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Une A Sienne - Etching by Leconte de Roujou - Late 19th Century
By Louis-Auguste Leconte de Roujou
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Etang de la Canau - Etching by Leo Drouyn - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Vanneux et Sarcelles - Etching by Félix Bracquemond - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Ruines du Chateau de Tancarville by Alfred-Luois Burnet Debaines - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
Category

1860s Symbolist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Village de Chanaz - Etching by Appian - 1860s
By Adolphe APPIAN
Located in Roma, IT
magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Coquelin Societaire de la Comedie Francaise - Etching by Alfred Taiée - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Une Auberge - Etching by Antoine Vollon - 1860s
By Antoine Vollon
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bords de l Oudon - Etching by Tancrède Abraham - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
Category

1860s Barbizon School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Rue St. Nicolas a Blois - Etching by Emile Louis Vernier - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Episode des Premieres Guerres - Etching by Auguste Feyen Perrin - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

L Ecurueil et la Mouche? - Etching by Jules-Fernand Jacquemartin - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Demolition Pour le Percement du Boulevard St.German by Maxime Lalanne - 1862
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Roma, IT
magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Berger et la Mer - Etching by Albert Brendel - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Salvator Rosa et les Brigands - Etching by François Chifflart - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Sous les Murs de Teheran - Etching by Jules Laurens - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Antique Engraving of a Japanese Lady, 1877
Located in Langweer, NL
originates from 'L'Eau Forte en 1877'. Artists and Engravers: Etching by Étienne-Prosper Berne
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Antique 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Marie Laurencin, The Round Dance, 1926
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Southampton, NY
album Dix filles dans un pre. Ballet imaginaire. Avec quatre gravures a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Marie Laurencin, Eight Girls in a Meadow, 1926
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Southampton, NY
imaginaire. Avec quatre gravures a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin (Ten Girls in a Meadow. Imaginary Ballet
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Marie Laurencin, Young Girl with the Black Ribbon, 1926
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Southampton, NY
a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin (Ten Girls in a Meadow. Imaginary Ballet. With Four Original
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Marie Laurencin, Three Young Girls Playing with a Bow, 1926
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Southampton, NY
quatre gravures a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin (Ten Girls in a Meadow. Imaginary Ballet. With Four
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1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Un Rocher dans les Communaux de Rix - Etching by Appian - 1860s
By Adolphe APPIAN
Located in Roma, IT
. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

La Societe Des Aqua Fortistes - Frontispiece - Etching by Alfred Cadart - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Painter-Etchers were born respectively in 1870 and 1880. In Paris, in 1873, the magazine Paris à l'eau
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1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Les Gitanos - Etching by Edouard Manet - 1862
By Édouard Manet
Located in Roma, IT
magazine Paris à l'eau-forte was founded.
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1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Flamenco Dancers - Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
l'eau forte and then at the Cadart printing house. In 1879 and 1889 he participated in the Impressionist
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Late 18th Century French Print "Temple Herastyle Périptère de Pestum"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 18th century print "Temple Herastyle Périptère de Pestum", French. No 381, G.G., Gravé à L'eau
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Antique Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Prints

Materials

Paper

Portraits - Original Ink Drawings on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
moved to Paris in 1860. Between 1873 and 1876 he made many engravings for the magazine Paris à l'eau
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Snake Tail - Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
engravings for the magazine Paris à l'eau forte and then at the Cadart printing house. In 1879 and 1889 he
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Woman - Original Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
for the magazine Paris à l'eau forte and then at the Cadart printing house. In 1879 and 1889 he
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

The Magician - Ink Drawing on Paper by H. Somm - Late 19th Century
By Henry Somm
Located in Roma, IT
Paris in 1860. Between 1873 and 1876 he made many engravings for the magazine Paris à l'eau forte and
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Sortie de Theatre a Londres
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
, third state (of 3). Published for La Societe des amis de l’eau-forte, with the blindstamp with the
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1910s Naturalistic Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint

The Little Trellis - Etching by Jacques Callot - Mid-17th Century
By Jacques Callot
Located in Roma, IT
Inscribed below image: La dernière planche gravée par defunt Callot, à laquelle l’eau forte n’a esté donnée
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1660s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Cusset (Environs de Vichy) - Etching by Maxime Lalanne - 1864 ca.
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Roma, IT
during the Second Empire. His treatise Traité de la gravure à l’eau-forte (1866) became a cornerstone for
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Chacun Son Tour – Humorous Hand-Colored Etching by Boris O’Klein, ca. 1930s
Located in Langweer, NL
“Copyright by O’Klein, Chamarande (S.&O.)” and “Eau forte originale.” The composition humorously depicts a
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Vintage 1930s French Prints

Materials

Paper

20th Century French Signed Belle Epoque Lithograph
By Jean-Louis Boussingault
Located in Roma, IT
artiste peintre, graveur et illustrateur français. Il a pratiqué la pointe sèche, l'eau-forte et la
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Connais-tu le Pays (Primavera) apres J. Rolshoven (Do you Know the Country)
By Theophile Narcisse Chauvel
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the Barbizon school. From 1874-1875, he worked for the annual album L'Eau forte and the magazine L'Art
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1880s Barbizon School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

L Ouvrier (The Worker) Playing Boules by Eugène Henri Millet, Published in 1873
Located in Langweer, NL
*L'Illustration Nouvelle par une Société de Peintres-Graveurs à l'Eau-Forte* in its fifth year, Volume V, on
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Antique 1870s Prints

Materials

Paper

Shere Mill Pond
By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.
Located in Missouri, MO
(sheet 10 3/4 x 16 3/8). This state is prior to publication in Études à l'Eau-Forte. Illustrated
Category

Late 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Des Ongles et Du Bec (abstract female portrait)
By Georges Rouault
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
framed Techniques Eau-forte et aquatinte sur papier vélin d'Arches Edition of 450 prints, belonging
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Scissors. 1995. Paper, etching. 41.5x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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1990s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Nostalgia. 1995. Paper, etching, 41x36 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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1990s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Porioheresis. 2004. Paper, etching, 49.5x51.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
Category

Early 2000s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Change. Paper, etching, 39.5x59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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Early 2000s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Green frame. Paper, etching, aquatint, 43x42 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
Category

1990s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

XXX Paper, etching, 50x52 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
Category

1990s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Flowers 1999, Paper, monotype
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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1990s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Origin Paper, etching, 42x36 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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2010s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Reservoir 2006, 8/50, paper, etching, 49.5x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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Early 2000s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Still life with flounder
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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Early 2000s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Carousel 2001, 4/50, paper, etching, 6.5x6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
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Early 2000s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Dinner 1988, paper, etching, 9x14 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
Category

2010s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Diffusion 2010, 13/50, A/P
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
Category

2010s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Renée Mauperin by the Goncourt Bros., Original Tissot Etching, Signed
Located in Middletown, NY
ornée de dix composition à l'eau-forte par James TISSOT. Paris: Charpentier, 1884. Limited Edition
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Antique Late 19th Century French Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Song. 1984, Paper, etching, 38x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gallery, Chikago, ASV 2004 – Graphic, Gallery BAS, Naperville, ASV 2003 – Nele Zirnite: Gravure a l’eau
Category

1980s Symbolist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Etching

Eugene Leroy Abstract Composition, French Artist Proof Titled "Sleep"
By Eugène Leroy
Located in Miami, FL
Eugene Leroy abstract composition or original artist proof, eau forte or etching. This intriguing
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Wood, Paper

Wareham Bridge
By Seymour Haden
Located in Missouri, MO
. Other books by Haden not already mentioned are: • Etudes a l'eau forte (Paris, 1865
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1870s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Couverture pour Douze Lithographies en Couleurs, ou Passage et Interieurs
By Edouard Vuillard
Located in Fairlawn, OH
inspired by Philippe Burty's 1875 book L'Eau-forte , the preface of which itself is entitled La Belle
Category

1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Concetto Spaziale - Lithograph by Lucio Fontana - 1962
By Lucio Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
dans l'eau: Lucio Fontana: 'Dix eaux-fortes' containing 10 etchings aquatint (two in colour), each
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

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Find the exact eau forte you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. You can easily find an example made in the Modern style, while we also have 2 Modern versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a eau forte from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a eau forte to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, beige, gray and more. There have been many interesting eau forte examples over the years, but those made by Pierre Soulages, Pablo Picasso, Corneille and James Abbott McNeill Whistler are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in etching, paper and lithograph, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Eau Forte?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a eau forte in our inventory may begin at $697 and can go as high as $44,124, while the average can fetch as much as $11,446.

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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.

Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.

Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.

Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

“It’s another tool in the artist’s toolbox, just like painting or sculpture or anything else that an artist uses in the service of mark making or expressing him- or herself,” says International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) vice president Betsy Senior, of New York’s Betsy Senior Fine Art, Inc.

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For tight corners, select small fine art prints as opposed to the oversized bold piece you’ll hang as a focal point in the dining area. But be careful not to choose something that is too big for your space. And feel free to lean into it if need be — not every work needs picture-hanging hooks. Leaning a larger fine art print against the wall behind a bookcase can add a stylish installation-type dynamic to your living room. (Read more about how to arrange wall art here.)

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