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Bacchante Ivre - Etching by Jules Chevrier - 1860s

Bacchante Ivre - Etching by Jules Chevrier - 1860s

Located in Roma, IT

Bacchante Ivre is a black and White etching realized by Jules Chevrier in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower. Image size: 32x23. Very good impression with wide margins and a very fre...

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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Young girls at the market - Etching, Handsigned
Young girls at the market - Etching, Handsigned

Young girls at the market - Etching, Handsigned

By Mily Possoz

Located in Paris, IDF

Mily POSSOZ Young girls at the market MEDIUM : Etching SIGNATURE : Handsigned LIMITED : 60 copies PAPER : Vellum SIZE : 17 x 13" INFORMATIONS : Bears the blind stamp of the editor ...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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La Lettre - Etching by Léopold Flameng - 1869

La Lettre - Etching by Léopold Flameng - 1869

By Léopold Flameng

Located in Roma, IT

La Lettre  is a print, realized in  1869  by  Léopold Flameng . Etching on paper. Signed on plate, titled and dated. Printed by Moine et Falconer, Paris.

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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Armenian Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

Armenian Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

Armenian Bishop is an Artwork realized in 1828 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the right mar...

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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The Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

The Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

The Bishop  is an Artwork realized in 1828 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the right margin....

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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Greek Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

Greek Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

Greek Bishop is an Artwork realized in 1828 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the right margin...

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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Young girls at the market - Etching, Handsigned
Young girls at the market - Etching, Handsigned

Young girls at the market - Etching, Handsigned

By Mily Possoz

Located in Paris, IDF

Mily POSSOZ Young girls at the market MEDIUM : Etching SIGNATURE : Handsigned LIMITED : 60 copies PAPER : Vellum SIZE : 17 x 13" INFORMATIONS : Bears the blind stamp of the editor ...

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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Anatomy - Plate 7 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Anatomy - Plate 7 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Paolo Mascagni and Antonio Serantoni in the first years of 19th Century, and published in 1810. Plate 7 from "Studi di Anatomia", realized under the supervision ...

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Anatomy - Plate 9 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Anatomy - Plate 9 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Paolo Mascagni and Antonio Serantoni in the first years of 19th Century, and published in 1810. Plate 9 from "Studi di Anatomia", realized under the supervision ...

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Anatomy - Plate 2 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Anatomy - Plate 2 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Paolo Mascagni and Antonio Serantoni in the first years of 19th Century, and published in 1810. Plate 2 from "Studi di Anatomia", realized under the supervision ...

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Anatomy - Plate 4 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Anatomy - Plate 4 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Paolo Mascagni and Antonio Serantoni in the first years of 19th Century, and published in 1810. Plate 4 from "Studi di Anatomia", realized under the supervision ...

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Anatomy - Plate 1 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Anatomy - Plate 1 - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Paolo Mascagni and Antonio Serantoni in the first years of 19th Century, and published in 1810. Plate 1 from "Studi di Anatomia", realized under the supervision ...

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The Human Body - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

The Human Body - Etching by Paolo Mascagni - 1810

Located in Roma, IT

Etching realized by Paolo Mascagni and Antonio Serantoni in the first years of 19th Century, and published in 1810. Plate 12 from "Studi di Anatomia", realized under the supervision...

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"Cursore Pontificio" - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1827

"Cursore Pontificio" - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1827

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

"Cursore Pontificio" is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the righ...

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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The Cardinal - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

The Cardinal - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

The Cardinal is an Artwork realized in 1828 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the right margin...

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Bible : Canticle of David, 1939 - Original Etching
Bible : Canticle of David, 1939 - Original Etching

Bible : Canticle of David, 1939 - Original Etching

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall (1887-1958) Bible : Canticle of David (Cantique de David), 1939 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Montval vellum, 44 x 33.5 cm (c. 17.3 x 13.1 inch) I...

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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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The Canon - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1827

The Canon - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1827

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

The Canon is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the right margin.  ...

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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Armenian Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1827

Armenian Bishop - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1827

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

Armenian Bishop is an Artwork realized in 1827 by the Engraver, Giuseppe Capparoni (Rome 1800- 1879). Etching hand colored on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on the right mar...

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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A Dream - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s
A Dream - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s

A Dream - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960s

By Sergio Barletta

Located in Roma, IT

A dream is an artwork realized by Sergio Barletta, 1960s.  Etching, 50 x 34 cm. Edition 2/25 Handsigned lower right bottom. Good conditions

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Redemption - Etching by Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni - 1970s

Redemption - Etching by Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni - 1970s

By Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni

Located in Roma, IT

Redemption  is an etching and drypoint ealized by the Italian artist  Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni  (1934-2000). Not signed nor numbered. Tommasi Ferroni's style is recognizable in the...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Grande Figura Diagonale - Etching by Emilio Greco - 1970

Grande Figura Diagonale - Etching by Emilio Greco - 1970

By Emilio Greco

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on paper. Hand-signed and numbered by artist in pencil. Editions of 90 copies (76/90) Published in general catalog "Emilio Greco Incisioni e Litogrefie", by Maurizio Calve...

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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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The Farmer - Etching by Giuseppe Viviani - 1925

The Farmer - Etching by Giuseppe Viviani - 1925

By Giuseppe Viviani

Located in Roma, IT

The Farmer  is an artwork realized after  Giuseppe Viviani,  in 1925s .  Etching on paper. Limited edition of 10, ex. n. 81. The state of preservation is very good. Signed by the ...

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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Leonor Fini - Purple Surrealist Cat - Original Etching
Leonor Fini - Purple Surrealist Cat - Original Etching

Leonor Fini - Purple Surrealist 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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Birds - Etching by Robert De Launay - 1771

Birds - Etching by Robert De Launay - 1771

By Robert De Launay

Located in Roma, IT

Birds is an etching realized in 1771 by Robert De Launay. 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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A Hawk - Etching by James Barenger - 1822

A Hawk - 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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Going Out - Etching by Samuel Howitt - 1822

Going Out - Etching by Samuel Howitt - 1822

By Samuel Howitt

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Samuel Howitt in 1822. Table from "The Sporting Repository", first edition. Very good condition. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was an english animal pa...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Herefordshire Ox - Etching by James Barenger - 1822

Herefordshire Ox - 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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Maryport - Etching  by  J.C. Armytage - 1845

Maryport - Etching by J.C. Armytage - 1845

Located in Roma, IT

Maryport is an etching realized in 1845 by J.C.Armytage. Signed in plate. The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.

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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Beaumaris - Etching by J.C.Armytage - 1845

Beaumaris - Etching by J.C.Armytage - 1845

Located in Roma, IT

Beaumaris is an etching realized in 1845 by J.C.Armytage. Signed in plate. The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition.

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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Map of the World - Original Etching - 1820

Map of the World - Original Etching - 1820

Located in Roma, IT

Map of the World 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 ...

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1820s Modern Figurative Prints

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Tandem Driving - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Tandem Driving - 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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Grouse Shooting- Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Grouse Shooting- 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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Gone Away - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Gone Away - 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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The Death - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

The Death - 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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The Coachman  - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

The Coachman - 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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The Leap  - Etching by  Henry Alke - 1846

The Leap - Etching by Henry Alke - 1846

By Henry Alken

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field". Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...

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Full Cry  - Etching by  Henry Alke - 1846

Full Cry - Etching by Henry Alke - 1846

By Henry Alken

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint realized by Henry Alken in 1846. Plate from "The Analysis of the Hunting Field". Very good condition. Henry Alken (1765-1851) was en english painter and engrav...

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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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The Organ - Etching by Antoine Defehrt  - 1771

The Organ - Etching by Antoine Defehrt - 1771

By Antoine Defehrt

Located in Roma, IT

The Organ is an etching realized by Defehrt 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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Hyena - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771

Hyena - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771

By Jean Charles Baquoy

Located in Roma, IT

Hyena 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 conditions.

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La Caille - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

La Caille - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

La Caille 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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The Skeleton - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

The Skeleton - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

The Skeleton 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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Le Pigeon - Etching by Jean Jubainel - 1771

Le Pigeon - Etching by Jean Jubainel - 1771

Located in Roma, IT

Le Pinche is an etching realized by Jean Jubainel 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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The Skeleton - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

The Skeleton - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

The Skeleton 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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Le Caciicame - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Le Caciicame - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Le Caciicame 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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Le Bamier - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Le Bamier - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Le Bamier 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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Le Campagnol - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Le Campagnol - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Le Campagnol 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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L'Ondatra - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

L'Ondatra - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

L'Ondatra 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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La Civette - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

La Civette - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

La Civette 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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Le Mulot - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

Le Mulot - Etching by Jacques Baron - 1771

By Jacques Baron

Located in Roma, IT

Le Mulot 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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Le Phatagin - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

Le Phatagin - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

By Juste Chevillet

Located in Roma, IT

Le Phatagin is an etching realized by Juste Chevillet in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Good conditi...

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Le Pangolin - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

Le Pangolin - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

By Juste Chevillet

Located in Roma, IT

Le Pangolin is an etching realized by Juste Chevillet 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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The Skeleton - Etching by Madeline Rousselet - 1771

The Skeleton - Etching by Madeline Rousselet - 1771

By Madeline Rousselet

Located in Roma, IT

The Skeleton is an etching realized by Juste Madeline Rousselet in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Go...

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The Skeleton - Etching by Madeline Rousselet - 1771

The Skeleton - Etching by Madeline Rousselet - 1771

By Madeline Rousselet

Located in Roma, IT

The Skeleton is an etching realized by Juste Madeline Rousselet in 1771. It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon". The Artist's signature is engraved lower right. Go...

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La Lerot - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

La Lerot - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

By Juste Chevillet

Located in Roma, IT

La Lerot is an etching realized by J. Chevillet 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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The Horns - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

The Horns - Etching by Juste Chevillet - 1771

By Juste Chevillet

Located in Roma, IT

The Horns is an etching realized by Juste Chevillet 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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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.)

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