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Art Subject: Plant
ALAMANDA
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROI GEORGE PARTRIDGE (1888 - 1984)
ALAMANDA. 1937-42 (White 242), Etching edition 27, Signed In pencil and in plate. 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches. On a cream toned paper with full margin...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
$575 Sale Price
25% Off
Admirable Butterflies, Magpie Moths: A Hand-colored Engraving by Moses Harris
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored antique engraving depicting the natural history of the Admirable Butterfly and the Small Magpie Moth, which is plate 6 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aure...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Aspen Trail- Fall, color etching, John Hogan, yellows, gold, landscape forest
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Aspen Trail- Fall, color etching,John Hogan, yellows, gold, landscape forest
hand pulled limited edition color etching
22 x 30 paper size
18 x 24 image size
unframed
edition signed ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Clarion
Located in New York, NY
Created by Surrealist Fanny Brennan from 1992-96, Clarion is an original lithograph in colors on wove paper, hand-monogrammed by the artist in pencil and numbered from the edition of...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Mission Dolores - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Mission Dolores - San Francisco - Original Hand-Signed Etching
Title: Mission Dolores - San Francisco
Drypoint
Handsigned
Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm
Edition EA
Catalogue ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Majestic Pine (24 x 18 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Larger size hand-printed photograph than the other two listings of the same name.
These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Butterflies
Moths in a Landscape: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare, original first edition hand-colored engraving depicting the natural history of butterflies and moths, which is plate 10 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelian: ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Hudson. 2018, green montoype on two sheets of paper. Diptych landscape.
Located in New York, NY
Rachel Burgess' landscapes are explorations of memory and the resonance of nature's forms. She begins her artistic process with plein air paintings and drawings which she completes i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Monotype, Paper
Landscape
By Aimé Daniel Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" is an original lithograph by Swiss artist Aime Daniel Steinlen,1923-1996. It is hand signed and numbered 235/260 in pencil by the artist. The image and sheet...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Journey companion. Black
white linocut print Figurative
Abstract, Minimalism
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary minimalistic black & white linocut print on paper by Polish artist Jolanta Babicz. Edition is limited to 20 copies.
Artwork is not framed. Photos with frame are only visualizations.
JOLANTA BABICZ (born in 1967)
In 2009 she graduated from the Artistic Department of the University of Humanities and Economics in Łódź. The subject of her B.A. thesis was computer graphic...
Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
"Katu-Belluren": A 17th Century Botanical Engraving by Hendrik van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraving of a vine spinach plant entitled "Katu-Belluren" by Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 46 from his 'Hortus Indicus M...
Category
Late 17th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Flowering Crinum Plant: A 19th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Arenarium" (Water-Island Sand Crinum), plate 2355, published in London in 1822 in William...
Category
1820s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Autumn Landscape - Lithograph by Carlo Cordua - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 1980s.
Hand signed in pencil.
Hand retouched.
Not numbered.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Au Rouge Coq Chantilly, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Au Rouge Coq Chantilly, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 17 x 12 inc...
Category
1980s Folk Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"In the Thick of It", Contemporary Landscape, Antique Cars, Color Photograph
Located in Franklin, MA
Rebecca Skinner’s “In the Thick of It” is part of her "Rust to Dust" series documenting the beauty of the decaying automobile. The 20 x 30 inch color photograph is of two antique car...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Metal
Katie Allen Fox Hill Limited edition giclee print, Abstract Landscape Nature Art
By Katie Allen
Located in Deddington, GB
Katie Allen
Fox Hill
Limited edition giclee print
Katie’s artwork is based on the natural world, their changing seasons and shades, which she transforms into a rich textile of patter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Giclée
Le Lapin Agile
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Le Lapin Agile" c.1970 Is an original colors lithograph by noted French artist Denis Paul Noyer, b.1940. It is signed and numbered 372/375 in...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Arcadia
By Ruth Leaf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arcadia" c.1990, is an original colors etching with aquatint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numbered ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Thrasher Place II
By John Cobb
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in Austin, Texas, in 1954, John Cobb knew he wanted to be an artist since he was 9. In 1976, he entered Rhode Island School of Design where his realist tendencies were ostracize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Intaglio
Rose Trémière - Etching by Alfred Taiée - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Rose Trémière is an artwork realized by Alfred Taiée in the 1870s.
Etching.
Good conditions.
Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative of the publisher...
Category
1870s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Hunter
s Moon, Art Print, Wolf, Animals, Screen print, Folk, Blue Affordable art
By Tim Southall
Located in Deddington, GB
As the Hunter’s Moon rises, the darkness of the night recedes and the landscape is illuminated. Taking advantage of this bright nocturnal light, crepuscular creatures make the most o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Flowering Dragonmouth: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
An 18th century hand colored botanical engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering sage plants:...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1. Male, 2, Female, Papaw Tree", No. 55, Plate 275 from Audubon's "B...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
QUIET ZONE Signed Lithograph, Surreal Mini Landscape, Jingle Bell, Trees
Located in Union City, NJ
QUIET ZONE is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival Arche...
Category
1990s Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Magnolia Angelic, Allan Forsyth, Contemporary Luxury Statement Art, Bright Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Forsyth
MAGNOLIA ANGELIC
Limited Edition Floral Print
Archival Chromagenic Photographic Print
Edition of 25
Artwork Size: H 76cm x W 228cm x D 2cm
Diasec Framed and Ready to Ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Metal
Rowan Brook 3
By Susan Derges
Located in New York, NY
**Framing Included in Listing Price, Free Shipping, and 14-Day Return Policy**
Rowan Brook 3 (2013) by Susan Derges.
30 x 19 inches
Digital C-Print
Edition 4 of 9
Framing is a d...
Category
2010s Landscape Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Composition (Vallier 143), La Liberté des Mers, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, La Liberté des Mers, 1959. Published by Maeght Édite...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$6,396 Sale Price
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Ponte di Mammea (today Ponte Mammolo) - Original Etching by A. Acquaroni - 1836
By Antonio Acquaroni
Located in Roma, IT
The original artwork Ponte Mammea oggi Ponte Mammolo is an etching on copper, drawn and engraved by the artist Antonio Acquaroni (signed Aquaroni), for the print series Ponti antichi...
Category
1830s Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Rose, Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Rose
Year: 1980
Edition: 160/250, plus proofs.
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Size: 24.75 x 21.75 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Si...
Category
1980s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Common Scaup Duck: An Original 19th C. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled "Common Scaup Duck, 1. Male, 2. Female", No. 100, Plate 498 from Audubon's "Birds of America, lithographed, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen and published in Philadelphia in 1856. It depicts male and female Scaup ducks sitting on a mound, looking to the right at water. A lighthouse is seen on a point of land in the background on the right.
This original hand-colored Common Scaup Duck lithograph...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flame-bearer Hummingbirds: A 19th C. Gould Hand-colored "Selasphorus Scintilla"
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Selasphorus Scintilla" (Little Flame-bearer Hummingbirds) by John Gould, Plate 162 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, green, ochre-colored hummingbirds with flame red protrusions under their beaks; perched on broad moss green-colored leaves of a plant with pale blue-colored flowers.
This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph is augmented with iridescent gum-arabic paint. It is in excellent condition. The original text page is included, which has extensive foxing related to the lower quality paper used for the text pages in the publication.
There are several other unframed Gould hummingbird...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Notley Abbey in England Canvas Print by Simon Kozhin 70x90cm
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
PRODUCT DETAILS Notley Abbey in England canvas print by Simon Kozhin.
Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. The image gets printed onto ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
Pine Ridge (11 x 7.5 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San Francisco to Carmel and beyond. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
$112 Sale Price
20% Off
Nature Scene Art Reading travellers in Antalya’s forests Screenprint Figurative
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Dive into the fascinating world of art with this exceptional screen print by Engeln. In her artistic work, Engeln explores multifaceted themes inspired by travel observations that sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
La Vilaine, France
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Roger Hebbelinck (Belgian, born 1912)
Title: La Vilaine
Year: Circa 1965
Medium: Color etching with aquatint
Edition: Numbered 30/350 in p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Pine Ridge (24 x 16 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
A larger hand-printed version of the 7.5 x 11" photograph of the same name. Only 10 editions made. These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern Cali...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
ARLINGTON HOUSE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Victorian House Portrait, Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
ARLINGTON HOUSE is an original hand drawn limited edition lithograph by Merv Corning printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arc...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Steps on the Coast
Located in Toronto, ON
Image Size: 40" x 30" Unframed
Travel Proof Serigraph
Hand Signed by Howard Behrens
Category
1990s Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Fever Nut Plant "Ban Caretti": A 17th Century Engraving by Hendrik van Rheede
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 17th century engraving of a fever or bonduc nut plant entitled "Ban Caretti" by Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 20 from his 'Hortus Indi...
Category
Late 17th Century Naturalistic Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Cloudburst
By Louisa Chase
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Chase was born in Panama City, Panama. Seven years later, her family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She studied painting and sculpture at Syracuse University and at the Yal...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
SEVEN SISTERS ROAD Signed Lithograph, Rural Landscape, House, Green Hills, Sheep
By Jim Buckels
Located in Union City, NJ
SEVEN SISTERS ROAD is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the Iowa born artist Jim Buckels. SEVEN SISTERS ROAD presents a finely detailed fantasy rural landscape scene depicting a lone country road running through rolling green hills, a moonlit sky, friendly sheep and classic contemporary farmhouse with precise architectural details including a gray turret roof, veranda, arched window, light sage green siding with crisp white and light brick red trim. Verdant shades of grass greens, blue and peach twilight sky, taupe gray, Indian red, rusty orange, olive, viridian green, brown, white, gray and black create a peaceful, bucolic setting. SEVEN SISTERS ROAD is a beautifully detailed picturesque Iowa country landscape very pleasing to look at and enjoy!
Print size - 27." x 27" square image, no margins, impressive hand crafted original limited edition print, pencil signed by Jim Buckels
Edition size - 300, plus proofs
Year published - 1988
Printer - JK Fine Art Editions Co., NY
JIM BUCKELS Artist statement-
"On one level, I think of myself as a decorative artisan, or at best a scene painter. I don't mind this distinction, because many of my heroes never achieved much more. It's a modest but honorable aspiration. The artists who have influenced me are quite dissimilar and usually less prominent in the pantheon of art history: Canaletto, the Flemish scene painters, the Hudson River artists...
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 88), Dans l
Atelier de Picasso (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches à la forme savoir paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Dans l'Atelier de Picasso, 1957. Published by Fernan...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Prati Castel - Vintage Postcard - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Prati Castel - Vintage Postcard is a colored vintage postcard realized in the 1980s.
Copyright and information on the rear.
Good conditions, aged with foxing.
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Postcard
Site en Norvège - Etching by Carolus-Duran - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Site en Norvège is a black and white etching realized by Carolus-Duran (1837–1917) in 1870s.
Titled in the lower.
Image size: 28cmx17.5cm.
Very Good condition.
Realized by Cadart...
Category
1870s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Evening Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Light" 1993 is a large original color lithograph on Arches paper by noted California artist Clark Mitchell, b.1951. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 6/20 SI in pencil by the artist.The image size is 23.25 x 35 inches, sheet size is 29.25 x 40 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist.
Born In Denver, Colorado - January 19, 1951
Growing up in the shadow of the Rockies, Clark Mitchell very early discovered a love of the natural world. Given a set of fine old German pastels by his father when quite young, he quickly embraced the medium for its ease of handling, brilliance of color and portability.
He received a bachelor’s degree in art from Colorado College in the seventies and moved to San Francisco to continue his studies at the Academy of Art College. Through personal exploration as well as study with artists Albert Handell, Skip Whitcomb, Michael Lynch...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Houseleek Plant: A 19th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Sempervivum Smithii" (Hispid-Stemmed Tree Houseleek), plate 1980, published in London in 1818 in...
Category
1810s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Wildflowers
Butterflies" Color Lithograph Botanical Monarch Thistle Grass
Located in Austin, TX
Page size: 17.5 x 17 in.
Vintage Frame with gold leaf finish size: 24 x 26 in.
This intricately detailed lithograph depicts an vibrant floral scene against a warm, earthy backgroun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"Afternoon Seating, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 48"
Located in Westport, CT
This traditional coastal Limited Edition print by Daniel Pollera pictures three white Adirondack chairs, positioned in the grass overlooking a body of water. Several sailboats can be...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Maurice Robert Dey, Rainbow on the Hudson
Located in New York, NY
Biographical information on Maurice Robert Dey is hard to find. He was born on 1899 (or maybe 1900), in Switzerland. As an adult he lived and worked in Woodstock, the NY artists' c...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Linocut
Forest, 1977
By Ai Weiwei
Located in London, GB
Ai Weiwei “Forest (1977)”, 2024
Limited edition offset lithograph print
Edition of 200
Hand-signed by the artist
Published by Damocle Edizioni, Venice, 2024
Each edition comes with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Ashland Creek, by Stephen McMillan
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist.
Medium: etching and aquatint
Image size: 12 x 9 inches
Year: 2019
Fall colors in Lithia Park, Ashland OR
Born in Berkeley, California, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Lake Summit
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lake Summit" 1987 in an original color serigraph by American artist Virgil Trasher b.1943. It is hand signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist. The image size is 14 x 25 inches, sheet size is 22.5 x 27 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Virgil Thrasher...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Christmas Tree
Located in Greenwich, CT
Christmas Tree is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 2.25 x 2.25 inches, initialed 'FMB' lower right and annotated lower left, framed in a contemporary silver and dark gray ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
A 19th Century Curtis Hand-colored Engraving of a Flowering Clerodendrum Plant
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Clerodendrum Macrophyllum" (Broad-Leaved Clerodendrum), plate 2356, published in London in 1824 ...
Category
1820s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Flying Squirrels: An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand colored lithograph entitled "Severn River Flying Squirrel & Rocky Mountain Flying Squirrel", No. 29, P...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
BIRD IN HAND Signed Lithograph, Comical Landscape, Couple Walking, British Humor
By Beryl Cook
Located in Union City, NJ
BIRD IN HAND is a hand drawn, pencil signed limited edition lithograph by the well known and loved British artist and humorist, Beryl Cook. BIRD IN HAND is a lighthearted, comical la...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Road To Sault" Contemporary Impressionist Serigraph of Provence, France
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Road To Sault" is an beautiful 95 color hand pulled serigraph created from the oil painted on location in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary I...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Dark Forest (8.5 x 11 inch hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San Francisco to Carmel and beyond. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
$112 Sale Price
20% Off
Tropical Overlook, Barbican By Clare Halifax, Limited edition Botanical Print
Located in Deddington, GB
Clare Halifax
Tropical Overlook
Limited Edition 10 colour screen print
Edition of 100
Sheet Size: H 27cm x W 25cm x 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Hand printed by the artist onto somerset satin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Black-billed Cuckoo: An Original 1st Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
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 Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
