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Tartessians

Tartessians

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in New York, NY

Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Tartessians, soft ground etching with aquatint, 1919-20, signed in

Category

1910s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

EXPANSION
EXPANSION

EXPANSION

By Stanley William Hayter

Located in Portland, ME

Hayter, Stanley William. EXPANSION. B&M 334. Etching and soft-ground etching, in color, 1969-70

Category

1960s Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

THE BROWN COAT
THE BROWN COAT

THE BROWN COAT

By Jim Dine

Located in Portland, ME

Dine, Jim (American, born 1935). THE BROWN COAT. D'Oench/Feinberg 3 Color etching, soft-ground

Category

1970s Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Mississippi Street Intersection
Mississippi Street Intersection

Mississippi Street Intersection

By Robert Bechtle

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created in 2007, this color soft ground etching with aquatint on paper is hand-signed and dated by

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

L.A.S.F. #3
L.A.S.F. #3

Ed RuschaL.A.S.F. #3, 2003

Price Upon Request

L.A.S.F. #3

By Ed Ruscha

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created in 2003, this color soft-ground etching is hand-signed by Ed Ruscha (Nebraska, 1937 - ) in

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Untitled (Anxious Man) By Rashid Johnson
Untitled (Anxious Man) By Rashid Johnson

Untitled (Anxious Man) By Rashid Johnson

By Rashid Johnson

Located in Dubai, Dubai

identity, race, and cultural history. 2023 Soft Ground Etching on Hahnemühle Copperplate on 300gsm paper

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

After Lunch

After Lunch

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in London, GB

Soft-ground etching and aquatint from one copper plate printed in black, with hand colouring in

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Those...Plants

Those...Plants

By Howard Hodgkin

Located in London, GB

Soft-ground etching from three copper plates printed in sepia, with hand colouring in watercolour

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Etching

No Substitute For Your love
No Substitute For Your love

No Substitute For Your love

By Tracey Emin

Located in London, GB

2003 Soft-ground etching on Hahnemühle paper 46.5 x 50.5 cm Edition of 300 Signed, dated and

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Am Gänsehäufel in Wien

Am Gänsehäufel in Wien

By Emil Orlik

Located in New York, NY

Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Am Gänsehäufel in Wien, 1911, soft-ground etching, signed and dated in

Category

1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Torment

Torment

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in New York, NY

Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Torment, soft ground etching with aquatint and roulette, 1919-20

Category

1910s American Impressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure)
Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure)

Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure)

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in New York, NY

Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure), 1918, soft ground etching and aquatint

Category

1910s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

untitled (Fishing Boats, Normandy)
untitled (Fishing Boats, Normandy)

untitled (Fishing Boats, Normandy)

By Kamesuke Hiraga

Located in Fairlawn, OH

untitled (Fishing Boats, Normandy) Soft Ground Etching, 1930 Signed and dated in pencil by the

Category

1930s French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Vacher ( The Herdsman ) by Coussens

Le Vacher ( The Herdsman ) by Coussens

By Armand Coussens

Located in Paonia, CO

milking. A soft ground etching signed and edition numbered 8/100 by the artist in pencil in very good

Category

Early 20th Century Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Donald Baechler Sea World 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
Donald Baechler Sea World 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)

Donald Baechler Sea World 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)

By Donald Baechler

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on Magnani

Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

Donald Baechler Creamsicle 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
Donald Baechler Creamsicle 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)

Donald Baechler Creamsicle 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)

By Donald Baechler

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on Magnani

Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

By the Sea (aka Idyll)

By the Sea (aka Idyll)

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in New York, NY

Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), By the Sea (aka Idyll), soft ground etching and aquatint, 1919

Category

1910s American Impressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach)

Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach)

By Arthur B. Davies

Located in New York, NY

Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Sea Maidens (or, Sunshine; Girls on the Beach), soft ground etching

Category

1910s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart
Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart

Soft Ground Doodle, by Charles Eckart

By Charles Eckart

Located in Palm Springs, CA

texture and energy. The most recent etchings, the Ground Cover series, are taken from direct observations

Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Donald Baechler Starfish 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
Donald Baechler Starfish 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)

Donald Baechler Starfish 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)

By Donald Baechler

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on Magnani

Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Donald Baechler Szechuan Garden 2003 (Donald Baechler prints)
Donald Baechler Szechuan Garden 2003 (Donald Baechler prints)

Donald Baechler Szechuan Garden 2003 (Donald Baechler prints)

By Donald Baechler

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Donald Baechler, Szechuan Garden, 2003: Medium: Aquatint and soft-ground etching. Sheet size: 27 x

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Winter Winds, Agapanthus and Delicate Cowparsley Triptych
Winter Winds, Agapanthus and Delicate Cowparsley Triptych

Winter Winds, Agapanthus and Delicate Cowparsley Triptych

By Charlie Davies

Located in Deddington, GB

etching Soft ground etching on paper Image Size: 35 cm x 35 cm x 1 cm Sheet/Canvas Size: 50 cm x 50 cm x 1

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

YELLOW CALLA LILLIES
YELLOW CALLA LILLIES

YELLOW CALLA LILLIES

By Jim Dine

Located in Portland, ME

through photogravure. Each plate was worked with hard and soft ground etching, drypoint needle, mezzotint

Category

1970s Still-life Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Three Questions #XII
Three Questions #XII

Three Questions #XII

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Three Questions #XII" 2003 is an original soft ground etching on Somerset

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Three Questions #XI
Three Questions #XI

Three Questions #XI

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Three Questions #XI" 2003 is an original soft ground etching on Somerset paper

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Three Questions #VIII
Three Questions #VIII

Three Questions #VIII

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Three Questions #VIII" 2003 is an original soft ground etching on Somerset

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Thee Questions #II
Thee Questions #II

Thee Questions #II

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Three Questions #II" 2003 is an original soft ground etching on Somerset paper

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Three Questions #IX
Three Questions #IX

Three Questions #IX

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Three Questions #IX" 2003 is an original soft ground etching on Somerset paper

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Three Questions #VI
Three Questions #VI

Three Questions #VI

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Three Questions #VI" 2003 is an original soft ground etching on Somerset paper

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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Soft Ground Etching For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate soft ground etching for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Abstract style, while we also have 1 Abstract versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a soft ground 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. When looking for the right soft ground etching for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and black. Finding an appealing soft ground etching — no matter the origin — is easy, but Creighton Michael, Nancy Cohen, Bruce Nauman, Kumi Korf and John McDevitt King each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in monoprint, monotype and intaglio, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large soft ground etching can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 8.27 high and 7.88 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Soft Ground Etching?

The average selling price for a soft ground etching we offer is $2,442, while they’re typically $120 on the low end and $25,000 for the highest priced.

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.