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To tell if an etching is valuable, one approach is to conduct research using trusted online resources. The maker, age, image quality, historical significance and overall condition all play a role in determining the potential value of an etching. By seeing how much similar etchings have sold for in the past, you can get a rough idea of how much your piece may be worth. However, experts generally recommend having a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer evaluate prints for a more accurate valuation. Find a wide range of etchings on 1stDibs.
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"Baigneuse Debout, a mi-jambes" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1910 for Theodore Duret's "Manet
the French Impressionists". Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches (170 x 110 mm). Sheet size: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inc...
Category
1910s Impressionist Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Signed 1983 Limited Edition J
ai retrouvé mon père sur les rives du Jourdain
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French/Israeli (1927 - 2012)
Title: J'ai retrouvé mon père sur les rives du Jourdain.
Cat. Nahan
Year: 1983
Medium: Aquatint Etching with Carborundum, signed i...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
The Hypocrisy of Female Appearance - Etching by Johann Heinrich Lips - 1780s
By Johann Heinrich Lips
Located in Roma, IT
A finely executed etching by Johann Heinrich Lips, produced for Johann Caspar Lavater’s influential treatise on physiognomy, one of the most widely circulated and intellectually sign...
Category
1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Notre-Dame Cathedral from the Seine
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper, 7 x 8 3/4 inches (177 x 223 mm); sheet 10 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (267 x 300 mm), full margins. Signed V. E. Chapel and numbered 62/250 in penc...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
“Sur la Plage, a Bernival”
Located in Southampton, NY
One of the founders of Impressionism and certainly one of its greatest masters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) was not a prolific printmaker, but he explored several different m...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Archival Paper, Drypoint
Gala, mon seul desir
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Gala, mon seul desir
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali
PUBLISHER: Jean Schneider, Basel
EDITION NUMBER: EA
MEASUREMENTS: 20.9" ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching


