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Etched Copper Plate

Leaves etched into copper plate
Leaves etched into copper plate

Gail TaylorLeaves etched into copper plate, Unknown

$440Sale Price|20% Off

H 12 in W 12 in D 3.5 in

Leaves etched into copper plate

Located in Berlin, MD

outlines. Copper plate acid etched with leaves and coated in a thick layer of varnish. Some light

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Copper

Summer Night ( 24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Summer Night ( 24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)

Summer Night ( 24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)

Located in Oakland, CA

. There is no carved block nor etched copper plate—only the sun causing the photo chemicals to darken

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Midnight Olive Trees ( 36 x 18 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Midnight Olive Trees ( 36 x 18 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Midnight Olive Trees ( 36 x 18 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Located in Oakland, CA

series before they wilt. There is no carved block nor etched copper plate—only the sun causing the photo

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Olive in Spring ( 36 x 19 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)
Olive in Spring ( 36 x 19 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Olive in Spring ( 36 x 19 inch hand-printed botanical cyanotype)

Located in Oakland, CA

series before they wilt. There is no carved block nor etched copper plate—only the sun causing the photo

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

"Flowering Eucalyptus II Cyanotype, Hand-Printed Monotype, 30x21.5"
"Flowering Eucalyptus II Cyanotype, Hand-Printed Monotype, 30x21.5"

"Flowering Eucalyptus II Cyanotype, Hand-Printed Monotype, 30x21.5"

Located in Oakland, CA

wilt. There is no etched copper plate, no carved wood block, no printing press and no ink to be able to

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Hippies Suite: Woman in The Waves

Hippies Suite: Woman in The Waves

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Woodmere, OH

meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used copper plates to etch

Category

20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Copper

Liquid Amber
Liquid Amber

Gail TaylorLiquid Amber, Unknown

$480Sale Price|20% Off

H 17.625 in W 17.625 in D 1 in

Liquid Amber

Located in Berlin, MD

. Copper plate acid etched and coated in a thick layer of varnish. Original one of a kind art work, 12"x12

Category

Late 20th Century Naturalistic Mixed Media

Materials

Copper

Apollinaire, The 1914-1918 War

Apollinaire, The 1914-1918 War

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Woodmere, OH

meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used copper plates to etch

Category

20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Jenny Devereux (b.1945) - 20th Century Etching, Peony
Jenny Devereux (b.1945) - 20th Century Etching, Peony

Jenny Devereux (b.1945) - 20th Century Etching, Peony

Located in Corsham, GB

painter Jenny Devereaux. She etches directly onto copper plates and prints onto fine Japanese paper. She

Category

20th Century Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Individual Marguerite

Salvador Dalí­Individual Marguerite, 1968

Price Upon Request

H 22 in W 15 in

Individual Marguerite

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Woodmere, OH

meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used copper plates to etch

Category

20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Apollinaire Suite: Woman with Parrot

Apollinaire Suite: Woman with Parrot

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Woodmere, OH

meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used copper plates to etch

Category

20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Individual Notre Dame

Salvador Dalí­Individual Notre Dame, 1969

Price Upon Request

H 20 in W 25 in

Individual Notre Dame

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Woodmere, OH

meticulous technique of copper etching with Dalí's imaginative surrealism. Dalí used copper plates to etch

Category

20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Hand Colored Etching - Nostalgia Railroad - Last
Hand Colored Etching - Nostalgia Railroad - Last

Hand Colored Etching - Nostalgia Railroad - Last

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she engraves the details into the plate with a

Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Etching

Hand Colored Etching - Nostalgia Railroad - Last
Hand Colored Etching - Nostalgia Railroad - Last

Hand Colored Etching - Nostalgia Railroad - Last

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she engraves the details into the plate with a

Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Archival Ink

'Sister,  A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021
'Sister,  A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021

'Sister, A portrait of the Moon' , Signed Etching c2021

Located in Frome, Somerset

, handmade etching by the artist. Ink on paper layed on Dutch gold leaf. Hand etched on copper plate. Very

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Etching - Cotswolds, England - last 2 left

Etching - Cotswolds, England - last 2 left

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

intricate design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"The Little Elephant" - Hand Colored Drawing
"The Little Elephant" - Hand Colored Drawing

"The Little Elephant" - Hand Colored Drawing

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

intricate design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines

Category

1980s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe
Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe

Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

intricate design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines

Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Etching - South Beach, Miami, Florida
Etching - South Beach, Miami, Florida

Etching - South Beach, Miami, Florida

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she engraves the

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Etching

De la Sante aux Gobelins, A La gloire à Paris, Jean Frélaut
De la Sante aux Gobelins, A La gloire à Paris, Jean Frélaut

De la Sante aux Gobelins, A La gloire à Paris, Jean Frélaut

By Jean Frélaut

Located in Southampton, NY

hardest with enduring and considered will to etch in the copper plates the intense love he felt for nature

Category

1930s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Keresan Dancers
Keresan Dancers

Gene KlossKeresan Dancers, 1962

$2,250

H 13.88 in W 10.88 in

Keresan Dancers

By Gene Kloss

Located in Fairlawn, OH

. Throughout her life, Kloss etched more than 625 copper plates, producing editions ranging from five to 250

Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Indian Friendship Dance
Indian Friendship Dance

Gene KlossIndian Friendship Dance, 1953

$2,500

H 8.19 in W 11.94 in

Indian Friendship Dance

By Gene Kloss

Located in Fairlawn, OH

than 625 copper plates, producing editions ranging from five to 250 prints. She pulled every print in

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Etching - Cotswolds, England

Etching - Cotswolds, England

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Vienna
Vienna

Luigi KasimirVienna, c.1930

$750

H 22.35 in W 18 in D 0.85 in

Vienna

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Vienna" c.1930 is a color etching (printed with the original copper plate etched by

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe

Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe

By Cuca Romley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper

Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Helicopters, Mountains, People (from The Valley Suite)
Helicopters, Mountains, People (from The Valley Suite)

Helicopters, Mountains, People (from The Valley Suite)

By Keith Haring

Located in Missouri, MO

by hand on sixteen sheets of tracing paper, which were photo-etched onto 10" x 9" copper plates and

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Figure and Fish (from The Valley Suite)
Figure and Fish (from The Valley Suite)

Figure and Fish (from The Valley Suite)

By Keith Haring

Located in Missouri, MO

sixteen sheets of tracing paper, which were photo-etched onto 10" x 9" copper plates and printed in red

Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Operation Sail, Statue of Liberty
Operation Sail, Statue of Liberty

Operation Sail, Statue of Liberty

By Cuca Romley

Located in San Francisco, CA

design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the

Category

Late 20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Maple Sugar Grove
Maple Sugar Grove

Cuca RomleyMaple Sugar Grove, ca. 1981

$1,450

H 30 in W 22.5 in D 0.1 in

Maple Sugar Grove

By Cuca Romley

Located in San Francisco, CA

design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the

Category

1980s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Color, Etching

Country Wedding
Country Wedding

Cuca RomleyCountry Wedding, ca. 1981

$1,250

H 22 in W 30 in D 0.1 in

Country Wedding

By Cuca Romley

Located in San Francisco, CA

etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she

Category

1980s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Color, Etching

Recent Sales

Waterfall III
Waterfall III

Tom OrrWaterfall III

Unavailable

H 37.5 in W 29 in

Waterfall III

Located in Bloomington, IL

series are hand-printed from two etched copper plates in cool gray and warm black inks on Somerset Satin

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Waterfall II
Waterfall II

Tom OrrWaterfall II, 2008

Unavailable

H 37.5 in W 29 in

Waterfall II

Located in Bloomington, IL

series are hand-printed from two etched copper plates in cool gray and warm black inks on Somerset Satin

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Waterfall I
Waterfall I

Tom OrrWaterfall I, 2008

Unavailable

H 37.5 in W 29 in

Waterfall I

Located in Bloomington, IL

series are hand-printed from two etched copper plates in cool gray and warm black inks on Somerset Satin

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Snowstorm

Philip Van KeurenSnowstorm

Unavailable

H 14 in W 18 in

Snowstorm

Located in Bloomington, IL

-intensity UV light is adhered to a copper plate and then etched. The result is a high quality intaglio print

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Fountain

Philip Van KeurenFountain, 2016

Unavailable

H 14 in W 18 in

Fountain

Located in Bloomington, IL

photogravure print is printed on paper from the etched copper plate that has been inked and wiped as a regular

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Gall

Philip Van KeurenGall, 2016

Unavailable

H 18 in W 14 in

Gall

Located in Bloomington, IL

photogravure print is printed on paper from the etched copper plate that has been inked and wiped as a regular

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photogravure

Allee II

Philip Van KeurenAllee II, 2016

Unavailable

H 18 in W 14 in

Allee II

Located in Bloomington, IL

adhered to a copper plate and then etched. The result is a high quality intaglio print that can reproduce

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photogravure

San Francisco.
San Francisco.

Charles MeryonSan Francisco., 1856

Unavailable

H 9.45 in W 39.77 in

San Francisco.

By Charles Meryon

Located in PARIS, FR

MERYON Charles Paris 1821 † Saint-Maurice (Seine) 1868 San Francisco. 1856. Original copper plate

Category

1850s More Art

Materials

Copper, Steel

none of these things is quite like the other
none of these things is quite like the other

none of these things is quite like the other

By Rachel Perry

Located in Milton, MA

etched deeply into the copper plate and then etched again with aquatint. White ink was applied to the

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Sideways 3

Kate PetleySideways 3, 2016

Unavailable

H 21.5 in W 27 in

Sideways 3

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

etched into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure, and the plate became a repeatable matrix

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Monoprint

Upside 6

Kate PetleyUpside 6, 2016

Unavailable

H 27 in W 21.25 in

Upside 6

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure, and the plate became a repeatable matrix for

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Monoprint

Upside 4

Kate PetleyUpside 4, 2016

Unavailable

H 27 in W 21.5 in

Upside 4

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure, and the plate became a repeatable matrix for

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Monoprint

Upside 1

Kate PetleyUpside 1, 2016

Unavailable

H 27 in W 21.5 in

Upside 1

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure, and the plate became a repeatable matrix for

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Monotype

Corner 7

Kate PetleyCorner 7, 2013

Unavailable

H 26.5 in W 20.63 in

Corner 7

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

a copper plate using the technique of photogravure, and the plate became a repeatable matrix for the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Photogravure, Monoprint

Flap 4

Kate PetleyFlap 4, 2013

Unavailable

H 22.5 in W 29.5 in

Flap 4

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

drawing made on translucent film was etched into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure, and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Monoprint

Replay 2

Kate PetleyReplay 2, 2020

Unavailable

H 29.75 in W 22.25 in

Replay 2

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

was etched into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure. The plate became a repeatable

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Photogravure

Replay 5

Kate PetleyReplay 5, 2020

Unavailable

H 29.75 in W 21.25 in

Replay 5

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

was etched into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure. The plate became a repeatable

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Photogravure

Replay 4

Kate PetleyReplay 4, 2020

Unavailable

H 28.25 in W 21.88 in

Replay 4

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

was etched into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure. The plate became a repeatable

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite, Photogravure

Replay 3
Replay 3

Kate PetleyReplay 3, 2020

Unavailable

H 29.75 in W 21.25 in

Replay 3

By Kate Petley

Located in Bloomington, IL

was etched into a copper plate using the technique of photogravure. The plate became a repeatable

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Acrylic, Photogravure

"Way", abstract linear etching monoprint, violet, silver, gray-black.

"Way", abstract linear etching monoprint, violet, silver, gray-black.

By Claire Seidl

Located in Long Island City, NY

"Way" is a contemporary linear etched monotype made with multiple copper plates, with layers of

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio, Monoprint, Monotype

Intersections/Skies 12, abstract geometric monotype in green, silver, red.

Intersections/Skies 12, abstract geometric monotype in green, silver, red.

By Arlene Slavin

Located in Long Island City, NY

aquatinted copper plates, with a diaphanous green background over printed silver metallic grid. The print is

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio, Monoprint, Monotype

"Intersection/Skies Two”, abstract geometric print, blue, red, yellow, gold.
"Intersection/Skies Two”, abstract geometric print, blue, red, yellow, gold.

"Intersection/Skies Two”, abstract geometric print, blue, red, yellow, gold.

By Arlene Slavin

Located in Long Island City, NY

and aquatinted copper plates, reflecting the artist's awe at the immensity and beauty of the universe

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples

Materials

Acrylic, Color, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio, Monoprint, Monotype

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Etched Copper Plate For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact etched copper plate you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. In our selection of items, you can find contemporary examples as well as a modern version. Making the right choice when shopping for an etched copper plate may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding an etched copper plate to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, brown, beige, orange and more. Finding an appealing etched copper plate — no matter the origin — is easy, but Kate Petley, Cuca Romley, Jackson Lee Nesbitt, Tim Southall and Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S. each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in etching, intaglio and photogravure can add an especially memorable touch. A large etched copper plate can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller etched copper plate, measuring 4.38 high and 3.5 wide, may better suit your needs.

How Much is a Etched Copper Plate?

The average selling price for an etched copper plate we offer is $1,240, while they’re typically $195 on the low end and $72,000 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Prints And Multiples for You

Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

Because artist’s editions tend to be more affordable and available than his or her unique works, they’re more accessible and can be a great opportunity to bring a variety of colors, textures and shapes into a space.

For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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