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Medium: Engraving
Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church /// History of Dorset English Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John Hutchins (English, 1698-1773) Title: "Southwest View of Sherborne Abbey Church" (Plate 15) Portfolio: The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset Year: 1861-1870...
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1860s Victorian Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving

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...
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Early 20th Century French School Art by Medium: Engraving

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Etching, Drypoint

Set of Four Engravings from Nash s "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811) Title: "A View of Stourbridge", "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill", "Bewdley", and "Tenbury" Portfolio: Collections for the History of Worcestershire Year: 1781-1782 (First edition) Medium: Set of Four Original Engravings on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Nichols, London, UK Publisher: T. Payne and Son, J. Robson, B. White, Leigh and Sotheby, London, UK; Fletcher, Oxford, UK; and Lewis, Worcester, UK Reference: Upcott III, page 1330 Sheet size (each): approx. 10" x 16.5" Image size (each): approx. 6.88" x 11.75" Condition: A few light handling creases. Have been professionally stored away for decades. They are all strong impressions in excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. All four works were engraved by English artist Thomas Sanders (Active: Mid-Late 18th Century) after drawings by himself. Comes from Nash's two volume "Collections for the History of Worcestershire", (1781-1782) (First edition), which consists of 75 engravings. Each work is printed from one copper plate in one color: black. There was a (Second edition) "with Additions" bound in with Volume II of this portfolio published by John White in 1799. And, both the First and Second editions of "Collections for the History of Worcestershire" are based off Thomas Sanders' 1779-1781 "Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the County of Worcester". Both "A View of Stourbridge" and "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill" have unidentified fleur-de-lis watermarks in the center of their sheets. "Bewdley" has an unidentified watermark in the center of its sheet resembling "XV" and "Tenbury" has no watermark. Biography: Treadway Russell Nash (24 June 1724 – 26 January 1811) was an English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Treadway Russell Nash was born on 24 June 1724 born at Clerkenleap, in Kempsey, Worcestershire. His family were from Ombersley. They had lands there and at Claines, and had later bought lands in the Reformation around St Peter's, Droitwich. He was related to James Nash and John Nash, both MPs for Worcester. His father Richard, a grandson of Sir Rowland Berkeley, died in 1740, and Richard's eldest son in 1757. As a result, Treadway Russell Nash inherited the Russells' Strensham estates from his brother, as well as the Nash estates, and took both names. He was educated from the age of twelve at King's School, Worcester, and became a scholar at Worcester College, Oxford aged fifteen. In March 1749, he accompanied his brother on a trip to the continent, to aid Richard's health. They visited Paris for about six weeks, before spending the summer "on the banks of the Loire". They then visited "Bourdeaux, Thoulouse, Montpelier, Marseilles, Leghorn, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, Padua, Verona, Milan, Lyons, and again Paris"; such expeditions are often known as the Grand Tour. On his return in late summer 1751, Nash took up a post as Vicar of Eynsham through his friend and future brother-in-law, John Martin. He also had an income as a tutor at Oxford. He took his Doctor of Divinity degree and left Oxford, having "gone out grand compounder", following the death of his brother. He also left his benefice at Eynsham in 1757. While at Oxford he had proposed a road from there to Witney (now the A40 and B4022), and also stood for Parliament. Nash married Margaret Martin...
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1780s Old Masters Art by Medium: Engraving

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Hildegarde of Bingen, gorgeous Cloisonne Brooch, jewelry The Dinner Party signed
Located in New York, NY
Judy Chicago Cloisonne Brooch of Hildegard of Bingen from The Dinner Party, 1987 Limited Edition Cloisonne brooch/pin with clasp on the back and Judy Chicago's incised signature and ...
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1980s Feminist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Metal, Enamel

Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parakeet).
Located in Storrs, CT
Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parakeet). c. 1889-1890. Drypoint. Breeskin, 134.v. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 9 7/8). A rich impression with burr and plate...
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19th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Watercolor, Drypoint

Apollo, plate 11 from the series of The Gods in Niches
Located in Middletown, NY
by Jacopo Caraglio (after Rosso Fiorentino) Rome: Carlo Losi, 1526. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches, 215 x 110 mm), thread margins. In very good condition with a...
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17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Engraving

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Laid Paper, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Hidden Cities III: Continuum, by Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Peter Milton’s Hidden Cities: Continuum transforms the grandeur of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele into a layered meditation on architecture, memory, and the passage of time. The Gall...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving, Etching

Sator - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint with roulette on Japanese paper from the Series "Faust" (Walpurgis Night). Image dimension 32x24 cm. Hand signed in pencil Artist proof. Blindstamp "Dali", ou...
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1960s Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Sator - Etching  - 1960s
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THE VIRGIN AND CHILD SEATED BY A TREE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) THE VIRGIN AND CHILD SEATED BY A TREE 1513 (Bartsch 35; Meder 34 c-d, Hollstein 34) Engraving a generally good impression. Trimmed slightly into the i...
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16th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving

Blue Painting Abstract Contemporary Striking Statement Original Playful Color
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: The Movement of Blue Blue Painting Abstract Contemporary Striking Statement Original Playful Color one-of-a-kind Authentic Invest The Movement of Blues is a large abstract e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Gesso, Canvas, Varnish, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Engraving

Tourelle, Rue de la Tixéranderie démolie en 1851
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching and drypoint on watermarked Hudelist laid paper, 9 5/8 x 5 inches (245 x 129mm) full margins. Second state (of five) after lettering. A superb condition with a pencil inscrip...
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Mid-19th Century French School Art by Medium: Engraving

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Laid Paper, Etching, Drypoint

Faust (Walpurgis Night)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Faust (Walpurgis Night) Portfolio of 11 drypoint etchings with roulette from 1969. The edition 142/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. ...
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1970s Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Etching, Drypoint

Allée des Verges (Penis Alley)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Allée des Verges (Penis Alley) Etching from 1969. 125/145 on Japan paper. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28.5 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Graphik Europa An...
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1970s Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint, Etching

New York Skyline
By Louis H. Ruyl
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on cream wove paper with deckle edges, 4 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches (233 x 323 mm); sheet 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (240 x 338 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/75 ...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint

L atelier de Cannes (first state)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - L'atelier de Cannes (The Cannes Studio) Lithograph from 1956. The edition of 275. Dated in the plate at the upper left: “7.4.56”. Dimensions of work: ...
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20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint, Etching

Tribute to Michelangelo III by Zhang Hongyu - Contemporary portrait painting
Located in Paris, FR
Tribute to Michelangelo III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and collage on cardboard mounte...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Engraving

Manhattan Old and New — Vintage New York Cityscape
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samuel Chamberlain, 'Manhattan Old and New', drypoint, 1929, edition 100, Chamberlain and Kingsland 81. Signed, titled, and numbered '81/100' in pencil. Titled and annotated '30.00' in pencil, in the artist's hand, bottom margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A superb, finely-detailed impression, with selectively wiped plate tone, on heavy Rives cream wove paper; full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. The subject of the print is the lower Manhattan cityscape just before the Depression. Image size 8 3/4 x 6 13/16 inches (222 x 173 mm); sheet size 12 3/4 x 10 inches (324 x 254 mm). Impressions of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Zimmerli Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST 'There is something about the atmospheric vibrancy of an etching which imparts a peculiar and irresistible life to architectural drawing...A copper plate offers receptive ground to the meticulously detailed drawing which so often appeals to the architect'. —Samuel Chamberlain, from the Catalogue Raisonné of his prints. Samuel V. Chamberlain (1896 - 1975), printmaker, photographer, author, and teacher, was born in Iowa. His family moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1901, and in 1913, Chamberlain enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle, where he studied architecture under Carl Gould. By 1915, he was enrolled in the School of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. With the United States' involvement in the First World War, Chamberlain sailed to France, where he volunteered in the American Field Service. In 1918, he was transferred to the United States Army to complete his tour of duty. After the war, he returned to Boston and resumed his architectural studies, which he eventually discontinued, working for a few years as a commercial artist. Chamberlain received the American Field Service Scholarship in 1923, which he used to travel to Spain, North Africa, and Italy. In 1924 he was living in Paris, where he studied lithography with Gaston Dorfinant and etching and drypoint with Edouard Léon, publishing his first etching the following year. In 1927, he studied drypoint with Malcolm Osborne...
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1920s American Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint

Baroque 17th century German fountain design engraving print by Boeckler
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Baroque 17th century German fountain design Copper-line engraving, published in 1664 in Nuremberg. From 'Architectura Curiosa Nova' by George Andreas B...
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving, Etching

"I-76" Abstract cityscape, water motif, street signs, street lights
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "I-76" is original artwork made from pencil, marker, carborundum drypoint print adhered to panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 10"h x 6"w. Miriam Singer grew up in Buffalo, New York, In 2000 she received her BA from Brandeis University, and in 2003 her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2004; Miriam Singer has exhibited at James Oliver Gallery. Stanek Gallery, LG Tripp Gallery, Woodmere Art Museum, Space 1026, Friends of the Print and Picture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Drypoint

Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Téléphone-homard cybernétique (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Cybernetic lobster phone, Imaginatio...
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1970s Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

The Deluge from The Temple of the Muses — 18th Century Engraving
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Picart, 'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate and dated '1730' lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb...
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1730s Baroque Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving

Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Antiombrelle à atomiseurs de liquides (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid atomizer anti-shade, ...
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1970s Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mixed Media, Drypoint, Lithograph, Screen

Lafitte s Blacksmith House (a bar named for a pirate on Bourbon St, New Orleans)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is a New Orleans landmark at 941 Bourbon St. Like most New Orleans legends, history of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is a gumbo of tru...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

LOVE (Pink) sculpture, official replica with Indianapolis Museum of Art stamp
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana LOVE (Pink), Artist Authorized, with Incised Indianapolis Museum of Art Morgan Foundation Stamp and Artist Copyright, 2011 Brushed Aluminum (Pink) and Stamped wi...
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2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Engraving

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Metal

Thames Warehouses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER (American 1834–1903 London) THAMES WAREHOUSES, 1859 (K 38 ii/ii; Glascow 46 iv/v; Mansfield 37) Etching and drypoint on fine thin laid paper. Plate: 3 × 8 i...
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1850s Impressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint, Etching

Argentinean signed limited edition original art print silkscreen 27x19 in. n9
Located in Miami, FL
Justo Barboza (Argentina, 1938) '17 huellas', 1995 silkscreen on paper Guarro Geler 27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.) Edition of 20 Unframed ID: BAR1437-009-025 Hand-signed by author
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20th Century Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

Mizuhiki
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Mizuhiki" is an exclusive publication by Stone + Press in an edition of 100. Katsunori Hamanishi was born in 1949 on Hokkaido island - Japan's second largest island. In 1973 he fi...
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mezzotint

"Battle Horse I" 2019 Original Signed Engraving Etching 30x47 in Mexican Art
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Castro Leñero (Mexico, 1956) 'Caballo de Batalla I', 2019 Engraving on paper Intaglio 300 g. 29.8 x 47.3 in. (75.5 x 120 cm.) Edition of 30 ID: CAM-101
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Man Ray Le Mannequin aquatint engraving - 1975
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Man Ray 'Le Mannequin' Aquatint/Engraving 1975 Edition: From the rare limited edition of 150 Size: 50x35 CM. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Published by Cleto Polcina E...
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1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

1947 original engraving by Marcel Duchamp - Coffee Mill
Located in PARIS, FR
This rare 1947 original engraving, Coffee Mill, by Marcel Duchamp is a profound example of his conceptual approach to mechanical imagery and Dada aesthetics. Signed by the artist and...
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1940s Art by Medium: Engraving

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Paper, Engraving

Christmas print with hand coloring in oil stick, Signed, Framed, hand colored
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine The Christmas Print (Burg, 26), 2001 Drypoint, direct gravure, etching over offset lithograph with hand coloring by artist in oil stick, on T.H. Saunders paper, the full she...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Art by Medium: Engraving

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Oil Crayon, Drypoint, Etching, Offset

Manhattan Mountains
Located in Storrs, CT
Manhattan Mountains. 1938. Etching and drypoint. 14 3/4 x 12 3/8 (sheet 17 1/4 x 14 3/4). Artist proof, previous to the edition of 40. An atmospheric impression printed on buff-colored laid paper. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Final state' and 'Jones Proof'in pencil. Housed in an archival sleeve. Painter and printmaker Lawrence Nelson...
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20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint, Etching

Chepstow Castle ( on a limestone cliff above the River Wye in Wales)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The magnificent printed works of the Yorkshire artist, Percival Gaskell have only been fully rediscovered in recent years. Percival Gaskell rose to prominence whilst working together with Sir Frank Short in the engraving school at the Royal College of Art in London during the first two decades of the 20th century. A true painter-printmaker, Percival Gaskell developed a sensitivity to atmospheric tone which is displayed in an air of timeless beauty throughout his printed works. (sheet 24 x 20 1/2). A fine impression with tone printed in warm brown/black ink on chine appliqué mounted on white wove paper, and a backing board. Signed in pencil. Superb signed proof impression printed in warm-brownish-black ink. One of Gaskell's best large scale mezzotints. The speed with which William the Conqueror committed to the creation of a castle at Chepstow is testament to its strategic importance. There is no evidence for a settlement there of any size before the Norman invasion of Wales, although it is possible that the castle site itself may have previously been a prehistoric or early...
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1940s English School Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mezzotint, Etching

"Mother" 2004 original signed engraving etching limited edition print Cuban art
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo ¨Choco¨ Roca Salazar (Cuba, 1949) 'Mother II ', 2004 dry point on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 19.3 x 15.4 in. (49 x 39 cm.) Edition of 20 Unframed ID: CHO-112_1 Hand-sign...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Ink, Engraving, Etching

The Plaza, Sunset Glow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'The Plaza, Sunset Glow', drypoint, c. 1920s, edition not stated. Signed in pencil and initialed in the plate, lower right. Titled 'The Plaza, Sunset' and annotated 'no. 165' in ink, in the bottom left sheet corner. A superb, luminous impression in dark brown ink, with selectively wiped plate tone; on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 to 2 1/4 inches). Pale tape stains on the top sheet edge, recto, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A view across 'The Pond' in New York City's Central Park, toward Grand Army Plaza...
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1920s American Impressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint

Oxyacantha rosea superba, antique botanical pink flower engraving
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving

Alexandria, Egypt, copper-line engraving by Cornelius de Bruyn , 1690
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Alexandria' A view of Pompey's Pillar with Alexandria in the background. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Perse...
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Late 17th Century Naturalistic Art by Medium: Engraving

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Etching, Engraving

Newspapers on the Table - Still Life Etching on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Newspapers on the Table - Still Life Etching on Heavy Paper, #20/150 Black and white etching by Darien Payne (American, b. 1951). This piece is a meticulously detailed depiction of ...
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1990s Photorealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Archival Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Prickles and Hairs - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is impression #12 from an edition of 45 Born in Charleroi, Belgium, Ravaux is an artist who mirrors her surroundings in the mezzotints she creates. She has portrayed the black ...
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Early 2000s Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mezzotint

Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre..
Located in Storrs, CT
Madame Helleu Looking at Watteau drawings at the Louvre. (En regardant les Watteau de Louvre). c. 1895. Drypoint printed in 2 colors - black and sepia. 11 3/4 x 15 7/8. Goncourt 3, d...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint, Color

The Twin Rocks of Capri; I Faraglioni a Capri
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Gebbie & Husson Co., 1879 Héliogravure and engraving on cream wove paper, 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (258 x 310 mm), full margins. In good condition with some very minor margina...
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Late 19th Century English School Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving, Photogravure

Pierre Auguste Renoir, "Mère et Enfant , " rare drypoint
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pierre Auguste Renoir Mère et Enfant, 1896 Drypoint in brown and green From a very rare edition of 100 impressions on cream-toned Van Gelder laid paper Reference: Delteil #10 Printed...
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Late 18th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint

Salvador Dalí(1904–1989)- “Femme a la Chaussure” and “La Femme tentant un voile"
Located in Varese, IT
This lot comprises multiple hand-watercolored drypoint etchings on extremely fine Japanese paper, all edited in 1969. Each piece is part of a limited edition of 145 copies, water-col...
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1960s Abstract Art by Medium: Engraving

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Drypoint, Etching

Xisco Mensua Spanish artist 1995 original signed framed engraving print n8
Located in Miami, FL
Xisco Mensua (Spain, 1960) Untitled from Portfolio "Junio - Julio", 1995 engraving on paper 12.6 x 9.5 in. (32 x 24 cm.) Edition of 6 Frame 16x20 in. ID: MEN1253-008 Hand-signed by a...
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1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

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Paper, Engraving

Colossi of Memnon, Thebes, Egypt. Early 19th century engraving, 1820
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Vue des Deux Colosses. Thebes, Memnonium' Elephant folio engraving, by Baltard after Dutetre, from 'Description de l'Egypte', published after Napoleon's expedition to colonize Egyp...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving

Snail in a Bowl (Artist Proof inscribed to Fritz Eichenberg)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leonard Merchant's mezzotint, "Snail in Cup" is inscribed for fellow artist, Fritz Eichenberg. While a student at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London, a young Leonard Marchant found an engraving rocker in a cupboard and proceeded to turn himself into a master of the painstaking art of mezzotinting. Marchant, who has died in Shrewsbury aged 70, grew up in Simonstown, the Royal Navy's enclave in South Africa. Though his first job was as a parliamentary messenger, he taught himself to paint and, aged 19, was given a one-man show in Cape Town. Fired by this success, he left for England to study painting and, he claimed, to escape the stifling home atmosphere created by his Catholic mother and aunts. (His father was killed in the second world war.) Without contacts in London, he phoned Jacob Epstein, whose recommendation resulted in a grant to study briefly at the Central School. It was later, when studying full-time at the Central, that he saw the mezzotints of the Japanese master, Yozo Hamaguchi, in a London gallery. He was hooked. Creating a mezzotint is tedious in the extreme. The copper plate must first be prepared with a "rocker" which roughens the surface. A plate may be "rocked" 30 or 40 times. The rough texture is then reduced with a burnisher and a scraper, allowing the print a range of tones from velvety black through the greys to white. Marchant's plates could be months in the making. But the technical demands were the least of his worries. In its 18th- and 19th-century heyday, mezzotint was solely a reproductive medium, for copying masters such as Reynolds and Turner. The development of photography rendered it unfashionable, and by the 1960s the technique, known as la manière anglaise, was a bygone medium. Marchant, by now a teacher in printmaking at the Central, began to create original mezzotints with a colleague, Radavan Kraguly. A perfectionist, he seemed to revel in the straitjacket procedure. Perhaps it was the metaphor of bringing darkness out of light that appealed to this straight-talking, sometimes sombre, man, who would suddenly relax and light up like a gleaming hue on one of his prints. His work was of squares and triangles with the occasional cat, black and ominous, and carefully arranged still lifes, featuring plants, a seed pod, a pot he might have bought at auction to celebrate the sale of a print. There were one-man shows, notably at the Bankside Gallery. He sold well at the Royal Academy summer exhibition, was a Florence Biennale prizewinner, spent a fellowship year at the British School in Rome, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. But making mezzotints was not a paying job. Marchant and his South African wife...
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1980s Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Mezzotint

Chicago Skyline
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful turn-of-the-century lake view of Chicago by an American artist known for his Texas landscapes. Etching with drypoint on watermarked Umbria laid paper with deckle edges, 7 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (182 x 275 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/25 in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with adhesive residue at the sheet edges on the verso, does not show through to the recto. A lovely Lake Michigan landscape...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

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Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint

George II, King of England, royalty portrait engraving, circa 1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'George II' Copper-line engraving by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) after Founan. Basan (1723-1797) was a French engraver and publisher. George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Leneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch to have been born outside Great Britain, and was famous for his numerous conflicts with his father and, subsequently, with his son. As king, he exercised little control over policy in his early reign, the government instead being controlled by Great Britain's de facto first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole...
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Late 18th Century Renaissance Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving

Planetary And Scatologic Vision
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist, 1904-1989) Title: Planetary and Scatologic Vision Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving with embossing and color lithograph Edition: Numbered...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

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Engraving, Lithograph

Harry Wickey, Snug Harbor (Riverside Drive, NYC)
By Harry Wickey
Located in New York, NY
The sailors are still in uniform in this post-World War I print of young people meeting at a semi-secluded park setting, Snug Harbor, along Riverside Drive...
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1920s Ashcan School Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Drypoint

Riders at Sundown — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Riders at Sundown', aquatint and drypoint, edition 75, 1953, Kloss 451. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Artist's Proof' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked, atmospheric impression, in ...
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1950s American Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Baignoire à tornade liquide (Michler/Löpsinger 822-831; Field 75-13), Imaginations et Objets du Futur (Liquid tornado bathtub, Imaginations a...
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1970s Surrealist Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph, Drypoint, Screen

Mrs. Hezekiah Brown
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Mrs. Hezekiah Brown Image: 19.0 x 11.2 cm Mount: 31.8 x 23.0 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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1930s Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Wood, Engraving

Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolored Etching Antique Birds, from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Di...
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17th Century French School Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Engraving

Come Here and I ll show you something, original, contemporary art, animal, print
Located in Deddington, GB
Come Here and I'll show you something beautiful is a limited edition drypoint etching finished with oil pastel by artist and printmaker, Kate Boxer. The work is soft purple pastel c...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Drypoint

wood engraving for Mille Nuits
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: wood engraving (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1955 at the atelier Coulouma for "Mille nuits et une nuit" (1001 Nights) which was the last major portfolio by Kees...
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1950s Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

Italian Boat at Sunrise
Located in Middletown, NY
A nostalgic image of a bucolic farmyard and thatched cottage, hearkening to a bygone era. Etching with drypoint on laid watercolor paper, 9 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, (251 x 229 mm), full...
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Early 20th Century English School Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Drypoint

Dali Vertical Portrait de Calderon engraving
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 Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Engraving

La Duchesse de Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt
Located in Storrs, CT
Paul César Helleu. La Duchesse de Marlborough, Consuelo Vanderbilt. c. 1901. Drypoint. 21 1/2 x 13 3/4 (sheet 24 x 15). A rich impression printed o...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Icart, Sans titre, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Art by Medium: Engraving

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

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