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Medium: Woodcut
Purgatorio, Canto XXIX (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradiso, Canto VII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Keshin (Incarnation (Moku)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Keshin (Incarnation (Moku) Color woodcut, 1958 Signed and dated lower left in pencil (see photo) An impression is in the collectionof the Asian Art Museum, No. 2012.93, which is not a richly inked s this impression. Another impression is in the National Museum of Art, Smithsonian, accession no. S2019.3.1297 A third impression is in the collectionof the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria This appears to be the best and most colorful impression of the museum holdings. The image is thought to depict a flying crame Condition: Wrinkles to large sheet of handmade paper. Not objectionable. Image size: 29 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches Sheet size: 37 3/8 x 27 1/4 inches Reference: Tadashi Nakiyama Life & Work, Plate F Tadashi Nakayama - Sosaku hanga artist Tadashi Nakayama initially studied oil painting at Tama Art College, but began creating woodblock prints in 1951. In the 1960s, he traveled to Turkey, Greece, England, and Italy, absorbing influences from Persian and Byzantine art and the renaissance master Paolo Ucello. Throughout his long career, his subjects have included flowers, butterflies, women, and perhaps most famously, horses...
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1950s Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Divine Impenetrability - Woodcut attr. to Salvador Dalì - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Divine Impenetrability from the Series "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri is woodcut print realized in 1963. Good conditions. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.22 (as reported on...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Still Life - Original Woodcut by G. Haas-Triverio - The Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original woodcut print realized by Giuseppe Haas-Triverio in the early 20th century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-bala...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Clinton Hill, Arroyo, 1962, woodcut, landscape/abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), lived in SoHo, New York, and was a frequent Gallery visitor. Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, he joined the US Navy during World War II and beca...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Paradise, Canto 7 - Le nouveau doute de Dante
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Paradise, Canto 7 - Le nouveau doute de Dante Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of sheet: 33 x 26.2 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publi...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

DECORATION - Rare - 1 of only 4 signed Impressions
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL LANDACRE (1893 – 1963) DECORATION (Design for Green Mansions) 1932-3 (Wien 125), Wood engraving. RARE. Only four titled and signed impressions, ...
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1930s Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

A Toute Epreuve (D 221) Avant la lettre, Modern Abstract Woodcut by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) - A Toute Epreuve (D 221) Avant la lettre, Year: 1958, Medium: Woodcut on Arches, Edition: 130, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Printer: Jacque...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Untitled, expressionistic woodcut print, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio
By James Bettison
Located in New York, NY
James Bettison Untitled, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio, 1988 Woodcut on paper with deckled edges. Hand signed. Numbered 38/50. Dated. Printer's and Publisher's Blind Stamp. 20...
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1980s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Pencil

Sanjûroku Kasen... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26). Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Bishop Cum Troubadour "The Divine Comedy" - Woodcut attr Salvador Dali- 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Bishop Cum Troubadour from the Series "The Divine Comedy" - Canto 9 - Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Co...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Cormorant and Egret" Japanese Woodblock Print of Birds in Water & Nature Poem
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro the First (Japanese, 1753 - 1806) Publisher: Tsutaya Jūzaburō (Japanese, 1750 - 1797) Page Size: 10 x 15 in. Frame Size: 16 x 22 in. An Edo Period color woo...
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1790s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Les animaux malades de la peste, Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita (藤田 嗣治)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Hölle III (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Le centaure" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. This impression on blue-green paper was printed in 1902 and published in London by The Studio. Image size: 8 x 5 1/2 inches (205 x 140 mm). The Studio dryst...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Pirates attack the Castle on the Sea - Original Woodcut by J.J. Weber - 1898
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 23 x 35 cm. Original Title: Von Piraten überfallene Burg am Meer Pirates attack the Castle on the sea is a black and white xylograph on Japon applied on ivory-colored paper, after Arnold Böcklin...
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1890s Symbolist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradiso, Canto XV (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Clown Assis, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Clown Assis, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante" 1932, is a wood engraving by French artist Georges Rouault 1871-1958 (Block engraved by Georges Aubert) It is signed in t...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Inferno, Canto XIV (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Alice's Evidence, from Alice in Wonderland
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Heliogravure Title: Alice's Evidence Portfolio: 1969 Alice in Wonderland Year: 1969 Edition: 2430/2500 Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 19 1/2" Sheet Size: 16 7/8"...
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1960s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Woman Embroidering (Nini) by Lucien Pissarro - Woodcut
Located in London, GB
Woman Embroidering (Nini) by Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944) Woodcut 15 x 10 cm (5 ⁷/₈ x 4 inches) Stamped with initials lower right Numbered lower left, 18/20 Provenance: Private Colle...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Rollover Pass
Located in Dallas, TX
David Everett was born in Beaumont, Texas, and received both his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from The University of Texas in Austin. Valley House began showing his multi-articulated, painted w...
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1990s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Hölle II (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Divinity (from Parthenon) - Woodcut Print - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Divinity is an artwork realized from 1856 to 1862 . Black and white woodcut.
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Le Paradis XI (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Steamboat Odin Dampfer Odin - German Expressionism Woodcut Inscribed
Located in London, GB
LYONEL FEININGER 1871-1956 1871 - New York - 1956 (American/German) Title: Steamboat Odin Dampfer Odin, 1918 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Woodcut on Laid Japan Pa...
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1910s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Ecstatic Visions - Woodcut Print - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Ecstatic Visions - Purgatory- from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized by Dalì in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by D...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Santa Fe
Located in New York, NY
An iconic American image by Robert Cottingham, Santa Fe was created by the artist in 1988 as an original color woodcut on rice paper. The artwork is hand-signed, titled, dated and nu...
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20th Century Photorealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Rice Paper, Woodcut

The Purgatory, Canto 14 - A Spirit Questions Dante
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 14 - A Spirit Questions Dante Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of sheet: 33 x 26.2 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publ...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paul Jacoulet Le Marie Seoul, Coriée, Woodblock Print, 1948
Located in Austin, TX
Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 ) Title: La Mariée Seoul, Corée Medium: Woodblock Print Size: 15.5 in. x 12 in. Movement: Showa Markings: Si...
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1940s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Purgatory, Canto 25 - Mounting the Seventh Terrace, Lust
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 25 - Mounting the Seventh Terrace, Lust Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of sheet: 33 x 26.2 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43....
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Invaded Hypnosis
Located in Bristol, GB
Woodcut on Fabriano Rosipina Avorio 285gsm paper Edition 1 of 50 Signed, numbered and blindstamped by the publisher on the front 46 x 41.5 x 3.5 cm - Framed by Pauli Excellent, incon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Erotic Scene - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original xilography artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1945. Hand-signed in the pseudonym of "Jean Baschie" which is the artist's signature in 1944-45 ca. erotic ...
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1940s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradiso, Canto XVIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Café 1920s woodcut by Edward Burra Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
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1920s Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradiso, Canto III (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Inferno, Canto XVI (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Watch for the Next Bloom", Still Life, Cat Depiction Patterns, Woodcut Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Watch for the Next Bloom" is an original print by Jun Lee and is made by reduction woodcut. This piece measures 35"h x 26"w framed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Woodcut

EROTIC DREAM, Woodcut, Limited Edition, signed by the Artist
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"EROTIC DREAM" (1976) by Norbert Matzdorf Woodcut print on paper Limited Edition, numbered (10.3), dated and hand-signed by the artist 27,9 x 38,3 cm Norbert Matzdorf (1951 – 2013) ...
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1970s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Inferno, Canto XVIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Inferno, Canto VIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Man and Woman Planting a Young Tree Together - Woodcut by A.Lepere-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Man and Woman Planting a Young Tree Together is a print realized by Auguste Lepere in the 19th century.  Woodcut on paper. Monogrammed on paper. Good conditions.
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19th Century Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. This impression on wove paper was printed in 1919 for Das Kestnerbuch, an important collection of original prints published during the height of the German ...
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1910s Expressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradiso, Canto IV (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Tahiti
By Wolfgang Wolff
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tahiti" 1941 Is a original woodcut by noted French/German artist Wolfgang Wolff, 1909-1994. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right corner, ...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Gravure pour 10 Origine - Woodcut after Vasilij Kandinskij - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gravure pour 10 origine is a modern artwork realized after Vasilij Kandinskij  Black and white woodcut Numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 13/75. This is the second edition,...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Purgatorio, Canto XI (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Scene at Night on a Veranda - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Hirosada - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Scene at Night on a Veranda is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hirosada (Japanese, active 1825–75) in 1860. Original woodcut print chuban diptych format, 1860. Signat...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Purgatorio, Canto XXV (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Huipil III", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Huipil III" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a reductive woodcut print. This piece measure 46"h x 36"w frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Paper, Ink

Lockheed Connie, by Frank Romero
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled by the artist from the edition of 20. This woodcut is a bold graphic depiction of the Lockheed Constellation airplane, which was made in Southern California Romero...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradies XXVI (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
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1970s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Inferno, Canto XXVI (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Graceland Mansion
Located in Houston, TX
Jennifer Bartlett Graceland Mansions, 1978-79 Drypoint, aquatint, silkscreen, woodcut, and lithograph on J. Green Cold Press paper and Rives BFK paper 24 x 120 inches, unframed Ed...
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20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut, Drypoint, Aquatint

Roller - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Roller is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917). Woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Hand-colored, published by London, Bell...
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1870s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Le Paradis X (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Purgatory, Canto 11 - The Proud Ones
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - The Purgatory, Canto 11 - The Proud Ones Woodcut print from 1960. Dimensions of sheet: 33 x 26.2 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Les...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Paradiso, Canto XXX (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
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1960s Surrealist 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.”

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