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The Sheperd and his Flock - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #178
The Sheperd and his Flock - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #178

The Sheperd and his Flock - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #178

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Sheperd and his Flock, 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)...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Turtle and Two Ducks - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #187
The Turtle and Two Ducks - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #187

The Turtle and Two Ducks - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #187

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Turtle and Two Ducks, 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) ...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Lion Goes to War - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #156
The Lion Goes to War - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #156

The Lion Goes to War - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #156

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Lion Goes to War, 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) REF...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Two Dogs in the Garden - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #109
Two Dogs in the Garden - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #109

Two Dogs in the Garden - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #109

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : Two Dogs in the Garden, 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) R...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Sheperd by the Sea - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #132
The Sheperd by the Sea - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #132

The Sheperd by the Sea - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #132

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Sheperd by the Sea, 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) R...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Monkey and the Leopard - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #182
The Monkey and the Leopard - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #182

The Monkey and the Leopard - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #182

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Monkey and the Leopard, 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...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Seer, The Fortune-tellers - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #172
The Seer, The Fortune-tellers - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #172

The Seer, The Fortune-tellers - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #172

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Seer, The Fortune-tellers, 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...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Camaldolese Cardinal  - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

The Camaldolese Cardinal - Etching by Giuseppe Capparoni - 1828

By Giuseppe Capparoni

Located in Roma, IT

The  Camaldolese 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 th...

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1820s Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

Dance of Death - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

Dance of Death - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s

By Thomas Rowlandson

Located in Roma, IT

The illustrated title page to The English Dance of Death, designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson, one of the most celebrated British caricaturists and satirical artists of the late...

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1810s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Lettre a Marc Chagall, Etching by Marc Chagall
Lettre a Marc Chagall, Etching by Marc Chagall

Lettre a Marc Chagall, Etching by Marc Chagall

By Marc Chagall

Located in Long Island City, NY

Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Lettre a Marc Chagall, Year: 1969, Medium: Etching, Edition: 190, Image Size: 8.75 x 5.75 inches, Size: 11 x 7.25 in. (27.94 x 18.42 cm), Print...

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1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Village de Chanaz - Etching by Appian - 1860s

Le Village de Chanaz - Etching by Appian - 1860s

By Adolphe APPIAN

Located in Roma, IT

Le Village de Chanaz is a black and White etching realized by A. Appian in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower. Image size: 16x23. Very good impression with wide margins and a very fr...

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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Cat and Two Sparrows - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #191
The Cat and Two Sparrows - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #191

The Cat and Two Sparrows - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #191

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Cat and Two Sparrows, 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) ...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Man and his Shadow - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #100
The Man and his Shadow - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #100

The Man and his Shadow - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #100

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Man and his Shadow, 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) R...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

The Wolf and the Stork - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #127
The Wolf and the Stork - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #127

The Wolf and the Stork - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #127

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Wolf and the Stork, 1952 Original etching Signed in the plate Total print run of 200 copies, UNnumbered On 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

Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé, Etching by Paul Gauguin
Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé, Etching by Paul Gauguin

Portrait de Stéphane Mallarmé, Etching by Paul Gauguin

By Paul Gauguin

Located in Long Island City, NY

Paul Gauguin, French (1848 - 1903) - Portrait de Stephane Mallarme, Year: 1891, Medium: Etching from Cancelled Plate on Japon, with effaced cancelation marks, Image Size: 7.25 x 5.7...

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1890s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Fox on the Hunt - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #194
The Fox on the Hunt - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #194

The Fox on the Hunt - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #194

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Fox on the Hunt (The Fox and the Guinea Fowl), 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

Mythological Scene - Etching by Domenico Klemi Bonatti - 1850

Mythological Scene - Etching by Domenico Klemi Bonatti - 1850

By Theodore Valerio

Located in Roma, IT

Mythological Scene is an etching realized by Domenico Klemi Bonatti in 1850. Good condition. Stamp signed on plate. Domenico Klemi Bonatti (Venice 1794 ) he worked in Milan betwee...

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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Roma Campo de' Fiori - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1971

Roma Campo de' Fiori - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1971

By Giuseppe Malandrino

Located in Roma, IT

Roma Campo de' Fiori is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1971 by the Italian artist Giuseppe Malandrino (Modica, 1910 - Rome, 1979). Etching on Paper. Hand-signed in pe...

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1970s Modern Landscape Prints

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Etching

La Soirée - Etching and Drypoint  by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

La Soirée - Etching and Drypoint by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

La Soirée - from "Le Croquis du Front Italien" is an Etching and Drypoint realized by the Italian Artist Anselmo Bucci, in 1917 s. Hand signed on the right margin . Edition n. 37/...

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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Couple in the Air - Etching by Normanno Soscia - 1990s

Couple in the Air - Etching by Normanno Soscia - 1990s

By Normanno Soscia

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint on paper realized by Normanno Soscia. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 30 in roman numbers. Excellent condition.

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1990s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Anatomy of Animals - Etching by René Gaillard - 1771

Anatomy of Animals - Etching by René Gaillard - 1771

By René Gaillard 1

Located in Roma, IT

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

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Anatomy of Animals - Etching by René Gaillard - 1771

Anatomy of Animals - Etching by René Gaillard - 1771

By René Gaillard 1

Located in Roma, IT

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

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

L'Ecureuil Suisse - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

L'Ecureuil Suisse - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

By Louis Legrand

Located in Roma, IT

L'Ecureuil Suisse is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand. Signed in plate. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la descripti...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Direccion de Hidrografia... - Etching by Tomàs Gozàlez - 1802

Direccion de Hidrografia... - Etching by Tomàs Gozàlez - 1802

Located in Roma, IT

Etching on paper realized, among the others, by Tomàs Gozàlez. From Juan Corradi, Descubrimiento y conquista de la América o Compendio de la historia general del Nuevo Mundo, Madrid...

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Early 1800s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The two mules - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #197
The two mules - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #197

The two mules - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #197

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The two mules , 1952 Original etching Numbered 61 / 85 On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) With COA of the gallery and photocopy of the justification ...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Dennis Corrigan, Brahms Amusing Himself, 1983, etching
Dennis Corrigan, Brahms Amusing Himself, 1983, etching

Dennis Corrigan, Brahms Amusing Himself, 1983, etching

Located in New York, NY

Really I have to believe that if you are as accomplished a composer as Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), you would have taken to driving without any problems at all. So perhaps this is a ...

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1980s American Modern Portrait Prints

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Etching

The Donkey and the Lion - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #158
The Donkey and the Lion - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #158

The Donkey and the Lion - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #158

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : The Donkey and the Lion (The Donkey in the Lion's Skin), 1952 Original etching Signed in the plate Limited edition of 200 copies, UNnumbered On BFK Rives vellu...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Oak and Reed - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #105
Oak and Reed - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #105

Oak and Reed - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #105

By Marc Chagall

Located in Paris, IDF

Marc Chagall Fables : Oak and Reed , 1952 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Numbered 61 / 85 On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) With COA of the gallery and ...

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1950s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Couple in the Air - Etching by Normanno Soscia - 1990s

Couple in the Air - Etching by Normanno Soscia - 1990s

By Normanno Soscia

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and aquatint on paper realized by Normanno Soscia. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 30 in roman numbers. Excellent condition.

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1990s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Woman - Etching by Luigi Bartolini - Mid-20th Century
Woman - Etching by Luigi Bartolini - Mid-20th Century

Woman - Etching by Luigi Bartolini - Mid-20th Century

By Luigi Bartolini

Located in Roma, IT

Women is an original Etching Hand Watercoloured realized by Luigi Bartolini in mid-20th Century. Good condition included a white and yellow cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm). Dated ...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Etching

Wild Fowl Shooting - Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

Wild Fowl 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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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Whipper In- Etching by Henry Alken - 1822

The Whipper In- 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 with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Mabel Oliver Rae, etching of Clare Bridge, Cambridge
Mabel Oliver Rae, etching of Clare Bridge, Cambridge

Mabel Oliver Rae, etching of Clare Bridge, Cambridge

By Mabel Oliver Rae

Located in London, GB

To see our other views and maps of England - including London, Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send...

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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Etching

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Le Bonnet - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771

Le Bonnet - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771

By Jean Charles Baquoy

Located in Roma, IT

Le Bonnet is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771. The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Le Chat Sauvage - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Le Chat Sauvage - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

By Louis Legrand

Located in Roma, IT

Le Chat Sauvage is an etching realized in 1771 by Louis Legrand (1723-1807). 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

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

By Louis Legrand

Located in Roma, IT

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

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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 a well balanced composition. Good conditio...

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1770s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Leonor Fini - Cats Trio - Original Hand-Signed Etching
Leonor Fini - Cats Trio - Original Hand-Signed Etching

Leonor Fini - Cats Trio - Original Hand-Signed Etching

By Leonor Fini

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving Mme.Helvetius' Cats Original etching created in 1985 Hand-Signed Conditions: excellent Edition: 71/100 Support: Arches paper. Dimensions: Pape...

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1980s Modern Animal Prints

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Etching

Composition with Angels - Etching by Louis Legrand - 1771

Composition with Angels - 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

Conway Castle - Etching by J.C.Armytage - 1845

Conway Castle - Etching by J.C.Armytage - 1845

Located in Roma, IT

Conway Castle 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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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.