, continued to exert a strong influence over his style. Later in life he said he had a hard time getting away from Kandinsky's influence as he developed his own style. In time he was able to bring a more emotional approach to his work and to base it, more than Kandinsky did, on natural forms. In 1930 Drewes had a solo exhibition at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library and a two-person show at the S.P.R. Penthouse Gallery...
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1920s Bauhaus Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Rainbow-Man" - Abstracted Mexican Figurative Woodblock Print
By Pedro Puesta
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rainbow-man," an abstracted Mexican figurative woodblock by Pedro Puerta (Mexican, 20th Century), 1974. Titled "Rainbow-Man" lower left and "from a Michoacan Pot" "Reproduced with a...
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1970s Other Art Style Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Man in Blue Coat Carrying Goods - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This portrait of a man in Blue Coat carrying goods in the work of the japanese artist Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), otherwise known as Toyokuni III. Whether through the use of color...
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19th Century Old Masters Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Maroon Robe
Located in Missouri, MO
Maroon Carborundum Robe (C. 47), 1991 Published by Pace Editions, New York Jim Dine (American, b. 1935) Woodcut Print Hand Signed, Dated, and Numbered Lower Left Edition 1/12 Lower L...
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1990s Pop Art Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Color, Woodcut

The Maroon Robe
The Maroon Robe
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Blue Face from the Brushstroke Figures Series
Located in Miami, FL
Lithograph, waxtype woodcut and screenprint on 638-g/m cold-pressed Saunders Waterford Paper. From the "Brushstroke Figures" series, 1989. Hand signed rf Lichtenstein, dated ('89) a...
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1980s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut

Toshihide Migita (1863-1925) - Japanese Woodblock, Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
This ukiyo-e print depicts a geisha elegantly adorned in traditional dress as she lifts the blinds. The work is from the series "Bijin Juni-shi" (The Twelve Figures of the Beauties) ...
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Late 19th Century Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Kabuki - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki is an original artwork realized in 1864 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Breast portrait of the actor Sawamura Toshi in front of a dark blue background, he's wearing a lion dance costume. In the inset portrait of Kataoka Nizaemon with a feather costume. Signed: Oshio Toyokuni ga (77 Toyokuni). Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke in Horie. Censorship: Aratame. Wood engraver: Matsushima Masakichi. Excellent impression with visible wood grain and baren print lines...
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1860s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep
Located in Fairlawn, OH
No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep Woodcut, 1961 Unsigned (as isssued) From: The "Way" of the Woodcut, three woodcuts, 1961 Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press, Brooklyn, New Y...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Sumida Haru - Kakutai - Woodcut by Utagawa Yoshitaki - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Sumida haru - kakutai is an original artwork realized in 1860 by Utagawa Yoshitaki (April 13, 1841 – June 28, 1899) also known as Ichiyosai Yoshitaki. Two Chuban from a Triptych. M...
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1860s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Max Weber, Figure
Located in New York, NY
One of America's great modernist innovators, Max Weber carved Figure, 1919-20, on the end piece of a wooden cigar box. This Cubist image is composed o...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Etoile de Mer Rouge (Red Star Fish) from the suite, Si je mourais La-Bas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Etoile de Mer Rouge (Red Star Fish)" From the suite "Si je Mourais la Bas" is a rare original color woodcut on L.B hand made paper ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Actor Nakamura Shikan - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The actor Nakamura Shikan, color woodcut, probably from the series "9 Dances", Mid-19th Century, realized by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Dimensions. 38x26.5cm, unframed, mounted...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Suma - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
Suma is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada II and Hiroshige II in 1864. Woodcut Print Oban Format. From the series "Omokage Genji go...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Wandering Monks in the Courtyard of Konoura - Woodcut by U. Hiroshige II - 1840s
Located in Roma, IT
Wandering monks in the courtyard of Konoura is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826 – 1869) in the 1840s. Good impression with reduced palette mainly in...
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1840s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Peeking Inside the Barn, woodblock print by Penelope Ellis
Located in London, GB
Penelope Ellis (1935-2016) Peeking inside the barn Woodblock print 15 x 11 cm Provenance: From the artist's estate sale. ​Penelope Mary Ellis (1935–2016) was a British artist cele...
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1950s Folk Art Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Sight and Sound - 1990s - Balthus - Xilograph - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Sight and Sound is an original portfolio by Balthus including three coloured xilograph. Hand signed lower right. Edition of 51 numbered copies plus 5 a...
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1990s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Mythology : Centaur and Unicorn - Original woodcut, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Honoré Broutelle Centaur and Unicorn, 1929 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the bli...
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1920s Art Deco Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Sunset After Storm
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Original Woodcut in colors on Japanese paper. Carol Summers has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving m...
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1980s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Dante's Repetance - Plate n. 30 Purgatory - WoodcutPrint - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dante's Repetance from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Plate n. 30 Purgatory is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" ...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Utagawa Kunisada - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Samurai is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada. Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout. Includes frame: 45.5 x 35...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Bernard, Composition, Éloge de Émile Bernard (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Éloge de Émile Bernard, 1962. Published by Editions d'Art Ma...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Sumo Fighter - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sumo Fighter is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout (45...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Meeting in Akashi - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting in Akashi is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada II and Hiroshige II in 1864. Woodcut Print Oban Format. From the series "Omo...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Sea-Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa
Located in Roma, IT
The Sea-Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa H...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Surf n' Shell - Figurative Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
An artist proof is a one of a kind print. An original. Surfing and sea shells: Two of my favorite things. Printed on buff archival paper. Surf n' Shell - Figurative Print - Woodcut ...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Orphée (for Le bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée de G. Apollinaire), by Raoul Dufy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Orphée (for Le bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée de G. Apollinaire) Raoul Dufy French (1877–1953) Date: 1911 Woodblock, signed in pencil lower right Image Size: 10 x 8 inches Frame Siz...
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1910s Impressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Don Quixote de La Mancha: Signed Limited Edition Woodcut Portrait by De Groat
Located in Alamo, CA
A limited edition woodcut portrait of Don Quixote de la Marcha by George De Groat (1917-1995). Don Quixote is instantly recognizable due to his thin fa...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Impression B
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impression B Color woodcut, 1959 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Titled lower left (see photo) A trial proof, prior to the edition of 100, signed and numbered Condition: Excellent Image size: 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist by decent to his heirs "Printmaker and painter Toshi Yoshida was born on July 25, 1911, into the respected Yoshida family of artists of Tokyo, Japan. Father Hiroshi was a celebrated landscape painter and printmaker, and mother Fujio established herself as the first female Yoshida artist as well as an Abstract artist later in her career. Younger brother Hodaka was an Abstract printmaker whose style, completely separate from his family's historic traditional bent, later influenced Toshi. Hodaka's wife Chizuko would become a pioneering female Japanese artist whose own exploration of Surrealism and Abstraction challenged the status quo. Toshi, however, as the eldest sibling, was expected to follow in his father's footsteps, and from an early age he was trained by Hiroshi in his studio. Unable to attend formal schooling due to the polio-induced paralyzation of his leg, Toshi would instead help with his family's printmaking studio and go on sketching trips with Hiroshi. As he got older, these trips would include India and Southeast Asia, working from morning to night taking night trains to get from one destination to another. Among Toshi's favorite subjects were the animals he discovered along the way. However, these trips ended as Japan entered military dictatorship in the mid 1930s, and artists whose work showed signs of Western influence were barred from exhibiting. At this time, Toshi left Japan for China and Korea, where he would remain for the duration of the war. He stuck to patriotic themes to remain in business, and after the end of World War II, as Japan struggled to recover from wartime economic depression, he earned his living creating traditional Japanese woodcut landscapes...
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1950s Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Lovers - Woodcut Print on Paper By Robert Bonfils - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an original artwork realized by Robert Bonfils (1886-1972). Original woodcut print on paper, realized on early-20th century, hand signed in pencil by the artist on the lowe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Jacob Pins "Lonely Walker" 1960 Woodcut
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jacob Pins: 1917-2005. Was a German born Israeli woodcut artist and art collector. He has had auction results over $3000 for a print. This powerful scarce example...
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1960s Expressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Hiroshige (1797-1858) - View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu) 東都名所
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: 広重 Hiroshige (1797-1858) Series: Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho) (東都名所) Title: View of Kasumigaseki (Kasumigaseki no zu) 霞がせきの図 Size: O-ban 大判 24.2 x 36...
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1840s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Boat (study for estuary)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Bosman (b. 1944) is a painter and printmaker known for his woodcuts depicting turbulent seascapes. He studied at Bryam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing in London, The New ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Angel of Mercy - Woodcut attr. to Salvador Dali- 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Angel of Mercy - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. No...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Amoureux a Tarang, Yap, Ouest Carolines (Lovers of Tarang, Yap, West Carolines)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Amoureux a Tarang, Yap, Ouest Carolines 1935 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist, ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Woman In Black, Modern Woodcut Print by Stephen White
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stephen White - Woman In Black, Year: 1981, Medium: Woodblock on Japon, signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 2/100, Size: 24.5 x 31.5 in. (62.23 x 80.01 cm)
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1980s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan II by Utagawa Kunisada Edo Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan II by Utagawa Kunisada Japanese Woodblock Print Wonderful portrait of Nakamura Shikan II, a prominent kabuki actor, in the role of Kisen Hoshi Toyokuni ...
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1820s Realist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Kabuki Actor - Woodcut after Utagawa Kunisada - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki actor is aWoodcut print realized in the early 20th Century after Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout. I...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Panorama d'un Paysage - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful woodcut print in the tradutional "oban" format is the work of the great Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858). It represents the landscape from a high point o...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Bijin and Children on a Porch with Lanterns-Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada II-1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Bijin and children on a porch with lanterns is an original modern artworks realized by Utagawa Kunisada II between 1860-1875 Mixed colored woodcut print (nishiki-e). Format: ôban vertical triptych...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Dan Burne Jones, Affection
Located in New York, NY
Dan Burne Jones is widely know as the author of the Rockwell Kent print catalogue raisonne. It's so interesting to see that he is a gifted wood engraver as well. Jones's own prints a...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Kabuki Actor - Woodblock Print attr. to Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Actor is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century and attributed to Utagawa Kunisada. Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout. Includ...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Weib Vom Manne Begehrt (Woman Desired by Man) /// Max Pechstein Woodcut Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Hermann Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955) Title: "Weib Vom Manne Begehrt (Woman Desired by Man)" Portfolio: Deutsche Grapiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time) *Unsigned edition Year: 1919, (published 1920) Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving on cream wove paper Limited edition: 500, (there was also a signed and numbered edition of 30) Printer: Unknown Publisher: Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, Germany Reference: "Das Graphische Werk Max Pechsteins" - Krüger No. 224; Fechter No. 157; Rifkind No. 2252; Söhn I, page 108-114 Framing: Recently beautifully framed in a modern gold moulding with 100% cotton rag matting and Museum Glass Framed size: 19.69" x 16.13" Sheet size: 12.75" x 9.5" Image size: 9.88" x 6.25" Condition: One small skillfully repaired tear lower left in margin. It is otherwise a strong impression in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Kiel, Germany. Comes from the 1920 "Deutsche Grapiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)" portfolio of fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions, and one lithographed cover by various artists. The artists who contributed to this portfolio were George Grosz, Ernst Barlach, Lovis Corinth, Richard Seewald, Heinrich Campendonk, Erich Heckel, Otto Mueller, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Lyonel Feininger, Conrad Felixmüller, Max Unold, Karl Caspar, Max Lieberman, René Beeh, Adolf Ferdinand Schinnerer, Ludwig Meidner, Max Beckmann, Richard Seewald, Käthe Kollwitz, August Gaul, Rudolf Grossman, Alfred Kubin, and Paul Klee. This very same work is within many permanent museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. "Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time)" brings together woodcuts, lithographs, and reproductions by thirty-one artists representing a cross-section of styles from Impressionism to Expressionism, uniting under a single cover works ranging from naturalistic self-portraits to left-wing political caricatures. It features works by artists associated with the Berlin Secession (an exhibiting society comprised primarily of German Impressionists), with Expressionist groups like the Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter, and with the political Novembergruppe, as well as artists like Max Beckmann who were not affliliated with any group. In his introduction, art historian Kurt Pfister identified Expressionism as the leading force in German art at the time, while stressing the plurality of approaches to style and subject matter that the movement encompassed. Pfister emphasized the openness of German artists to foreign sources, and cited the importance of Paul Cézanne, Edvard Munch, and Pablo Picasso as well as Japanese, Indian, African, and Gothic art for the development of German art. There was a fifty-year difference in age between the oldest artist, Max Liebermann, and the youngest, Conrad Felixmüller, featured in the collection. The volume also included Lyonel Feininger, an American who had lived in Germany since 1896, as well as Austrian artists Oskar Kokoschka and Alfred Kubin. Biography: Pechstein was born in Zwickau, the son of a craftsman who worked in a textile mill. Early contact with the art of Vincent van Gogh stimulated Pechstein's development toward expressionism. After studying art first at the School of Applied Arts and then at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden, Pechstein met Erich Heckel and joined the art group Die Bru¨cke in 1906. He was the only member to have formal art training. Later in Berlin, he helped to found the Neue Sezession and gained recognition for his decorative and colorful paintings that were lent from the ideas of Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves. His paintings eventually became more primitivist, incorporating thick black lines and angular figures. From in 1933, Pechstein was vilified by the Nazis because of his art. A total of 326 of his paintings were removed from German museums. Sixteen of his works were displayed in the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art...
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1920s Expressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Engraving

Estuary
Located in New York, NY
Richard Bosman (b. 1944) is a painter and printmaker known for his woodcuts depicting turbulent seascapes. He studied at Bryam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing in London, The New ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Biensennyo-ko Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Japanese Woodblock print of a Biensennyo-ko a powder face women. Behind the women is a framed cityscape. The print is possibly from the series "Eight Favorite Things in the Modern World". The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The print is not framed. Artist Biography: Keisai Eisen...
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Early 1800s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Vendeur de Masques Chinois
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Vendeur de Masques Chinois" {The Chinese Masks Seller) 1940 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in penci...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Serpientes Cafe - Figurative Abstract Woodcut
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative abstract woodcut print titled "Serpientes Cafe" by Cecelia Sánchez Duarte. Pencil signed with "P/A" (Artist Proof), title, and signature bottom margin. Image, 31"H x 23.25"W. Sanchez Duarte is a visual artist and a cultural activist. Cecelia also teaches Art History at Escuela Profesional de Danza de Mazatlán, is the Fine Arts Coordinator at Centro Municipal de Artes, cofounder of the new Técnico en Artes Plásticas and founder of a painting workshop for children. She has had more than 300 collective exhibits internationally as well as 17 solo shows. Cecelia Sánchez Duarte lives in Mazatlán, Mexico. Cecilia Sánchez Duarte became the new director of the Art Museum of Mazatlan in 2017. Cecilia Sanchez Duarte works in printmaking at the Taller Experimental de Estampa Jose Guadalupe Posada...
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1990s Folk Art Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Woodcut

Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock - Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Japanese woodblock depicting a Geisha draped in decorative textiles. Inscribed to the top right and lower right. Signature stamped in characters. Presented in a contempo...
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20th Century Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Early 20th Century Japanese Woodblock - The Seafront
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and titled in characters. Presented in a black wooden frame. On paper.
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20th Century Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Set of Three Leaves from "Breviarium Pataviense" /// German Catholic Incunabula
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Erhard Ratdolt (German, 1442-1528) Title: "Vol. 6, page 10-11", "Vol. 6, page 6-7", and "Vol. 6, 28-29" Portfolio: Breviarium Pataviense Year: 1490 (First edition) Medium: Set of Three Original Incunabula Leaves on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Erhard Ratdolt, Ausburg, Germany Publisher: Friedrich von Öttingen and Christoph von Schachner, Passau, Germany Reference: Hain No. 3875; Bod-Inc No. B-542; GW No. 5426; Weale/Bohatta No. 335; Schreiber No. 3615 Sheet size (each): approx. 12.5" x 8.88" Condition: "Vol. 6, page 10-11", "Vol. 6, page 6-7", and "Vol. 6, 28-29" all have scattered wormholes, staining, foxing, and soiling about their sheets. The latter two have remnants of tape at their edges. "Vol. 6, 28-29" has heavier staining to its sheet and edge wear about. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all otherwise strong impressions in overall fair condition with strong colors Extremely rare Notes: Comes from Ratdolt's six volume "Breviarium Pataviense", (1490) (First edition), which consists of 378 pages of Gothic texts in Latin with red rubricated initials, psalms, readings, hymns, and woodcut engraved illustrations. Printed in Augsburg by Erhard Ratdolt on May 12, 1490. There was a subsequent printing on November 27, 1490. Both "Vol. 6, page 10-11" and "Vol. 6, 28-29" have a bow and arrow watermark in the center of their sheets. Some information and old prices inscribed in pencil to their sheets. Breviary is a liturgical book in the Roman Catholic Church that contains the daily service for the divine office, the official prayer of the church consisting of psalms, readings, and hymns that are recited at stated hours of the day. Biography: Erhard Ratdolt (1442–1528) was an early German printer from Augsburg. He was active as a printer in Venice from 1476 to 1486, and afterwards in Augsburg. From 1475 to 1478 he was in partnership with two other German printers. The first book the partnership produced was the Calendarium (1476), written and previously published by Regiomontanus, which offered one of the earliest examples of a modern title page. Other noteworthy publications are the "Historia Romana of Appianus" (1477), and the first edition of "Euclid's Elements" (1482), where he solved the problem of printing geometric diagrams, the "Poeticon astronomicon", also from 1482, "Haly Abenragel" (1485), and "Alchabitius" (1503). Ratdolt is also famous for having produced the first known printer's type specimen...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Woodcut

La Lettre du Fils (The Son's Letter)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Lettre du Fils" (The Son's Letter) 1938 is an original color woodcut by French artist Paul Jacoulet, 1896-1960. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist, wit...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Katsushika Hokusai -- POEM BY BUNYA NO ASAYASU (FUMIYA NO ASAYASU) 百人一首
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) Poem by Bunya no Asayasu (Fumiya no Asayasu), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) 「百人一首うはか...
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1830s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Blessed are the merciful / - The support of care -
Located in Berlin, DE
Nehmer, Rudolf (1912-1983), Blessed are the merciful, 1948 Rudolf Nehmer (1912 Bobersberg - 1983 Dresden), Blessed are the merciful, 1948. Woodcut on yellowish wove paper, 18.8 cm x ...
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1940s Realist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Beauties on the Beach with view of Mount Fuji
Located in Burbank, CA
Shichirigahama, Sagami Province. A beauty in the foreground waves to her young companions, who run towards her on the beach. The beauty at left wears a western-style golden ring. We ...
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1890s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

A Merry Christmas original wood engraving by Thomas Nast 1880
Located in Paonia, CO
Thomas Nast is one of America’s great illustrators and is responsible for creating the image of Santa Claus as we know him today. This is a hand-colored wood engraving from the cover...
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1880s Other Art Style Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

the Radiant Prince Genji - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Radiant Prince Genji is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1850s. Woodcut print Oban yokoe format. From the series "Sono sugata yukari no utsushie" (Faithfu...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Kabuki Scene: a Revenge Story - Woodcut by U. Kuniyoshi - 1846/52
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Scene: a Revenge Story is a wonderful color xylograph on paper, realized by the Japanese master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) between 1846-1852. Japanese ideograms are print...
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1840s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

1870 View of Proposed Brooklyn Bridge and New York City
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed engraving entitled "Birds-eye View of the Southern End of New York and Brooklyn, Showing the Projected Suspension-Bridge Over the East River, From the Western Terminus in Printing-House Square, New York" by Theodore R. Davis (1840–1894) was published as a supplement of Harper's Weekly, November 19, 1870. The print is presented in a maple frame and a double mat. The frame measures 23.5" high, 29" wide and 0.75" deep. There is a vertical center fold and additional vertical lines, where wood engraving blocks were joined for the printing process. It is in excellent condition. This framed image depicting New York in 1870 was a centerfold for the November 19, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. It includes the site and eventual appearance of the East River New York-Brooklyn Bridge; the name later shortened to the Brooklyn Bridge. The print was issued eleven months after the start of construction of the bridge on January 2, 1870, which would take another 12.5 years to complete. When this view was drawn, work on the bridge was all below ground, constructing the supports for the bridge’s towers. Labels in the upper portion of the print identify locations in the background including "Light Ship...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Garden of Love (after Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640]
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Garden of Love (after Peter Paul Rubens [1577-1640]) Woodcut diptych, c. 1633-1636 Each of the two sheets is signed in the plate lower right A posthumous impression with tiny wor...
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17th Century Old Masters Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Famous Waterfalls - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Famous Waterfalls is an original artwork realized in the 1850s by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). From the series "Meitaki ga". Bust portrait of the actor Sawamura Tanosuke in Onnaga...
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1840s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Find Original Woodcut Prints for Your Home

Original woodcut prints and other types of fine art prints can help enhance any room in your home while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

Woodcut is a type of relief print that is made by carving a block of wood with a knife or gouge. The surface is then inked with a roller and pressed onto paper. Unlike with intaglio techniques, the section of the surface that has not been incised is what appears in the print. 

Woodcut printmaking is one of the oldest printing techniques, first used in 9th-century China, mastered by Albrecht Dürer during the Northern Renaissance and famously associated with the ukiyo-e artists of 17th- and 18th-century Japan. (For concision, power and delight, it’s hard to beat a Japanese woodblock print, the product of an artistic tradition that is aging very well indeed.)  

Elsewhere, German Expressionists like Emil Nolde and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner embraced the medium for its bold, graphic power in the 1920s, and artists continue to use it today.

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

“[Intaglio] is the opposite of relief printing — woodcut, 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.”

Find original woodcut prints by Katsushika Hokusai, Suzuki Harunobu, M.C. Escher, Mino Maccari and many other artists on 1stDibs.

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