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Superlative Sunrise - Original etching, 1943
Superlative Sunrise - Original etching, 1943

Superlative Sunrise - Original etching, 1943

By Jean Frélaut

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean FRELAUT Superlative Sunrise Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 1943 Excellent condition

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1940s Modern Landscape Prints

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Pierre Bonnard - People - Original Etching
Pierre Bonnard - People - Original Etching

Pierre Bonnard - People - Original Etching

By Pierre Bonnard

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Pierre Bonnard - People - Original Etching Circa 1940 Dimension : 30 x 23 cm Signed in the plate with his initials.

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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Night Dreaming - Original Etching, Signed
Night Dreaming - Original Etching, Signed

Night Dreaming - Original Etching, Signed

By Camille Bryen

Located in Paris, IDF

Camille BRYEN Night Dreaming, 1956 Original Etching Signed in pencil On paper Van Gelder Zonen 22 x 16.5 cm (c. 8.5 x 6.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in the ateliers Priester Frères ...

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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching

Abstract House - Original Etching, Signed
Abstract House - Original Etching, Signed

Abstract House - Original Etching, Signed

By Camille Bryen

Located in Paris, IDF

Camille BRYEN Abstract House, 1956 Original Etching Signed in pencil On paper Van Gelder Zonen 22 x 16.5 cm (c. 8.5 x 6.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in the ateliers Priester Frères ...

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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching

Abstract Composition - Original Etching - 1970s

Abstract Composition - Original Etching - 1970s

Located in Roma, IT

Abstract Composition is an original etching realized by an anonymous artist in the 1970s. Good conditions except for worn margins. Numbered. Edition, 75/130. The artwork is depict...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Mask of Minos - Etching, 1897
Mask of Minos - Etching, 1897

Mask of Minos - Etching, 1897

By (after) Auguste Rodin

Located in Paris, IDF

Auguste RODIN (after) Mask of Minos, 1897 Etching enhanced with watercolor On vellum 42.5 x 31 cm (c. 16.7 x 12.2 inches) Edition limited to 125 copies, send with the certificate of...

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1890s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Abstract landscape - Original Etching, Signed
Abstract landscape - Original Etching, Signed

Abstract landscape - Original Etching, Signed

By Camille Bryen

Located in Paris, IDF

Camille BRYEN Abstract Landscape, 1956 Original Etching Signed in pencil On paper Van Gelder Zonen 22 x 16.5 cm (c. 8.5 x 6.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in the ateliers Priester Frè...

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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching

Jacques Villon - Landscape - Original Etching
Jacques Villon - Landscape - Original Etching

Jacques Villon - Landscape - Original Etching

By Jacques Villon

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Jacques Villon - Landscape - Original Etching 1949 Signed in pencil and numbered Dimensions : 28 x 38 cm

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1940s Modern Landscape Prints

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Etching

Jacques Villon - Man - Original Etching
Jacques Villon - Man - Original Etching

Jacques Villon - Man - Original Etching

By Jacques Villon

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Jacques Villon - Man- Original Etching 1951 Signed in pencil and numbered Dimensions : 34.8 x 25 cm

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1950s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Puberté - Etching by Félicien Rops - 1880s
Puberté - Etching by Félicien Rops - 1880s

Puberté - Etching by Félicien Rops - 1880s

By Félicien Rops

Located in Roma, IT

Héliogravure and drypoint on japan paper. Hand titled in pencil, not signed. Very good condition. Félicien Rops used his art to shock the 19th-century bourgeoisie, tearing down th...

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1880s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jacques Villon - Woman - Original Etching
Jacques Villon - Woman - Original Etching

Jacques Villon - Woman - Original Etching

By Jacques Villon

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Jacques Villon - Woman - Original Etching Circa 1949 Signed in pencil and numbered Dimensions : 34.8 x 25 cm

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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Croquis - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Croquis - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on paper. Hand signed in pencil. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album III. One of 100 units (37/100).

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jacques Villon - Nude - Original Etching
Jacques Villon - Nude - Original Etching

Jacques Villon - Nude - Original Etching

By Jacques Villon

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Jacques Villon - Nude - Original Etching 1947 Signed in pencil and numbered Dimensions : 55.6 x 39.5 cm

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1940s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Violin profile - Original etching - 1979
Violin profile - Original etching - 1979

Violin profile - Original etching - 1979

By Fernandez Arman

Located in Paris, IDF

ARMAN Fernandez Violin profile Drypoint etching 1979 Arches vellum 23 x 15" Field Arman catalog raisonne of prints - Otmezguine / Moreau #248h This etching was published in "Le Trait...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Violin skeleton - Original etching - 1979
Violin skeleton - Original etching - 1979

Violin skeleton - Original etching - 1979

By Fernandez Arman

Located in Paris, IDF

ARMAN Fernandez Violin skeleton Drypoint etching 1979 Arches vellum 23 x 15" Field Arman catalog raisonne of prints - Otmezguine / Moreau #248g This etching was published in "Le Trai...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Hermine David - Workers - Original Etching
Hermine David - Workers - Original Etching

Hermine David - Workers - Original Etching

By Hermine David

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Hermine David - Workers - Original Etching Paris, Le Gerbier, 1946 Edition of 340 Signed in the plate

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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Salon - Etching by Auguste Brouet
Salon - Etching by Auguste Brouet

Salon - Etching by Auguste Brouet

By Auguste Brouet

Located in Roma, IT

Hand signed. Artist's proof. Perfect condition. Auguste Brouet was a French etcher and book illustrator. Passepartout included : 49 x 34 cm Image Dimensions : 20 x 14.5 cm

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Birds Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belon...

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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Birds Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belo...

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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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The Spanish Girl - Etching and Aquatint
The Spanish Girl - Etching and Aquatint

The Spanish Girl - Etching and Aquatint

By Henri Matisse

Located in Paris, IDF

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) The Spanish Girl Etching and aquatint Unsigned Authenticated by the Chalcographie’s dry stamp Numbered on the reverse / 20 copies On vellum, 57 x 38 cm (c...

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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Landscape - Original Etching - 19th Century

Landscape - Original Etching - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

"Landscape" is an original print in etching technique on ivory-colored cardboard , by Anonymous Artist of the XIX Century. In excellent conditions: as good as new. Sheet dimension: ...

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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Vanity - Etching by Giuseppe Migneco - 1980s

Vanity - Etching by Giuseppe Migneco - 1980s

By Giuseppe Migneco

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Giuseppe Migneco in 1980s. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 120. Very good condition.

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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Clown, from Recent Etchings I
Clown, from Recent Etchings I

Clown, from Recent Etchings I

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created in 1979, this etching and aquatint on Somerset paper is hand-signed by Wayne Thiebaud (Mesa, 1920 - Sacramento, 2021) in pencil in the lower right margin and is numbered from...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Reflection:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching

Reflection:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching

By Ian Laurie

Located in Brecon, Powys

Signed Limited Edition , 6 /25 , etching by this collected Scottish artist. Very pretty, mounted unframed. Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the tra...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Prints

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Country House - Etching - 19th Century

Country House - Etching - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Country House is a splendid print in etching technique engraved by the Fr. Zach, perhaps an Austrian Artist, around the early 1900s. The state of preservation of the artwork is very...

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19th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Etching

Portraits - Original Etching - 19th Century

Portraits - Original Etching - 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original etching artwork realized by an anonymous engraver of the XIX century. Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center. Titled in France on the l...

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19th Century Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Nude Woman - Original Etching - 1940
Nude Woman - Original Etching - 1940

Nude Woman - Original Etching - 1940

Located in Roma, IT

Nude Women is an original etching on paper, realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. There is The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension : 31 x...

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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Shy Nude - Original Etching, Handsigned
Shy Nude - Original Etching, Handsigned

Shy Nude - Original Etching, Handsigned

By Jean-Baptiste Valadie

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean Baptiste VALADIE Shy Nude Original Etching Signed in pencil Numbered on 225 copies On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inches) Excellent condition

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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Portrait - Etching - Late 19th Century

Portrait - Etching - Late 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Portrait is an original Etching in the Late 19th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is represented through soft strokes in a well-balanced.

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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Dachau -  Etching by Renzo Biasion

Dachau - Etching by Renzo Biasion

By Renzo Biasion

Located in Roma, IT

Mariateresa Maschio, Renzo Biasion, Dachau, Bologna, Editart, cm 50.5 x 35, in Italian Very touching poem by Mariateresa Maschio concerning the theme of holocaust, with an original...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Groeninga - Etching - Late 16th Century
Groeninga - Etching - Late 16th Century

Groeninga - Etching - Late 16th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Groeninga is is an original etching realized by George Braun and Franz Hogenberg in the Late 16th Century, as part of the famous Series "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" (Atlas of the Citie...

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16th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Astrology - Zodiac : Virgo - Original Etching, 1979
Astrology - Zodiac : Virgo - Original Etching, 1979

Astrology - Zodiac : Virgo - Original Etching, 1979

By Raymond Peynet

Located in Paris, IDF

Raymond PEYNET Astrology - Zodiac : Virgo (Virgin) Original etching Handsigned Numbered /220 On Arches vellum 76x56 cm (c. 30 x 22 inches) This etching is authentified by the stamp ...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Navona Square - Original Etching - 1970s
Navona Square - Original Etching - 1970s

Navona Square - Original Etching - 1970s

By Giuseppe Malandrino

Located in Roma, IT

Navona Square is an original artwork realized by Giuseppe Malandrino in the 1970s. Original print in etching technique. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left corner. Good co...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Military - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917s
Military - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917s

Military - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917s

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

"Military" 1917s is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 61/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower left corner...

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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The Charlatan - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #165
The Charlatan - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #165

The Charlatan - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #165

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Charlatan, 1952 Original etching Signed in the plate Limited edition of 200 copies, UNnumbered On BFK Rives vellum 39 x 30 cm (c. 15 x 11.8 in) REFERENCES...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Departure - Etching - Early 20th Century

Departure - Etching - Early 20th Century

By Bernard Naudin

Located in Roma, IT

Departure is an artwork realized in the Early-20th Century. Original print in etching technique. Hand-signed (illeggibile). Good conditions. This artwork is depicted through sof...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Landscape - Etching - Mid-20th Century

Landscape - Etching - Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Landscape is an artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Original print in etching technique. Hand-signed (illeggibile). Good conditions. This artwork is depicted through soft ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Militant - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917
Militant - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Militant - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

"Military" 1917s is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 61/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower left corner...

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Heron - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #167
The Heron - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #167

The Heron - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #167

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Heron, 1952 Original etching Signed in the plate Limited edition of 200 copies, UNnumbered On BFK Rives vellum 39 x 30 cm (c. 15 x 11.8 in) REFERENCES : ...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition - Etching by Enzo Brunori - 1961

Composition - Etching by Enzo Brunori - 1961

By Enzo Brunori

Located in Roma, IT

Composition is original etching artwork realized by Enzo Brunori (Perugia, 1924 - Rome, 1993) in 1961. This beautiful black and white etching is hand-signed and dated in pencil on t...

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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching

Eloge du Pet - Etching - 18th Century
Eloge du Pet - Etching - 18th Century

Eloge du Pet - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on paper realized in the late 18th Century in France. Good condition.

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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Milkmaid- Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #169
The Milkmaid- Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #169

The Milkmaid- Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #169

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Milkmaid (The Milkmaid and the Milk Jug), 1952 Original etching Signed in the plate Limited edition of 200 copies, UNnumbered On BFK Rives vellum 39 x 30 c...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Israeli Judaica Etching Print Bezem
Israeli Judaica Etching Print Bezem

Israeli Judaica Etching Print Bezem

By Naftali Bezem

Located in Surfside, FL

Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent...

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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Cat Hunting - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #125
Cat Hunting - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #125

Cat Hunting - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #125

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : Cat Hunting (The Eagle, the Wild Boar, and the Cat), 1952 Original etching Signed in the plate Limited edition of 200 copies, UNnumbered On BFK Rives vellum 39...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Horns - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Horns - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized in 1771. It belongs to the first edition of the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". Good conditions with slight foxing.

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Edouard Goerg - Magic Jungle - Original Etching
Edouard Goerg - Magic Jungle - Original Etching

Edouard Goerg - Magic Jungle - Original Etching

By Edouard Goerg

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Museums that today include his lithographs and etchings in their permanent collections are, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, Paris and the Art Museum of Copenh...

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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Woman - Etching  - Early 20th century

Woman - Etching - Early 20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Woman is an etching realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strikes with perfect hatchings.

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Lizards - Original handsigned etching / 90ex
Lizards - Original handsigned etching / 90ex

Lizards - Original handsigned etching / 90ex

By Mikio Watanabe

Located in Paris, IDF

Mikio WATANABE (1954-) Lizards , 2003 Original etching (Mezzotint) Signed and dated in pencil Numbered / 90 ex On vellum 57 x 35 cm (c. 22.4 x 13.7 inch) Excellent condition

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Early 2000s Modern Animal Prints

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Mezzotint, Etching

Sunflowers -  Etching  - Mid-20th Century

Sunflowers - Etching - Mid-20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Sunflowers is an original etching realized by an anonymous artist in the 20th century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced composition.

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Sleeping cat - Original Etching, Handsigned
Sleeping cat - Original Etching, Handsigned

Sleeping cat - Original Etching, Handsigned

By Mily Possoz

Located in Paris, IDF

Mily POSSOZ Sleeping cat, c. 1930 Original etching Handsigned in pencil Limited /40 copies On Rives vellum 20 x 15" INFORMATIONS : Bears the blind stamp of the editor "Marcel Guiot...

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Early 20th Century Modern Interior Prints

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Etching

Duchamp - Etching by Mino Trafeli - 1969
Duchamp - Etching by Mino Trafeli - 1969

Duchamp - Etching by Mino Trafeli - 1969

By Mino Trafeli

Located in Roma, IT

Etching, numbered and signed, by the Italian artist Mino Trafeli (Volterra, Italy 1922-2018). This important print is dedicate to Marcel Duchamp. His path is a continuous reflection...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Molino d'Acqua - Etching - 18th Century

Molino d'Acqua - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized in 19th century in Italy, showing the technologies and methodologies in vogue at the time for managing production in various manufacturing plants. Good condition wi...

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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Arte del Bilanciere - Etching - 18th Century

Arte del Bilanciere - Etching - 18th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized in 19th century in Italy, showing the technologies and methodologies in vogue at the time for managing production in various manufacturing plants. Good condition wi...

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18th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Un Marché Italien - Etching - 1865 ca.

Un Marché Italien - Etching - 1865 ca.

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on laid paper Signed in plate lower left: STOP Published by Cadart & Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes, lower...

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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Étranger - Etching by Louise Hervieu - 1946

Étranger - Etching by Louise Hervieu - 1946

By Louise Hervieu

Located in Roma, IT

Étranger an original artwork realized in 1946 by French artist Louise Hervieu (1878 - 1954). Print in etching technique. Sheet dimension: 21.8 x 14.5 Very Good conditions. This ...

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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

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Modern Etching For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the modern etching you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Modern, Abstract and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a modern etching from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a modern etching to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, beige, black, white and more. Creating a modern etching has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Pablo Picasso, André Derain, Anselmo Bucci, Giuseppe Malandrino and Mily Possoz are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in etching, engraving and aquatint — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small modern etching measuring 1.78 high and 0.1 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 116 across to better suit those in the market for a large modern etching.

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The price for a modern etching in our collection starts at $65 and tops out at $175,000 with the average selling for $615.

A Close Look at Modern Art

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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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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