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Lone Tree Schoodic Point, mezzotint print of Maine coastline
Lone Tree Schoodic Point, mezzotint print of Maine coastline

Lone Tree Schoodic Point, mezzotint print of Maine coastline

By James Groleau

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Winter Chestnut, Limited edition print, Landscape, Tree, Nature art
Winter Chestnut, Limited edition print, Landscape, Tree, Nature art

Winter Chestnut, Limited edition print, Landscape, Tree, Nature art

By Fiona Hamilton

Located in Deddington, GB

I use detailed intaglio etching, drypoint, lithography and chine collé to draw the viewer into an ethereal landscape that has an impact on our sense of place in relation to the natur...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Winter Chestnut
Winter Chestnut

Winter Chestnut

By Fiona Hamilton

Located in Deddington, GB

Drypoint etching with chine collé. Printed on 300gsm Hahnemühle paper.

Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint

Illegal Alien's Guide to Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Illegal Alien's Guide to Somewhere Over the Rainbow

By Enrique Chagoya

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph with chine collé, Edition 30. In this map Chagoya depicts a world beset with problems of man-made pollution: environmental, industrial and social.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

BARQUE SE HALANT SUR UNE BOUEE

BARQUE SE HALANT SUR UNE BOUEE

By Louis Gabriel Eugene Isabey

Located in Portland, ME

Lithograph, 1844. 9 3/16 x 13 3/4 inches; 234 x352 mm. On Chine colle, mounted to a sheet 14 1/2 x 20 inches.

Category

1840s Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lever de lune
Lever de lune

Lever de lune

By Charles François Daubigny

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to a wove paper matrix with a false platemark and a deckle edge, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (115 x 165 mm); matrix 12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (317...

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving

"Corot" original etching
"Corot" original etching

"Corot" original etching

By Félix Bracquemond

Located in Henderson, NV

Printed in 1861 by Auguste Delatre on chine-colle paper and published in Paris by Gazette des Beaux-Arts.

Category

1860s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Storm Cloud Over Sand Cove,  mezzotint of coastal Maine by James Groleau
Storm Cloud Over Sand Cove,  mezzotint of coastal Maine by James Groleau

Storm Cloud Over Sand Cove, mezzotint of coastal Maine by James Groleau

By James Groleau

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This is one of eighteen (printed on chine collé) with intimations of the Arts and Crafts Movement from the early twentieth century are evident in the palette of greens and grays, wit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Crepin-Cordonnier by Charles Hullmandell Boys
Crepin-Cordonnier by Charles Hullmandell Boys

Crepin-Cordonnier by Charles Hullmandell Boys

By Thomas Shotter Boys

Located in Middletown, NY

Lithograph on chine-collé mounted to wove paper, 14 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches (355 x 220 mm), full margins.

Category

Early 19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Ponte dei Baratteri, Venice

Ponte dei Baratteri, Venice

By Edgar Chahine

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching and drypoint on chine collé laid down to cream wove paper, 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (318 x 217 mm), full margins.

Category

Early 20th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Dusk at Sedgwick Knoll
Dusk at Sedgwick Knoll

Dusk at Sedgwick Knoll

By James Groleau

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This is one of eighteen color mezzotints (printed on chine collé) depicting the landscape of coastal Maine.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

La Pont de la Tournelle, by JMM Mathieux-Marie
La Pont de la Tournelle, by JMM Mathieux-Marie

La Pont de la Tournelle, by JMM Mathieux-Marie

By Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: drypoint on chine collé Edition of 180 Image Size: 4.5 X 9 inches The Pont de la Tournelle links the Ile St-Louis to the Left Bank and is adorned with a giant statue of Sain...

Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Greville Smyth Cedar
Greville Smyth Cedar

Greville Smyth Cedar

By Fiona Hamilton

Located in Deddington, GB

Drypoint etching with chine collé. Printed on 300gsm Hahnemühle paper.

Category

2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint

"Passerelle du Pont au Change" original etching

"Passerelle du Pont au Change" original etching

By Charles Meryon

Located in Henderson, NV

This is a view of the footbridge which temporarily replaced the Exchange Bridge in Paris after the disastrous 1621 fire. This impression on chine-collé paper was printed in Paris by ...

Category

1860s Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

"Le Lac" etching

"Le Lac" etching

By (after) Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Located in Henderson, NV

Etched by Felix Bracquemond after Corot. This impression on chine-collé paper was printed in Paris by Taneur and published as plate 27 for the Les chefs-d’œuvre portfolio.

Category

1860s Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Arthur Rimbaud in Abyssinia Kate Boxer, limited edition print, contemporary
Arthur Rimbaud in Abyssinia Kate Boxer, limited edition print, contemporary

Arthur Rimbaud in Abyssinia Kate Boxer, limited edition print, contemporary

By Kate Boxer

Located in Deddington, GB

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) A French poet known for his modern literature and arts Limited edition drypoint and Chine colle by Kate Boxer. Signed and inscribed with Edit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Chine Colle

Saint Louis en Ile, by JMM Mathieux-Marie
Saint Louis en Ile, by JMM Mathieux-Marie

Saint Louis en Ile, by JMM Mathieux-Marie

By Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: drypoint on chine collé Edition of 180 Image Size: 4.5 X 9 inches Signed, titled and numbered, from the edition of 180.

Category

1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint

La Coupole (the dome), by JMM Mathieux-Marie
La Coupole (the dome), by JMM Mathieux-Marie

La Coupole (the dome), by JMM Mathieux-Marie

By Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: drypoint on chine collé Edition of 180 Image Size: 4.5 X 9 inches Signed, titled and numbered, from the edition of 180.

Category

1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint

El Prisma en tus Manos

El Prisma en tus Manos

By Dianna Frid

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph/aluminum leaf/chine collé, Edition 20 Frid’s most recent print at Shark’s Ink., "El Prisma en tus Manos", was inspired by her research and subsequent exhibition a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Three Poems: Nocturne III, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
Three Poems: Nocturne III, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Nocturne III, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: No. 3 from Three Poems, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750 I...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

Three Poems: Nocturne II, Abstract Lithograph on Rice Paper by Robert Motherwell
Three Poems: Nocturne II, Abstract Lithograph on Rice Paper by Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Nocturne II, Abstract Lithograph on Rice Paper by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: Three Poems: Nocturne II, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 75...

Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: Three Poems: Nocturne V Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750 Image Size: 14 x 11 inches Paper...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Lithograph by Robert Motherwell

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: Three Poems: Nocturne V, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750...

Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

Alessandro's Room

Alessandro's Room

By Betty Woodman

Located in Lyons, CO

Color woodcut/lithograph triptych with chine collé and collage, Edition 30 Since 1985, Woodman has collaborated with Master printer Bud Shark to produce monotypes, woodcuts and li...

Category

20th Century Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"La pensée" etching

"La pensée" etching

By (after) Pierre Auguste Renior

Located in Henderson, NV

A good impression printed by Charles Wittmann on chine-collé paper, with a platemark (not shown here in this photo); the image measures 6 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (165 x 138 mm).

Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Porcher

Porcher

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

Paris: Delatre, 1850. Etching on Chine collé mounted to heavy cream wove paper, 2 7/8 x 2 5/8 inches (72 x 65 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Handmade Paper

Cups in a row BY VICKY OLDFIELD, Still Life Print, Bright Art, Limited Edition
Cups in a row BY VICKY OLDFIELD, Still Life Print, Bright Art, Limited Edition

Cups in a row BY VICKY OLDFIELD, Still Life Print, Bright Art, Limited Edition

By Vicky Oldfield

Located in Deddington, GB

Vicky Oldfield Cups in a Row Limited Edition Collagraph Print Edition of 20 Hand Coloured Collagraph with Chine Colle Solf Unframed Free Shipping Cups in a Row is a limited edition ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Color, Etching

Chinese Pleasures

Chinese Pleasures

By Betty Woodman

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph with chine collé, Edition 30. All who saw her retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum in 2006 know….Betty Woodman's work in clay, on paper and in print, is color...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Shattered Silence, American Western Art Etching by Noel Daggett

Shattered Silence, American Western Art Etching by Noel Daggett

By Noel Daggett

Located in Long Island City, NY

Noel Daggett, American (1925 - 2005) - Shattered Silence, Year: Circa 1980, Medium: Etching with Chine Colle, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 8/40, Size: 22 x 29 in. (55...

Category

1980s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Night Night, Tammy Mackay, Limited edition print, Animal and Wildlife art
Night Night, Tammy Mackay, Limited edition print, Animal and Wildlife art

Night Night, Tammy Mackay, Limited edition print, Animal and Wildlife art

By Tammy Mackay

Located in Deddington, GB

These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. Exploring and developing new techniques opens up new possibilities which I feel is essential to my d...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Pigment

Bernard Sanders, (Nude Woman with Orb)
Bernard Sanders, (Nude Woman with Orb)

Bernard Sanders, (Nude Woman with Orb)

By Bernard Sanders

Located in New York, NY

It's more of a robin's egg blue and not as gray as it shows here. It's chine collé which is why the color is in the printed area only.

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Une porte d'auberge / Inn Door
Une porte d'auberge / Inn Door

Une porte d'auberge / Inn Door

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on Chine collé mounted to cream wove paper, 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (97 x 147 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

Snapshot Odyssey

Snapshot Odyssey

By Jane Hammond

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph/laser print/chine collé/collage, Edition 40 Hammond's newest print, "Snapshot Odyssey" combines her long-standing interest in games with her passion for collectin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Angel Lake

Angel Lake

By Jeera Rattanankoon

Located in Lyons, CO

Color Reduction woodcut with chine collé, Edition 15. Jeera Rattanangkoon has a unique printmaking approach and style.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Mademoiselle Cyclone
Mademoiselle Cyclone

Mademoiselle Cyclone

By Edgar Chahine

Located in Middletown, NY

Paris: Sagot, c1907. Drypoint etching on Chine-collé mounted to wove paper, 21 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches (546 x 438 mm); sheet 26 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (674 x 550 mm), full margins.

Category

Early 20th Century French School Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Signed Contemporary Still Life Mezzotint Prints, 1980-89 Collection
Signed Contemporary Still Life Mezzotint Prints, 1980-89 Collection

Signed Contemporary Still Life Mezzotint Prints, 1980-89 Collection

By Yozo Hamaguchi

Located in New York, NY

YOZO HAMAGUCHI (1909-2000) AMBER WALNUT, 1982-89 Color Mezzotint; Chine Colle on Rives BFK 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (Plate) 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (Chine Paper) 14 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (R...

Category

1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Mezzotint

An angler fishing at Cow Tower on the River Wensum, Norwich
An angler fishing at Cow Tower on the River Wensum, Norwich

An angler fishing at Cow Tower on the River Wensum, Norwich

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with drypoint and Chine collé; Japon paper mounted to cream wove paper, 8x 10 3/4 inches (204 x 274 mm); sheet excluding matrix 10 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches (270 x 413 mm), full ma...

Category

Late 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Handmade Paper, Drypoint

Voyage en poste; Galerie du Palais Royal
Voyage en poste; Galerie du Palais Royal

Voyage en poste; Galerie du Palais Royal

Located in Middletown, NY

Stipple point engraving with extensive hand coloring in watercolor on Chine collé mounted to white wove paper with a deckle edge, 10 x 15 3/4 inches (252 x 399 mm); sheet 16 x 22 1/4...

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Sous Bois
Sous Bois

Sous Bois

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on Chine-collé mounted to wove paper, 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (360 x 244 mm) full margins.

Category

Late 19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Aboriginal Child Frightened by Abstraction and Time

Aboriginal Child Frightened by Abstraction and Time

By William T. Wiley

Located in Lyons, CO

Color lithograph with chine collé, Edition 30. William Wiley uses current political and social issues to comment on life in our time.

Category

1990s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

NUDE AT DOOR

NUDE AT DOOR

By Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Located in Portland, ME

Printed by Desjobert, Paris. Chine colle printed on cream colored China paper, and laid to a white vove support.

Category

1920s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Passerelle du Pont au Change" original etching

"Passerelle du Pont au Change" original etching

By Charles Meryon

Located in Henderson, NV

This composition shows the footbridge which temporarily replaced the Exchange Bridge in Paris after the fire of 1621. This impression on chine-collé paper was printed in Paris by Cha...

Category

1890s Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Petit Braconnier
Le Petit Braconnier

Le Petit Braconnier

Located in Middletown, NY

Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865 Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper, 9 x 11 1/4 inches (229 x 286), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Le Matin
Le Matin

Le Matin

Located in Middletown, NY

Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865 Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper, 9 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (243 x 322 mm), full margins with thr...

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Balthazar, original print, Kate Boxer
Balthazar, original print, Kate Boxer

Balthazar, original print, Kate Boxer

By Kate Boxer

Located in Deddington, GB

BALTHAZAR (UNFRAMED) Drypoint and Chine collé 9 1/8 x 8 1/4 in 23 x 21 cms First Edition of 30 Drypoint print on Paper Edition of 30 Sold unframed Complete size of sheet (sheet siz...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Prints

Materials

Drypoint

"Look" Limited Edition Drawing
"Look" Limited Edition Drawing

"Look" Limited Edition Drawing

By John Lennon

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Rare Limited Edition Lithograph of John Lennon's "Look" originally drawn in Japan in 1977, this limited edition was released by Bag One Arts (The Lennon Estate) in 1996 and has been...

Category

1970s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

FLEURS #2 - Amaryllis, one of 4 portraits of flowers by Marjan Seyedin
FLEURS #2 - Amaryllis, one of 4 portraits of flowers by Marjan Seyedin

FLEURS #2 - Amaryllis, one of 4 portraits of flowers by Marjan Seyedin

By Marjan Seyedin

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching and roulette on Chine collé Year: 2020 Edition of 25 Image Size: 16 × 11.6 inches Marjan's work was awarded the 2007 Grav'x prize in Paris, as well as the 2010 Pier...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

FLEURS #3 - Iris, one of 4 portraits of flowers by Marjan Seyedin
FLEURS #3 - Iris, one of 4 portraits of flowers by Marjan Seyedin

FLEURS #3 - Iris, one of 4 portraits of flowers by Marjan Seyedin

By Marjan Seyedin

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching and roulette on Chine collé Year: 2020 Edition of 25 Image Size: 16 × 11.6 inches Marjan's work was awarded the 2007 Grav'x prize in Paris, as well as the 2010 Pier...

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]
Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]

Plantes tropicales [Tropical Plants]

Located in Middletown, NY

Paris: Cadart & Luquet, 1865 Etching and engraving on Chine-collé mounted to watermarked Aqua-Fortistes cream laid paper 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (367 x 268 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving

Asunder 11

Asunder 11

By David Collins

Located in Dallas, TX

This is a color monotype with chine collé on Japanese paper.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Monotype, Paper

Poisson #3, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin
Poisson #3, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin

Poisson #3, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin

By Marjan Seyedin

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching and roulette on Chine collé Year: 2022 Edition of 21 Image Size: 13.8 × 19.7 inches Marjan's work was awarded the 2007 Grav'x prize in Paris, as well as the 2010 Pi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Poisson #5, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin
Poisson #5, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin

Poisson #5, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin

By Marjan Seyedin

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching and roulette on Chine collé Year: 2022 Edition of 21 Image Size: 13.8 × 19.7 inches Marjan's work was awarded the 2007 Grav'x prize in Paris, as well as the 2010 Pi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Poisson #1, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin
Poisson #1, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin

Poisson #1, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin

By Marjan Seyedin

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching and roulette on Chine collé Year: 2022 Edition of 21 Image Size: 13.8 × 19.7 inches Marjan's work was awarded the 2007 Grav'x prize in Paris, as well as the 2010 Pi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

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Chine Colle For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the chine colle you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Abstract examples as well as a Contemporary version. If you’re looking for a chine colle from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right chine colle is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, beige and black. Finding an appealing chine colle — no matter the origin — is easy, but Suzanne Benton, Ann Aspinwall, Elise Hughes-Yaworsky, Robert Kelly and Molly McKee each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in etching, paper and paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. If space is limited, you can find a small chine colle measuring 6.89 high and 4 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 42 across to better suit those in the market for a large chine colle.

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