Wedding on Deer Island
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Wedding on Deer Island 2020 etching, aquatint in colours 13 ½ x 19 ½ in (by sight) 34,3 x 49,5 cm (à vue) Signed and dated in pencil “David Blac...
Lithograph
Towards the Open
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Towards the Open, 1965 etching, aquatint in colours 12 × 15 in signed, titled, dated 1965 and numbered (edition of 50) in the lower margin; For ...
Lithograph
Susie Fifield
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Susie Fifield, 1995 etching, aquatint in colours 20 x 16 in Signed, titled, and dated 1995, inscribed Artist Proof in the lower margi For our US...
Lithograph
Home From the Labrador
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Home From the Labrador, 1976 etching, aquatint in colours 8 3/4 x 19 1/2 in 22.2 x 49.5 cm Signed, titled, dated and numbered along bottom Frame...
Lithograph
Search party returning
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Search Party Returning etching, aquatint in colours 20 x 31 3/4 in, 50.8 x 80.6 cm Signed, titled, numbered and dated in the lower margin For ...
Lithograph
Wreck of the S.S. Ranger on Baccalieu Island
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Wreck of the S.S.
Lithograph
Captain Blackwood
By David Fertig
Located in New York, NY
Etching with pastel and charcoal pencil on paper Signed (at bottom center, in charcoal pencil): David Fertig; inscribed (on the back, in charcoal pencil): "Captain Blackwood" B...
Edward and Molly
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Edward and Molly, 1989 Etching and aquatint 19 3/4 x 32 in 50.2 x 81.3 cm signed, titled, dated and numbered (edition of 75) along bottom; framed...
Lithograph
September 3rd: Uncle Dan Sturge Home from the Labrador
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 September 3rd: Uncle Dan Sturge Home from the Labrador, 1975 Etching 19 3/4 x 31 1/2 in 49.5 x 80 cm INSCRIPTIONS signed, titled, dated and numbe...
Lithograph
Molly Glover leaving Bragg’s Island
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 MOLLY GLOVER LEAVING BRAGG’S ISLAND, 1985 Etching 22 x 27 3/4 in 55.9 x 70.5 cm INSCRIPTIONS titled and numbered, ‘Molly Glover leaving Bragg’s i...
Lithograph
Uncle Sam Kelloway
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Uncle Sam Kelloway, 1989 etching, aquatint in colours 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 in (picture) 39,5 x 49,5 cm Signed and dated on the lower right: David Bla...
Lithograph
Captain Jesse Winsor Home in Wesleyville
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Captain Jesse Winsor Home in Wesleyville, 1975 etching, aquatint in colours 50.25 x 19.75 in 127.6 x 50.2 cm Inscriptions signed, titled, dated ...
Etching
untitled
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Untitled watercolour on paper 22 x 28 in signed and dated 1981 lower right framed
Watercolor
Study for Safe Harbour
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Study for Safe Harbour, 1980 etching, aquatint in colours 5 x 8 in Signed and dated on the lower right: David Blackwood 1980 Numbered and titled ...
Lithograph
Captain Llewellyn Kean
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Captain Llewellyn Kean 2003 Etching 14 1/2 x 11 in signed, titled, editioned a/p and dated 2003
Lithograph
Survivor Drifting
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Survivor Drifting, 1970 Etching 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in signed, titled, editioned 6/25 and dated 1970
Lithograph
Study for Bax Ford
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Study for Bax Ford, 1979 Etching 9 3/4 x 8 in signed, titled, editioned H/C and dated 1979
Lithograph
The seabird hunter
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 THE SEABIRD HUNTER, 1978 Etching 19 3/4 x 31 1/2 in 50 x 80 cm Signed lower right framed
Lithograph
The seabird hunter
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 THE SEABIRD HUNTER, 1978 Etching 19 3/4 x 31 1/2 in 50 x 80 cm INSCRIPTIONS Signed lower right framed
Lithograph
Lost party at sea, the sign
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Lost party at sea, the sign etching and aquatint 8 x 8 3/4 inches signed, titled, dated 1965 and numbered framed
Lithograph
Sealer’s Dream
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 "Sealer’s Dream" etching and aquatint 20 x 16 in (plate size ) 50.8 x 40.6 cm signed, titled, dated 1968 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lo...
Lithograph
Night Island
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Night Island 1982 etching, aquatint in colours 10.75 x 13.75 in ( plate size ) 27.3 x 34.9 cm signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered (edition o...
Etching
Ephraim Kelloway's Door
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Ephraim Kelloway's Door, 1981 etching, aquatint in colours 32 x 20 in Signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered “artist’s proof ” in the lower mar...
Lithograph
Dante's Barque
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Dante's Barque, 2011 etching, aquatint in colours 8 x 12 in ( plate size ) signed, titled, dated 2011 and numbered (edition of 50) in the lower ...
Etching
Bragg's Island
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Bragg's Island, 2007 etching, aquatint in colours 5.75 x 4.5 in ( plate size ) signed, titled, dated 2007 and numbered (edition of 50) in the lo...
Etching
Captain Noah Bishop's Visitation at the Icefields
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Captain Noah Bishop's Visitation at the Icefields, 1979 Etching and aquatint 16 x 20 in signed, titled, and numbered (edition of 50) and dated 19...
Lithograph
Gram Glover's House on Bragg's Island
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Gram Glover's House on Bragg's Island, 1976 etching, aquatint in colours 21 3/4 x 27 1/2 in 55.2 x 69.9 cm signed, titled, dated, and numbered (e...
Lithograph
Captain Lew Kean Passing
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Captain Lew Kean Passing, 1979 etching, aquatint in colours 21 7/8 x 27 3/4 in (image) 55.5 x 70.5 cm Signed, titled, numbered and dated Proof i...
Lithograph
Grenfell Rescued
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 "Grenfell Rescued" etching and aquatint 22 x 28 in signed and dated 1977 lower right, numbered (edition of 50) lower left framed Ships sailed...
Lithograph
Study For Man Warning Two Boys
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Study For Man Warning Two Boys Etching 11 x 14 in titled, ‘Study for man warning two boys II’ (lower left); numbered edition of 50 (lower left);...
Lithograph
Edward and Molly
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Edward and Molly, 1989 Etching and aquatint 19 3/4 x 32 in 50.2 x 81.3 cm signed, titled, dated and numbered (edition of 75) along bottom; framed...
Lithograph
Breakers
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 BREAKERS, 1976 etching, aquatint in colours 7.75 x 9.75 in (plate) 19.7 x 24.8 cm signed, titled, dated 1976 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in th...
Etching
Crossing the Reach
Located in Westmount, QC
David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Crossing the Reach, 2009 etching, aquatint in colours 7 x 12 in ( plate size ) 17.8 x 30.5 cm INSCRIPTIONS signed, titled, dated 2009 and numbere...
Etching
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.
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