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The Rustling I, green leaves, mixed media on paper
The Rustling I, green leaves, mixed media on paper

The Rustling I, green leaves, mixed media on paper

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

The Rustling I is a monotype with mixed media on white BFK Rives printmaking paper and hand pulled by the Artist on the etching press. These small, one of a kind prints make perfect...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

Behind Bars No. 3, abstract mixed media on paper, grey
Behind Bars No. 3, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

Behind Bars No. 3, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Behind Bars No. 3 is a monotype with mixed media on white BFK Rives printmaking paper and hand pulled by the Artist on the etching press. These small, one of a kind prints make perf...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

Loonse and Drunense Dunes - 21st Century Contemporary Plant Painting
Loonse and Drunense Dunes - 21st Century Contemporary Plant Painting

Loonse and Drunense Dunes - 21st Century Contemporary Plant Painting

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

Natural elements such as plants, branches, and grasses are pressed onto heavy etching paper using a large etching press. She works in multiple layers with etching ink, allowing the v...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Handmade Paper, Monotype

Vaso Anzio di Marmo press S.E. il Sig. Schowvaloff-Etching by G.B. Piranesi-1778

Vaso Anzio di Marmo press S.E. il Sig. Schowvaloff-Etching by G.B. Piranesi-1778

By Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Located in Roma, IT

Artist proof, printed on contemporary filigree paper, large margins, representing an antique marble vase , whose details are described in the ending note . The piece is dedicated to ...

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1770s Old Masters Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Out of Space and Place, Melanie Yazzie, green, octopus, monotype, Navajo
Out of Space and Place, Melanie Yazzie, green, octopus, monotype, Navajo

Out of Space and Place, Melanie Yazzie, green, octopus, monotype, Navajo

By Melanie Yazzie

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Then the drawing is pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or is printed on an etching press. Monotypes are one-of-a kind works of art.

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Monotype

Different Directions by Melanie Yazzie, monotype, fish, bird, blue, red, gold
Different Directions by Melanie Yazzie, monotype, fish, bird, blue, red, gold

Different Directions by Melanie Yazzie, monotype, fish, bird, blue, red, gold

By Melanie Yazzie

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Then the drawing is pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or is printed on an etching press. Monotypes are one-of-a kind works of art.

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Monotype

Dry and Moist, by Melanie Yazzie, monotype, pastels, blues, bird, pink, leaves
Dry and Moist, by Melanie Yazzie, monotype, pastels, blues, bird, pink, leaves

Dry and Moist, by Melanie Yazzie, monotype, pastels, blues, bird, pink, leaves

By Melanie Yazzie

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Then the drawing is pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or is printed on an etching press. Monotypes are one-of-a kind works of art.

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Monotype

Cool Blues, Vicky Oldfield, Bright Art, Blue Print, Original Print, Handfinished
Cool Blues, Vicky Oldfield, Bright Art, Blue Print, Original Print, Handfinished

Cool Blues, Vicky Oldfield, Bright Art, Blue Print, Original Print, Handfinished

By Vicky Oldfield

Located in Deddington, GB

The plates are then sealed and then inked up and printed in intaglio on damp paper using an etching press. The embossed textural quality of the print is unique to this method.

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21st Century and Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, C Print

Sitting Out There, Melanie Yazzie Navajo printmaker monotype yellow dragonfly
Sitting Out There, Melanie Yazzie Navajo printmaker monotype yellow dragonfly

Sitting Out There, Melanie Yazzie Navajo printmaker monotype yellow dragonfly

By Melanie Yazzie

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Then the drawing is pressed by hand onto a sheet of absorbent paper or is printed on an etching press. Monotypes are one-of-a kind works of art.

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Monotype

"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving
"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving

Doug Forsythe"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving, 2000s

$760Sale Price|20% Off

H 30.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in

"Forest Mist" - Black and White Engraving

Located in Soquel, CA

He authored the definitive guide to building an etching press which is referenced by printmakers world wide.

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1990s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Ink, Engraving

"Maple Leaves and Vines" Large original etching.
"Maple Leaves and Vines" Large original etching.

"Maple Leaves and Vines" Large original etching.

Located in San Francisco, CA

They are marks on paper, made directly or through the intermediation of etching plate and printing press. In both his drawings and his etchings, Ziemann works immediately in the land...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Signed Abstract Etching, Drypoint Edition of 11, Circa 1980
Signed Abstract Etching, Drypoint Edition of 11, Circa 1980

Signed Abstract Etching, Drypoint Edition of 11, Circa 1980

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting development.

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1980s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Dancers, black and white abstract etching by Charles Eckrart
Dancers, black and white abstract etching by Charles Eckrart

Dancers, black and white abstract etching by Charles Eckrart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting development.

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2010s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Plum, soft ground etching, abstract image by Charles Eckart
Plum, soft ground etching, abstract image by Charles Eckart

Plum, soft ground etching, abstract image by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting development.

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Early 2000s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Dartmouth Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint
Dartmouth Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint

Dartmouth Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

Printed in black on sheet of 52.0 x 39.4 cm / 20 1⁄2 ×15 1⁄2 inch) Buff Japanese Etching paper. Edition 25 with 7 Artist's Proofs Published by Petersburg Press, New York; proofed by...

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1970s Realist Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

SpotOn (vessel, flora, organic, silver leaf, dark, chine colle, monoprint)
SpotOn (vessel, flora, organic, silver leaf, dark, chine colle, monoprint)

SpotOn (vessel, flora, organic, silver leaf, dark, chine colle, monoprint)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled By Artist on Etching Press Hand finished with Metal Leaf 23.5 x 44 inches framed This piece is featured in ...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

SicMundusCreatusEst (vessel, flora, organic, pastel, monotype)
SicMundusCreatusEst (vessel, flora, organic, pastel, monotype)

SicMundusCreatusEst (vessel, flora, organic, pastel, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled by Artist on Etching Press Hand finished with Paper cuts, folds and Metal Leaf 29 x 29 inches framed This p...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

GroundSwell  (geometric, abstract, neutrals, texture, chine colle, monotype)
GroundSwell  (geometric, abstract, neutrals, texture, chine colle, monotype)

GroundSwell (geometric, abstract, neutrals, texture, chine colle, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled By Artist on Etching Press 13 x 25 inches framed This piece is featured in Bruckner’s 2024 solo exhibition ...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

ComingUpRoses  (geometric, abstract, vessel, neutrals, chine colle, monotype)
ComingUpRoses  (geometric, abstract, vessel, neutrals, chine colle, monotype)

ComingUpRoses (geometric, abstract, vessel, neutrals, chine colle, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype and Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled by Artist on Etching Press 23.5 x 33 inches framed This piece is featured in Bruckner’s 2024 solo exhib...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

RoadMovie  (geometric, abstract, vessel, neutrals, chine colle, monotype)
RoadMovie  (geometric, abstract, vessel, neutrals, chine colle, monotype)

RoadMovie (geometric, abstract, vessel, neutrals, chine colle, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled By Artist on Etching Press 13 x 25 inches framed This piece is featured in Bruckner’s 2024 solo exhibition ...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

RoadToNowhere  (geometric, abstract, neutrals, texture, chine colle, monotype)
RoadToNowhere  (geometric, abstract, neutrals, texture, chine colle, monotype)

RoadToNowhere (geometric, abstract, neutrals, texture, chine colle, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled By Artist on Etching Press 13 x 25 inches framed This piece is featured in Bruckner’s 2024 solo exhibition ...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

ShiftingHorizons (water, organic, silver leaf, blue, texture, monotype)
ShiftingHorizons (water, organic, silver leaf, blue, texture, monotype)

ShiftingHorizons (water, organic, silver leaf, blue, texture, monotype)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled By Artist on Etching Press Hand finished with Metal Leaf 15 x 25 inches framed This piece is featured in Br...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Vessel (vase, blue, texture, patterned, chine colle, monoprint)
Vessel (vase, blue, texture, patterned, chine colle, monoprint)

Vessel (vase, blue, texture, patterned, chine colle, monoprint)

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Oil Monotype Chine Collé on white BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Hand pulled By Artist on Etching Press 13.5 x 21 inches framed This piece is featured in Bruckner’s 2024 solo exhibiti...

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2010s Contemporary Etching Press Used

Materials

Paper, Monotype

A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching
A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching

A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching

By Dieter Roth

Located in New York, NY

He used the printing press and materials to interrogate the creative process rather than just as tools to achieve an edition of identical prints: for example, overprinting or under-i...

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1970s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Those... Plants Howard Hodgkin red orange green etching watercolour gouache
Those... Plants Howard Hodgkin red orange green etching watercolour gouache

Those... Plants Howard Hodgkin red orange green etching watercolour gouache

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in New York, NY

Paper: 30 x 40 in. / 82.5 x 104.1 cm. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor (a yellow wash) and gouache (in green), on Stoneridge mould-made etching paper.

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Late 20th Century Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Etching

A feminine thought Dieter Roth portfolio abstract geometric black white etching
A feminine thought Dieter Roth portfolio abstract geometric black white etching

A feminine thought Dieter Roth portfolio abstract geometric black white etching

By Dieter Roth

Located in New York, NY

Printed by Karl Schulz, Braunschweig, and published by Petersburg Press, London. Dieter Roth’s interest in geometry, transformation, and iteration is on display in this portfolio of...

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1970s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Self Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint
Self Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint

Self Portraits Jim Dine portfolio of nine self portrait etchings aquatint

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

Jim Dine Self Portraits (1971) Portfolio of nine drypoints, each from one 20.3 x 15.2 cm (8 x 6 inch) copper plate Printed in brown-black on sheet of 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 inch) Ho...

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1970s Realist Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Artist and Model Howard Hodgkin - green and yellow etching watercolour gouache
Artist and Model Howard Hodgkin - green and yellow etching watercolour gouache

Artist and Model Howard Hodgkin - green and yellow etching watercolour gouache

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in New York, NY

Howard Hodgkin was introduced to the etching technique used in Artist and Model (in green and yellow) at Petersburg Press, where this print was produced and where he would become a l...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Etching

Two Profiles Claes Oldenburg playful erotic etching in rainbow of color
Two Profiles Claes Oldenburg playful erotic etching in rainbow of color

Two Profiles Claes Oldenburg playful erotic etching in rainbow of color

By Claes Oldenburg

Located in New York, NY

As recorded in the artist’s unpublished notes: “In 1974 an ambitious project for a suite of large-scale etchings was hatched with Paul Cornwall-Jones, for production by Maurice Payne...

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1970s Pop Art Etching Press Used

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Etching, Aquatint

Figure in Skirt Claes Oldenburg playful erotic nude etching in rainbow of color
Figure in Skirt Claes Oldenburg playful erotic nude etching in rainbow of color

Figure in Skirt Claes Oldenburg playful erotic nude etching in rainbow of color

By Claes Oldenburg

Located in New York, NY

As recorded in the artist’s unpublished notes: “In 1974 an ambitious project for a suite of large-scale etchings was hatched with Paul Cornwall-Jones, for production by Maurice Payne...

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1970s Pop Art Etching Press Used

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Etching, Aquatint

Suzanne Benton, Suspended in Time, 2014, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Suspended in Time, 2014, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Suspended in Time, 2014, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been d...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

Materials

Monoprint

Lido (Venice)
Lido (Venice)

Lido (Venice)

By Otto Henry Bacher

Located in Fairlawn, OH

By this time an avid printmaker, Bacher had his etching press sent from Muni ch, and it was in his Venice studio that he taught Duveneck the rudiments of etching.

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1880s American Impressionist Etching Press Used

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Etching

Suzanne Benton, Male Grace, 2017, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Male Grace, 2017, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Male Grace, 2017, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been ...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Maiden and the Night, 2017, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Maiden and the Night, 2017, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Maiden and the Night, 2017, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been ...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

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Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Over the Shoulder, 2017, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Over the Shoulder, 2017, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Over the Shoulder, 2017, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been ...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Student, 2017, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Student, 2017, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Student, 2017, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been ...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Maiden, 2017, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Maiden, 2017, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Maiden, 2017, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been ...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Child of Fortune, 2017, Monoprint
Suzanne Benton, Child of Fortune, 2017, Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Child of Fortune, 2017, Monoprint

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

The images and collé papers are then laid onto the plate and adhere to the printmaking paper as the plate and paper run through the etching press. Other monoprint series have been ...

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2010s Symbolist Etching Press Used

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Monoprint

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

By David Chamberlain

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Chamberlain has developed a way to create original oil paintings using methods adapted from monotype processes incorporating a light table and mirrors, an etching press, and a variet...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Etching Press Used

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Monotype

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)
Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

Summer Blues (abstract expressionist monoprint)

By David Chamberlain

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Chamberlain has developed a way to create original oil paintings using methods adapted from monotype processes incorporating a light table and mirrors, an etching press, and a variet...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Etching Press Used

Materials

Monotype

Tomasini Creek Wilderness #3, by Charles Eckart
Tomasini Creek Wilderness #3, by Charles Eckart

Tomasini Creek Wilderness #3, by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting development.

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2010s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Discussing Music at Celestine’s, from: Series 347 - French Series 347
Discussing Music at Celestine’s, from: Series 347 - French Series 347

Discussing Music at Celestine’s, from: Series 347 - French Series 347

By Pablo Picasso

Located in London, GB

In order to be able to work with full freedom and concentration, Picasso had his printers, the brothers Crommelynck, bring the etching plates and hand press to his farmhouse near Can...

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1960s Etching Press Used

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Etching

Wildwood — Dense Abstract Woodland Composition by Charles Eckart
Wildwood — Dense Abstract Woodland Composition by Charles Eckart

Wildwood — Dense Abstract Woodland Composition by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting development.

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Early 2000s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

October, by Charles Eckart
October, by Charles Eckart

October, by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the various phases of his painting development.

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Early 2000s Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV
Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV

Green, blue, pink and yellow composition XXV

By Serge Poliakoff

Located in Paris, FR

(image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil BFK Rives paper The folding visible on the work was created during the printing of the lithograph due to a handling error in the press. E...

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1960s Abstract Etching Press Used

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Etching, Aquatint

All Alone in the Museum of Modern Art Howard Hodgkin abstract black painting
All Alone in the Museum of Modern Art Howard Hodgkin abstract black painting

All Alone in the Museum of Modern Art Howard Hodgkin abstract black painting

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in New York, NY

Howard Hodgkin was introduced to the etching technique used in 'All Alone in the Museum of Modern Art' at Petersburg Press, where this print was produced and where he would become a ...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Study for the Rings on Dorian Gray's Hand from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

Dine then drew 12 lithographs illustrating his costume and set designs which are included in the book and an additional 4 etchings, separate from the book, which are included loose i...

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1960s Etching Press Used

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Etching

Jim Dine Rimbaud, the Coffee Exporter poet portrait drawing in earth tone sepia
Jim Dine Rimbaud, the Coffee Exporter poet portrait drawing in earth tone sepia

Jim Dine Rimbaud, the Coffee Exporter poet portrait drawing in earth tone sepia

By Jim Dine

Located in New York, NY

It was the founder of Petersburg Press, Paul Cornwall-Jones, who suggested this technique to Dine, advising that he work back into etching plates, effacing some areas, adding marks i...

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1970s Realist Etching Press Used

Materials

Etching

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