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Style: Modern
Medium: Aquatint
To the Sea
Located in New Orleans, LA
Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Jack Coughlin studied at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Art Students League of New York. He is b...
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1960s American Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
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Aquatint
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The Pigeon, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.347)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Pigeon is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.75x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Mother Hen, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.345)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Mother Hen is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inc...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Goldfinch, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.348 )
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Goldfinch is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 11.2 x 8.25 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Monkey, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.339)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Monkey is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 7.9 inche...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Sparrow Hawk, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.342)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Sparrow Hawk is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Lobster, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.352)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Lobster is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 7.9 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Wolfman
By Donald Saff
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/10 i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Chaplin and Red Tailed Hawk
By Donald Saff
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 23/50 ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Head of a Man, Fish and Morning Glory
By Donald Saff
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint in colors on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 18 x 15 inches (457 x 381 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 123/...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Flora
By Donald Saff
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 inches (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 38/50 ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Bulls and a Frog - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #106
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : Bulls and a Frog , 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of the gallery a...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Death and The Lumberjack - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #101
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : Death and The Lumberjack, 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of the ga...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Max Ernst etching
L’Oiseau Mere
, numbered and signed, German
By Max Ernst
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Max Ernst (German, 1891 – 1976)
L’Oiseau Mere (The Mother Bird)
An etching and aquatint on Japan paper
Numbered and signed ‘4/60 Max Ernst’ (under the plate)
The plate measurements: ...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cheval Bleu, Modern Etching and Aquatint by Andre Francois
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Francois, Hungarian (1915 - 2005) - Cheval Bleu, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 7/50, Image Size: 15.5 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Oak and Reed - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #105
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : Oak and Reed , 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of the gallery and ...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Hummingbird - Etching and Aquatint by Marino Marini - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Hummingbird 1963 is an original contemporary artwork realized by Marino Marini.
Color etching and aquatint
Edition of 100 copies. On the back oh the artwork there is an inscription...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Mouse and Chair
By Donald Saff
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with aquatint on white wove paper with a deckle edge, 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (598 x 317 mm); sheet 30 x 22 1/2 (762 x 571 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 20/50 in penc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Horses 1963 - Etching and Aquatint by Marino Marini - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Horses 1963 is an original contemporary artwork realized by Marino Marini.
Color etching and aquatint.
Edition of 100 copies. On the back oh the artwork there is an inscription in ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Cheval, Modern Etching and Aquatint by Andre Francois
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Francois, Hungarian (1915 - 2005) - Cheval, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 7/50, Image Size: 15.5 x 22.5 ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Bird Harmed by an Arrow - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #108
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Bird Harmed by an Arrow , 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of th...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cheval Noir, Modern Etching and Aquatint by Andre Francois
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Francois, Hungarian (1915 - 2005) - Cheval Noir, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/50, Image Size: 15.5 x ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Wolf and The Lamb - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #98
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Wolf and The Lamb, 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 c...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cheval jaune et bleu, Modern Etching and Aquatint by Andre Francois
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Francois, Hungarian (1915 - 2005) - Cheval jaune et bleu, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/50, Image Size:...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Goats and the Lion - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #198
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Goats and the Lion, 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of the gal...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Rat and the Elephant - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #179
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Rat and the Elephant, 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On Montval vellum 39 x 30 cm (c. 15.5 x 12 in)
With COA of the gallery and photo...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Birds in the Night - Etching, Ltd 60 copies
Located in Paris, IDF
Mordecaï Moreh (1937-)
The Birds in the Night
Original etching and aquatint
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 60 copies (the number of the etching you re...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Vegetal Cow - Etching, Ltd 75 copies
Located in Paris, IDF
Mordecaï Moreh (1937-)
The Vegetal Cow
Original etching and aquatint
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered / 75 copies
On vellum BFK Rives 45 x 56 cm (c. 17.7...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The two mules - Original etching - Ref. Sorlier #197
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The two mules , 1952
Original etching
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of the gallery and ph...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Fox and The Stork - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #102
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Fox and The Stork , 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in)
With COA of the gall...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"The Catch (Les Mains du Pecheur), " Color Aquatint signed by Le Corbusier
By Le Corbusier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Catch (Les Mains du Pecheur)" is an original color aquatint by Le Corbusier. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 10/30, in the lower lef...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint
The Child and The Professor - Original Etching - Ref. Sorlier #104
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall
Fables : The Child and The Professor , 1952
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
Numbered 61 / 85
On Montval vellum 39 x 28 cm (...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Lions ( Turner 194), Etching and aquatint by top British artist Signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Julian Trevelyan
Lions ( Turner 194), 1966-1967
Color etching and aquatint on T.H. Saunders paper
Pencil signed and numbered 28 from the limited edition of 125
Frame Included: held i...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Deer, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.336)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Deer is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8.15 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Waterlily Pool, Elaine Marshall, Limited Edition Animal Print, Handmade Prints
Located in Deddington, GB
Waterlily pool by Elaine Marshall [2012]
Signed by the artist
Etching and aquatint
Edition of 5
Image size: H:17 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Pigeon - Original Etching by Giselle Hallf - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pigeon is an original etching realized by Giselle Halff in the mid-20th Century
Good condition.
Pencil signature.
Edition of 25 copies signed and dated.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
The Donkey, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.329)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Donkey is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8 inches,...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Vulture. 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.341)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Vulture is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Drypoint
The Spider, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.353)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Spider is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Wasp, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.351)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Wasp is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inches, u...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Rooster, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.344)
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Rooster is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8.15 inc...
Category
20th Century Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
La Sorpresa II, from Personaggi
Located in New York, NY
Marino Marini (1901-1980) La Sorpresa II, from Personaggi (Guastalla A169), 1973
Etching and aquatint in colors, on wove paper, signed in pencil and numbered IV/XXV (there was also...
Category
1970s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Oiseau dans son nid (Bird in its Nest) from Août (August)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Braque Oiseau dans son nid (Bird in its Nest) from Août (August), 1958 is an exquisite work that revisits Braque’s beloved bird motif. Beautifully inspir...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
$7,500 Sale Price
28% Off
Char noir (Char V) - Etching, Greek, Mythology, Acient, Horse, Chariot
Located in Köln, DE
Etching and aquatint in colour "Char noir (Char V)" (Black Chariot, Chariot V) by Georges Braque from 1958.
The edition on BFK RIVES comprises approx. 75 copies.
The present copy...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Color, Etching
Migration - Modern, Colour Aquatint, Birds
Located in Köln, DE
Fascinated by an experience in the Camargue bird sanctuary in 1955, the bird became a symbol of freedom and harmony for Georges Braque. ‘I now only draw birds, after my still lifes h...
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1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
La bibliothèque est en feu (René Char) - Modern, Colour Aquatint, Birds, Blue
Located in Köln, DE
Fascinated by an experience in the Camargue bird sanctuary in 1955, the bird became a symbol of freedom and harmony for Georges Braque. ‘I now only draw birds, after my still lifes h...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
"Les trois oiseaux en vol"
Located in Köln, DE
One of the main motifs in Georges Braques late printmaking oeuvre is the bird. By depicting the bird as itself or the flight of birds, Braque found what he called the "still life of ...
Category
1960s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint
no title / "Oiseau bleu"
Located in Köln, DE
One of the main motifs in Georges Braques late printmaking oeuvre is the bird. By depicting the bird as itself or the flight of birds, Braque found what he called the "still life of ...
Category
1950s Modern Aquatint Animal Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Aquatint animal prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Aquatint animal prints available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add animal prints created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Samuel Howitt, Pablo Picasso, Kelvin Mann, and Salvador Dalí. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Aquatint animal prints, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available
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