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Medium: Etching
Landscape - Original Etching by Paulette Humbert - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original etching on paper realized by Paulette Humbert. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered, edition of 8/25 prints. on the lower left in pencil. The...
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20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Late Night (Where Berkeley Place meets Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn s Park Slope)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Late Night", Frederick Mershimer created a winter scene where Berkeley Place meets Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope. This image, the seventh in t...
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1990s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

Low Country (South Carolina)
Located in Middletown, NY
An enchanting Southern landscape by the mother of the Charleston Renaissance. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, and educated under the tutelage of Thomas Anshutz at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, O'Neill Verner was a teacher, a mother, an artist, an ardent preservationist, and a skilled autodidact. Having previously focused on painting, in the early 1920s she found herself deeply moved by printmaking as a media, and especially so by the simple, peaceful themes and tableaus she discovered in Japanese art. She embarked on a effort to teach herself Japanese printmaking techniques, and in the process, produced the charming images of every day life in Charleston and its environs that earned her recognition as a cultural icon in her day, and in more modern times, as the mother of the Charleston Renaissance, which flourished well into the 1930s. In 1923 she opened a studio in Charleston where she focused on documenting the local color and the architecture and landscape that distinguishes Charleston as one of the South's most beautiful cities, all the while applying the gentle and poetic thematic sensibilities of Japanese printmaking. O'Neill Verner soon found herself in high demand when municipalities and institutions throughout the country sought commissions from her to document the beauty of their grounds and historic buildings. She worked as far north as the campuses of Harvard and Princeton, and extensively across the South, including in Savannah, Georgia, where through sweeping commissions she was able to marry her love of southern preservation and art. O'Neill Verner was a lifelong learner, and continued a path of edification that led her to study etching at the Central School of Art in London, to travel extensively through Europe, and to visit Japan in 1937, where she studied sumi (brush and ink) painting. She was a founding member of the Charleston Etchers Club, and the Southern States Art League. Her works are represented in the permanent collections of leading museums across the American south, and in major national institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston's Museum of Fine Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. O'Neil Verner...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Surrealist Figurative Aquatint Etching California Modernist Sculptor Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Zajac, American, born 1929 1964 Etching and aquatint hand printed on Fabriano paper, pencil signed and editioned. Edition Roman Numeral III Image: 12 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (31.9 x 2...
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1960s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Archway - Etching - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Archway is a print artwork realized by Jean-Charles Renaud  (Brest 1891 - before 1958 Paris) in the early 20th century Etching on paper Good conditions and aged.
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Early 20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Brenva Glacier - Etching by Federica Galli - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized in 1989. Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered. Edition of 90. Very good condition.
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1980s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Feuille d etudes Techniques: Neuf Tetes
Located in New York, NY
Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 1934. With Picasso's ink stamped signature lower right, and numbered 29/50 in pencil lower left. Image 12.25 x 8.75 inches, full sheet 19.5 x 13...
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1930s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

THREE S A CROWD
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARGUERITE KIRMSE (English/American 1885-1954) THREE’S A CROWD, c 1930 Etching, signed and titled in pencil. Plate 6 3/8 x 9 ¾ inches. Full sheet with edges on all sides. Sheet 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches. In good condition, save for old tape on sheet edges verso, showing through to recto. A hint of a mat line below the signature Kirmse is considered to be one of the most important etchers of Dogs. Sheet with even white tone - photos show oblique shadows From Wikipedia: Marguerite first trained as a harpist at the Royal Academy of Music but spent much of her spare time drawing animals. She went to the United States in 1910 on holiday with friends but stayed there.[4] She was not successful in advancing her musical career and focused her attention increasingly on her animal drawing, which she developed by frequent sketching trips to the Bronx Zoo.[5] In 1921 she started producing etchings of dogs...
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1930s American Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Three Sisters With a Cat - Original Etching Hand Signed Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Léonor FINI (1907-1996) Three sisters with a cat Original etching, 1973 Hand signed in pencil Numbered /275 copies On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in) Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Seine, berceau de Paris" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...
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1930s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

17th century etching Rembrandt biblical scene crucifixion figures
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Rembrandt's print 'Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves: an oval plate' is one of the most captivating of the artist's oeuvre. Etched to an oval rather than a rectangular plate and t...
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1640s Dutch School Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching, Printer s Ink, Drypoint

SLM I, single line etching of male nude by Fernando Reyes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Male nude etching, from a series of 6 male and 6 female images. In January 2018, the Mexican Museum in San Francisco mounted an exhibition An Artist’s Evolution, a retrospective which has elevated Fernando’s exposure in the SF Bay Area...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Cocu Magnifique - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Le Cocu Magnifique is an original Contemporary artwork realized by Pablo Picasso in 1968. Original Etching Specimen on BFK Rives. Edition of 180 prints. Numbered in pencil on the ...
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1960s Cubist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Conductor of the serene rhythm of landscape - 21st Century, Contemporary Etching
Located in Warsaw, PL
JERZY DMITRUK (born in 1960) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Paintings and Graphics. Dmitruk graduated in 1986 from the atelier of professor Juliusz Joniak a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Female Figure Sleeping
Located in Roma, IT
Black and white etching. Hand signed and dated by the artist on lower right margin. Original title: "Figura Femminile Dormiente". Very good conditionsexcept lightly browned paper on ...
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1920s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Locomotives Watering — Ashcan School Social Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Reginald Marsh, 'Erie R.R. Locos Watering (Locomotives Watering)', etching, 1934, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 155. Unsigned as published; numbered '68/100' in pencil. A su...
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1930s Ashcan School Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Banquet (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
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1930s Cubist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition - Etching by I. Celnikier - Late 20th Century
By Isaac Celnikier
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a beautiful etching aquatint and drypoint on paper, realized by the artist Isaac Celnikier. Titled, numbered and signed in pencil on the lower margin. Edition of 40 ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Nu à l éventail - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
This wonderful original etching with drypoint  was realized by Marc Chagall  in 1924. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It's an artist pro...
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1920s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Le Lac" etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching. Etched by Felix Bracquemond after Corot. This impression on chine-collé paper was printed in Paris by Taneur and published as plate 27 for the Les chefs-d’œuvre port...
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1860s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Pomme d Amour" Mid-Century Modern Aquatint Floral Original by Anne Walker
By Anne Walker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pomme d' Amour" Mid-Century Modern Aquatint embossed Floral "Sept Tomate Original by Anne Walker Mid-Century Modern Aquatint of the Pomme d’amour or ‘Love Apple’ by Anne Walker (Be...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Etching Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Aquatint, Woodcut

Antoni Tàpies print, "Blanc central," 1982, Spain
Located in Vicenza, VI
Antoni Tàpies is considered one of the most significant Spanish artists of the 20th century and a leading exponent of European informal art. His work combines matter, signs and symbo...
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1980s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint

Taos Artist Gene Kloss Original Etching. Indian Summer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original Etching by famous Taos Artist Gene Kloss (1903-1996). Full Margins. Edition of 75. Titled: Indian Summer. Image measures: 7 3/4" H x 11 1/8" W. Unframed. Archivally matted. ...
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Mid-20th Century Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Les bouquinistes, with Notre Dame de Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les bouquinistes, with Notre Dame de Paris" c.1930 is a color etching on wove paper by noted Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in penc...
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Early 20th Century Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Street with Church
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Street with Church" c.1925 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower center. The p...
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Early 20th Century Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Pablo Picasso Estate Hand Signed Lithograph "Femme dans un fauteuil "
Located in Surfside, FL
Pablo Picasso (after) "Femme dans un fauteuil" limited edition print on Arches paper, Hand signed by Marina Picasso lower right and numbered 31/500 lower left From the estate of Pab...
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20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Venus Lamenting over the Death of Adonis
Located in Middletown, NY
c. 1654. Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified watermark with a sundial and a many-pointed star, and an unidentified collector's stamp in the...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Iris (5)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Baskin, 'Iris ( 5 )', etching, 1988, artist proof before the edition of 10, outside the book edition. Signed and annotated 'proof' in pencil. A fine impression, with expertly...
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1980s Impressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Branches Blue, Limited edition print, Landscape, Tree, Nature art
Located in Deddington, GB
This print is part of a small series of works to investigate the use of layering, colour blends and texture in screen print to elicit an ethereal, eerie and potentially dizzying sens...
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2010s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

The Boy Hidden in a Fish, 1969 - David Hockney Print, Edition of 400
Located in Kingsclere, GB
David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, photographer, designer and dog-lover. Perhaps the most popular and versatile British artist of the 20th century, Hockney made appa...
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1960s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Breakfast - Pop Art, Post War, Color Etching, 1995
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Breakfast” is a colored etching and drypoint by American artist, Wayne Thiebaud from 1995. The work is edition 22/50 and is signed lower right, "Thiebaud 1995” Wayne Thiebaud's Bre...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) - La cogida y la muerte - Drypoint, etching - 1973
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1973. Limited edition of 400 copies, numbered 352/400 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right margin. Pa...
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1970s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Rathaus in Vienna
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Rathaus in Vienna" c. 1960 is an original color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The plate mark...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Richard Beer (1928-2017) - 20th Century Etching, Two Churches
Located in Corsham, GB
An original 20th century etching by artist Richard Beer, signed and titled in graphite below the plate lines. On paper laid to card.
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20th Century Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Composition - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original etching realized by Leo Guida in 1970s. Good condition. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35). Not signed and not dated. Leo Guida (1992 - ...
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1970s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Im Herbststurm - Etching by Fritz Schwimbeck - 1918
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Fritz Schwimbeck in 1918. Edition of 125 realized in Munich on mulberry paper. Hand signed in pencil.
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1910s Symbolist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

La Chevre-Feuille Suite, Suite of Surrealist Etchings by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - La Chevre-Feuille Suite, Year: 1943, Medium: Suite of 18 Color Etchings, with cover sheet, Image Size: 10.5 x 8.25 inches, Size: 11 x 9 in. (2...
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1940s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Cirque Chinois
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Le Cirque Chinois MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: 166/175 MEASUREMENTS: 26.25" x 21" YEAR: 1965 FRAMED: No CONDITION: Excel...
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1960s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Le Peintre et Son Modèle - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed and numbered. Edition of 22/150 pieces. Full margins. Edition Circle d'Art, Paris; Printed by Crommelynck, Paris. Ref. Bloch 1139. Excellent condition.
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1960s Cubist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Wakoia, Abstract Monotype Etching with Aquatint by Arthur Gibbons
Located in Long Island City, NY
Arthur Gibbons, American (1947 - ) - Wakoia, Year: 1982, Medium: Monotype Etching with Aquatint, signed, titled and dated in pencil, Image Size: 31.5 x 23.25 inches, Size: 39.5 x...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Monotype

Metamorfosi , Geometric Abstract, Berkeley, Rome, Native American, Navajo, Hopi
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'D. Hansen' for Diana Hansen (American, born 1942) and dated February, 1977; titled, lower left, 'Metamorfosi', with number and limita...
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1970s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

VEDUTA DEGLI AVANZI De’MAUSOLEI E DELLE FABBRICHE…...
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI (Italian 1720-1778) VEDUTA DEGLI AVANZI De’MAUSOLEI E DELLE FABBRICHE…c 1756 (Hind 83; Focillon 20.A.293; Giesecke 116; Wilton-E...
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1750s Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Etching from Le Satyricon
Located in Surfside, FL
This lot is for one etching. --- Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1895 Derain began to study on his own, contrary to claims that mee...
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20th Century Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Bible : Joshua and the stone of Sichem, 1939 - Original Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1958) Bible : Joshua and the stone of Sichem (Josué et la pierre de Sichem), 1939 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Montval vellum, 44 x 33.5 cm ...
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1930s Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Sex Theme - Etching by Charkes Laborde - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching hand colored by Chas Laborde, realized to illustrate "Les Chansons Erotiqies" by Pierre-Jean Beranger. Realized in the early 20th Century. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Sujets divers, Abstract Etching by Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Long Island City, NY
Johnny Friedlaender, German (1912 - 1992) - Sujets divers, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed in pencil, Image Size: 6 x 4.5 inches, Size: 10.5 x 10 in. (26.67 ...
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1960s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

The Windmill by François Vivares, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 7/8 inches (202 x 149 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Adhered at each corner to a small sheet of archival laid paper. Horizontal edge loss at the ...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Etching Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

Old Cedars – Early New Mexico Landscape, Southwest Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Elbert Burr, 'Old Cedars – New Mexico', etching, 1920, edition 40, Seeber 218. Signed and annotated '(c) George Elbert Burr Del. et Imp.' in pencil. ...
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1920s Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Cortland Street
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching with drypoint on antique handmade laid Japon paper, 12 7/8 x 7 1/2 (327 x 191 mm); sheet 15 5/16 x 10 7/16 (389 x 265 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower margin....
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Early 20th Century American Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Fantomes Le Soupirant
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Fantoms Le Soupirant MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Editions Argillet, Paris EDITION NUMBER: 51/100 MEASUREMENTS: 14.9" x 11" YEA...
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1960s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Shakespeare II Timon of Athens
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Shakespeare II Timon of Athens MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed PUBLISHER: Transworld Art/Loinel Praeger/Berggruen EDITION NUMBER: 155/250 MEAS...
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1970s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Madeleine Dietz, German engraving photo 45x83in aquatint abstract conceptual
Located in Miami, FL
"Madeleine Dietz (Germany, 1953) 'Untitled', 2004 etching, aquatint on paper Velin Arches 300 g. 44.9 x 82.5 in. (114 x 209.5 cm.) Edition of 9 ID: DIE-302"
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Early 2000s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint, Screen

Goat - Etching by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berghem - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on laid paper, depicting a finely observed study of a goat’s head shown in three-quarter profile. The animal’s curved horns, alert eye, and textured beard are rendered with e...
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17th Century Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Line Drawing No.1
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Line Drawing No.1 1996 Etching Editions available: 10/16, 14/16, 16/16 signed by George Dannatt Image measures: 12.5 x 16.5 cm Unframed George Dannatt’s...
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1990s Abstract Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

CONRAD MARCA-RELLI Limited ed. Etching Aquatint American Modern, Contemporary
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Composition XII Date of creation: 1977 Medium: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper Edition number: 46/75 Size: 56 x 76 cm Observations: Etching and aquatint on Gvarro paper hand sig...
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1970s Modern Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Black Spaniel with Rabbit original signed etching by Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Black spaniel with Rabbit is an original signed etching by Leon Danchin with a very faint water stain on lower right side background that can be seen in the photo section. My ph...
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1930s Realist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Embarcadero" (Pier) 2003 hand signed engraving aquatint limited edition print
Located in Miami, FL
Alexis Kcho Leiva (Cuba, 1970) "Embarcadero" (Pier), 2003 engraving on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g. 28.8 x 21.3 in. (73 x 54 cm.) Edition of 50 Ref: KCH-110
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Early 2000s Contemporary Etching Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint, Engraving, Ink

Conquest of Cosmos The Blood of The Ying and Yang
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: Conquest of Cosmos The Blood of The Ying and Yang MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed by Salvador Dali EDITION NUMBER: EA MEASUREMENTS: 27.5" x 38.5...
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1970s Surrealist Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Bob Stanley - Tree Branches, Etching on wove paper with deckled edges, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Bob Stanley Branches, 1976 Etching on wove paper with full margins and deckled edges 31 1/2 × 22 1/2 inches Pencil signed, dated and numbered from the limited edition of 65, with Chi...
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1970s Pop Art Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

A Morning in May — Ashcan School Social Realism, New York City
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Reginald Marsh, 'A Morning in May', etching, 1936, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 169. Unsigned as published; numbered '89/100' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, ...
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1930s Ashcan School Etching Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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Has the art-collecting bug bitten you? If not, maybe you’re merely looking to warm your space with art. Etchings and other types of fine art prints can help add interest to any room in your home while supporting your effort to tie an interior design together.

First invented in the 1500s, etching is a way of incising lines in a metal plate by first drawing on an acid-resistant coating, or ground, to reveal the metal beneath. The plate is then submerged in acid, which “bites” the lines into the metal plate. The ground is then removed and the plate inked for pressing. Etched lines tend to reveal the movement of the artist’s hand more than a technique like engraving, since the image is created on a softer ground.

“People often ask me what types of prints they should collect — etchings or woodcuts or linocuts or silkscreens or lithographs or whatever,” explains Ryan Cross, associate director of Boston’s Barbara Krakow Gallery. “But it’s really more how the artist used those processes and what he or she was trying to express through the medium.”

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