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The Barge
BOUTET DE MONVEL, Bernard
La Chaland (original French title) Aquatint and soft-ground etching. Also titled "La Peniche". Printed in color on laid paper. Refs: Addade pg. 4...
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Aquatint: a painterly intaglio technique
While printmakers have always wanted to present some shading or grayscale in their work, until the discovery of aquatint in the 17th century, doing so was technically very challenging. And with a few notable exceptions, such as in the etchings of Francisco Goya, aquatint, this most painterly of intaglio techniques, remained unpracticed by most printmakers. Aquatint started to gain popularity in the latter part of the 19th century, likely as etching was being rediscovered by Impressionists. These artists were often eager to replicate in their prints the atmospheric qualities found in their paintings. Aquatint, with its granular texture, lends itself to effects that offer an endless range of shading, both in black and white and in color. Because it was practiced so masterfully by artists of the Modern Era, we here at Armstrong Fine Art are true “suckers” for a finely crafted aquatint. Here are a few we have, or have had in the past.
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Un Portrait (Self-Portrait)
BOUTET DE MONVEL, Bernard
Color aquatint and etching. Ref: BN-IFF 2-5. Edition of 60. Signed, titled, annotated "tire a 60 - 6" and dedicated "a Georges Lepape. son ami" in ...
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Venice Laguna at Sunset
MEUNIER, Henri
Coucher de Soleil sur la Lagune de Venise (descriptive French title) Color aquatint on wove paper, n.d.Edition of 50.Signed and numbered “tir à 50 ...
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$750
The Baptism in Treboul
OSTERLIND, Allan
Le Baptême à Tréboul (original French title) Color aquatint and etching on Arches wove paper.Edition unknown, but like most of the artist’s work s...
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Pointer Dogs
TAQUOY, Maurice
Chiens d’Arrêt (original French title) Aquatint and soft-ground etching printed in color on wove paper.Likely an edition of 50.The dogs depicted ar...
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An Evening from Antiquity
LORRAIN, Rene
After Alphonse OSBERT (1857 – 1939)Etched by René LORRAIN (1873 – after 1939) Soir Antique (original French title) Color aquatint on thick Arches ...
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Western Isle II
FAIRCLOUGH, Michael
Color aquatint on wove paper, 1982.Edition of 100.Published by Georgetown Graphics Inc for the Print Collectors Club, Washington DC.Signed and numb...
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The Pond
HOUDARD, Charles
L’Etang (original French title) Color aquatint with touches of etching or drypoint on wove “SPECIAL MBM” paper.Reference: Bibliotheque Nationale - ...
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Old Woman
CHAHINE, Edgar
Vieille Femme (original French title)Drypoint, etching, and aquatint on laid paper.Reference: Tabanelli 43. From the total edition of 40 in the sec...
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A Christmas Tale
LANGASKENS, Maurice
Un Conte de Noël (original French title) Color etching and aquatint on wove paper, no date. An artist’s proof. Edition unknown. Cautiously a man le...
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$400
Lord Have mercy
CHAPRONT, Henry
Seigneur Prenez Pitié… (original French title) Aquatint printed in blue and warm-gray inks on wove BFK Rives paper, circa 1918. This plate was poss...
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The Alsace
CHAPRONT, Henry
L’Alsace… (original French title) Aquatint printed in blue ink, with a touch of red in the cockade on simili-Japan paper, April 1916. One of 8 impr...
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$500
Returning from Fishing at Night
DELAVALLEE, Henri
Retour de Pêche la Nuit (original French title) Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Reference: Morane 16.Annotated as a fourth state. As Morane com...
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$500
Displacement
KIHARA, Yasuyuki
Déplacement (original French title) Aquatint printed black ink on BFK Rives wove paper, with a silver background tint, 1975. Edition of 100. Publis...
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St. Chapelle, Paris
SIMON, Tavik Frantisek
Aquatint and soft-ground etching printed in color on simili-Japan wove paper.Reference: Novák 177. Edition of 100.Signed in pencil.
$650
A Beggar
CHAHINE, Edgar
Un Gueux (original French title) Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Reference: Tabanelli 10. On impression in black ink only. Impressions in color...
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The Woman with the Rocking Chair
JEANNIOT, Pierre-Georges
La Femme au Rocking-Chair (original French title) Color aquatint, soft-ground, and etching on laid paper, 1900. Reference: Cate & Grivel 101, F...
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$700
Dans le Jardin
ROBBE, Manuel
Color aquatint on laid paper, circa 1907. Reference: Merrill Chase 27. Likely an edition of 100. Signed in crayon on the image, and numbered below ...
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