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Medium: Engraving
Corn, Maize: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of two varieties of corn or maize, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Frumentum ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Portrait de femme en buste, de profil a gauche, un tres large ruban noir du cou
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait de femme en buste, de profil a gauche, un tres large ruban noir du cou, Mme Marthe Letellier
Drypoint, 1900-1901
Signed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Titled in pencil low...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile) /// German Expressionism Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976)
Title: "Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile)"
Portfolio: Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit des Weibes (The Play Christa from the Pain of the Beauty of the Woman)
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1918
Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving on wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Fritz Voigt, Berlin, Germany
Publisher: Verlag Die Aktion, Berlin, Germany
Reference: Schapire No. 219, page 45; Jentsch No. 35. Rifkind No. 2563; Lang No. 300; Reed No. 118
Overall size with attached page: 8.5" x 10.63"
Sheet size: 8.5" x 5.38"
Image size: 4" x 3.38"
Condition: Toning to sheet (as normal). In very good condition
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Oxnard, CA. Comes from a complete originally bound 48 page folio with 9 original woodcut engravings by Schmidt-Rottluff. Text by Alfred Brust. Presently attached to its accompanying page. The cover and title pages in pictures are not included, only for reference/provenance. There is an example of this work in the permanent collection of the Brücke Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Biography:
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (born December 1, 1884, Rottluff, near Chemnitz, Germany—died...
Category
1910s Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
Signed 1963 ROBERT INDIANA print (Robert Indiana prints)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Robert Indiana ERR 1963:
A rare, sought-after early Robert Indiana print defined by surreal, experimental cinematic-like energy. Hand-signed by Indiana on the lower right.
Medium: Photoengraving and etching on Rives BFK.
Dimensions: 4 1/2x6 inches (including margins).
Very good overall vintage condition.
Signed, dated and inscribed "Artist's Proof 'E'" and "CHI" in pencil, lower margin.
Rare Trial proof, aside from the main edition of 60.
Printed by the artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Further background:
According to Susan Sheehan, Indiana printed only six progressive trial proofs at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he learned printmaking from 1949 to 1952, under the supervision of Vera Berdich (inscribed "CHI"). Additionally 13 trial proofs were printed at the Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York (these inscribed "NYC"). The regular edition was printed by Atelier Georges Lablanc, Paris and published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan to be included in International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde: America Discovered, Volume 5. The plate used for this print was originally given to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago by the R.R. Donnelly Company, printers of Life magazine. Indiana discovered the plate while visiting Berdich at the school and decided to use it in his contribution to the Avant-garde portfolio. Sheehan 29.
Robert Indiana 1991:
"When I went back to the Art Institute of Chicago at that particular time - I think I was judging a show - I learned that Vera Berdich (Indiana's former teacher) was still there and the idea occurred to me, wouldn't it be fun to do a visiting artist etching, and she concurred. There on the floor was a box of copper plates and the images had been defaced on each one. These copper plates had been donated by the R.R. Donnelly Company, which put out Life magazine. I used to work for Donnelly. My only commercial art job was with them doing the little drawing that appear in the Yellow Pages, like lawnmowers and vacuum cleaners and things like that. Anyway, the idea being that the student was supposed to turn the plate over to use the back side and forget about the image on the front. But I found this image of this actress sitting on her bed with her ironing board and decided it was only very lightly defaced, so I asked if I could use it. And the word "Err" was actually added in New York; it was not in the first proofs in Chicago. Two weeks later, I was thumbing through LIFE magazine and there was this actress in the same page..."
About the artist:
Robert Indiana is best known for his iconic “LOVE” image, which has appeared across media including sculptures, prints, and paintings and epitomizes the artist’s graphic, predominantly text-based Pop art practice. Throughout his career, Indiana reimagined the aesthetics of American advertisements...
Category
1960s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Black and White, Engraving, Etching, Photogravure, Lithograph, Screen
Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Pulegium Cervinum, Pseudo Pulegium Struthium, Pulegium Regium", depicting flowering Peppermint, Weld and Pennyroyal plants res...
Category
1640s Academic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound) /// Botanical Botany Plants Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788)
Title: "Ballota (Horehound); Marrubium (White Horehound)" (Didynamie, Gymospermie, Plate 508)
Portfolio: Histoire N...
Category
1740s Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Mon Jardin Zoologique /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Animal Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Serge Helenon (French, 1934-)
Title: "Mon Jardin Zoologique"
*Signed by Helenon in pencil lower right
Year: 1989
Medium: Original Carborundum Engrav...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Handmade Paper, Intaglio
Going to Market, Jamaica
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Going to Market, Jamaica
Image: 24.0 x 14.0 cm
Mount: 36.8 x 25.8 cm
Wood engraving
1932
One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
Category
1930s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Wood, Engraving
Une Escale au Brasil (A Stopover in Brazil)
Located in New York, NY
Charles Dufresne (1876-1938), Une Escale au Brasil (A Stopover in Brazil), etching and drypoint, c. 1920, signed in pencil lower right margin and inscribed “epreuve de artist” lower ...
Category
1920s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
No
By Mel Bochner
Located in Austin, TX
Monoprint in oil with collage, engraving and embossment on handmade paper
Hand-signed and dated along lower, right edge
Publisher: Two Palms, New York
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper, Engraving, Monoprint
Austen, Art print, Horse, Animal print, Cartoon style print
Located in Deddington, GB
Austen is a limited edition drypoint print by artist Kate Boxer, featuring a white horse looking behind in a minimalist composition.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Drypoint print, Handmade...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
The Right Hon Henry Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, portrait engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The Right Hon Henry Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister
Mezzotint. 1918. India-laid proof before lettering with a remarque of a doorway centre bottom.
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl o...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Samuel Cousins, engraver, self portrait mezzotint engraving
By Samuel Cousins
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Samuel Cousins
Mezzotint, by Edwin Long after Samuel Cousins (1801-1887). 1884.
530mm by 405mm (platemark) 620mm by 495mm (sheet).
India-laid proof before lettering, signed in p...
Category
Late 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Joan Ponç - UNTITLED Etching. Spanish Surrealism Contemporary Art Purple
By Joan Ponç
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Ponç - SIN TÍTULO 1
Date of creation: 1975
Medium: Etching on paper
Edition number: 70/75
Size: 56 x 76 cm
Condition: In perfect conditions and never framed
Observations: Etchin...
Category
1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Oscar Wilde, Art print, Man, Person, Smoking, Cigarettes
Located in Deddington, GB
Oscar Wilde by Kate Boxer prtint made with drypoint, gouache and carborundum, shows a portrait of Oscar sitting on a red chair wearing a black suit with stripped detailed trousers an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Le Clou du Spectacle After Picasso Engraving
Located in Pasadena, CA
Engraving Signed and numbered date 1958
The first attempts at engraving date from 1905. Picasso, "fascinated by the games of mirrors and inversions offered by the inscription of his ...
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1950s Cubist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Arnulf Rainer, Büste im Nebel - Signed Print, Drypoint Etching, Abstract Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Arnulf Rainer (Austrian, born 1929)
Büste im Nebel, 1977
Medium: Drypoint etching on BFK Rives wove paper
Dimensions: 29.8 × 20.8 cm (11 7/10 × 8 1/5 in)
Edition of 50: Hand-signed a...
Category
20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Donald Baechler prints: set of 2 works
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Donald Baechler 2005: a set of 2 works:
A set of two highly decorative signed limited edition Donald Baechler prints sure to standout in any setting. Included in the set:
Donald Bae...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Plutusia, from Imaginary Places II (Axsom 246). hand signed/N signed COA FRAMED
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella
Plutusia, from Imaginary Places II (Axsom & Schnitzer, 246), 1996
52 color lithograph, screenprint, etching, aquatint, relief, mezzotint, engraving on white TGL handmade...
Category
1990s Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Foil
Dali 33 Vertical Portrait de Calderon engraving painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Work of the Spanish artist SALVADOR DALI.
Engraving of the series LA VIDA ES SUEÑO.
Printed signature and date, as issued
Catalog. OFFICIAL CATALOG GRAPHYC WORKS BY ALBERT FIELD Page...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Great Auk, Animal, Bird, Penguin, Black, White
Located in Deddington, GB
Great Auk by Kate boxer consists of white and black tones outlining the hand coloured Great Auk.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Sold unframed
Limited Edition of 30
Made with Drypoint, carb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Deux nus Dansant, Modern Drypoint Etching by Fernand Leger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Deux nus Dansant
Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955)
Date: circa 1932
Drypoint Etching
Image Size: 8.5 x 7.5 inches
Size: 14.75 x 11 in. (37.47 x 27.94 cm)
From the collection of the l...
Category
1930s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Tennessee Williams and Mr Moon, Drypoint Print, Dog, Animal, Person
Located in Deddington, GB
Tennessee Williams and Mr Moon is a handmade dry point print by artist Kate Boxer, featuring a boxer dog sitting obediently with his owner.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Drypoint print, H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Book. Original engravings 155 pсs., 1 piece with blend. 1822 London
Located in Riga, LV
William Hogarth (1697-1764)
Original engravings 155 pсs., 1 piece with blend. 1822 London
From A. Neibergs collection
Category
1820s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Tete De Femme, Modern Drypoint Etching by Fernand Leger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tete De Femme
Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955)\
Date: 1952
Drypoint Etching, stamp signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 26/100
Image Size: 7.75 x 4.75 inches
Size: 12.5 x 9.25 i...
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1950s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Banana Plants: An 18th Century Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by J. Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line double page engraving of banana plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Banana 1. Musa,...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Profil de Femme, Modern Drypoint Etching by Fernand Leger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Profil de Femme
Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955)
Date: circa 1931 (pulled 1961)
Drypoint Etching on Richard de Bas
Edition of 102
Image Size: 10 x 8 inches
Size: 15.75 x 12 in. (40....
Category
1960s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Libertinia, from Imaginary Places
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
Relief, screenprint, etching, aquatint, lithograph and engraving in colours, 1995, on TGL handmade paper, signed, dated and numbered form the edition of 50 in pencil (there were als...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen
Modern Head #3, from: Modern Heads - Pop Art Portrait Profile Modernism
Located in London, GB
This work is hand signed in pencil "R. Lichtenstein" at the lower right image.
It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left image. There were also seven a...
Category
1970s Pop Art Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Stevie Sitting, Drypoint Print, Dog, Animal, Black, White
Located in Deddington, GB
Stevie Sitting is a handmade dry point print by artist Kate Boxer, featuring a wire haired dog sitting obediently. Kate Boxer is an artist and printmaker.
The unique style of Kate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Drypoint
Gigantic Crane, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Spur-winged Goose, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Hen crested Curassow, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Yacou, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red-tailed Tropic Bird, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Cream-coloured Plover, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Pink-headed Duck, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Crested Pheasant, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Chinese Jacana, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Giant Petrel, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Chinese Diver, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Hackled Partridge, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red-necked Grebe, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red-billed Promerops, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Georges Braque -- Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died There) (Vallier 181)
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Georges Braque
Si je mourais là-bas (If I Died There) (Vallier 181), 1962
Wood engraving printed in blue, on Japon paper
Hand signed lower right
Edition IV / X lower left
Printed by...
Category
1960s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Engraving
Artic Gull, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dali -- Homage To Mercure
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dali
Hommage à Mercure, 1973
Hand signed lower right
Numbered 10 / 150 lower left.
Printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris.
Published by Joseph Foret, Paris.
Reference Michler...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Salvador Dalí -- Cactus (+ Crutches) Les Bequilles from Florals
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí
Cactus (+ Crutches) Les Bequilles from Florals, 1972
Hand signed lower right
Edition 302 / 350 lower left
Image size 55.5 x 39.5 cm
Sheet size 75 x 55 cm
Reference F ...
Category
1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Impeyan Pheasant, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
White-eared Bustard, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Crested Coot, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper.
John Latham was the leading English or...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red Flamingo, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Marbled Guillemot, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Gold-breasted Trumpeter, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Black faced Ibis, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Green Partridge, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Hooded Merganser, 18th century bird duck engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Find Engravings and Other Fine Art Prints on 1stDibs
Art is a smart investment if the print-collecting bug has bitten you. But maybe you’re merely looking to bring art into your home — if so, engravings and other types of fine art prints can help enhance your space while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.
An engraving is a print made by incising lines into a metal plate with a sharp tool called a burin. After the image is drawn, the plate is inked, wiped clean, and then firmly pressed to paper so the ink remaining in the incised grooves is transferred. Considerable force is required to mark the metal, so the lines made by engraving tend to be stronger than those made through etching, and characterized by gentle tapering. Light and shade have to be created through cross-hatching since the technique is line-based.
Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and Francisco Goya are among the Old Masters admired for their engravings, but postwar and contemporary artists have made the most of the technique as well.
Vija Celmins, for example, engraved wood to create her series of ocean surfaces, while Louise Bourgeois, who spoke about the symbolic power of engraving to convert aggression into something useful, revisited the medium throughout her long career. For Jasper Johns, recognized as one of the most innovative, masterful print artists of all time, printmaking was ideal for exploring the ideas of repetition, seriality, patterning, semiotics, order and symbolism that intrigued him. His crosshatch prints (and paintings, for that matter) are a wonderful reference to the engraving process but also a brilliant conceptual update of Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, which Johns subverted again and again.
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