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Style: Modern
Medium: Woodcut
Le Paysan du Danube, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Lucien Fontanarosa
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
Two Actors in a Fight Scene with Lightning and... by Utagawa Kunisada - 1820s
Located in Roma, IT
Two actors in a fight scene with lightning and thunderbolt is an original artwork realized in the 1820s by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).
Diptych. Two colors woodcut.
Format: 2 x ...
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1820s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Serpent cubiste, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Jacques Villon
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
La mariée, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Edouard Goerg
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
'Jones Island' original woodcut engraving by Gerrit Sinclair
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The print 'Jones Island' is something of a self portrait. In the image, an artist stands before and easel, depicting the docks and buildings on the coast. The title indicates that this is Jones Island in Milwaukee, the peninsula along Lake Michigan that today is home to largely industrial buildings. The buildings and figures in the print suggest that this might be a view of the last of the Kashubian or German immigrant settlements on the peninsula before they were evicted in the 1940s to make way for the development of the harbor. The artist in the image thus acts as a documentarian of these peoples. The careful line-work of the woodblock engraving adds a sense of expressionism to the scene, leaving the figures and buildings looking distraught and dirty, though the image nonetheless falls into the Social Realist category that dominated American artists during the Great Depression.
This print was published in 1936 as part of the Wisconsin Artists' Calendar for the year 1937, which included 52 original, hand-made prints – one for each week of the year.
6 x 5 inches, image
10 x 7.13 inches, sheet
13.43 x 12.43 inches, frame
Signed "GS" in the print block,upper left
Entitled "Jones Island" lower left (covered by matting)
Inscribed "Wood Engraving" lower center (covered by matting)
Artist name "Gerrit V. Sinclair" lower right (covered by matting)
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and museum glass, all housed in a silver gilded moulding.
Gerrit Sinclair studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1910 - 1915, under Vanderpoel, Norton, and Walcott. In World War I, he served in the Army Ambulance Corps and later recorded his experiences in a series of oil paintings. He taught in Minneapolis before arriving in Milwaukee in 1920 to become a member of the original faculty of the Layton School of Art. He was also a member of the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors.
Sinclair's paintings and drawings were executed in a lyrical, representational style, usually expressing a mood rather than a narrative. His paintings reveal a great sensitivity for color and atmosphere. His subject matter focused on cityscapes, industrial valleys, and working-class neighborhoods, captured from eye-level. A decade before the popularity of Regionalism, Sinclair's strong interest in the community was reflected not only in his paintings, but also in his encouragement to students to return to their communities as artists and teachers. Joseph Friebert...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Woodcut
Balance - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
L'Hirondelle et les petits oiseaux, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Lila de Nobili
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
Chillida, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 174, 1968. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; print...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Chinese Theatrical Mask - Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage chinese woodcut print depicting a theatrical mask.
Realized in the mid-20th Century.
Framed under glass.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Well - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Victor Guadalajara, "Intersections", 2009, Woodcut 16x12in
Located in Miami, FL
Victor Guadalajara (Mexican, 1965)
'Intersecciones', 2009
Woodcut and Aquatint
100.00 x 185 cm. (39.4 x 72.8 in.)
Edition of 30
Unframed
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Early 2000s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, Engraving, Etching, Woodcut
Héron au bord de la riviè, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Henri de Waroquier
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
Surreal Composit - Woodcut by Sadao Watanabe - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Surreal Composit is an original woodcut, hand colored, on paper realized by Sadao Watanabe for College Women's Association of Japan Student Travel grant fund.
Specially woodcut wit...
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20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
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
1967 Woodcut Signed Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Michael Rothenstein
RIP - 1967
Print - woodcut 25'' x 30''inches
Edition: signed in pencil and marked sixteen / thirty five
Michael Rothenstein (1908-1993) Painter of figurative a...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Ex Libris with Bird - Original Woodcut - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris with Bird is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Original B/W woodcut on ivory-colored paper.
The work is glued on cardboard.
Total di...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Zodiac, Modern Woodblock by Andre Derain
By André Derain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Derain, French (1880 - 1954) - Zodiac, Medium: Woodblock on Arches, stamp signed, Image Size: 8.75 x 7.5 inches, Size: 17.5 x 13 in. (44.45 x 33.02 cm), Description: From the...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Chillida, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 174, 1968. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; print...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
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,...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Asagiri - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Asagiri is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832.
It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido".
Very good condition.
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1830s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Les deux maitresses, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
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
Sundial - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
An Alphabet - Wood Engraving by William Nicholson - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
An Alphabet is a Wood engraving, realized by the Artist William Nicholson in the 1890s.
Titled, the artwork belongs to the series "Almanach' Guidance of Editions is written on the l...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Tengmalm's Owl - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Tengmalm's Owl 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 Lond...
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1870s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Portrait - Woodcut - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a woodcut realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century.
Very Good conditions.
the artwork is depicted through confident strokes.
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Woodcut
Miya - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1833
Located in Roma, IT
Miya is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1833.
It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido".
Very good condition.
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1830s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Kabuki Scene- Woodcut by Toyohara Kunichika - The Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Scene is a Japanese multi-colored woodcut tryptich realized around the end of the 19th century by Toyohara Kunichika (1835 - 1900).
Original woodcut on paper. The artwork is ...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
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
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt Valentin, New York; printed by Fequet et Baudier, Paris. Excerpted from the folio, Text and 28 original woodcuts by Jean Arp printed...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition - Original Woodcut Print By Madeleine Flaschner - Late-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an Original Woodcut realized by Madeleine Flaschner (1933-....).
The artwork is an experience greatly enhanced by the artist.
Mono...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Buoy - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
La Rue du Canal - View of New Orleans - Woodcut Print After Hubert Clerge - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11.8 x 15.4 cm.
La rue du Canal is a beautiful black and white xilograph on paper, realized in 1880 by the French wooden engraver Charles Laplante (Sèvres, 1837 - Paris, 1903), after Hubert Clerget (1818-1899).
Original title: La rue du Canal, à la Nouvelle-Orléans
Signed on plate on sides.
With an incredible freshness of line and a full mastery of the artistic technique, this original print portrays a wonderful glimpse of a street in New Orleans.
Title on plate, on lower margin at the center. The original print is mounted in a white cardboard passepartout, cm 30 x 40.
In excellent conditions, this beautiful modern artwork is an illustration of the French newspaper " Le Tour du Monde", and on the back has another illustration representing the general Sherman...
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1880s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
The Gardeners, Modern Woodcut Print by Stephen White
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stephen White - The Gardeners, Year: 1974, Medium: Woodblock on Japon, signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 45/100, Size: 37 x 25 in. (93.98 x 63.5 cm)
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1970s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Polish Swan - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Polish Swan 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 Londo...
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1870s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Picasso, Composition (Johnson, Vollard 193), Hélène chez Archimède (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...
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1950s Modern 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
Knight - Woodcut Print - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Knight is a Woodcut Print realized by Charles Sterns in the mid-20th Century.
The little artwork is in good condition on a cream colored cardboard.
No signature.
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Mid-20th Century Modern 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
Figures - Original Woodcut by Paul Hermann - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern artwork realized in 1929 in France by Paul Hermann (1879 - 1969).
Original woodcut print on paper.
Dated and Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on t...
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1920s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
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,...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Ex Libris - Ludo Segers - Woodcut by Frans Lasure - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris - F. Lasure is an Artwork realized in 1956 by the Belgian Author Frans Lasure.
Woodcut B./W. print on paper. Signed on plate and dated on the back.
The work is glued on c...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
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,...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Norman Rockwell-Style Woodcut by Tim Engelland
Located in New York, NY
Tim Engelland (American, 1950-2012)
Yes Sir, 1994
Woodcut
11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Titled, dated, and numbered bottom: Yes Sir... 60/100, 1994
Signed top: T. ...
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1990s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Au Chateau de Nisles - Woodcut by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Au Chateau de Nisles is a woodcut print realized by Paul Emile Colin (1867 - 1949) in the early 20th Century.
Signed in pencil.
Good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Orleans (New Orleans) - Original Woodcut - 1848
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 8.3 x 13.7 cm.
Orleans is a beautiful black and white xylograph on paper, realized in 1848 by Biyandt.
Signed on plate on the lower right margin. Title in German on plate, on lower margin at the center and in Gothic font.
With an excellent game of lights and shadows and a good final effects of tones, this original print representing a colonial building in the New Orleans city...
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1840s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Head Of A Woman
Located in Brecon, Powys
Gerald Coles - Original 1958 Woodcut. Signed and dated in pencil lower left corner. On Japan paper. Numbered 1/30. In fine condition.
Gerald Anthony Co...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Domjulien, Haute Vosges, France
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
John DePol, 'Domjulien, Haute Vosges, France', chiaroscuro wood engraving, 1971, edition 140. Signed, dated, titled and numbered '15/140' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right....
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1970s American Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Canna Lily
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Canna Lily
Color woodcut, 1939
Unsigned (as usual)
Publisher: Takemura Hideo
(active Yokohama 1926-1939)
Format: oban
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 15 5/8 x 11 inches
Provenance: Robert O. Muller
There is little biographical data available about the Japanese printmaker Hodo Nishimura...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Redstart - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Redstart is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) .
Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London, Bell & Sons, 1870. Name...
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1870s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Hollyhocks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hollyhocks
Color woodcut, 1953
Signed with the artist's stamp lower left
Printer: Niimi
Carver: Nagashima
An early printing
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 15 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Ex Libris Romeo Laanlan - Original Woodcut - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Romeo Laanlan is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 1940s.
Original Red and Black wood on ivory-colored paper.
The work is glued on cardboard.
Total d...
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1940s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Dahlias
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dahlias
Color woodcut, 1939
Unsigned (as usual)
Format: oban
Publisher: Takemura Hideo
Stamp verso: "Made in Japan"
Provenance: Robert O. Muller
Biography
Hodo Nishimura...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Romantic Drama - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Romantic Drama is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1853.
Woodcut print oban diptych format from a tryptich. Signature: Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Tsujiokaya B...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
The Portrait - Woodcut by Robert Davaux - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a print realized by Robert Davaux, in the early 20th century.
Signed on the plate, on the lower left margin.
Woodcut on paper.
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Colophon - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931. Colophon of the edition.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Exc...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Ex-Libris - Woodcut by José Varona Santillan - 1940 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris is an Artwork realized in 1940s for the Spanish Author José Varona Santillan.
Woodcut print on ivory paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard. Signed on plate on the le...
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1940s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
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,...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Weather Vane - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s 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.