Skip to main content

David Avery Prints and Multiples

American, b. 1952
David Avery has been creating finely detailed black and white etchings in San Francisco for twenty five years. Originally trained as a classical musician, he discovered etching almost by accident in a class at the local community college. After learning the basic techniques, he intently pursued his own course of discovery--being essentially -self taught. Over--the years, he has, developed an exceptional technique and has created a remarkable body of finely wrought miniature etchings and drypoints. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching. His work is included in the collections of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the New York Public Library, the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, the Stanford University Library among others, and has been noted in the New York Times. Even though “black and white doesn’t sell”, he has eschewed the use of color, finding the subtleties and tonalities of black and white most capable of creating the psychological mood that allows his work to be effective. Public Collections: Library of Congress The Fogg Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA Stanford University Library, Special Collections, Stanford, CA The Turner Print Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA New York Public Library, New York, NY San Francisco Public Library, Book Arts and Special Collections Center Lakeview Museum Permanent Collection, Peoria, IL Arkansas State University Permanent Collection, AR Purdue University Galleries Bradbury Art Museum, Jonesboro, AR Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
to
19
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
12
5
20
1,514
1,062
916
757
20
11
8
1
12
11
9
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20
1
20
Artist: David Avery
A Post-Traumatic History Lesson

A Post-Traumatic History Lesson

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 30. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching...

Category

Early 2000s David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Departure - The Eye Like a Strange Ballon
Departure - The Eye Like a Strange Ballon

Departure - The Eye Like a Strange Ballon

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching Year: 2022 Edition Size: 35 Image Size: 8.088 x 6.75 inches Paper Size: Zerkall Copperplate Cream (yellow) (15" x 12") An hommage to Odilon Redon's 1878 print Eye-Ba...

Category

2010s David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff), by David Avery
Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff), by David Avery

Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff), by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 35. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. The ship of fools is an allegory firs...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

The Frailty of Realization, by David Avery
The Frailty of Realization, by David Avery

The Frailty of Realization, by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

David Avery’s etching The Frailty of Realization is a dense, labyrinthine image that immerses the viewer in a surreal chamber overflowing with objects, textures, and symbolic fragmen...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

TThe Long Road to War — Panoramic Political Satirical Print by David Avery

TThe Long Road to War — Panoramic Political Satirical Print by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A panoramic, sharply satirical print that unfolds as a continuous narrative procession. Figures, vehicles, animals, and symbols move relentlessly across the horizontal composition, f...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Becalmed, by David Avery
Becalmed, by David Avery

Becalmed, by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Apocalyptic etching of a sailing ship beached in a desert and captained by a skeleton - a rumination on our situation in our new post-rational world. Avery's work is characterized b...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 4 (Winter), by David Avery
The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 4 (Winter), by David Avery

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 4 (Winter), by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the fourth in a series of 4 prints. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line...

Category

2010s Surrealist David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

A Kind of Flying -The Invisible Hand
A Kind of Flying -The Invisible Hand

A Kind of Flying -The Invisible Hand

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching Year: 2021 Edition Size: 25 Image Size: 4.5 x 9.75 inches One of several recent prints by Avery that continue to win awards and purchase by museums and public collec...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Concerning the Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE — Framed Etching by David Avery
Concerning the Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE — Framed Etching by David Avery

Concerning the Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE — Framed Etching by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Description David Avery’s Concerning The Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE is a finely detailed black-and-white etching that exemplifies the artist’s masterful command of line and surreal symbolism. Avery frequently blends mythology, literary reference, and historical imagery, and here he draws inspiration from Alfred Jarry...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Death and the Printmaker — Allegorical Etching by David Avery
Death and the Printmaker — Allegorical Etching by David Avery

Death and the Printmaker — Allegorical Etching by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 30. One of several recent prints by Avery that continue to win awards and purchase by museums and public collections. Surrealistic ima...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Runner (Mom, Death and the Devil), etching by David Avery
Runner (Mom, Death and the Devil), etching by David Avery

Runner (Mom, Death and the Devil), etching by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered fro the edition of 30. An homage to both Max Klinger's surreal “Cupid, Death, and the Beyond”, and Albrecht Durer's "Knight, Death and the Devil". A young mother ...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 1 (Spring), by David Avery
The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 1 (Spring), by David Avery

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 1 (Spring), by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the first in a series of 4 prints based. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line...

Category

2010s Surrealist David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Encore!, etching by David Avery of skeleton playing a pianc
Encore!, etching by David Avery of skeleton playing a pianc

Encore!, etching by David Avery of skeleton playing a pianc

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 25. A skeleton in formal wear plays a grand piano, surrounded by a surrealistic collage of symbols and scenes of a chaotic world. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Safe, Clean, Cheap
Safe, Clean, Cheap

Safe, Clean, Cheap

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist from the edition of 30. referring to man's disregard for the world around him, and the resulting damage to climate and environment, the text...

Category

2010s David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Nonsense on Stilts (24/40)

Nonsense on Stilts (24/40)

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 40. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. Social satire on the human condition, showing the precarious balance that keeps things moving forward with all our human foibles. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line etching...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

A Ticket to Ride
A Ticket to Ride

A Ticket to Ride

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered fro the edition of 30. Satire on the follies lead to conflict. Avery's signature surreal take on a knight on the charge against his own reflection. David Avery c...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

In Absentia - Al Mutanabbi Street 2007
In Absentia - Al Mutanabbi Street 2007

In Absentia - Al Mutanabbi Street 2007

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching Year: 2014 Edition Size: 20 Image Size: 4 x 10.25 inches The subtitle for this print is Al Mutanabbi Street, 2007. That is when a suicide bomber attacked this street...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Surrealist Etching: The Last Roundup, Signed, Edition of 30, 2010+
Surrealist Etching: The Last Roundup, Signed, Edition of 30, 2010+

Surrealist Etching: The Last Roundup, Signed, Edition of 30, 2010+

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Etching EditionSize: 30 ImageSize: 6.88 x 5.88 inches Year: 2017 The Last Roundup is a richly layered allegorical etching by David Avery, centered on a skeletal figure astride a mechanical contraption that merges agricultural imagery with instruments of industry and war. The skeletal rider raises a hat in a gesture that is part salute, part farewell, evoking themes of mortality, inevitability, and the closing of an era. Around the central figure, fragmented scenes of destruction, absurdity, and survival unfold—barrels burst, machines falter, and hybrid creatures scatter across a desolate landscape. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. This skeleton is riding an oil pump...

Category

2010s Surrealist David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer), etching by David Avery
The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer), etching by David Avery

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer), etching by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the second in a series of 4 prints. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black and white line...

Category

2010s Surrealist David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Related Items
Brigahoe Towing Into Scarborough Harbor, Early 20th Century Etching
Brigahoe Towing Into Scarborough Harbor, Early 20th Century Etching

Brigahoe Towing Into Scarborough Harbor, Early 20th Century Etching

By Nelson Dawson

Located in New Orleans, LA

This impression is signed and annotated as etched and printed by the artist. It is numbered No. 11 Nelson Ethelred Dawson (1859–1941) was an English artist and member of the Arts a...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Portrait of James McBey.
Portrait of James McBey.

Portrait of James McBey.

By Walter Tittle

Located in Plano, TX

James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...

Category

1930s American Modern David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Surprise Etching by François Chifflart, Modern Style, 1860s, Unframed

Surprise Etching by François Chifflart, Modern Style, 1860s, Unframed

By Eugène Delacroix

Located in Roma, IT

Surprise is a black and White etching realized by François Chifflart in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower. Image size: 24x32. Very good impression with wide margins and a very fresh...

Category

1860s Modern David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Attesa di Maja - Aquatint and Etching by Leo Guida - 1973
Attesa di Maja - Aquatint and Etching by Leo Guida - 1973

Attesa di Maja - Aquatint and Etching by Leo Guida - 1973

By Leo Guida

Located in Roma, IT

Attesa di Maja is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1973 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Print: Aquatint and Etching on paper with Black Ink. Edi...

Category

1970s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Julian Opie Standing Couples Relief Print, Lydia and Garrett, Signed, Modern
Julian Opie Standing Couples Relief Print, Lydia and Garrett, Signed, Modern

Julian Opie Standing Couples Relief Print, Lydia and Garrett, Signed, Modern

By Julian Opie

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: Julian Opie Title: Lydia and Garrett Portfolio: Standing Couples Medium: Relief print with collage on archival Museum Board, presented in a sprayed white frame specified by t...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Screen

Wheelbarrow Race
Wheelbarrow Race

Wheelbarrow Race

By Edmund Blampied

Located in Plano, TX

1925-26. Drypoint. Appleby 114. 8 9/16 x 12 (sheet 12 x 17). Edition 100, #10. An excellent impression with burr, printed with plate tone on the full sheet of 'VGI' laid paper with ...

Category

1920s Modern David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Cathedral with Lion and Acrobat - Etching by Franco Gentilini - 1964

Cathedral with Lion and Acrobat - Etching by Franco Gentilini - 1964

By Franco Gentilini

Located in Roma, IT

Etching and drypoint on paper. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition of 102 copies (16/102). Excellent condition. The work belongs to the portfolio "Galleria Grafica Contem...

Category

1960s Modern David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

TEN  O'CLOCK in TAXCO - Large etching with Incredible Detail. One of a Pair
TEN  O'CLOCK in TAXCO - Large etching with Incredible Detail. One of a Pair

TEN O'CLOCK in TAXCO - Large etching with Incredible Detail. One of a Pair

By Reynold Weidenaar

Located in Santa Monica, CA

REYNOLD WEIDENAAR (1915 - 1985) TEN O'CLOCK IN TAXCO 1946 Etching and aquatint on paper Edition: An artist proof (#2) apart from an edition of unknown size Signed and titled in pencil. Image: 17" x 13"; Sheet: 19.75" x 15.75”. One of a pair of large format Mexican etchings...

Category

1940s American Realist David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

France at her Furnaces
France at her Furnaces

France at her Furnaces

By James McBey

Located in Plano, TX

1917. Etching. Hardie 175. 8 x 15 (sheet 10 1/8 x 16 15/16). Edition 76. Slight mat line; otherwise excellent condition. A rich impression printed on antique laid paper with full m...

Category

1910s Modern David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Sin título

Sergio HernándezSin título, 2014

$4,600

H 23.63 in W 27.56 in

Sin título

By Sergio Hernández

Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos

Etching Medium: Limited Edition Print. Paper: Velin Arches 300 g.

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Him -- Etching, Aquatint, Pendle Witches, Book, Print by Paula Rego
Him -- Etching, Aquatint, Pendle Witches, Book, Print by Paula Rego

Him -- Etching, Aquatint, Pendle Witches, Book, Print by Paula Rego

By Paula Rego

Located in London, GB

PAULA REGO Him, 1996 Etching with aquatint, on Somerset textured wove Signed and numbered from the edition of 75 From the deluxe edition of the Pendle Witches Accompanied by the s...

Category

1990s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Previously Available Items
After the Deluge, by David Avery
After the Deluge, by David Avery

After the Deluge, by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A rumination on our situation in our new post-rational world. David Avery's etching "After the Deluge" is a piece that explores themes of post-rationalism and the aftermath of societ...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Because It Is There
Because It Is There

Because It Is There

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 30. One of several recent prints by Avery that continue to win awards and purchase by museums and public collections. Surrealistic ima...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Running on Empty, by David Avery
Running on Empty, by David Avery

Running on Empty, by David Avery

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 30. This is one of four prints in a series of prints based on the sixteenth century engraver Hendrick Goltzius' "The Four Disgracers". The tex...

Category

2010s Baroque David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

A Kind of Flying -The Invisible Hand
A Kind of Flying -The Invisible Hand

A Kind of Flying -The Invisible Hand

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 25. One of several recent prints by Avery that continue to win awards and purchase by museums and public collections. Surrealistic ima...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

The Frailty of Realization

The Frailty of Realization

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 40. One of several recent prints by Avery that continue to win awards and purchase by museums and public collections. The title of th...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Awaiting a Time Like the Present (3/35)

Awaiting a Time Like the Present (3/35)

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 35. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. References to classical artists and p...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff)

Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff)

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 35. Avery's prints often mix elements of satire, myth and legend with his own light touch of surrealism. The ship of fools...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer)

The Coming of the Cocklicranes, No. 2 (Summer)

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. This is the second in a series of 4 prints based. David Avery continues to explore the expressive and t...

Category

2010s Surrealist David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Concerning The Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE

Concerning The Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. Avery's prints often mix elements of myth, legend and history with his own light touch of surrealism. David Avery continues to explore th...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Concerning The Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE

Concerning The Great Ship MOUR-DE-ZENCLE

By David Avery

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed and numbered from the edition of 20. Avery's prints often mix elements of myth, legend and history with his own light touch of surrealism. David Avery continues to explore th...

Category

2010s Contemporary David Avery Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

David Avery prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic David Avery prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by David Avery in etching and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large David Avery prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Roman Sustov, Pierre-Yves Trémois, and Roger Chapelain Midy. David Avery prints and multiples prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $850, while the average work can sell for $500.