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The Inconvenience of Dress, British Caricature Art
The Inconvenience of Dress, British Caricature Art

The Inconvenience of Dress, British Caricature Art

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

George Townley Stubbs (British, 1756-1815) Published by: S W Fores The Inconvenience of Dress, 1786 Etching and Engraving with Hand Coloring Site Size: 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" Housed i...

Category

Late 18th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Books for the Paris Review
Books for the Paris Review

Books for the Paris Review

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in Toronto, Ontario

"Books for the Paris Review" 1997-99 Initialed "HH" numbered "49/80" and dated "97" by artist in pencil, lower edge 21.5"H 22.75"W (work) 15"H 16.25"W (framed) Lift-ground etchi...

Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Danube
Danube

Danube

By Luigi Kasimir

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Danube" c.1940 is a color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962.

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Located in Hinsdale, IL

RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE (1841 -1919) "La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate (The Country Dance (second plate)) Delteil 2, Stella 2 Soft-ground Etching in black ink, c. 1890 Only State...

Category

1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.
George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

George Edwards, Engravings of Parrots, published by Seligmann.

By George Edwards

Located in Richmond, GB

PRICE IS FOR EACH FRAMED PRINT "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origina...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

Portrait de Michel Leiris
Portrait de Michel Leiris

Portrait de Michel Leiris

By Francis Bacon

Located in London, GB

Etching and aquatint in colours on Arches paper Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto 68 x 52 cm, 71.8 x 56.8 cm (framed) Edition 98 of 100 Michel Leiris (1901-1990) ...

Category

1970s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Untitled, Abstract Landscape
Untitled, Abstract Landscape

Untitled, Abstract Landscape

By René Carcan

Located in San Francisco, CA

Custom framed in a gold and black painted frame. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some very minor restoration, barely visible.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Man with Bottle
Man with Bottle

Man with Bottle

By Sandro Chia

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Sandro Chia (Italian, born 1946) Title: Man with Bottle Year: c.1980 Medium: Colors etching Edition: Inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in pencil Paper: Fabriano Plate ma...

Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist More Prints

Materials

Etching

Morning Light b
Morning Light b

Morning Light b

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Sachi Hayward-Tsutsumi (Japanese/American, 1926-2023) Title: Morning Light b Year: circa 1980 Medium: Color etching Image size: 11.75 x 10.75 inches Framed size: 20.75 x 19 i...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Color, Etching

Winter Landscape
Winter Landscape

Winter Landscape

By Hans Figura

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) Title: Winter Landscape Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Color etching with aquatint on silk Edition: Unknown Plate mark (Image) size: 17.2...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

UNE JETEE EN ANGLETERRE
UNE JETEE EN ANGLETERRE

UNE JETEE EN ANGLETERRE

By Félix Hilaire Buhot

Located in Portland, ME

B & G 132, State two of eight. Etching with drypoint, aquatint and roulette, 1879.

Category

1870s Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Johnny Friedlander Abstract
Johnny Friedlander Abstract

Johnny Friedlander Abstract

By Johnny Friedlaender

Located in San Francisco, CA

The frame measures 31 1/4 inches high by 23 1/4 inches wide.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Herbstblatter

Arik BrauerHerbstblatter

$800Sale Price|20% Off

Herbstblatter

By Arik Brauer

Located in Santa Monica, CA

black and white etching

Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Venice view print, with the sharp contemporary gaze of an Italian artist
Venice view print, with the sharp contemporary gaze of an Italian artist

Venice view print, with the sharp contemporary gaze of an Italian artist

By Federica Galli

Located in Milan, IT

Rio dei Furlani (ref. cat. 534). The etching was exhibited last year in the significant retrospective that the city of Milan promoted and set up to mark the tenth anniversary of her ...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds
Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds

Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Ducks And Wading Birds

By George Edwards

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 His...

Category

18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Etching

Holbein Hand-colored Portrait of Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury for Henry VIII
Holbein Hand-colored Portrait of Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury for Henry VIII

Holbein Hand-colored Portrait of Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury for Henry VIII

By (After) Hans Holbein The Younger

Located in Alamo, CA

This framed hand colored stipple engraving and etching portrait of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry VII and his son King Henry VIII was created by Francesco ...

Category

Late 18th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

“Le Chapeau Epingle”
“Le Chapeau Epingle”

“Le Chapeau Epingle”

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Located in Southampton, NY

Impression size 4.75 by 3.25 inches. The etching is framed in a narrow half inch wide antique silver frame with light grey green card mat.

Category

1880s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

Face and Flowers
Face and Flowers

Face and Flowers

By Leonor Fini

Located in Columbia, MO

Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....

Category

20th Century Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Etching

Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot

By Tony Scherman

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Tony Scherman (b. 1950) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. Scherman's sumptuous portraits (whether contemporary, historical or allegorical) reference art hi...

Category

1990s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Salvador Dali "Naphtali"
Salvador Dali "Naphtali"

Salvador Dali "Naphtali"

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Dali, Salvador Title: Naphtali Series: Twelve Tribes of Israel Date: 1972 Medium: drypoint with stenciled color Unframed Dimensions: 25.75" x 20" Framed Dimensions: 34...

Category

1970s Surrealist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Black Triangle (State I)
Black Triangle (State I)

Black Triangle (State I)

By James Rosenquist

Located in Greenwich, CT

From the edition of 122 (there were also 24 AP, 2 PP, 7 HC, 3 for Workshops, 7 CTP and 1 BAT). Framed in a contemporary black frame. Catalog: Time Dust, James Rosenquist: Complete G...

Category

20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Limed Blossom
Limed Blossom

Walton FordLimed Blossom, 2007

$11,600Sale Price|20% Off

Limed Blossom

By Walton Ford

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Walton Ford (b. 1960) is an American artist renowned for his artworks that vividly portray historic wildlife, flora, and fauna reminiscent of naturalist illustrations heightened with...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Wind and Lightning (State I)
Wind and Lightning (State I)

Wind and Lightning (State I)

By James Rosenquist

Located in Greenwich, CT

From the edition of 127 (there were also 24 AP, 11 CTP, 2 PP, 7 HC, 4 for Workshops and a BAT). Framed in a contemporary black frame. Catalog: Time Dust, James Rosenquist: Complete ...

Category

20th Century Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Study of a Monument

Study of a Monument

By Claes Oldenburg

Located in Toronto, Ontario

"Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style" USA, 1975 Etching printed in mauve on a Wookey Hole handmade paper Signed in pencil, dated, and numbered From an ...

Category

1970s Pop Art Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Pichet et Oiseau (Pitcher and the Bird)
Pichet et Oiseau (Pitcher and the Bird)

Pichet et Oiseau (Pitcher and the Bird)

By Georges Braque

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Vallier, Dora, Braque: The Complete Graphics, 1982, listed as Maeght no. 1005. ABOUT THE FRAMING: Braque Pitcher and the Bird (Pichet et Oiseau), 1955, is framed to museum-grade, co...

Category

1950s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Crown Prince
Crown Prince

Crown Prince

By Deborah Oropallo

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Deborah Oropallo (1954-) Title: Crown Prince Medium: Etching and aquatint in colors Date: 1987 Printer: Teaberry Press (Timothy Berry, San Francisco) Edition: 50 plus proofs ...

Category

1980s Conceptual Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

By Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Located in Hinsdale, IL

RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE (1841 -1919) "La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate (The Country Dance (second plate)) Delteil 2, Stella 2 Soft-ground Etching in black ink, c. 1890 Only State...

Category

1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Pair of Hand-colored Romantic French Engravings after Francois Boucher
Pair of Hand-colored Romantic French Engravings after Francois Boucher

Pair of Hand-colored Romantic French Engravings after Francois Boucher

By (After) Francois Boucher

Located in Alamo, CA

A pair of French classical romantic prints original created in the 18th century by Jacques-Firmin Beauvarlet (1731-1797) after paintings by Francois Boucher (1703-1770), utilizing ...

Category

18th Century Romantic Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher by Rembrandt Van Rijn
Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher by Rembrandt Van Rijn

Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher by Rembrandt Van Rijn

By Rembrandt van Rijn

Located in New Orleans, LA

A luminous and lifelike portrayal, the oval-framed composition underscores Rembrandt’s mastery of etching, with his characteristic ability to bring a subject to life through dramatic...

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Etching

For Joe Wilfer
For Joe Wilfer

For Joe Wilfer

By Michael David

Located in New York, NY

Michael David For Joe Wilfer, 1995 Wax over etching, monoprint Sheet: 6 x 7 inches Frame: 13 5/8 x 15 inches Signed and dated verso on frame This work was donated by the artist to ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Wax, Etching, Monoprint

Untitled 07
Untitled 07

Untitled 07

By Marc Quinn

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Quinn, Marc Title: Untitled 07 Series: Eye of History Date: 2013 Medium: Color Etching on 350gsm paper Unframed Dimensions: 35.9375" x 35.5625" Framed Dimensions: 4...

Category

2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Canyon Road, Sante Fe
Canyon Road, Sante Fe

Canyon Road, Sante Fe

By Will (William Howard) Shuster

Located in Missouri, MO

He had studied electrical engineering at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later was a student of Sloan's in Santa Fe in both etching and painting. He was in World War I, whe...

Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Série Noire et Rouge
Série Noire et Rouge

Série Noire et Rouge

By Joan Miró

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Hand-signed and numbered in pencil, 14/30. Engraved at Marcoussus' studio and printed by Lacouriere, Paris. Co-published by Pierre Loeb, Paris and Pierre Matisse, New York. Literatu...

Category

1930s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Les Jumeaux de Virginie

Les Jumeaux de Virginie

By James Coignard

Located in PARIS, FR

French painter, sculptor, engraver, James Coignard was born in Tours in 1925. He lived and worked in Antibes, in the Maritime Alps, and he died in March 2008. Coignard began his s...

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Etching

Rufino Tamayo, "Personaje con Sombrero" 1979
Rufino Tamayo, "Personaje con Sombrero" 1979

Rufino Tamayo, "Personaje con Sombrero" 1979

By Rufino Tamayo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The full sheet measures 29 5/8 inches H. x 22 inches W. Framed dimensions are 40 3/4 inches H. x 33 inches W.

Category

1970s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sculptural Ideas 4
Sculptural Ideas 4

Sculptural Ideas 4

By Henry Moore

Located in London, GB

Etching and aquatint on Fabriano paper. Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 recto. Printed by 2 RC Editrice, Rome and published by Raymond Spencer Company for the...

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sculptural Ideas 3
Sculptural Ideas 3

Sculptural Ideas 3

By Henry Moore

Located in London, GB

Etching and aquatint on Fabriano paper. Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 50 recto. Printed by 2 RC Editrice, Rome and published by Raymond Spencer Company for the...

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Delassement (Relaxation)
Delassement (Relaxation)

Delassement (Relaxation)

By Louis Legrand

Located in San Francisco, CA

Referenced in the artist's catalogue raisonee by Arwas, #A194 and Exteens #171. Custom framed in an ornate wooden gold frame, with fabric matting and gold color bevel.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Oiseau dans son nid (Bird in its Nest) from Août (August)
Oiseau dans son nid (Bird in its Nest) from Août (August)

Oiseau dans son nid (Bird in its Nest) from Août (August)

By Georges Braque

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 135. About the Framing: Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Braque Bird in its Nest (Oiseau dans son nid) from Août (Aug...

Category

1950s Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

United Nations

United Nations

By Bernard Buffet

Located in New York, NY

This is number #16 in the catalogue on the etchings of Bernard Buffet in a limited. The above size is the paper size and it is also framed.

Category

1950s French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Faience, Etching

Muldenberg
Muldenberg

Muldenberg

By Peter Doig

Located in Toronto, Ontario

"Muldenberg" from the series "100 Years Ago" 2001 Color Etching Signed and numbered "7/46" by the artist, in pencil, bottom right (pictured in listing) From an edition of 46 Pu...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Color, Etching

Netherton Chapel
Netherton Chapel

Netherton Chapel

By Frederick Landseer Griggs, R.A., R.E.

Located in Plano, TX

Housed in a striking 11 1/2 x 10 7/8 wood and champagne gold frame. According to Comstock "The subject is a small memorial chapel, now much more ruinous than the etching shows, nea...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

"Untitled" Donald Judd, Black and White, Stripes, Minimalist, Abstract Art
"Untitled" Donald Judd, Black and White, Stripes, Minimalist, Abstract Art

"Untitled" Donald Judd, Black and White, Stripes, Minimalist, Abstract Art

By Donald Judd

Located in New York, NY

Donald Judd Untitled, 1980 Signed "Judd" in pencil lower right margin and numbered Aquatint on etching paper Image 24 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches Sheet 29 1/8 x 34 inches Edition 29/150 Pro...

Category

1980s Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching, Aquatint

l'Inspecteur des Beaux-Arts (The Fine Art Inspector)
l'Inspecteur des Beaux-Arts (The Fine Art Inspector)

l'Inspecteur des Beaux-Arts (The Fine Art Inspector)

By Louis Legrand

Located in San Francisco, CA

Referenced in the artist's catalogue raisonee by Arwas, #A195 and Exteens #172. Custom framed in an ornate wooden gold frame, with fabric matting and gold color bevel.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

L"Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)
L"Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)

L"Ame du Poete (The Soul of the Poet)

By Louis Legrand

Located in San Francisco, CA

Referenced in the artist's catalogue raisonee by Arwas, #A192 and Exteens #169. Custom framed in an ornate wooden gold frame, with fabric matting and gold color bevel.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Semen

Semen

By Francesco Clemente

Located in New York, NY

Francesco Clemente is a contemporary Italian artist known for his dreamlike paintings based on esoteric themes of sexuality and spirituality. Working across oil painting, installatio...

Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

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