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Black-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Black-billed Cuckoo, 1. Male, 2, Female, Magnolia Grandiflora", No. 56, Plate 276 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts a female black-billed cuckoo perched on a branch of a magnolia tree reaching for a flying insect. The male appears to be in flight in front of magnolia leaves on the right, perhaps after the same insect. Magnolia flowers are depicted, as well.
This original 1st octavo edition hand-colored Audubon Black-billed Cuckoo lithograph is in excellent condition, other than a few tiny spots in the upper margin and a tiny faint spot in the lower inscription area. The sheet measures 6.5" high by 10.13" wide. The original text pages, 300-302, from Audubon's 19th century publication are included with the lithograph.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon produced a set of elephant folio sized lithographs that were primarily engraved and hand colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. The publication, which included text descriptions of the animals was published 3 years before Audubon died. As with the birds, this was followed by a three-volume set of 155 octavo-sized plates entitled “The Quadrupeds of North America” completed and published by Audubon’s sons, John, Jr. and Victor.
Audubon prints continue to be popular and a wise investment. The double elephant folio set...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Eurasian Teal Duck: An 18th Century Hand-colored Nozeman Engraving "Anas Crecca"
By Cornelis Nozeman and Jan Christiaan Sepp
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 18th Century hand-colored large folio-sized copperplate engraving entitled "Anas Crecca" (Eurasian Teal) by Cornelius Nozeman in volume II of his publication 'Nederlan...
Category
1770s Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Swamp Hare: an Original 19th Century Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Swamp Hare", No. 8, Plate XXXVII, 37, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wanderlessed
By Carrie Lingscheit
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered in pencil from the edition of 44.
Carrie Lingscheit originally hails from South Dakota, where her love of printmaking was galvanized through involvement in sever...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Nude Woman with Cat
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude Woman with Cat" c.1990, is an original colors etching with aquatint on Wove paper by noted Mexican artist Jose Esteban Martinez, b.1951. It is hand signed in penci...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Hudsonian Godwit 19th C. 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph entitled "Hudsonian Godwit, 1. Male, 2. Female, Summer Plumage", No. 70, Plate 349 from...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
l' Ivrogne et sa Femme
By Marc Chagall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marc Chagall (Russian, 1887-1985)
Title: l'Ivrogne et sa Femme
Year: 1927
Medium: Original etching
Edition: fom the unumbered edition of 200
Paper: Montval Laid paper
Image ...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Viva Mexico I (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15TH ONLY**
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Celebrating human's best friend with this unique and beaut...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$636 Sale Price
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"American Oyster Catcher": An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "American Oyster Catcher, Male", No. 65, Plate...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
White Stork "Ardea Ciconia": An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Nozeman
By Cornelis Nozeman and Jan Christiaan Sepp
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare 18th Century hand-colored large folio-sized copperplate engraving entitled "Ardea Ciconia" (White Stork) by Cornelius Nozeman in volume II of his publication 'Nederlan...
Category
1780s Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Donald Sultan 'Fish' (From Fruit and Flowers), Limited Edition, Signed Print
By Donald Sultan
Located in San Rafael, CA
Donald Sultan (American, b. 1951)
"Fish (From Fruit and Flowers Portfolio)" 1990
Screenprint in colors on Arches 88 paper
Pencil initialed, titled, and dated left of image
Edition 61...
Category
1990s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"White American Wolf" an Audubon Hand Colored by J.T. Bowen Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored quadruped lithograph entitled "White American Wolf", No. 15, Plate LXXII, from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Les Chats
By Liudmila Kondakova
Located in Greenwich, CT
Les Chats is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 4.75 x 3.5 inches, inititaled 'LK' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a gold-tone classic 'reed and ribbon' moul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Soaking Up" c.1970 is an original lithograph on paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 68/100 in penc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salle's Hermit Hummingbirds: A 19th C. Gould Hand-colored "Phaethornis Augusti"
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Phaethornis Augusti", Salle's Hermit Hummingbird by John Gould, published in his "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London in 1850. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts three brown, grey, black, white and some green colored hummingbirds about a plant with green leaves and coral and yellow flowers.
This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph is in excellent condition. The original text page is included.
There are five other unframed Gould hummingbird...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gould & Richter Thrush Warbler Lithograph
By John Gould
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Gould: 1804-1881. British ornithologist who was the British equivalent of Audobon. He produced these incredible books of The Birds of Great Britain and The Birds of Australia am...
Category
Late 19th Century California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Eli Jacobi "The Lion" Colored Woodcut
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eli Jacobi: 1898-1984. Very important artist who was born in Kharkov Ukraine. His art studies began at the Bezalel Art Institute in Palestine. He was impris...
Category
1940s American Modern California - Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Red-breasted Rail: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Great Red-breasted Rail or Fresh Water Marsh Hen, 1. Male Adult, 2. Young", No. 62, Plate 309 fr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Standard Bear
By Robert Deyber
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Standard Bear is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 108/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20 AP)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Beetles II (With Electric Lamp)
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Beetles II (with electric lamp)" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Viva Mexico III PINK VERSION (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL FEB 29tH ONLY**
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Celebrating human's best friend with this unique and beautiful series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$636 Sale Price
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Neck & Neck
By Robert Deyber
Located in Greenwich, CT
Neck & Neck is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 6.75 inches image size. From the edition of 395 and framed in a contemporary, silver-tone frame. Initialed by the artist lower right and n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Owl (Rose Ground)
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Owl (Rose Ground)" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Poisson #5, etching of a fish by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One of 6 prints of fish created by Franco-Iranian artist Marjan Seyedin. In her works, birds and animals provide an allegorical representation for mankind. Marjan has a contemporary...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
"Frontpiece to a Bestiary" From the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences"
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Frontpiece to a Bestiary" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1968 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British artist Graham...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Church Lady, by Xavier Viramontes
By Xavier Viramontes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 25. One from a series of six pet portraits.
Viramontes was the subject of a 1-hour documentary "Xavier Viramontes, A Life in Print" w...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Cecil The Lion IV (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Remember Cecil, the old lion killed in Africa by an American tourist a few years ago. Oliveira features the famous and beloved creature in this series.
Limited edition of 30 museum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Indian Wryneck Birds (Yunx indica): A 19th C. Gould Hand-colored Lithograph
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Yunx indica" (Indian Wryneck) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Asia", published in London in 1850-1883. The pri...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Viva Mexico II (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating human's best friend with this unique and beautiful series by Mauro Oliveira.
All the colors of the rainbow and in between represent the happiness and unconditional love ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Champ
By Xavier Viramontes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Chicano artist Viramontes is known for both political subject matter, prints related to family history, and the humor found in this series of dog portraits.
In the 1970's, Viramonte...
Category
2010s California - Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
$350 Sale Price
22% Off
Cecil The Lion II (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**FINAL MONTH OF THE ANNUAL 90 DAYS SALE FOR INVENTORY RENEWAL**
**PRICED EXTRA LOW TO BE SOLD BY MARCH 31ST ONLY - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
Remember Cecil, the old lion killed in Afr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Soaking Up" c.1970 is an original lithograph on Wove paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 68/100 in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 12.25 x 17.35 inches, sheet size is 17.5 x 21.65 inches. It is in excellent condition
About the artist:
Tom Ryan was born Jan. 12, 1922, in Springfield, Ill., to William Martin Ryan — whose family immigrated to Illinois from Ireland in the 1880s — and Sarah Helen Behrens, whose ancestry predates the Revolutionary War. They had nine children — six boys and three girls. He began drawing before he went to school.
"I was 4 years old and drawing airplanes, and an older brother was helping me," Ryan told the Reporter-Telegram in a 2002 interview at the Haley Library's going away party held in his honor. "Those were my first art lessons."
He did not decide to be an artist until after his service in World War II. While in the U.S. Navy during the war, he "made quite a bit of money" drawing portraits of his shipmates and other servicemen. After being discharged in 1945, he picked up a Life magazine that carried an article about N.C. Wyeth.
"I read the article, and I liked what I read, and I loved the pictures reproduced from his paintings in the article," Ryan said in 2002. "I decided then and there to be an artist."
Following his graduation from the American Academy of Art, an education made possible through the GI Bill, he returned to Springfield where he married Jacqueline "Jacquie" Harvey, daughter of a local doctor. She died in 1998.
The Ryans moved to New York City where he continued his studies at the Art Students League. During his second year at the Art Students League, he won a contest. His winning painting became the cover for Western writer Ernest Haycox's novel The Outlaw.
"Every month after that I also received an assignment from this publisher, and they would be Western novels," Ryan said in 2002. "So that's what I did for the next six or seven years. Then I started exhibiting at the Latendorf Gallery on Madison Avenue. What I sold mainly were the book covers. They would be published and I would get paid by the publisher, and I'd take them to the gallery, and I'd get paid again."
Ryan began making trips west in the late 1950s. He would stay three or four months painting, sketching and photographing scenes he'd need later. At that time, his works centered around historical events and places.
"I particularly liked to do some of the trail drive things that I did, like the old longhorns," Ryan said in 2002.
In the early 1960s, a work by Norman Rockwell and one by Ryan appeared in the same catalog. Rockwell, who was doing the Boy Scouts calendars for Brown and Bigelow, the premiere calendar publishing company in the United States, told the calendar company about Ryan.
"The art director gave me a call and asked if I'd like to do a contemporary cowboy...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Lucky Elephant (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating the wild life with this colorful piece.
Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on PAPER, signed and numbered by the artist. Print lead time 1 week.
A "Cert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
The Lucky Elephant (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL MAY 15th ONLY**
THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
Celebrating the wild life with this colorful piece.
Limited edition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
"Q"
By Kelvin Mann
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The single letter "Q", from the alphabet, illustrated by a quail. All letters are available, and the full set of 27 etchings in folio box is available for $3200. Animals, real and im...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Dark Horses "36x48" Black & White Photography Wild Horses, Mustangs, Photograph
By Shane Russeck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a contemporary black and white photograph of Northern California Wild Mustangs.
"They represent the ultimate expression of American freedom"
36 x 48 Edition of 12. Signed by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Viva Mexico IV BLUE VERSION (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL FEB 29tH ONLY**
THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
Celebrating human's best friend with this unique and beautiful series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Giclée
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Panther - Figurative Abstract Woodcut, 3/10
By Cecelia Sánchez Duarte
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative abstract wood cut print titled "Copula Blanca" by Cecelia Sánchez Duarte. Pencil signed with edition number "3/10," title, and signature bottom margin. Image, 31.25"H x 23...
Category
1990s Folk Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Woodcut
Landscape with Deer Herds
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Deer Herds" c.1970 is an original color lithograph by French/Vietnamese artist Hoi Lebadang, 1922-2015. It is hand sig...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Viva Mexico I (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL MAY 15th ONLY**
THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
Celebrating human's best friend with this unique and beautiful series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Cotton Canvas
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Willet or Stone Curlew: A First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled "Semipalmated Snipe, Willet or Stone Curlew, 1. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Alpomado Falcon" Hand Colored Bird Lithograph from USPRR Exploration & Survey
Located in Alamo, CA
This striking hand colored stone lithograph of a "Alpomado Falcon" was created by John Cassin (1813-1869) and is Plate 1 in the "USPRR Exploration and Survey Report", published in Washington, DC in 1859.
There is an occasional spot, but the lithograph is otherwise in very good condition.
The 12 volume report was authorized and funded by the US government to determine the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. These explorations and subsequent reports represented the greatest collection of knowledge of the topography and natural history of the Western United States created during the nineteenth century.
John Cassin was an ornithologist and illustrator. He was named curator of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in 1842 and worked with John Bowen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cavaliers dans les Dunes
By André Brasilier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Andre Brasilier (French, born 1929)
Title: Cavaliers dans les Dunes
Year: 1974
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Inscribed "Bien Amicalement" (With Friendship) and "Epr...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Discours D'oiseaux #4, etching of birds by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One of 9 humorous portraits of birds engaged in conversation by Franco-Iranian artist Marjan Seyedin. In her works, birds and animals provide an allegorical representation for mankin...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Cuvier's Sabre-wing Hummingbirds: A 19th C. Hand-colored lithograph by Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Campylopterus Cuvieri" (Cuvier's Sabre-wing Hummingbird) by John Gould, as plate 52 published in his "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London between 1849 and 1861. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts two mostly green-colored hummingbirds with brown wings perched on a branch of a tropical long leafed plant, possibly bamboo with ferns in the background.
This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph is augmented with gum-arabic paint. It is in very good condition, other than some discoloration at the edges of the upper and lower right corners and residual binding material where the print was bound in the 19th century publication. The original descriptive text page from Gould's 19th century publication is included.
There are several other unframed Gould hummingbird lithographs available on our 1stdibs and InCollect storefronts. Two or more of these striking lithographs would make an attractive display grouping. A discount is available for purchase of a set depending on the number. These additional Gould hummingbirds may be viewed by typing Timeless Intaglio...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woodpeckers "Le Petit Pic" An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of male and female woodpeckers entitled "1. Le Petit Pie varie, 2. Sa Femelle" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 598 from 'Histoire Naturelle des O...
Category
1760s Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Rabbit Series #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Rabbit Series #1" 1980, is an original mezzotint with embossing by noted Hungarian artist Radovan Kragulj, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated, titled and inscribed A.P. (Artist Proof) in pencil by the artist. The sheet size is 25.5 x 19.5 inches is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Radovan Kraguly...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Golden Eye Duck: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Golden Eye Duck", No. 82, Plate 406, from Audubon's "Birds of America". It was lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia between 1840-1844. It depicts male and female Golden Eye ducks in flight.
This original rare first edition hand colored Audubon bird lithograph is in excellent condition. The sheet measures 6.25" x 10". The original text pages, pages 362-366, from Audubon's publication are included.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon produced a set of elephant folio sized lithographs that were primarily engraved and hand colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. The publication, which included text descriptions of the animals was published 3 years before Audubon died. As with the birds, this was followed by a three-volume set of 155 octavo-sized plates entitled “The Quadrupeds of North America” completed and published by Audubon’s sons, John, Jr. and Victor.
Audubon prints continue to be popular and a wise investment. The double elephant folio set...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
An Icelandic GyrFalcon: An 18th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of an Icelandic Ger Falcon entitled "Gerfault d''Islande" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 210 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in associatio...
Category
1760s Naturalistic California - Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
TÊTE D'AIGLE, etching of eagle by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Portrait of an Eagle against a black background. Image is printed to the edge of the sheet. by Franco-Iranian artist Marjan Seyedin. In her works, birds and animals provide an allego...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Rabbit Series #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Rabbit Series #2" 1980, is an original mezzotint with embossing by noted Hungarian artist Radovan Kragulj, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 7/50 in pencil by the artist. The sheet size is 25.5 x 19.5 inches is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Radovan Kraguly...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art California - Animal Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Beetles #1
By Graham Sutherland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Beetles #1" from the suite "Bestiary and some Correspondences" 1967 is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown British surrealist artist Graham Vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist California - Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Starling
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Starling" c.1990, is a color woodblock print on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist Suezan Aikins, b.1952. It is signed and numbered 82/150 in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 10 x 23.25 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 30.25 inches. Custom framed in a silver metal frame, with double off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some small minor rubs.
About the artwork:
This artwork required 3 different carved wood blocks and 7 layers of colors to complete.
About the artist:
Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan was influenced early in her life by the works of modern Japanese woodblock printmakers which hung throughout her parents’ home. She attended the Fine Arts programme at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick (1969 - 1971), The Ontario College of Art (1971-73), L’ ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts (1974), Nova Scotia College of Art and Design -BFA (1975) as well as a very intensive year of study with Toshi Yoshida in Tokyo (1984-85).
She has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries throughout North America and Japan. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa, and Boston with group exhibitions at the Wenniger Gallery, Boston, Royal Canadian Academy in Toronto and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
Her paintings and woodblock prints are found in many collections such as The Canada Council Art Bank, The Nickle Art Museum, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Royal Bank of Canada, Prince Takamanonamiya Norihito, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, The Thomas Moore Institute as well as private collections.
Suezan Aikins was awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant in 1983, Nova Scotia Department of Culture - Development Grants in 1980, 1987 and 1988. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1990 and received the Canadian Progress Club- Women of Excellence Award for Culture in 1993. Her work has been featured in a number of television documentaries as well as many Canadian magazines.
STUDIES:
Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio Tokyo, 84-85
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 74-75 BFA
Ecole du Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, 74
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 71-73
Mt. Allison University, 69-72
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS:
25 Year Retrospective of Woodblock Prints traveled to three Public Galleries in Germany: Dornum Castle; Tollhousverein, Leer; Rastede Palace, Oldenberg 2000-2001 color catalog and reviews.
Private Exhibitions, Falmouth, Mass., July 1996; Montreal, November 1996; Gibson Island, Md., April 1999.
Gold Paintings and Woodblock Retrospective, travelling: Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo; Genkan Gallery, Tokyo American Club; Blue Nile Gallery, Osaka; Kanda's Gallery BOQ, Okinawa; May 1994 (color catalogue)
Edo Gallery, Boston, November 1992, Private Exhibitions, Chatham, Mass, July 1992, Toronto, Oct. 1991
New Paintings and Woodblocks Kabutoya Gallery, Tokyo, May 1991, and also in 1987.
Japanese Garden and Pavilion Foundation, Montreal, September 1990, Ownens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University 1988
Zwickers Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1979; Gallery 78; Fredericton, November, 1983; Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, November, 1982
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"A New Leaf" 30 foot instalation of mixed media/ goldleaf reliefs, Artsplace, Annapolis Royal, N.S., 2000 color catalog
"Far and Wide" Juried Bienials, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; 1996 to '99, travelling, catalogs
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