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André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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The Chef - Etching - Mid-20th century
The Chef - Etching - Mid-20th century

The Chef - Etching - Mid-20th century

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on paper. Signed in pencil and numbered 4/19. With accompanying printed certificate by Inchiostri Associati. Monogrammed in pen by Mino Maccari. A lively and humorous color...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Le Hocco - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Le Hocco - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Le Hocco is an etching realized by Jacques Baron in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good conditions w...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching
André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides - Original Etching

By André Derain

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

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1930s Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Ossip Zadkine - Ultimate Step - Original Etching
Ossip Zadkine - Ultimate Step - Original Etching

Ossip Zadkine - Ultimate Step - Original Etching

By Ossip Zadkine

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Etching monogrammed in the plate. Illustration for a Robert Ganzo's poem "Lespugue" Editions Marcel Sautier, Paris, 1966. Conditions: Good Conditions Dimensions: 25,5 x 16,5 cm. Vel...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Birds - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Birds - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

By Louis Legrand

Located in Roma, IT

Birds is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand. The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition. Good conditions.

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Leonor Fini - Red Cats - Original Etching
Leonor Fini - Red Cats - Original Etching

Leonor Fini - Red Cats - Original Etching

By Leonor Fini

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving Mme.Helvetius' Cats Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF). Conditions: excellent Edition: 100 Support: Arches paper. Dimen...

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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

Leonor Fini - Magical Cat - Original Etching
Leonor Fini - Magical Cat - Original Etching

Leonor Fini - Magical Cat - Original Etching

By Leonor Fini

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving Mme.Helvetius' Cats Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF). Conditions: excellent Edition: 100 Support: Arches paper. Dimen...

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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

Rubens - Etching by James Barenger - 1822

Rubens - Etching by James Barenger - 1822

By James Barenger

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by James Barenger in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. James Barenger (1780-1831) was an english animal ...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Claret - Etching by James Barenger - 1822

Claret - Etching by James Barenger - 1822

By James Barenger

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by James Barenger in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. James Barenger (1780-1831) was an english animal ...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Pointers - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Pointers - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

By Henry Alken

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Greyhounds - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Greyhounds - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

By Henry Alken

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Running - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Running - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

By Henry Alken

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and e...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

By Louis Legrand

Located in Roma, IT

Composition with Angels is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807). The Artwork is depicted through confident strokes in aa well balanced composition. Good conditi...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Map of Germany - Original Etching - 1820

Map of Germany - Original Etching - 1820

Located in Roma, IT

Map of Germany is an Original Etching realized by an unknown artist of 19th century in 1820. Very good condition on two sheets of white paper joined at the center. The map is an et...

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1820s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Porcupine - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Porcupine - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Porcupine is an etching realized by Jacques Baron in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good conditions

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Buffle - Etching by Claude Jardinier - 1771

Le Buffle - Etching by Claude Jardinier - 1771

By Claude Jardinier

Located in Roma, IT

Le Buffle is an etching realized in 1771 by Claude Jardinier. Titled and Signed on the plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Chauvesouris - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Chauvesouris - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

By Louis Legrand

Located in Roma, IT

Chauvesouris is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good co...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Landscape - Etching by Étienne Fessard - 1771

Landscape - Etching by Étienne Fessard - 1771

By Etienne Fessard

Located in Roma, IT

Étienne Fessard is a Etching print realized by Étienne Fessard in 1771. Good conditions. The artwork id depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced composition.

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nude  - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

Nude is an etching on cardoboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974. sheet dimensions, 25 x 17 cm. Edition XL/XL Handsigned in pencil in the lower right margin. Good condtions

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

Nude is an etching on cardoboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974. sheet dimensions, 25 x 17 cm. Handsigned in pencil in the lower right margin. Edition XXXIV/XL Good condtions

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

Nude is an etching on cardoboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974. sheet dimensions, 25 x 17 cm. Handsigned in pencil in the lower right margin. Edition XXXIII/XL Good condt...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1974

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

Nude is a etching on cardboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974. sheet dimensions, 25 x 17 cm. Handsigned in pencil in the lower right margin. Edition XXXVIII/XL Very good c...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Puppenspiel- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Puppenspiel- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Tschenkreft - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Tschenkreft - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Barometer- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Barometer- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Etching

Blomenstock - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Blomenstock - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Moschenkrans- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Moschenkrans- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bickbeeren- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Bickbeeren- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Schlaguren - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Schlaguren - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Les Mitrailleuses - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Les Mitrailleuses - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album IV.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.      

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Les Paillus - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Les Paillus - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album IV.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.      

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Le Passeport - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Le Passeport - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album II.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.      

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Pipenrumer- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Pipenrumer- Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Schurfelsticken - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Schurfelsticken - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Pustertoflick - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

Pustertoflick - Etching by Christoph Suhr - 1808

By Christoph Suhr

Located in Roma, IT

Etching hand colored realized by Christoph Suhr in 1808. Belogs to the Series "Der Ausruf in Hamburg vorgestellt in ein hundert und zwanzig colorirten Blättern". Beautiful engravin...

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Julian Trevelyan, Windsor, etching and aquatint
Julian Trevelyan, Windsor, etching and aquatint

Julian Trevelyan, Windsor, etching and aquatint

By Julian Trevelyan

Located in London, GB

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

En Selle - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

En Selle - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album I.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.      

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Mess - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

The Mess - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album IV.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.  

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

La Relève - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

La Relève - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album I.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.  

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Es Tenuès - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Es Tenuès - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album IV.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.    

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Mess - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

The Mess - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album IV.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.  

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Etching

En Terre - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

En Terre - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. From the collection "Croquis du front Italien" - Album III.  Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 100. Very good condition.    

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Anatomy - Etching by François Basan - 1771

Anatomy - Etching by François Basan - 1771

By François Basan

Located in Roma, IT

Anatomy of Animals is an etching realized in 1771 by François Basan. It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". A...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Skeleton - Etching by Jean Moitte - 1771

Skeleton - Etching by Jean Moitte - 1771

By Jean Moitte

Located in Roma, IT

Skeleton is an etching realized by Jean Gullaume Moitte in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi". Artis...

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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.

How Much is a Modern Etching?

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.

Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.

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.)

Find fine art prints for sale on 1stDibs today.