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Art Subject: Bird
Jean Cocteau - Duality - Original Handcolored Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau White Book - Autobiography about Cocteau's discovery of his homosexuality. The book was first published anonymously and created a scandal. Original Handcolored Lithograph...
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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Robert Greenhalf, Shoverlers, Limited Edition Print, Bird Print, Wildlife Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Robert Greenhalf Shoverlers Limited Edition Print Woodcut on Paper Edition of 100 Paper Size: H 38.5cm x W 41 cm Image Size: H 27.5cm x W 27.5cm Sold ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

The Cormorant, Tim Southall, Handmade print, contemporary print for sale
Located in Deddington, GB
The Cormorant by Tim Southall Limited Edition Silkscreen Print and hand signed by the artist Silkscreen Print on Paper
Image Size: 40 cm x 60 cm Sheet Si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Paper, Screen

Linnets over Salthouse by Joanna Padfield, Limited edition print, Birds
Located in Deddington, GB
Linnets Over Salthouse by Joanna Padfield [2022] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Linocuts Edition number 50 Image size: H:30.5 cm x W:30.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:38 cm x W:38 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Linnets Over Salthouse is an original limited edition linocut print, printed in a light blue. All of my prints are printed by hand. The inspiration for this print comes from walks along the beautiful North Norfolk coast. Salthouse is a small and very pretty village. On one side is the heathland and woodland, and on the other are marshes and the sea, making this village rich in wildlife. Jo Padfield, printmaker and artist, is available for sale online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Jo Padfield is an artist based in rural Norfolk - I love the natural world and my work celebrates nature and the natural environment, using bright vibrant colours and bold eye catching shapes and patterns. After studying at Norwich School of Art I went on to study and work in architecture. As my path in design continued, I have developed my love of colour and graphics in print making to create linocut prints. I like the process of cutting fresh lino with sharp tools and the anticipation of peeling paper off an inked...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Linocut, Paper

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 Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

"Pinnated Grouse", an Original Audubon Hand-colored First Edition Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
An original extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Pinnated Grouse", No. 60, Pl. 296, from Audubon's "Birds of A...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pajaro (Green Lamp), Pop Art Serigraph by John Grillo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Grillo, American (1917 - 2014) Title: Kaleidoscope I Year: 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 29.5 x 22 inches ...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Spell III, Pop Art Screenprintby Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Spell III Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Image Size: 19 x 23.5 inches Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 c...
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Screen

Set of Four Hand-Colored Ornithological Engravings by John Latham /// Bird UK
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Latham (English, 1740-1837) Title: "Kamtschatkan Thrush", "Spotted-sided Grosbeak", "Crimson-bellied Flycatcher", and "Black-headed Grosbeak" Portfolio: A General History of Birds Year: 1821-1828 (second edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Hand-Colored Engravings on watermarked wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Jacob & Johnson, Winchester, UK Publisher: John Latham, Winchester, UK Reference: Brunet III, 872; Lowndes II, page 1314; Fine Bird Books page 87; Nissen IVB 532; Zimmer page 376 Sheet size (each): approx. 11.25" x 8.88" Image size (each): approx. 4.5" x 4.5" Condition: "Kamtschatkan Thrush", "Crimson-bellied Flycatcher", and "Black-headed Grosbeak" have some light offsetting to their sheets. "Spotted-sided Grosbeak" has some minor foxmarks and some light discoloration upper left in margin. They are all otherwise in very good condition with strong colors Rare Notes: Provenance: acquired from Christie's, New York, NY, December 19, 1990. Comes from Latham's famous eleven volume portfolio "A General History of Birds" (1821-1828) (second edition), which consists of 193 hand-colored prints, made from engraved plates. "Kamtschatkan Thrush" and "Crimson-bellied Flycatcher" have an unidentified "1821" watermark lower right and upper right respectively. "Spotted-sided Grosbeak" has a "1820" watermark lower right. Biography: John Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English physician, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds...
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1820s Victorian Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio

Purple Spell, Pop Art Serigraph by Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Purple Spell Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 29 Size: 22 x 30 inches
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Screen

Cock Tease
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cock Tease is a lithograph on paper, initialed lower right 'BD', 9 x 9" image size. From the edition of 395, numbered XXIX/C (there were also 275 Arabic and 20 AP), framed in a conte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Winter in Flanders" by Pieter Brueghel, Limited Edition Litho, Printed in USA.
By Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Winter in Flanders" by Pieter Brueghel, Limited Edition Litho, 4751 Published by New York Graphic Society, 1950 Printed in USA. Measures 16 in x 18 in Print is in good/fair condition
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20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mark Pearce, Sunshine and Seagulls, Limited Edition Print, Seascape Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mark A Pearce Sunshine and Seagulls Limited Edition Print Edition of 45 Image Size: H 46cm x W 46cm Sheet Size: H 58cm x W 54cm Signed Sold Unframed Sunshine and Seagulls is a limited edition print by Mark A Pearce. At school I spent most of my time in the art department. I then went on to do a one year foundation course at Carlisle College of Art. It was here that I learnt the art of printmaking and then continued my studies at the Norwich School of Art doing a degree in graphic design. Keen to move to London I found my first job as a graphic designer with John Nash and Friends and my second with Michael Peters and Partners. I went on to win a D&AD (Design and Art Directors Club of Great Britain) silver award for the very first greeting stamps issued by the Royal Mail. These featured smiles from the likes of Dennis the Menace...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Linocut

Diseases of the Peritoneum - Lithograph By Ottavio Muzzi - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
Diseases of the Peritoneum is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal,Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, realized in 1843. Signed on p...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hiroshige (1797-1858) - Ueno Yamashita
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Hiroshige Ando 1797-1858) Title: No.12 Ueno Yamashita Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景) Size: O-ban 大判 Age: 1858
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1850s Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Original Suddenly Last Summer vintage movie poster, Elizabeth Taylor, US 1-sheet
Located in Spokane, WA
Linen-backed original “ Suddenly Last Summer “ vintage movie poster. Excellent condition with restored original fold marks as issued during conservation linen-backing. NSS 60/4. ...
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1960s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Kate Heiss, In the Sand Dunes, Limited Edition Print, Beach Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Kate Heiss In the Sand Dunes Linocut Edition of 50 Image Size 30 x 30cm Mounted size 40x 40cm Oil based inks on 300GSM Soft white Somerset Velvet Paper Signed and dated on the front ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Linocut

Crow - Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Crow is an artwork realized by the Contemporary Italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017) in 1972. Black and white etching on paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin, dated and ...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bewick's Swan - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Bewick's Swan 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....
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Wood Pigeon - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Wood Pigeon is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by Stu...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Superb Epimachus Speciosus Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Tourtorelle With Necklace - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Tourtorelle With Necklace is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, pu...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Yellow Wagtail - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow Wagtail is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by ...
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1840s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Ferris Wheel - Jeff Gillette Street Art Print, From Banksy Dismaland
Located in Draper, UT
Ferris Wheel by Jeff Gillette is Hand Signed by the artist from a limited edition of 60 prints. Artist gained popularity from participation in Banksy's "Dismaland." Jeff Gillette ha...
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2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée

Diseases of the Ovary - Lithograph By Ottavio Muzzi - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
Diseases of the Ovary is a lithograph hand colored by Ottavio Muzzi for the edition of Antoine Chazal, Human Anatomy, Printers Batelli and Ridolfi, 1843. The work belongs to the Atl...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Bird Call
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Bird Call is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 125/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP). Fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

International Volunteer Day (hand signed)
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by Keith Haring. Hand numbered 497/1000 on front. Artwork size 11 x 8.5 inches. Frame size approx 16.5 x 13.5 inches...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

“Fish Beach Monhegan”
Located in Warren, NJ
This beautiful wood engraving by Leo Meissner depicts a serene beach scene with fish swimming in the ocean. Created in 1941, this artwork is a rare find for collectors and enthusiast...
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20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The Skeleton - Etching by Madeline Rousselet - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
The Skeleton is an etching realized by Juste Madeline Rousselet in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Go...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

La Tourterelle - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
La Tourterelle is an etching realized by Catherine Haussard in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". A...
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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Les cygnes by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Animal themed monotype
Located in London, GB
Les cygnes by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Watercolour monotype 49 x 63 cm (19 ¹/₄ x 24 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, manzana Executed circa 1920 Provenance: Private collec...
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1920s Art Deco Animal Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Monotype

Superb Craspedophora Magnifica Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Downhill Racer
Located in Cumming, GA
Offered at an exceptional price, this piece is in excellent condition and will ship rolled. Edition Artist Proof. There are 200 pieces in the edition, plus 35 Artist Proofs all sign...
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1970s Naturalistic Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ostrich - Lithograph by Alberto Mastroianni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ostrich is a lithograph realized by Alberto Mastroianni in the 1970s. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower margin in pencil. From the edition of 150.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural Hi...
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18th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Blackbird - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Blackbird is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history ...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Gull - Etching by Johann Friedrich Naumann - 1840
Located in Roma, IT
Gull is an Etching hand colored realized by Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert - Johann Friedrich Naumann, Illustration from Natural history of birds in pictures, published by Stuttgart ...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Roman Church near Bordeaux - Original wooodcut, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis SOULAS (1905-1954) Roman Church near Bordeaux, 1928 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the e...
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1920s Art Deco Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1896 poster by H. G. Ibels "Demi Cabots le café-concert le cirque les forains"
Located in PARIS, FR
The original 1896 poster by H. G. Ibels, titled "Demi Cabots le café-concert le cirque les forains," offers a vivid glimpse into the colorful world of Parisian café-concerts and circ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper, Linen

Snowy Egret
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by the artist Dedicated: "To Jon From Ray" Edition: 100 in two printings A studio proof from the second printing by Jon Clemens, master printe...
Category

1950s Abstract Geometric Animal Prints

Materials

Engraving

The Pagoda
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: The Pagoda Series: The Hippies Date: 1969 Medium: drypoint with added color Framed Dimensions: 30" x 25" Signature: Pencil signed Edition: IIC/C...
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1960s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint

Lesser Black-Backed Gull - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Lesser Black-Backed Gull is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) . Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London, Bell & S...
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1870s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

The Mouse - Original Lithograph by Paul Gervais - 1854
Located in Roma, IT
The Mouse is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by Paul Gervais (1816-1879). The artwork is from The Series of "Les Trois Règnes de la Nature", and was published...
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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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

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Woodcut

19th century color lithograph birds landscape nature grass sky water figure
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting on the Prairie" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a hunter shooting at fowl in an open field. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2" art 20 1/4" x 23 3/4" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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1870s Other Art Style Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Superb Craspedophora Alberti Bird lithographed by the ornithologists Gould
Located in Milan, IT
This plate is unique because of the bird species' unmistakable beauty and the great scientific and artistic skill with which Elisabeth and Jhon Gould rendered it. The price quoted h...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

THE DOVE
Located in Portland, ME
Lee, Doris (American, 1905-1983). THE DOVE. Lithograph, 1952. Edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists. Signed in pencil. 11 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches...
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1950s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867) - Early 20th Century Engraving, Manx's Petrel
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful ornithological study by the artist Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867). This artwork is an early 20th-century restrike of a mid-19th-century engraving. Signed in plate to th...
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20th Century Animal Prints

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Engraving

Hummingbirds: 19th C. Gould Hand-colored "Cyanifrons", Blue-capped Saucerottia
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Saucerottia Cyanifrons", Blue-capped Saucerottia Hummingbirds by John Gould, published in his "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London in 1850. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts two green, blue and a little brown colored hummingbirds about a plant with green leaves and pink flowers. This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph has a few very small faint spots, but it is otherwise in excellent condition. The original text page is included. There are other unframed Gould hummingbird...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

The Bird - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1972 by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Etching and Burin on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right co...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching, Paper

Sulphur Breasted Toucan
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Jack Coutu Title: Sulphur Breasted Toucan Medium: Etching Signed: Hand Signed Edition: From the edition of 200 Measurements: 23" x 31" Year: 1970 Note: This piece is so...
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1970s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Etching

Envol des oiseaux
Located in Malmo, SE
Envol des oiseaux. Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 30 ex. Signed, dated and numbered. Free shipment worldwide. Corneille, one of the founders of the COBRA group, has passed aw...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Au coin du feu - Original b/w Etching by Armand Queyroy - End of 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Au coin du feu is a beautiful original etching realized by Armand Queyroy (1830 -1893), printed on ivory colored paper by Delatre, Paris. This is an original print signed on plate o...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bird in Tree (14), Impressionist Lithograph by David Lee
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Lee, Chinese (1944 - ) - Bird in Tree (14), Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 x 53.34 cm), Descr...
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1980s Impressionist Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Bouteille et fruits by Henri Hayden, 1968
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Bouteille et fruits by Henri Hayden, 1968 Additional information: Medium: lithograph in colours on wove 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in 35 x 50 cm signed, dated and numbered 45/75 in pencil Hen...
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20th Century Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Phasianus colchicus
Located in Columbia, MO
Joseph Wolf Lithograph c.1940
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Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Lithograph

"Fortune Teller" Pencil-Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Fortune Teller" is a Pencil-Signed, Limited Edition Print (329/500). It measures 11.25 x 11.25 inches, unframed. The piece is in Very Good Condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Interior Prints

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Lithograph

Milton Glaser's Great Illustrators of Our Time exhibition at Rizzoli Galleries
Located in PARIS, FR
Few names resonate in the world of graphic design as powerfully as Milton Glaser, and this 1982 poster is a quintessential example of his ability to merge elegance with immediacy. Created to promote the Great Illustrators of Our Time exhibition at Rizzoli Galleries, the poster is both an homage and a showcase—highlighting not just the work of Glaser himself but the broader cultural importance of illustration in 20th-century art and publishing. The composition is unmistakably Glaser: bold yet balanced, playful but deliberate. His signature use of vibrant color palettes, whimsical linework, and symbolic imagery elevates the poster beyond mere promotion—it becomes a collectible in its own right. At a glance, the poster celebrates visual storytelling. It encapsulates the spirit of an era when illustrators were not just supporting the text, but redefining it—shaping magazine covers, books, advertisements, and cultural identity itself. Glaser, best known for his “I ❤ NY” logo and the iconic 1967 Bob Dylan poster...
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1980s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

"Chittering and Chattering, " Folk inspired Blue Linoleum Block Print of Birds
Located in Wellesley, MA
Chittering and Chattering, Linoleum Block Print, Ed. 10, 35 1/4 x 23 1/4 Inches is one of a series of 8 large (this size, various shades of blue) and 6 small (11 5/8 Inches x 11 5/8...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

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Linocut

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