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Art Subject: Plant
Richard Ziemann 'Wetland Grasses' Limited Edition Signed Etching Print
Located in San Rafael, CA
Richard Claude Ziemann (American, b 1932) 'Weland Grasses' 1980 Etching on wove paper Edition 138/175 Titled in pencil lower left Signed and dated in pencil lower right Image (plate)...
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1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching

Flowering Lily Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Cataputia Vulgaris, Parietaria Sylvestris, Nummularia", depicting flowering Spanish Nut, Yellow Turk's-cap Lily, Yellow Turk's...
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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Yucca filamentosa - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Yucca filamentosa' (Adam's Needle) Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps &...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

"Lilium Persicum" Ehret 18th Century Hand Colored Botanical Engraving
By Georg Dionysius Ehret
Located in Alamo, CA
A beautiful and important 18th century hand colored copperplate engraving of lillies which was most likely designed by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) and engraved by Johann Michae...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flora Italiana ( Anemone Rosso ) - large format botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Spear-leaved Helonias, Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Helonias bullata - Spear-leaved Helonias' Native of Carolina, North America. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repos...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Fringe-keeled Gompholobium, antique botanical Australian flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Gompholobium Barbigerum - Fringe-keeled Gompholobium' Botanical lithograph of a Western Australian native plant with original hand-colouring , 1873, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Red Rose, exquisite silkscreen, hand signed and numbered 9/25 by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt Red Rose, 1985 Silkscreen on wove paper Signed, dated, and numbered AP 9/25 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front 24 × 24 inches Unframed Hand signed,...
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1980s Realist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Cymbidium Eburneum, antique orchid botanical lithograph print, 1859
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cymbidium Eburneum – The Ivory Cymbidium' Orchid lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1859, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). 25cm by 15.5cm (sheet...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Flowering Air Plant: A 19th Century Hand-colored Engraving by William Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Pendulous-flowered Bryophyllum", plate 1409, published in London in 1809 in William Curtis’s 'The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed'. Bryophyllum pinnatum, also known as the air plant...
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Early 1800s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Flowerpot - Oil on canvas by Maurizio Chiesa - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Flowerpot is an artwork realized by Maurizio Chiesa in 1976. Oil on canvas board, cm 50x40. Signature and data. it includes frame. Good conditions!
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Oil

POITEAU/ TURPIN. Traité des arbres fruitiers: A Set of Four Cherries.
Located in London, GB
A set of four stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand. Four plates from 'One of the finest and rarest books on fruit' (Dunthorne p.192). This series takes it...
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Early 1800s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper

Braque, Composition, Braque Espaces, 13 Dessins, Lavis, Aquarelles (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin papier a la cuve du moulin richard de bas specialement filigrané pour cette édition paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued....
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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Silene Hookeri, native of California, antique botanical flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1873, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). 145mm by 235mm (sheet) Walter Hood Fitch was a Scottish...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Midnight Japanese Maple ( 32 x 22 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
This species of tree is a Dancing Peacock Full Moon Japanese Maple or in Latin, acer japonicum aconitifolium. The actual Japanese name is Mai Kujaku. Cyanotypes are a kind of 19th ce...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Flowering Lyons' Chelone Botanical: A 19th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Chelone Major" (Flowering Lyons' Chelone plant), plate 1864, published in London in 1816 in Will...
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1810s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Passiflora Cinnabarina, antique botanical Australian flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Passiflora Cinnabarina' (Passionflower) Botanical lithograph of an Australian native plant with original hand-colouring , 1871, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Vivid Flower Bouquet, Wild Flowers Combination, Baroque Still Life Style 2022
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. This exquisite still life photo, shows a classy bouquet beautifully lit with soft light...
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2010s Baroque Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée

Asparagus Plant: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving finished with hand coloring by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled a. Thyrsus asparagi. b. Asparagus, Asperge. c. Aspa...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint

Flower Bouquet - Original signed lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Henry Maurice D'ANTY Flower bouquet Original lithograph Signed in pencil by the artist On vellum, size 64 x 46 cm (c. 25,1 x 18,1 inch) Numbered /100 and dedicated Very good condit...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Composition, Les Peintres mes amis, Bernard Buffet
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Peintres mes amis, 1965. Published by Éditions d'art Les Heures Cla...
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Sunflower Lily, Nineties Style, Vivid Tones Bouquet, Limited Edition Giclée
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. This exquisite still life photo, shows a vivid bouquet with an abstracted nineties touc...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper, Emulsion, C Print, Giclée

Natura Morta con Bricco - Etching by Armando Buratti - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, realized in 1970. Image Dimensions : 12.5x16 cm Cat. Battisti n. 67. Edition of 50.
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Flora Italiana ( Anemone Rosso ) - large format botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's botany study series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Wild Flowers IV, Modern Etching by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Wild Flowers IV, Year: 1966, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 4.75 x 3.75 inches, Size: 14 x 10 in...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Etching

Botanic Garden Palm Leaves, Handmade Tropical Still Life Cyanotype in Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a beautiful palm leave. Details: + Title: Tropical Palm Branches + Year: 2024 + Edition Size: 20 + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided + Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size + All cyanotype prints are made on high-quality Italian watercolor paper * Frame is for illustrative purposes only. Artwork shipped carefully rolled and packaged in a tube. WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE? The cyanotype (a.k.a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's. Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins, considered the first female photographer. Inspired by nature, we feel the need to look back at a craft that is handmade, analogue, and using an all-natural light source: the sun. Our cyanotypes are made by coating high-quality Italian watercolor paper with a light-sensitive emulsion. We then expose it in direct sunlight for several minutes using a photo negative to get the best image quality. Finally, the print is washed and fixed with water to stop the reaction and prevent fading. What you get is an amazing, royal blue image...
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2010s Baroque Still-life Prints

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Rag Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

Rose, Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Rose Year: 1980 Edition: 92/175, plus proofs. Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 29 x 29 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...
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1980s Pop Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Midday Sun (18 x 24 inch hand-printed toned cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. This is a cyanotype, a kind of lensless photography dating back to the 1800s. This butter yellow cyanotype sta...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Lush Palm Bushes, Botanical Diptych, Still Life in Blue Tones, Tropical Style
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Lush Palm Bushes" is a gorgeous original cyanotype diptych showing gorgeous tropical palm leaves. Details: + Title: Lu...
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2010s Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph, Watercolor

Misty Iris Triptych (3 hand-printed botanical cyanotypes, 24 x 18 in. each)
Located in Oakland, CA
This set of three grayish-green Japanese-inspired monotypes was made using fresh-cut long-stemmed wild iris (iris douglasiana) that grow along the California coast. Their impossibly...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Dendrobium Albo-Sanguineum, antique orchid botanical lithograph print, 1859
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Dendrobium Albo-Sanguineum – White and Sanguine Dendrobium' Orchid lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1859, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). 25c...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Besler Red Roses, "Rosa ex rubro": A 17th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
"Rosa ex rubro nigricans"; a hand colored copper engraving from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This engraving is presented in a glossy silver and matte gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and an elaborate double cream-colored French mats with light mauve bands; each accented by a broad decorative marbleized green band. It is glazed with plexiglass. There is text offset and a very small crease in the left margin, but the print is otherwise in excellent condition. Provenance: W. Graham Arader Gallery...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Wild Flowers I, Modern Etching by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Wild Flowers I, Year: 1966, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 28/100, Image Size: 4.75 x 3.75 inches, Size: 14 x 10...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Etching

Wild Flowers VIII, Modern Etching by Aubrey Schwartz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Aubrey Schwartz, American (1928 - 2019) - Wild Flowers VIII, Year: 1966, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 28/100, Image Size: 4.75 x 3.75 inches, Size: 14 x...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Etching

Pink and White Delicate Flowers, Black Background, Bright Elegant Giclée Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. This exquisite still life photo, shows a classy bouquet beautifully lit with soft light. The print measures 36 x 24 inches total, with an image size of 32 x 20 in. and a 2 inch surrounding white border. Details: + Title: Pink and White Delicate Flowers...
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2010s Baroque Still-life Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée

Violet Monochrome, Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Violent Monochrome Year: 1980 Edition: 56/200, plus proofs. Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 31.5 x 31 inches Condition: Good Inscri...
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1980s Pop Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Amaryllis Waved-flowerd, Amaryllis undulatea Plate 369
Located in Columbia, MO
Amaryllis Waved-flowerd, Amaryllis undulatea Plate 369 1797 Hand-colored etching Ed. 1st ed. 9 x 5.25 inches
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1790s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Etching

Nepenthes Villosa, antique botanical carnivorous pitcher plant lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Nepenthes Villosa Hook. fil.' Botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring of a carnivorous pitcher plant, native to Borneo. 1858.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Wild Reeds (cyanotype/ monotype, 18x 45 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This nearly 4-foot long one-of-a-kind cyanotype with hand-torn deckled edges was made by carefully arranging hundreds of individual blades of the South African reed called "dakriet" ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

John E. Billmyer, Flower Piece, WPA wood engraving
Located in New York, NY
'Flower Piece' shows the artist, John Billmyer, to be a highly accomplished wood engraver. There are endless patterns and created details -- all executed flawlessly. Mostly made up o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Flowering Eucalyptus II ( 30 x 21.5 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this may look like a woodcut or screen print, it is a kind of photography. Cyanotypes are a 19th century alternative (cameraless) photographic process. This monotype was print...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Flowering Eucalyptus I ( 30 x 21.5 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though this may look like a woodcut or screen print, it is a kind of photography. Cyanotypes are a 19th century alternative (cameraless) photographic process. This monotype was print...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

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Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

George Brookshaw's Black Frontiniac Wine Grape Aquatint from "Pomona Brittanica"
Located in Alamo, CA
George Brookshaw's (1751-1823) beautiful Black Frontiniac Wine Grape hand-colored aquatint engraving, plate XVII from his "Pomona Brittanica", considered to be the finest British botanical large format treatise of the 19th-century. His engravings were unique for their rich tones and colors, elegant compositions with the fruit seeming to float on a rich mottled background. The print is presented in a gold and burgundy-colored wood frame and a light gray mat. The print is in very good condition. Another Brookshaw engraving from his series of fruit illustrations is available on 1stdibs. It is framed and matted identically to this one. It can be viewed on our 1stdibs storefront by typing Timeless Intaglio...
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Early 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

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 Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

The White Prince-Poster. New York Graphic Society. Lithographed in USA
Located in Clinton Township, MI
PAUL DE LONGPRÉ (French, 1855-1911) The White Prince Poster/Print 22 x 17 in. Unframed Plate signed Copyright New York Graphic Society. Lithographe...
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Late 20th Century Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Spider Lily: An Original 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving finished with hand coloring by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Ephemerum Virginianu flore Purpureo, B. Ephemer...
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Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving, Mezzotint

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 Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

Primula Verticillata Var. Sinensis, antique botanical flower lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1873, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). 235mm by 145mm (sheet) Walter Hood Fitch was a Scottish botan...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Buttercup Flowers: A Besler 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting Ranunculus (Persian Buttercup) flowers from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thick laid chain-linked paper. There is latin text on the verso. There are central horizontal creases and two small holes on the right and another in the left lower corner. It is otherwise in excellent condition. Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...
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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Colorful Flower Bouquet Mix, Close Up Wild Flowers, Giclee Print Limited Edition
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. This exquisite still life photo, shows a classy bouquet beautifully lit with soft light...
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2010s Naturalistic Still-life Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée

Eriopsis Helenae, orchid, Peru, antique botanical lithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eriopsis Helenae', native orchid of Peru. Antique botanical lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1912, lithographed by John Nugent...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

June Blossoms-Poster. 1942 New York Graphic Society, Ltd. Printed in USA.
Located in Clinton Township, MI
J.M. VAN NIKKELEN (Dutch, 1680-1749) Poster 25 x 20 in. Unframed Copyright 1942 New York Graphic Society, Ltd. Printed in USA. Good/Fair Condition-signs of wear (i.e. discoloration...
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1940s Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Flowering Crinum Plant: A 19th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Arenarium" (Water-Island Sand Crinum), plate 2355, published in London in 1822 in William...
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1820s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

Eulophia Virens, antique orchid botanical lithograph print, 1866
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eulophia Virens – Greenish Eulophia' Orchid lithograph with original hand-colouring , 1866, by Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892). Native orchid of Sri Lanka a...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Flowers by the Window, Mid Century Cubist Still-Life Limited Edition Lithograph
By Fausto Maria Casotti
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant cubist still life, a hand signed limited edition lithograph print by Fausto Maria Casotti (also known as Cauri) (Italian, b. 1924). Bold colors and blocky shapes characterize...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Prints

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Ink, Paper

Buds
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Buds Color lithograph, 1980 Signed, titled, and editioned in pencil by the artist Publisher: Art Matters Printer: Bud Shark, Shark's Ink, Lyons, CO Condition: Excellent Image: 31-1/8 x 41-1/4" (79 x 104.7 cm.) "An Abstract Expressionist when he left the Art Institute of Chicago in 1956, Beal has since become a dedicated realist who sees art as a potentially powerful moral force. He has great regard for Platonic ideals of truth, beauty, and goodness, and admires both the realism of seventeenth-century Dutch painting and the compositional authority of Renaissance art. Since moving to New York in the late 1950s with his wife, painter Sondra Freckelton, Beal has painted still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, although in recent years his most ambitious undertakings have been large-scale allegories and myths. In describing his approach, Beal calls himself a "life painter" and says he is committed to human over aesthetic concerns. Yet his intricate complexes of figures and surface patterns, along with his adroit handling of space, reveal his sophisticated, accomplished sense of composition. Virginia M. Mecklenburg Biography Jack Beal (1931-2013) was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He briefly attended the College of William and Mary, studying biology, but dropped out after two years. A decision to take evening art classes lead to his attending the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied from the old masters in the Institute’s collection and with Isobel Steele MacKinnon, a student of Hans Hoffman. His classmates there included Red Grooms, Richard Estes, Claes Oldenberg and Robert Barnes, and while abstract expressionism remained “the only valid way to paint,” it was a style that all would eventually reject. In 1956 Beal left the Art Institute and moved to New York with the aim of finding success as a painter, eventually becoming one of the first artists to settle in the SoHo neighborhood. A turning point came in 1962 when, spending the summer in upstate New York, Beal decided to begin painting outdoors. Dissatisfied with abstract painting, he “wanted to give Art one more try” and in working from nature “fell in love with painting all over again.” Over the next few years Beal worked toward a balance between expressionistic paint handling and realistic, narrative pictures. Clement Greenberg’s pronouncement around this time, that the figure was no longer a valid subject was taken as a challenge by many artists, Beal included. His subsequent adoption of the female nude - modeled by his wife, the artist Sondra Freckelton - was a break-through. Though the paintings retained the sensuousness of his earlier canvases, the rigorous formality of their composition and the masterful treatment of light and shadow offered a new approach to realist painting. Indeed, Beal was not alone in this transformation; friends and colleagues in New York were coming to similar conclusions and the group, who included painters such as Philip Pearlstein, Alfred Leslie, Yvonne Jacquette, Alex Katz, Jack Tworkov, Nell Blaine and Fairfield Porter, would eventually be considered the ‘New Realists.’ With the resurgence of figurative painting, Beal distinguished himself for his skillful handling of color and modeling as well as what was later described as his “pushing of representational forms to their interface with abstraction”. Through the later half of the 1960s, while his subject matter remained unchanged, his paintings were increasingly given over to wide areas of flat color. In 1969, he exhibited a series of Table Paintings which, with their hard-edge style and near complete abstraction of the form, were a radical departure for Beal. So radical in fact, he was accosted by fellow realist painters Alfred Leslie and Sidney Tillim, who berated him “for betraying realism and betraying [himself], for moving away from ‘the true path’.” The incident had its intended effect and Beal did return to a more naturalistic and humanistic style, eventually abandoning the nude in favor of increasingly allegorical portraits. In 1974, the United States General Services Administration commissioned Beal to produce a series of murals for the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington D.C. The result was The History of Labor, four, 12 x 13 foot paintings in the vein of George Caleb Bingham, each illustrating a century of American development. Following the completion of the murals in 1977, Beal continued to make use of narrative in his paintings, with portraiture and self-portraiture as a means of exploring moral and didactic themes. He and Sondra had purchased an old mill in upstate New York in 1974 and after extensive renovations, it became their permanent residence. Unsurprisingly, many of his later paintings are pastoral scenes based on his rural surroundings or still lives including flowers which they grew on the property. In 1986, Beal was commissioned by the Art in Transit Initiative to create a large-scale mural as part of the redevelopment of the Times Square Subway Station. The proposed mosaic mural, The Return of Spring, took over fifteen years to complete, with the two, 7 x 20 foot sections finally installed in 2001 and 2005. Together they update the Greek myth of Persephone with a New York setting, showing her abduction by Hades, initiating the arrival of winter, and her release, bringing the bountiful return of spring. Beal was a founder of the Artist’s Choice Museum, New York and the New York Academy of Art as well as the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including honorary degrees from the Art Institute of Boston and the Hollins College...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Pears and Autumn Leaves, Still Life Lithograph by Janet Fish
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Janet Fish, American (1938 - ) Title: Pears and Autumn Leaves Year: 1988 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 60 Paper Size: 38.5 x 29 inches
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Orchids - Original lithograph handsigned - 100 copies
Located in Paris, IDF
Bernard CATHELIN Orchids Original lithograph, 1988 Handsigned in pencil Inscribed EA (épreuve d'artiste) aside the edition of 100 copies On Arches paper, size 40 x 31 (c. 15 8/10 x ...
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1980s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

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