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Medium: Woodcut
Horizontal 'Spots' II, Minimalist Woodcut Print, 2018
Located in New York, NY
The minimalist's dream, the large-scale iconic contemporary pop art Horizontal 'Spots' with multi-color dots by Damien Hirst is one of fifty-five limited edition woodcut prints on So...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Le Paradis IX (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

"High and Low III" Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "High and Low III" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 9.5"h x 14.5"w. Born in Mexico...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

Apple
Located in London, GB
Rachel Howard Apple, 2016 Woodcut print 48 × 39.8 cm Edition of 25 Rachel Howard is a contemporary British artist known for her dynamic and emotive paintings that explore themes of ...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Three Turns - Surfing Art -
Located in Carmel, CA
Three Turns - Surfing Art - Figurative - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman Limited Edition 01/04 This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Immerse yourself i...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama Color woodcut triptych, c. 1860's Signed in the block lower left corner Signed: "Ichimosai Yoshitora ga" Condition: Mounted to a rose colored silk backing (stable) Staining (visible) in the joining of the right and center sheets Colors very slightly faded Image size: 15 3/8 x 31 3/8 inches (triptysch sheets joined to make one print) The 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa opened Japan to the West. Curiosity about the never-before-seen foreigners spurred a market in Yokohama-e (Yokohama prints), named for the area to which foreign dignitaries and merchants were confined. Yoshitora became one of the best known and most active artists of the Yokohama-e school. Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e). He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted. Yoshitora was prolific: he produced over 60 print series and illustrated over 100 books. In 1849 he produced an irreverent print called Dōke musha: Miyo no wakamochi ("Funny Warriors—Our Ruler's New Year's Rice Cakes"), which depicts Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
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Mid-19th Century Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print Bright woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). In this scene, two dancers with swords and fans are facing each other, in the center of a courtyard. There are spectators surrounding them, including nobles in black clothing on a balcony. Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 16"H x 20"W Paper size: 9.63"H x 14.5W" Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858, sometimes called Ando Hiroshige) was the second of the two great masters of the Japanese landscape woodblock print...
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1830s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Rice Paper, 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

Composition, Description of a Masque, Jane Freilicher
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin Tosa Hanga à la main paper. Paper Size: 16 x 12 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Description of a Masque, 1998. Publis...
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1990s Academic Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Gathering Scene - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1860 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Rare tryptich. Woodcut print nishike-e in loose sheets.  Utagawa Yoshikazu was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and was active until around 1870. He is remembered for images of battles,...
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1860s Modern 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

'Karl Michel Exhibition' — German Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Michel, 'Austellung Karl Michel', woodcut, 1924, edition 20. Signed, dated, numbered 'op. 173' (the artist's inventory number) and '7/20' (the impression number/edition size) and annotated 'Vorgesdruck' (artist's proof) in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on hand-made cream, wove paper, with full margins (1 1/16 to 1 1/2 inches); toning to the right sheet edge deckle, otherwise in good condition. With the artist's blind stamp in the bottom center margin. Designed and printed by the artist. Very scarce. Matted to museum standards (unframed). An elegantly designed, dynamic exhibition announcement with the German copy in the block: 'Austellung Karl Michel – Deutsches Buchmuseum Leipzig/Zeitzer str 12, Berlin S.W. 61 Teltower str 33 / Buchschmuck/ Plakate/ Anzeige/ Schultzmarke/ Illustrations/ Ex Libris'. English translation: 'Karl Michel Exhibition – German Book Museum, Leipzig Zeitzer Street 12, Berlin, S.W. 61 Teltower St. 33. / Book Decoration / Posters / Announcements / Illustrations / Ex Libris.' Image size 6 x 4 inches (152 x 102 mm); sheet size 8 1/16 x 5 1/2 inches (205 x 140 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Michel’s work was the subject of a feature article in the influential German graphic design magazine 'Das Plakat' (The Poster) in 1920. An anti-war advocate, Michel created a suite of 12 wood engravings depicting his impressions of the humanitarian toll of WWII entitled ‘Humanitas’ (Humanity). The German publishing house Greifenverlag published the series in a folio of unsigned prints. Michel’s graphic work is held in the permanent collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand), Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum & Exlibrissamling (Denmark), Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German Expressionism...
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1920s Expressionist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"La Lengua Castellana" (Spanish Tongue/Language) Yellow 2015 Watercolor Woodcut
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'La Lengua Castellana (Yellow)" (The Spanish Tongue/Language), 2015 woodcut, manual intervention on paper 47.3 x 84.7 in. (120 x 215 cm.) Edition of 1...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut, Acrylic, Watercolor

HUNTER HAULING A SEAL - IMPORTANT INUIT PRINT -
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PARR (1893-1969) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) HUNTER HAULING A SEAL, 1966 #2, Stonecut, signed, titled numbered 28/50 Dorset 1966. Image 14 x 22 ¼. Full sheet ...
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1960s Other Art Style Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Stone

Two Kabuki Actors Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Houston, TX
Two kabuki actors posing a samurai's. The print is printed on rice paper and is not framed. It is stamped by the artist with details about the actors in ...
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1860s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Alex Katz from 'A Tremor in the Morning' signed, limited edition woodcut print
Located in San Rafael, CA
Alex Katz (b. 1927) Untitled, from the portfolio 'A Tremor in the Morning', 1986 Woodcut on wove paper Edition 32/45 Signed and numbered in pencil lower left Sheet: 20 x 19.75 inches...
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1980s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Woodcut

Lyonel Feininger Woodcut "10 Holzschnitte", ca. 1926
Located in Berlin, DE
Woodcut on Japan paper, ca. 1926. One of only 5 known proofs made by the artist. Image measures 6.22 x 7.09 in ( 15,8 x 18 cm ), Framed 16.54 x 16.54 in ( 36,8 x 48 cm ) Catalogue r...
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1920s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

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

Falls Var Four, Woodcut Print, Waterfall in Light Mint Blue, Cobalt
Located in Kent, CT
This is a unique woodcut print of a waterfall in a forest in light mint blue against a dark cobalt background. The monotype brings to mind the tradition of Japanese printing...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Archival Paper, Woodcut

Pinocchio by Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
This is a silkscreen and woodcut print created in 2007. It is signed and numbered in graphite from the edition of 118 (plus 18 APs). This print comes directly from the publisher, Lin...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Woodcut

Amos
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Amos" 1960 is an original woodcut on paper by noted American artist Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 35/50in pencil by the artis...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Executed by Hans Erni in 1970 for the "Dames des Décans" deluxe book portfolio. There were 324 copies of the book issued, but this impression was apart from...
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1970s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

''Papavers'' Contemporary Woodcut with Red Poppies in Vase in Interior
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vincent van Ojen is a true master of the woodcut technique. Through years of dedication and research, he has perfected this ancient medium, resulting in works of remarkable depth and...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Cat - Original woodcut, Handsigned and Numbered /160 - Buisson #27-03
Located in Paris, IDF
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA Cat, 1927 Original woodcut Handsigned with ink Numbered /160 Bears the blind stamp of the editor (Lugt 1140a) On Vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch) R...
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1920s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Umegaye. Hayakawa Takakage in... - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 19th century. Good condition.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Cutting Board, Modern Woodcut by Shunji Sakuyama
Located in Long Island City, NY
Shunji Sakuyama, Japanese (1940 - ) - Cutting Board, Year: 1975, Medium: Woodcut on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 47/50, Image Size: 13 x 17 inches, Size...
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1970s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

'Wild Pilgrimage' (Contemplation) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Wild Pilgrimage', No. 26, wood engraving, 1932, edition not stated but very small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, with full margins (1 1/16 to 3 3/16 inches), on tissue-thin cream Japan paper, in very good condition. A scarce, artist-printed, hand-signed proof impression before the published edition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Created by Lynd Ward for his narrative book of illustrations without words, 'Wild Pilgrimage', published by Harrison Smith...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Stanton Macdonald-Wright "Departing Spring" Woodblock Print c.1966
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stanton Macdonald-Wright Woodblock on Laid Paper 1966-67 Departing Spring Hesitates Appears to be an artist proof. The pencil text and signature a...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Cove Variation Eight, Trees, Water, Lime Green, Sky Blue, Dark Violet Forest
Located in Kent, CT
This woodcut print on paper evokes the peacefulness of looking across a stream towards a thicket of trees in a forest in shades of light grass green, yellow, sky blue and dark violet...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monotype, Woodcut

"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
Located in Soquel, CA
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu Colorful and expressive court scne by Toyohara Chikanobu,"Yoshu" (Japanese, 1838-1912). This is the r...
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1890s French School Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

"Half and Half", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprints
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Half and Half" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 7.25"h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut

Paradies XIX (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

Purgatory Canto 25 (The Divine Comedy)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Purgatory Canto 25 is a wood engraving on BFK Rives with an image size of 10 x 7" from the popular French edition of the portfolio. Framed in a classic, gold-tone frame. Cataloging:...
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20th Century Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Damien Hirst's Dog
Located in Deddington, GB
Damien Hirst’s Dog By Mychael Barratt [Mychael Barratt] limited_edition Woodcut Image size: H:50 cm x W:51 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:63...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

'Improvisation 7' original first ed. woodcut from 'Klänge' by Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present woodcut print comes from 'Klänge (Sounds),' a book of original graphics and poetry by Wassily Kandinsky. This first edition was released in an edition of 300, each book signed and numbered by the artist. The title of the album and this particular print, 'Improvisation,' demonstrated Kandinsky's interest in music and how abstract musical forms could be translated into images on a two-dimensional surface. This particular composition is difficult to read, but through the abstraction, one can make out various figures and a landscape beyond. 7.5 x 5 inches, image 22 x 19.5 inches, frame Woodcut in black ink on laid paper (watermark Van Gelder Zonen) Signed with encircled 'K' in the block, lower right Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent acid free archival materials including silk-lined matting with 1/4 inch bevel, museum glass, and a gold-gilded moulding Ref. Roethel 124 The Museum of Modern Art described 'Klänge (Sounds)' as follows: Vasily Kandinsky's self-described "musical album," Klänge (Sounds), consists of thirty-eight prose-poems he wrote between 1909 and 1911 and fifty-six woodcuts he began in 1907. In the woodcuts Kandinsky veiled his subject matter, creating increasingly indecipherable images (though the horse and rider, his symbol for overcoming objective representation, runs through as a leitmotif). This process proved crucial for the development of abstraction in his art. Kandinsky said his choice of media sprang from an "inner necessity" for expression: the woodcuts were not merely illustrative, nor were the poems purely verbal descriptions. Kandinsky sought a synthesis of the arts, in which meaning was created through the interaction of, and space between, text and image, sound and meaning, mark and blank space. The experimental typography shows his interest in the physical aspects of the book. Klänge is one of three major publications by Kandinsky that appeared shortly before World War I, alongside Über die Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art) and the Blaue Reiter almanac...
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1910s Blue Rider Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Madman's Drum (Brothel) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Madman's Drum, Plate 41', wood engraving, 1930, edition small. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white tissue-thin Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (1 5/8 to 2 1/2 inches); a small paper blemish in the upper right margin, away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. A scarce, artist-printed, hand-signed proof impression before the published edition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (140 x 95 mm); sheet size 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (244 x 181 mm). From Lynd Ward’s book of illustrations without words, 'Madman’s Drum', Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1930. Reproduced in 'Storyteller Without Words, the Wood Engravings of Lynd Ward', Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1974. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society. The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Bridge
Located in Santa Monica, CA
B. J. O. NORDFELDT (Bror Julius Olsson) 1878-1955) THE BRIDGE, 1906 Color woodcut signed, dated 1906 and numbered 150 in pencil. Image 8 x 10 - small margins as issued. 4 corners tipped to acid free support board. Nordfelt is one of the most important early twentieth century American Masters of the Color woodcut. This 1906 work predates many of the other woodcut masters. Nordfeldt had a peculiar numbering system. The number is not necessarily the edition number. Frances H. Gearhart, Blanche Lazzell, William S. Rice, Gustave Baumann, Margaret Patterson, Norma Basset Hall. Waldo Chase.
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Early 1900s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Picasso, Composition (Horodisch: N° D5; Orozco N° 17), Feu de Joie (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut engraving on Vergé Bouffant paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Feu de Joie, 1920. Published and printed by Au Sans Pareil, édi...
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1920s Cubist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Large Scale Abstract Figurative Landscape Woodcut, Signed Limited Edition 1/10
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale limited edition woodcut print of an an abstracted scene with landscape elements and rough figural forms including a dog, house and tree that emerge from chaotic linear ab...
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Late 20th Century Post-War Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut, Ink

Maya, by Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and titled in pencil, from the edition of 25. A young native girl in traditional clothes. The turbulent times of the 70’s set the tone for Fuentes' approach to creating soc...
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2010s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

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

Jose Luis Cuevas original artist proof signed woodcut Ghosts of downtown V paper
Located in Miami, FL
Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexico, 1934-2017) Artist Proof 'Fantasmas del Centro Histórico V', 2004 woodcut on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 20.9 x 16 in. (53 x 40.5 cm.) Edition of 60 Unframed I...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut, Ink

16th c. woodcut map - Tabula Asiae Vlll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1652) ASIAE TABVLA Vlll 1540 (45) Woodcut from Munster's edition of Geographia Universalis, Basel, Henri Petri. 1545 edit...
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16th Century Old Masters Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Grave of Santa Anna's Leg" Original Woodblock Print, Signed Artist's Proof
Located in Soquel, CA
"Grave of Santa Anna's Leg" Original Woodblock Print, Signed Artist's Proof Boldly colored woodblock print by Carol Summers (American, 1925-2016). This piece is a segment of a grave, with a headstone that has a skull and cross. There are two bright green plants flanking the headstone. Below the headstone and plants, there is a large arched blue shape, with a crescent moon and stars. A red leg, bent at the knee, cuts across the blue arch. Signed "Carol Summers" along the right edge of the blue shape. Numbered and titled "A/P Grave of Sant Anna's Leg" along the left edge of the blue shape. Presented in a silver colored aluminum frame. Frame size: 32.245"H x 27.25"W Paper size: 29.75"H x 24.5"W Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts...
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1980s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Woodcut

Circle and Square
Located in Boston, MA
Werner Drewes. Circle and Square, 1980. Rose 386. Number 1 in an edition of 20. Signed and dated in pencil lower right margin: "Drewes -80-"; numbered in pencil lower left margin: "N...
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20th Century Bauhaus Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1950 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 33) and published in Paris by Maeght. Size: 15 x 21 3/4 inches (377 x 553 mm). There is a...
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1950s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

婦女人相十品Fujo Ninso-Authentic Woodblock print-Popen o Fuku Musume-JapanesePublisher
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
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1990s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Washi Paper, 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

Beauty Otami - Kabuki
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Beauty Otami - Kabuki Note: Kabuki actor Nakamura Matsue is in the role of courtesan otami. She is standing in front of a small tea shop in a garden. Color woodblock, c. 1800-1810 Si...
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Early 1800s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Japanese Flowering Cherry and Mugimaki Flycatcher — 19th century woodblock print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Imao Keinen, 'Japanese Flowering Cherry and Mugimaki Flycatcher' from the series 'Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons', color woodblock Oban diptych, 1882. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream Japan paper, in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size: diptych 12 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches (321 x 452 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Kyoto, Imao Keinen (1845-1924) studied painting and calligraphy with Umegata Tokyo and Suzuki Hyakunen. He taught at the Kyoto Prefecture School of Painting and exhibited in shows in Japan and Paris. One of the most well-known Japanese painters of his time, Keinen was honored by his country with the title of 'Artist of the Japanese Empire...
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1880s Naturalistic Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

2020 Original Woodcut on 3 Plates 30x44in signed limited edition abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Gabriel Macotela (Mexico, 1954) 'Untitled', 2020 woodcut on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 30 x 44.1 in. (76 x 112 cm.) Edition of 20 ID: MAG-103 Unframed
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2010s Contemporary 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

Clare Leighton (1898-1989) - Framed Wood Engraving, Men Breaking up a Barge
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite black & white wood engraving by the collectable English/American artist, Clare Leighton (1898-1989). Presented in a fine gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
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Early 20th Century Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

ANOTHER DAY Signed Woodcut, Modern Portrait, Black Couple, Brown, Blue, Beige
Located in Union City, NJ
ANOTHER DAY is an original limited edition woodcut by the American painter and sculptor, Otto Neals. The woodblock used to print ANOTHER DAY was hand carved by Otto Neals and printed in shades of brown, light blue, beige, and black on archival Rives BFK printmaking paper, 100% acid-free, enhanced with hand colored accents. ANOTHER DAY is a dramatic, contemporary black couple portrait portraying a man and woman standing back to back, the woman's arm raised up and pointing in front of her. She wears a stark white, bell-sleeved dress and large teardrop shaped dangle earrings and bangle bracelet, set against a dramatic natural wood grain patterned background, a large potted plant positioned on the table in the foreground. The man dressed in a warm brown colored suit, wearing white shirt and necktie, his dignified male profile looks straight ahead to the left of the composition adding visual interest and mystery. Print size - 25 x 20 inches, unframed, mint condition, pencil signed and numbered by Otto Neals, Certificate of Authenticity provided (actual print number may vary from photo upon availability) Image size - 19.75 x 15.75 Edition size - 100, plus proofs Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co. NJ Publisher - Mojo...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

'Tokaido' — Mt. Fuji Rising – Mid-Nineteenth Century Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Utagawa Kunisada (Tokoyuni III), 'Tokaido', color woodblock, 1863. Signed in the cartouche, lower right. A fine impression, with rich, fresh colors and pronounced woodgrain, the full...
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1860s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

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

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Woodcut

Horse by the Barn, woodblock print by Penelope Ellis
Located in London, GB
Penelope Ellis (1935-2016) Horse by the Barn Woodblock print 11 x 16 cm Provenance: From the artist's estate sale. ​Penelope Mary Ellis (1935–2016) was a British artist celebrate...
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1950s Folk Art Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword - Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword- Japanese Woodblock Print Finely detailed woodblock by Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). A kabuki actor ("Master Haranyuki Sawamura") is standing on stage with mountainous backdrop, wearing a robe in a water lily pattern. He is wearing a samurai sword. Presented in a gold colored frame with a silk mat. Frame size: 20"H x 14.25"W Image size: 14"H x 9"W Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825) was born in Edo, the son of Kurahashi Gorobei, a carver of dolls and puppets...
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Early 19th Century Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Marisa
Located in New York, NY
A vibrant, three-angle portrait printed from woodblock and linocut plates on hand-made Okawara paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. Internationally recognized painter and print...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

wood engraving for Mille Nuits
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...
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1950s Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Woodcut

MAN Signed Woodcut, Face Portrait, Paper-Doll Cutout People, Mexican Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
MAN is a hand pulled, original limited edition relief print created using woodcut and serigraphy(silkscreen) printmaking techniques on white archival heavyweight paper, 100% acid free. Pencil signed, titled and dated in pencil on lower margin by Elizabeth Catlett, embossed with printers chop mark lower left, print documentation provided. MAN is an impactful portrait head woodcut depicting an indigenous Mexican male face carved by the renowned American and Mexican woman printmaker and sculptor, Elizabeth Catlett. Strong impression printed in rich black ink on white paper with a row of paper doll like cutout people silkscreened printed in gradient shades of yellow, orange, and brown beneath the Man's head, reminiscent of Mexican folk art paper-cutting, Artist: Catlett, Elizabeth (1915-2012) Title: Man Date: 1975, printed 2003 Medium: woodcut and color silkscreen Dimensions: 26 x 17.75 inches (paper size) Edition: 250 published by the Print Club of Cleveland, number 83, 2005 Mint condition, never been framed or mounted, hand signed, titled, dated by Elizabeth Catlett - Printers Proof aside from the numbered edition of 250 printed in 2003, print documentation/COA provided, from the master printers private collection About the artist - Elizabeth Catlett graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1935, where she studied under a number of notable artists, including Lois Maillou Jones...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Fegefeuer XIII (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

Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper Dynamic woodblock print with several elegantly dressed figures by Utag...
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1850s Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Foreign Soldiers from Five Countries at the Port of Yokohama Color woodcut triptych, c. 1860's Signed in the block lower left corner Signed: "Ichimosai Yoshitora ga" Condition: Mounted to a rose colored silk backing (stable) Staining (visible) in the joining of the right and center sheets Colors very slightly faded Image size: 15 3/8 x 31 3/8 inches (triptysch sheets joined to make one print) The 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa opened Japan to the West. Curiosity about the never-before-seen foreigners spurred a market in Yokohama-e (Yokohama prints), named for the area to which foreign dignitaries and merchants were confined. Yoshitora became one of the best known and most active artists of the Yokohama-e school. Utagawa Yoshitora (歌川 芳虎) was a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints and an illustrator of books and newspapers who was active from about 1850 to about 1880. He was born in Edo (modern Tokyo), but neither his date of birth nor date of death is known. However, he was the oldest pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi who excelled in prints of warriors, kabuki actors, beautiful women, and foreigners (Yokohama-e). He may not have seen any of the foreign scenes he depicted. Yoshitora was prolific: he produced over 60 print series and illustrated over 100 books. In 1849 he produced an irreverent print called Dōke musha: Miyo no wakamochi ("Funny Warriors—Our Ruler's New Year's Rice Cakes"), which depicts Oda Nobunaga, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi...
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Mid-19th Century Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Japanese Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Original Woodblock Print Harunobu Suzuki (né Hozumi) (Japanese, 1724 - 1770) Presented in a black mat. Mat: 16"H x 12"W Paper: 12"H x 9"W I...
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18th Century Edo Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Hell 5 : Minos - Woodcut - 1963 [Field #page 189]
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Hell 5 - Minos Wood engraving from "Divine Comedy" with the printed signature 1960/63 Printed on paper Vélin BFK Rives Size 32,8 x 26,4 cm (c. 13 x 10") ...
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1960s Surrealist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Bathing - Woodcut by Aristide Maillol - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bathing is a print realized by Aristide Maillol in the early 20th Century. Woodcut on paper. Good conditions. Aristide Maillol, (born December 8, 1861, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France—die...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Pablo Picasso Femme, 1942 Original etching. Bibliography: Bloch 360.
Located in Torino, IT
  PABLO PICASSO, Malaga 1881 - Mougins 1973 Non Vouloir - Visage de Dora Maar, 1942 Original Zincography. Bibliography: Bloch 360, Block books no. 36, Cramer 36, Galantaris 189, Gaya...
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1940s Cubist Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Clinton Hill, Ocotillo (Cactus), 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

Zwei Reiter vor Rot (Roethel 95), XXe Siècle, Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, n°3, July-August-September 1938. Published and printed und...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

'Tenant Farmers' — Depression Era, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'Tenant Farmers', color wood engraving, 1936, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '15/25' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh c...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Associated with the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s, Mangold developed a reductive vocabulary based on geometric forms, monochromatic color, and an emphasis on the flatness of t...
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1990s Abstract Woodcut Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Frans Masereel - Exposition - Woodcut by Frans Masereel - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Frans Masereel - Exposition is an artwork realized in 1967. Woodcut. Signed on plate. Good condition.
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1960s 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.”

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