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Together Alone Silver Double Portrait Varnished Screenprint
By Paul Insect
Located in Draper, UT
Stencil, graffiti, and an inventive use of colour are core to Paul Insect’s work.
Together Alone
Category
2010s Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
H 32.3 in W 33.1 in D 0.1 in
Le Monde Merveilleux des Insectes - Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Lurçat - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Edition of 145 copies including 45 original coloured lithographs by Jean Lurçat. 3 of the lithographs are hand coloured by the artist.
Copy on Grand Vélin à la forme des papeteries ...
Category
1950s Modern More Art
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
H 13.08 in W 10.24 in D 1.19 in
Banksy Dismaland Print Book Cauty Out of Print Pomet Kaws Obey Insect Josh Keyes
By Banksy
Located in Draper, UT
Dismaland was a temporary art project organised by street artist Banksy, constructed in the seaside resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. Prepared in secret, the pop...
Category
2010s Street Art More Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insect - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insect - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insect - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insect is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Insects - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Insects is an etching, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower
Category
1970s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Insect - Pencil and Pastel on Cardboard - 1945
By Ivan Mosca
Located in Roma, IT
conditions.
Very fresh and delicate artwork representing an insect in foreground realized with colored pens
Category
1940s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
A meadow 1. Landscape figurative print, Miniature, Insects, Polish artist
By Elżbieta Bocianowska
Located in Warsaw, PL
) Graduate of the State Higher School of Art in Łódź Diploma in 1983. Practices painting, graphic art, book
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Dondi White Stylemaster General (Book)
By Banksy
Located in Englishtown, NJ
he also collaborated with Paul Insect on the design.
Comes float framed (not stuck) ready to display
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color, Adhesive
The Trading of Insects - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By Jean Jeacques Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Trading of Insects is an original lithograph by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée
Category
1850s Modern More Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
No Reserve
H 7.29 in W 5.52 in D 0.08 in
The Realm of Insects - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By Jean Jeacques Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Realm of Insects is an original lithograph by J.J. Grandville from "Scènes de la vie privée et
Category
1850s Modern More Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
No Reserve
H 6.7 in W 7.49 in D 0.08 in
The Insect and Leaf - Original Lithograph by J.J Grandville - 1852
By Jean Jeacques Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
The Insect and Leaf is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by J.J. Grandville
Category
1850s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
No Reserve
H 2.37 in W 1.97 in D 0.04 in
Me & You: framed abstract black & white photo collage w/ nudes, insect, heart
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Me & You" is a black & white framed silver gelatin collage photograph with images of nudes, insect
Category
1990s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
The Concert Of Insects Between Roses - Lithograph by J.J. Grandville - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
The Concert Of Insects Between Roses is an original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by
Category
1850s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 6.7 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Documenta 5 (Engberg 66) early 1970s screenprint signed/N for Kassel art show
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
fall and decline of the American Empire, it's not surprising that his work would also focus on insects
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Pencil, Screen
Mughal School, 17th century Tiger Hunt near the Jahangir Maha, Agra
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign
Category
17th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
, minor edge tears and losses, and scattered insect damage and inscriptions. Extensive inscriptions in red
Category
17th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
A Pair of Watercolour Illustrations of a Donkey and Cow by Carton Moore Park
By Carton Moore-Park
Located in London, GB
of Animals (1899); A Book of Birds (1900); The Dog Book (1902); The King of the Beasts (1904); The
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fiskur Ne Thari - Circular Sea Born, Giclee Ink Print, Fish, Ocean, Fantasy
By Kristjana Williams
Located in Deddington, GB
animals and insects layered over lavish foliage and antique maps to reimagine fantastical new creatures
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.04 in
Bitten by the Love Bug, Original Painting
By Libby Ramage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsArtist Libby Ramage presents an image of two human figures and an insect. She
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Papaya and Moth Metamorphosis: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Maria Merian
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Alamo, CA
Veranderingen der Surinaamsche Insecten' commonly known as 'Insects of Surinam'. This the first Dutch edition of
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Moths with Pupa on Holly
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a
Category
Early 1700s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Plate IX. Palissade. (Butterfly)
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
“drawn with the same delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Animal Prints
Plate 15. Watermelon on the Vine with Arcahia Moth.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium…
(Insects of Surinam
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Purple Grapes.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Laid P...
White Grapes.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexiglass, R...
Mo'jam
By Farah Khelil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
passage of book-eating insects. We filmed these pages to create a video that we entitled ALL THE MEMORY IN
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Kiki Smith Lithograph/Collage Various Flying Creatures "bee" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for this glassine paper and wove paper lithograph
Category
1990s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph Various Flying Creatures "bat" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for this glassine paper and wove paper lithograph
Category
1990s American Modern More Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Kiki Smith Lithograph/Collage Various Flying Creatures "fly" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for this glassine paper and wove paper lithograph
Category
1990s American Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph Various Flying Creatures "moth" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for this glassine paper and wove paper lithograph
Category
1990s American Modern More Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Kiki Smith Collage/Lithograph "squirrel" Flying Creatures Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for this tracing paper and wove paper lithograph
Category
1990s American Modern More Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Kiki Smith Etching "Bat" Signed Dated
By Kiki Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
An etching by Kiki Smith titled "Bat." Smith has used one of her animal/insect iconic figures for
Category
1990s American Modern More Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Taera Bretland - Blaeu British Isles
By Kristjana Williams
Located in New York, NY
and insects are intertwined with lavish foliage, layered over ancient shipping maps and antique
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Fabre's Book of Insects. Edward took up etching again in 1922 after Campbell Dodgson praised the Detmolds
Category
20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
H 6.42 in W 6.23 in D 1.97 in
Midnight Observatory, Landscape Art, Architectural Art, London Art
Located in Deddington, GB
B.A. Hons Degree in Book Arts from the London Institute,
a change of direction involving creating
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
H 14.77 in W 10.83 in D 0.02 in
Waterlily Pool, Elaine Marshall, Limited Edition Animal Print, Handmade Prints
Located in Deddington, GB
landscape
scholarship.More recently Elaine gained a B.A. Hons Degree in Book Arts from the London Institute
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
H 11.03 in W 14.18 in D 0.04 in
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
3 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
metamorphosis it was commonly believed that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Lochusta et Bruchus - Lithograph - 1964
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
the lower left margin and a group of small ants. The artist uses rich colors to depict the insect, a
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cocoa plant, caterpillar, ..., Plate 26, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
commonly believed that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Icecream Bean plant..., plate no. 58, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was commonly believed that insects
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was commonly believed that insects
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Honey Buzzard Bird: A Framed Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
insect in its beak and others are in flight on the right
This striking framed Gould hand-colored
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spiroflora - Original Etching and Aquatint by J.J.J. Rigal - 1971
By Jacques Joachim Jean Rigal
Located in Roma, IT
diverse as Paris, trees, flowers, fruits, insects and the sea. In 1960 Rigal was appointed a member of the
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
H 26.38 in W 19.89 in D 0.08 in
Montparnasse - Original Etching by Jacques Joachim Jean Rigal - 1970s
By Jacques Joachim Jean Rigal
Located in Roma, IT
, trees, flowers, fruits, insects and the sea. In 1960 Rigal was appointed a member of the Society of
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
H 24.02 in W 26.19 in D 0.08 in
'Teacher or Preacher' original signed Shona stone sculpture by Colleen Madamombe
By Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
arms reaching out toward the viewer, a book open in her hands. The gesture is earnest, and suggests she
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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Insect Book For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate insect book for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many contemporary, minimalist and Art Deco versions of these works for sale. You’re likely to find the perfect insect book among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding an insect book 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, beige, black, brown and more. An insect book from Jan Huling, Julian Montague, Maria Sybilla Merian, Shannon Amidon and Olaf Otto Becker — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. 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 paint, paper and mixed media can add an especially memorable touch. If space is limited, you can find a small insect book measuring 2.37 high and 1.97 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 80.71 across to better suit those in the market for a large insect book.
How Much is a Insect Book?
The average selling price for an insect book we offer is $2,800, while they’re typically $87 on the low end and $1,425,000 for the highest priced.