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Medium: Engraving
David Loggan: Canterbury Quad, St John s College, Oxford (1675 engraving)
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692) Canterbury Quad, St John's College, Oxford Engraving, 1675 32 x 51cm To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" ...
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17th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

David Loggan: Balliol College, Oxford (1675 engraving)
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692) Balliol College, Oxford Engraving, 1675 30 x 40cm To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click ...
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17th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

David Loggan: Jesus College, Oxford engraving
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692) Jesus College, Oxford Engraving, 1675 30 x 41cm To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this ...
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17th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Erotic Scene - Etching ad Drypoint by A. Doré -1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a fun and pleasant drypoint realized by the French painter, illustrator, and writer Amandine Doré around the mid-20th century. The state...
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1950s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

"East and West Look" engraving
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: engraving (after the painting). Printed on Holland-style wove paper, from the rare large size deluxe portfolio entitled "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England", ...
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Early 19th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Samuel and Nathaniel Buck - 1730 Engraving, View of St. Osyth s Priory
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed engraving with hand colouring by Samuel (1696-1779) and Nathaniel Buck (c.1695-c.1775) depicting St. Osyth's Priory in Essex. Signed within the plate. On laid.
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Early 18th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"Cockersand Abbey" from "Buck s Antiquities" /// British Old Master Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "Cockersand Abbey" (Plate 148) Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Venerable Remains of Above 400 Castles...
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1720s Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Cainus fratri necem molitur (Cain kills his brother), Plate I Battles from Old T
Located in Middletown, NY
Rome: Nicolas van Aelst, 1613. Engraving on cream laid paper with a foolscap watermark, 8 x 11 1/4 inches (203 x 282 mm), thread margins. Scattered expert repairs including minor pu...
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Early 17th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Sexual Encounter - Etching ad Drypoint by A. Doré - Late 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Sexual Encounter is a beautiful drypoint made by the French painter, illustrator, and writer Amandine Doré in the second half of the 20th century. The st...
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Late 20th Century Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

George Brookshaw (1751-1823), Pear Cluster, PL XLIX
Located in Bristol, CT
Print Sz: 11 1/2"H x 9 1/2"W Frame Sz: 19 1/4"H x 16 3/4"W Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown Plate XLIX George Brookshaw, also known as G. Brown, was a notable Englis...
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Early 1800s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

If you re too cool, you lose.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil Printer: Rebekah Wilhelm, Zygote Press, Cleveland Created at Zygote Press, Cleveland, 2015, while the artist was an Artist in Residence. Exhib...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

The Great Fire of London, 1666
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare early 19th century view of the Great Fire of London over Ludgate, enhanced with hand coloring. London: Robert Wilkinson, 1811. Copperplat...
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Early 19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

The Insane Clown by George Condo
Located in Dubai, Dubai
The Insane Clown By George Condo 2019 Hand-signed, numbered and dated Etching with drypoint on wove paper 57.2 x 50.8 cm Edition of 30
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Eared Grebe /// John James Audubon Ornithology Havell Edition Bird Animal Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) Title: "Eared Grebe" (Plate CCCCIV - 404; part No. 81) Portfolio: The Birds of America, Havell Edition Year: 1838 Medium: Original Ha...
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1830s Victorian Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint, Intaglio

David Loggan Hertford College Oxford Hart Hall engraving 1675 Aula Cervina
Located in London, GB
David Loggan (1634-1692) Hart Hall - now Hertford College - Oxford - Aula Cervina Engraving 28x39cm Loggan was born to English and Scottish parents, a...
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1670s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Cavalier et la mort (Knight and Death)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Cavalier et la mort (Knight and Death) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969. The edition 142/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Pu...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

La poire
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a three-plate color mezzotint. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.
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20th Century Art Deco Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Settling II Homage to the Mezzotint (Self Portrait of Artist with his Tools)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Francisco Souto has created his self portrait working on the plate of a mezzotint. This is impression #14 from an edition of only 23. Souto received a BFA from Herron School of Art ...
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Early 2000s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Points of Departure: Mary s Turn, by Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Peter Milton’s Mary’s Turn reimagines a scene where Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas engage in a game of billiards, reflecting their real-life friendship and rivalry. Cassatt leans forwa...
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching

Les Vieux (The Elders)
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely, dark impression with excellent provenance. Paris: Lemerre, 1880. Etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), spit bite, and roulette in black on cream laid paper with a deckle edge, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (170 x 112 mm), full margins. Fourth state (of 5). An illustration from Alphonse Daudet's, Lettres de mon moulin, Paris, 1880. In very good condition with some light uniform toning and two areas of paper tape at the top right and left corners on the verso (from a former mount). With the 1921 J.H. de Bois circular ink stamp in green ink in the lower right margin on the recto (Lugt L.733). [Bourcard 113]. A note regarding the provenance: J. H. de Bois was a well known late-19th century modern art...
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1880s French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint, Aquatint

The Bridge
Located in New York, NY
"The Bridge" is a drypoint by Frank Benson created in 1923. Printed in an edition of 150 this impression is signed in pencil, lower left. The image size is 13 1/2 x 10 5/8" (34.2 x 26.8 cm) and sheet size 16 1/2 x 13 1/16" (41.8 x 33.3 cm). FRANK W. BENSON (1862-1951) Frank Weston Benson, well known for his American impressionist paintings, also produced an incredible body of prints - etchings, drypoints, and a few lithographs. Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Benson, a natural outdoorsman, grew up sailing, fishing, and hunting. From a young age, he was fascinated with drawing and birding – this keen interest continued throughout his life. His first art instruction was with Otto Grundman at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then in 1883 in Paris at the Academie Julian where he studied the rigorous ‘ecole des beaux arts’ approach to drawing and painting for two years. During the early 1880’s Seymour Haden visited Boston giving a series of lectures on etching. This introduction to the European etching...
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1920s American Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Libertinia, from Imaginary Places
Located in London, GB
Relief, screenprint, etching, aquatint, lithograph and engraving in colours, 1995, on TGL handmade paper, signed, dated and numbered form the edition of 50 in pencil (there were als...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

Salvador Dalí­ -- The unicorn laser disintegrates the horns of cosmic rhinoceros
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Salvador Dalí­ The unicorn laser disintegrates the horns of cosmic rhinoceros from Conquest of the Cosmos II, 1975 Lithographic in colors with drypoint on BFK Rives. Hand signed lo...
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1970s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Lithograph

"La Nouvelle" Tulip Hand-Colored Engraving
By Christoph Jacob Trew
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle" is from Christoph Trew's Hortus Nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens Floribus ... Der das ganze Jahr hindurch im schönsten Flor stehende B...
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Mid-18th Century Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Sommeil - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. In this mezzotint, the sensual profile of a young nude woman is seen sleeping with ...
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1990s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Femmes poules (Hen Women)
Located in OPOLE, PL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Femmes poules (Hen Women) Drypoint etching with roulette from 1969. The edition 62/145. Dimensions of work: 38 x 28 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Pierr...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Small Horse by Albrecht Dürer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528 German The Small Horse Dated in the plate on upper center; monogrammed in the plate lower center: AD Meder state a Copperplate engraving on laid paper “W...
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16th Century Renaissance Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Engraving

Guardians of the Spire (Amiens Cathedral Number 2)
Located in Storrs, CT
Guardians of the Spire (Amiens Cathedral Number 2). 1921. Etching. Fletcher 102. 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 (sheet 8 7/8 x 13 3/4). Gargoyle Series #4. Edition 75. Illustrated: Dorothy Noyes Arms...
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1920s American Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

MUSEUM OF GENIUS AND WHIM from "After 50 Years of Surrealism"
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Signed and authenticated by Frank Hunter on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition: F EA on L...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Paper

Stone Bridge Landscape, Mid Century Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed hand colored landscape lithograph of a stone bridge in the countryside by French artist Albert Aristide Seguin. Signed illegibly in the lower right corner, matches other e...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Color Pencil, Drypoint, Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Le Cerf from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine - Signed Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
SALVADOR DALI Le Cerf se voyant dans l'eau from Le Bestiaire de la Fontaine 1974 Hand signed by Dali Edition: /250 The dimensions of the image are 22.8 x 15.7 inches on 31 x 23.2 in...
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1970s Surrealist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Vue du Chateau de Frasne, Franche Comté
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Charles Hullmandel, circa 1850. Lithograph with engraving on white wove paper, 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (250 x 190 mm), the full sheet. In good condition with some minor scattere...
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Mid-19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Lithograph

The Passing Gondola
Located in Storrs, CT
The Passing Gondola. c. 1926. Etching. Edition 80, #18. Hardie/Carter 230. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 13). Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1927. Printed on antique wove pap...
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1920s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Passing Gondola
The Passing Gondola
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"New Mackrel": An Engraving From the 18th Century Series The Cries of London
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a beautifully framed engraving, printed in colors with additional hand coloring, from the famous "Cries of London" series, depicting the lives and professions of the common p...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Two Handcrafted Foster Brothers Frames with Mezzotint by William Henderson
Located in New York, NY
Two Hand Crafted Foster Brothers Frames, Gilded, c. 1920 Wood and gold leaf 22 7/8 x 18 x 3/4 inches each Note: One frame contains a mezzotint by William Henderson. Established by S...
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1920s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Gold Leaf

John Knox House in Edinburgh
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Fine Art Trade Guild, c1900. Etching with drypoint on cream laid paper with a deckle edge 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (290 x 208 mm); sheet 15 x 11 5/8 inches (380 x 294 mm), full...
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Early 20th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Two naval images depicting 17th century warships
Located in Middletown, NY
French School 20th century Two naval images depicting 17th century warships flying various flags, including the Plantagenet Lions and St. George's Cross. (2) c1950. Two engravings w...
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20th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Engraving

Flight to Tomorrow — Mid-Century American Modernism — Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Minna Citron, 'Flight to Tomorrow', aquatint and engraving, edition unknown but small, 1948. Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'engr & aqua' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression with selectively wiped plate tone, on heavy cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (1 3/4 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 6 7/8 x 8 7/16 inches (175 x 214 mm); sheet size 11 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches (283 x 378 mm). Matted to museum standards, unframed. Literature: The Women of Atelier 17, Modernist Printmaking in MidCentury New York, Christina Weyl, Yale University Press, 2019, p. 186. Collections: Davis Museum (Wellesley), Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Harvard Art Museums, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Palmer Museum of Art (Penn State...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Aquatint

Son Abrines II
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Autor: Joan Miró Título: “Son Abrines II” Año: 1987 Técnica: Grabado H.C. Firma Estapillada Medidas: 91 x 70 cm. Enmarcado Catalogue raisonné Miró Engraver Vol.IV - Dupin 1303
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1980s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"Astonishing, Health and Sunshine" framed limited edition triptych by Jim Dine
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Astonishing, Health and Sunshine" triptych by artist Jim Dine. Three spitbite aquatint, drypoint and lithographs with additional hand coloring on Shiramibe paper mounted onto three ...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Aquatint, Lithograph

L orchidée
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a three-plate color mezzotint. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.
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Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Die Nixen (Mermaids), nudes, German antique engraving
By Virgilio Tojetti
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Die Nixen' (Mermaids) German wood-engraving, 1903. 230mm by 320mm (image) 280mm by 410mm (sheet)
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Early 20th Century Symbolist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Suite Catalana La Cometa
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Antoni Tàpies, 1972 “Suite Catalana La Cometa”. Aquatint engraving copy 33/100 Hand signed Catalogue Tàpies vol.I - Galfetti 307
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1970s Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
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1910s Modern Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

Dans La "Pusta"
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: L'Artiste, 1879. Etching with drypoint on cream laid paper, 9 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (248 x 115 mm), full margins. In good condition with some uniform age tone, light mat tone, an...
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Mid-19th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Laid Paper

Cuban Artist signed limited edition original art print silkscreen 19x27 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Felipe Alarcon (Cuba, 1966) 'Fantasía superpuesta II', 2005 digital print, silkscreen on paper 19.7 x 27.6 in. (50 x 70 cm.) Edition of 99 Unframed ID: ALA1741-002-106 Hand-signed by...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

embossed engraving
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: embossed engraving. Printed in 1897 and published in London for The Studio. Image size: 5 x 3 3/8 inches (130 x 85 mm). Sheet size: 11 x 7 5/8 inches (282 x 193 mm). This imp...
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1890s Art Nouveau Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Carriage engraving from the Encyclopedie ( Sellier Carossier )
By Denis Diderot
Located in New York, NY
Carriage engraving from the Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres. edited ...
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Late 18th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

HUDIBRAS with the Lawyer
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
William Hogarth was an English painter and engraver, the outstanding British artist of his period. During his childhood, his father, a schoolteacher, was imprisoned for debt, and th...
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1830s Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

HUDIBRAS with the Lawyer
HUDIBRAS with the Lawyer
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Man Holding Hat
Located in Middletown, NY
New York: Sylvan Cole, 1929. Etching on white wove Rives paper with an infinity watermark, 5 15/16 x 3 15/16 inches (151 x 100 mm); sheet 15 7/16 x 11 15/16 inches (392 x 303 mm), f...
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1920s American Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Aquatint

Golf Match on Blackheath, antique sport wood-engraving, 1870
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Wood-engraving. 1870. From the Illustrated London News of 26 March 1870 (text on the reverse). 275mm by 400mm (sheet)
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Rafols Casamada Little Blue original litograph abstract painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Blue- original litograph abstract limited edition painting Original graphic work by CASAMADA. Limited edition engraving. 50 copies Signed and numbered in pencil. framed RÀFOLS CASAM...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Flight over the manor house - Figurative Drypoint Print, Colorful, Polish Art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Colorful figurative drypoint print by Polish artist Czeslaw Tumielewicz. The print is signed, it comes from edition limited to 10. CZESLAW TUMIELEWICZ (b. 1942) In 1968, he studied ...
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Watercolor

Conceptual art photo engraving and screenprint 2005 27x33in hrs min kcal fat
Located in Miami, FL
Raul Cordero (Cuba, 1971) '32 hrs 53 min kcal: 783 fat: 35%', 2005 photo engraving and screenprint on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 26.8 x 33.3 in. (68 x 84.5...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Screen, Engraving, Aquatint

Portrait d’Homme Barbu Alphonse Hirsch - Etching by G. De Nittis -1875
Located in Roma, IT
Important and rare etching by G. De Nittis. Good condition with fine tonal contrasts. Slight foxing all over the sheet . 1st state - before the ink veiling. Edition unknown. "This d...
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1870s Impressionist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Paper, Drypoint

Carriage engraving from the Encyclopedie ( Sellier Carossier )
By Denis Diderot
Located in New York, NY
Carriage engraving from the Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, par une societe de gens de lettres. edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond ...
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Late 18th Century French School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

"Untitled" 2003 Original BAT (Bon a Tirer) Sugarlift Engraving Aquiatint Mexican
Located in Miami, FL
Sergio Hernandez (Mexico, 1957) Untilted, 2011 woodcut on paper 28.6 x 21.7 in. (72.5 x 55 cm.) Excellent condition, unframed Edition of 30 Ref: HER-107
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2010s Contemporary Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Sandy Shore with Foam, Nautical Cyanotype Print on Watercolor Paper, Beach Coast
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a Sandy Shore with Foam. Details: + Title: Sandy Shore with Foam + Edition Size: 100 + Stamped and Certificate of Aut...
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2010s Realist Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Marble

Fishermen resting by a riverbank
Located in Middletown, NY
Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm), the full sheet, full margins. In very good condition with some minor, light sta...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Église Saint Laurent
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris, Delpech. Lithograph with engraving on cream wove paper, 11 7/8 x 8 inches (299 x 203 mm), unevenly trimmed but full margins, the full sheet. In good condition with two paper ...
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Mid-19th Century English School Engraving Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Lithograph

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Art is a smart investment if the print-collecting bug has bitten you. But maybe you’re merely looking to bring art into your home — if so, engravings and other types of fine art prints can help enhance your space while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

An engraving is a print made by incising lines into a metal plate with a sharp tool called a burin. After the image is drawn, the plate is inked, wiped clean, and then firmly pressed to paper so the ink remaining in the incised grooves is transferred. Considerable force is required to mark the metal, so the lines made by engraving tend to be stronger than those made through etching, and characterized by gentle tapering. Light and shade have to be created through cross-hatching since the technique is line-based.

Albrecht Dürer, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and Francisco Goya are among the Old Masters admired for their engravings, but postwar and contemporary artists have made the most of the technique as well. 

Vija Celmins, for example, engraved wood to create her series of ocean surfaces, while Louise Bourgeois, who spoke about the symbolic power of engraving to convert aggression into something useful, revisited the medium throughout her long career. For Jasper Johns, recognized as one of the most innovative, masterful print artists of all time, printmaking was ideal for exploring the ideas of repetition, seriality, patterning, semiotics, order and symbolism that intrigued him. His crosshatch prints (and paintings, for that matter) are a wonderful reference to the engraving process but also a brilliant conceptual update of Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, which Johns subverted again and again.

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