Academic Prints and Multiples
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Style: Academic
Landscape with Fishermen - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century)
Landscape with Fishermen
Original Engraving
Signed in the plate
On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm
INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by Gabriel, the f...
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Late 17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Landscape with a Bridge and Fishermen - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century)
Landscape with a Bridge and Fishermen
Original Engraving
Signed in the plate
On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm
INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by G...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Dante & Virgilus - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)
Located in Paris, IDF
ARTISTE: after Auguste RODIN
TITLE : Dante & Virgilus
MEDIUM : Etching/photogravure after the original drawing
SIGNATURE : Unsigned
YEAR : 1897
PAPER : Vellum
SIZE : 13 x 10"
INFOR...
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1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Les Voila
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: Les Voila
Year: 1915
Medium: Original lithograph
Edition: Numbered 73/100 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Size image: 16 ...
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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Mother and Daughter - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
The Woman in the Green Coat, 1918
Lithograph
On vellum 47 x 36,5 cm (c. 18,5 x 14,3 inch)
INFORMATION : Edited by Louis Rouart in Paris, from a drawing ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Study of Women - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Study of Women, 1918
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
Unsigned
On light cream tinted vellum 30.5 x 48 cm (c. 12 x 18.89 inch)
INFORMATION : Edited...
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Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original Le Puy En Velay, SNCF vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Admiring the Original "Le Puy En - Velay" Vintage Poster The exquisite vintage poster for the old city of Le Puy En - Velay has inspired many art aficionados. ...
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1940s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$780 Sale Price
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19th century engraving figurative landscape Victorian urban city scene signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"SEESAW--Gloucester, Massachusetts" is an original wood engraving after Winslow Homer. The artist initialed the piece in the lower right. This print depicts six children on a seesaw ...
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1870s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Young Woman Dressing Before Going to Prom - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Young Woman Dressing Before Going to Prom, 1918
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
Unsigned
On light cream tinted vellum 49 x 31,5 cm (c. 19,2 x 12,4...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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...
Category
1640s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 44x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Ed: 1 /100
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Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Crayon, Engraving
$184 Sale Price
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“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day
Located in Southampton, NY
Original wood engraving on paper. Taken from Harper’s Weekly, April 7, 1860. Signed “Homer” in the plate. Condition is good. Slight staining lower left. Very slight tear to the l...
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1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Engraving
$228 Sale Price
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Horse and Woman, Abstract Gold Leaf Screenprint by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Horse and Woman
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Canterbury Gate Cathedral
By Preston Cribb
Located in New York, NY
Preston Cribb (English, 1876-1937) "Canterbury Gate Cathedral", Etching titled and signed in Pencil, 13.63 x 9.50 Framed (Image: 9.50 x 5.25), Early to Mid 20th Century
Colors: Bla...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Hand-colored 1834 Joseph Paxton Botanical Engraving of Yellow Trumpet Flowers
By Joseph Paxton
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of yellow trumpet flowers from Sir Joseph Paxton's (1803-1865) "Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants", published in 1834. This engravi...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Two Horses and Flowers Gold Screenprint by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Two Horses and Flowers
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 31 x 47 in. (78.74 x 119.38 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Original "Your Country's Call, Enlist Now" 1915 vintage British poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Your Country's Call. Isn't this Worth Fighting For? Enlist Now. Original WW1 poster, archival linen-backed vintage military poster.
Linen-backed and ...
Category
1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$1,000 Sale Price
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Greek Architecture Blueprint of Ancient Amphitheatre Cyanotype Print, Watercolor
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
Details:
+ Title: Ancient Roman Amphitheater
+ Year: 2022
+ Edition Size: 50
+ Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided
+ Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size
+ All cyanotype prints...
Category
2010s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Lithograph, Monotype, ...
Portrait of woman by Gustave François - Engraving 44x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
$184 Sale Price
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Original 1924 Soviet Union Public Scientific Journal Flint vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1924 Soviet Union lithographic poster for a monthly magazine called "Flint". The magazine was a public scientific journal that dealt with the electrical revolution, biolog...
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Notre-Dame de Paris - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie
Notre-Dame de Paris
Original drypoint etching
Handsigned in pencil
On BFK Rives vellum, 28,5 x 38 cm (c. 11,2 x 14,9 inch)
Numbered /100 copies
Excellent...
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1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Button, Composition, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
By John Button
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of M...
Category
1960s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Freilicher, Composition, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 11.937 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: ...
Category
1960s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Blaine, Composition, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
By Nell Blaine
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 11.937 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the fo...
Category
1960s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Rialto Bridge, Venise - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie
Rialto Bridge, Venise
Original drypoint etching
Handsigned in pencil
On vellum, 28,5 x 38 cm (c. 11,2 x 14,9 inch)
Numbered /100 copies
Excellent condition
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Man and Sun Gold, Signed Abstract Screenprint by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Man and Sun
Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Cistusflore Albo, Balaustium Flore Minori Romanum, Cotinus", depicting flowering Pomegranate, Rock Rose...
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1640s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
19th century color lithograph indigenous portrait figure feathers bison red
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kish-Ke-Kosh, A Fox Brave (Sauk-Fox)" is an original hand-colored lithograph by McKenney & Hall. This piece features a Native American man. Reference: Page 200 of The North American Indian Portfolios in the Library of Congress.
13 1/4" x 9 3/4" art
27 1/4" x 22 3/8" frame
American lithograph publishers. Most well-known for "History of the Indian Tribes of North America," a collection of 125 images that included biographical sketches and anecdotes of principal chiefs. Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830. In that capacity he commissioned and collected portraits of Native Americans...
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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape with a Sailboat and Fishermen - Original etching
Located in Paris, IDF
PERELLE Family (17th Century)
Landscape with a Sailboat and Fishermen
Original Engraving
Signed in the plate
On laid paper, 15.5 x 28 cm
INFORMATION: This family of artists, led by...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
VOLTO DI DONNA - Stampa riproduzione Emilio Greco, anni 70
By Emilio Greco
Located in Napoli, IT
Stampa riprodizione del disegno " Volto di Ragazza" realizzato dal disegnatore Emilio Greco.Firmato in basso a destra.
Scultore italiano (Catania 1913 - Roma 1995). Trasferitosi a Ro...
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1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Color
Plums: George Brookshaw's Framed Hand-colored 19th C. Aquatint
Located in Alamo, CA
George Brookshaw's (1751-1823) beautiful "Plums" hand colored aquatint engraving 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 mottled sumptuous background. There are purple, mustard-colored plums on brown branches with green leaves over a two-tone dark brown and light tan background.
The print is presented in an ornate bronze-colored wood frame with gold-colored inner and outer trims and a triple mat. The outer mat is a marbled light...
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Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Original Leipziger Messe International Leipzig Trade Fair vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original German vintage poster: International Leipzig Trade Fair Leipziger Messe in NYC.
Beginning Feb. 28th, 1937. Held in New York City. Th...
Category
1930s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Traveling animals - Original etching enhanced with watercolor
Located in Paris, IDF
George EDWARDS
Traveling animals
Original engraving enhanced with watercolor
Signed in the plate and dated, 1746
28.6 x 23.5 cm
From Volume II of the Natural History of Birds, plat...
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1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Chartres La Mort de la Viegre X111”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original photo mechanical print handcolored throughout by the French artist, Lucy Garnot. Signed and titled bottom. Circa 1900. Condition is very go...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
$380 Sale Price
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Nymph of Eurydice - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Nymph of Eurydice
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
Printed signature in the plate
On light cream tinted vellum 40 x 24,5 cm (c. 15,7 x 9,6 inch)
I...
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Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bird and Beetle - Etching and watercolor (Natural History of Birds, 1741)
Located in Paris, IDF
George EDWARDS
Bird and beetle ('The Gowry Bird')
Original engraving, enhanced with watercolor
Printed signature in the plate
Dated, 1741
28.8 x 23.3 cm
Created for Volume I of the...
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1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Venice: View of the Grand Canal - Héliogravure, 1975
By Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
Located in Paris, IDF
After Giovanni Antonio Canaletto
Venice: View of the Grand Canal
Héliogravure after the original etching (Atelier Jacomet)
Printed signature i...
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1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Projet d'éventail - Femme attablée à la lecture et danse devant le Moulin-Rouge
Located in BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, FR
Cette lithographie en forme d’éventail représente une jeune élégante de la Belle Époque, accoudée à une petite table devant un livre entrouvert et un bouquet de fleurs. Elle semble p...
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Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Icarus & Phaeton - Etching (1897)
Located in Paris, IDF
ARTIST: after Auguste RODIN
TITLE : Icarus and Phaeton
MEDIUM : Etching/photogravure after the original drawing
SIGNATURE : Unsigned
YEAR : 1897
PAPER : Vellum
SIZE : 13 x 10"
...
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1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Dodo, Abstract Signed Screenprint with Gold Leaf by Lebadang (aka Hoi)
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Dodo
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 31 x 31 in. (78.74 x 78.74 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Venice, View of the Grand Canal - Original etching and watercolor, 1831
Located in Paris, IDF
Dionisio MORETTI
View of the Grand Canal, 1831
Original etching
Finely enhanced by hand with watercolor
On vellum 26 x 41 cm (c. 10.2 x 16 inch)
...
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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Etching
Portrait of a Model - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Portrait of a Model, Study for the Bacchanale, 1918
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
On light cream tinted vellum 35 x 26 cm (c. 13,7 x 10,2 inch)
...
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Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Venice, Rialto Bridge - Original etching and watercolor, 1831
Located in Paris, IDF
Dionisio MORETTI
Venice, Rialto Bridge, 1831
Original etching
Finely enhanced by hand with watercolor
On vellum 26 x 41 cm (c. 10.2 x 16 inch)
Ve...
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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Etching
Venice, Santa Chiara Island - Original etching and watercolor, 1831
Located in Paris, IDF
Dionisio MORETTI
Venice, Santa Chiara Island, 1831
Original etching
Finely enhanced by hand with watercolor
On vellum 26 x 41 cm (c. 10.2 x 16 inc...
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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Etching
Birds Composition - "Svenska Faglar" - unique ornithology prints - set of 10
By Magnus von Wright
Located in Winterswijk, NL
*THE ARTWORKS WILL BE SOLD: UNFRAMED, WITH PASSE-PARTOUT*
Beautiful serie of artworks: Swedish Birds by Magnus von Wright
Very detailed ornithological prints.
Topic: Animals
Image ...
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Paper
“Man with Magic Show”
Located in Southampton, NY
China Trade aquatint engraving. The plate was engraved by Dadley in London after drawings by Pu Qua of Canton and published in 1799 by W. Miller of Bond Street in London. Sight size 11.5 by 9.5 inches. Under glass. Silver leaf frame with wear consistent with age. Overall framed measurements are 13.5 by 11.5 inches. Not examined out of frame. Borghese label verso. Provenance: Sarasota collector.
Inscriptions read as follows:
Pu-Qua. Canton. Delin.
Dadley, London, Sculpt.
Published May 4, 1799, by W. Miller, Old Bond Street, London.
John Dadley...
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1790s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
$340 Sale Price
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“Innocent Captivation Amusement Pastorale”
By Anthony Cardon
Located in Southampton, NY
Original stipple engraving on a verge type of hand laid paper. The overall size of the engraving is 15.75 inches by 12.75 inches The image size of the engraving is 14 inches by 12 i...
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Early 1800s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Laid Paper
$950 Sale Price
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Richard Wagner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Richard Wagner
Etching, c. 1880
Signed in the plate (see photo)
Edition: c. 200 impressions
Condition: mint
Image/Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Sheet size: 14 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches
...
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1880s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Etching
“Paris-London”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very nice original hand colored copper plate etching (aquatint) by the Hungarian born artist, Marianne L. Almasy. Depicts London with its double buses in the foreground and scenes of Paris in the background. Handwritten bottom left in pencil, original etching 206/295. Handwritten in pencil lower right, L. Marianne. Condition: Very good to excellent. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate. Certificate of authenticity verso (see photo). Professionally matted with a one inch solid oak frame in a medium walnut stain. Overall 24 by 19 inches.
Marianne Almasy...
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1980s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Archival Paper, Etching
$325 Sale Price
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“Returning Home”
By Hermanus Jan Hendrik Rijkelijkhuysen
Located in Southampton, NY
Original etching on Ingres laid paper (watermarked, see last photograph) attributed to the hand of the well known Dutch artist, Hermanus Jan Hendrik Rijkelijkhuysen. No visible signature. Sheet size 9.25 by 12 inches. Sight size 7 by 9 inches. Under glass. Circa 1875. Condition is excellent. Professionally matted and framed in a walnut colored frame with gold leaf edge. Overall framed measurements are 12.75 by 14.5 inches. Gallery label verso. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector.
Biography:
Hermanus Jan Hendrik Rijkelijkhuysen (1813-1883) was a landscape painter and etcher. Rijkelijkhuysen spent most of his life working in the vicinity of his birthplace Utrecht. Inspired by the polders on the one hand and the Utrechtse Heuvelrug on the other, he mainly painted and etched water...
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1870s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
$520 Sale Price
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“Yellow Crested Parrot”
Located in Southampton, NY
Hand colored copper plate engraving from “The History of Birds. Plate 117 published in 1776.. “Yellow Created Parrot” Dedicated to Daniele Farsetti, a well known art collector Veni...
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Late 18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
$850 Sale Price
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"Seated Nude" 2002 colorful lithograph of female figure at rest - unframed
By Beth Rundquist
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Edition 7/22
A resident of East Hampton, New York, Beth Rundquist paints portraits, still lifes, figures and plein air landscapes. Its refreshing to see an academically trained pai...
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Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
19th century color lithograph portrait indigenous male subject feathers signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wa-Em-Boesh-Kaa, A Chippeway Chief," is an original hand-colored lithograph by McKenney & Hall. It features a portrait of a notable Native American chief, with informational text below.
13 1/2" x 18 3/4" paper
25 5/8" x 20 1/2" frame
American lithograph publishers. Most well-known for "History of the Indian Tribes of North America," a collection of 125 images that included biographical sketches and anecdotes of principal chiefs. Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830. In that capacity he commissioned and collected portraits of Native Americans...
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1830s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"VALMY! (L'Estampe Moderne), " Lithograph after Drawing by Adolphe Willette
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"VALMY! (L'Estampe Moderne)" is a print watermarked PL BAS after a drawing by Adolphe Willette. It depicts a general with his army and a young girl.
15 3/4" x 12" art
23" x 19 1/4" frame
Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857 – 4 February 1926) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an "anti-semitic" candidate in the 9th arrondisement of Paris for the September 1889 legislative elections.
Biography
Willette was born in Châlons-sur-Marne.
He studied for four years at the École des Beaux-Arts under Cabanel, training which gave him a unique position among the graphic humorists of France. Whether comedy or tragedy, dainty triviality or political satire, his work is instinct with the profound sincerity of the artist. He set Pierrot upon a lofty pedestal among the imaginary heroes of France, and established Mimi Pinson, frail, lovable, and essentially good-hearted, in the affections of the nation.
Willette is at once the modern Watteau of the pencil, and the exponent of sentiments that move the more emotional section of the public. Always a poet, and usually gay, fresh, and delicate, in his presentation of idylls exquisitely dainty and characteristically Gallic, illustrating the more "charming" side of love, often pure and sometimes extremely materialistic. Willette frequently reveals himself bitter and fierce, even ferocious, in his hatreds, being a violent though at the same time a generous partisan of political ideas, furiously compassionate with love and pity for the people whether they be ground down under the heel of political oppression, or are merely the victims ot unrequited love, suffering all the pangs of graceful anguish that are born of scornful treatment. There is charm even in his thrilling apotheosis of the guillotine, and in the introduction into his caricatures of the figure of Death itself.
The artist was a prolific contributor to the French illustrated press under the pseudonyms "Cemoi", "Pierrot", "Louison", "Bebe", and "Nox", but more often under his own name. He illustrated Melandri's Les Pierrots and Les Giboulles d'avril, Le Courrier français, and published his own Pauvre Pierrot and other works, in which he tells his stories in scenes in the manner of Busch. He decorated several "brasseries artistiques" with wall-paintings, stained glass, &c., notably Le Chat noir and La Palette d'or, and he painted the highly imaginative ceiling for La Cigale...
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1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Black and White
17th Century map of Cumberland, UK by Robert Morden
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Robert Morden (British, circa 1650 – 1703)
A map of Cumberland with hand colouring
An engraving
14.1/4 x 16.5/8 in. (36.5 x 42.5 cm.)
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17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Book, John Rylands Library, Manchester - Contemporary Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Photographed in 1987 in John Rylands Library, Manchester and was part of Richard Heeps iconic series 'Ordinary Places', which was his first colour collection. The exhibition was show...
Category
1980s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Duke of Wellington
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Duke of Wellington by Vladislav Khristenko
Size of the image - 25 x 15 cm
Size of the list - 34 x 22.5 cm
Size in frame - 42 x 32 cm
Etching and aquatint on paper
#15 from edition ...
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2010s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Tender Innocence print on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
High quality print on canvas.
Made from original oil painting "Tender Innence". Originally created by artist Maria Matveyeva in 2016 year.
Category
2010s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Canvas
Carrying Fruit, Abstract Gold Leaf Screenprint by Lebadang aka Hoi
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Carrying Fruit
Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 47 x 20.5 in. (119.38 x 52.07 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Le Petit Cirque Prinder, " Original Etching signd by Auguste Brouet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Petit Cirque Prinder" is an original etching by Auguste Brouet. This piece depicts a variety of circus performers surrounded by small children. The artist signed the piece in the...
Category
1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Pencil, Etching
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