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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.

Gene Kloss - Sundown - etching and aquatint - rider at night in desolate western landscape - detail1 Sold
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Sundown

KLOSS, Gene

Aquatint, etching, and drypoint on Arches wove paper.Reference: Sanchez 517.Edition of 50.Compared to another version of this print, titled “Riders...

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Eugene Bejot - Notre-Dame de Paris de Nuit - At night - ephemera before letters - detail Sold
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Notre-Dame

BEJOT, Eugene

Aquatint printed in bluish-black ink on laid paper.Reference: BN-IFF 108. Unlikely edition of 50 in this state.  There were at least three states o...

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Nicholas PHILLIPS - Orrery - monochromatic aquatint - mezzotint - planets - detail1
$400

Orrery

PHILLIPS, Nicholas

Aquatint printed on thick wove paper.Edition of 100.Published by Georgetown Graphics Inc for the Print Collectors Club, Washington DC.Signed and nu...

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Gil Cowley - 5eme Arrondisment - December 1963 - intaglio - mixed media - detail
$350

5eme Arrondissement

COWLEY, Gil

Intaglio printed in black ink on wove paper, 1963.Stated edition of 25.Signed, titled, dated “12/63”, numbered and annotated “Paris” in pencil. May...

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Henri Guerard - Le Coup de Vent - detail Sold
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The Wind Gust

GUERARD, Henri

Le Coup de Vent (original French title) Etching and aquatint printed in brownish-black in on laid paper.Reference: Bertin 279.There was an early st...

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Guerard - Deux Martyrs - Honfleur - B317 - detail Sold
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Two Martyrs

GUERARD, Henri

Deux Martyrs (Honfleur) (original French title) Etching, aquatint, and burnisher on laid Arches paper.Ref: Bertin 188.  Only one known state.Signed...

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J Jay McVicker - Tropical Washday - Aquatint and etching on wove paper - 1946.
$750

Tropical Washday

McVICKER, J. Jay

Aquatint and etching on wove paper. Edition of 100.  Signed in pencil.

Dream of Worship
$700

Dream of Worship

VON ESSEN, Hein

Droom der Aanbidden (original Dutch title) Etching and aquatint printed on thick tan wove paper.Two states, one without the background of the sun’s...

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FELIX BUHOT L Hiver a Paris - La Neige a Paris - Winter in Paris - detail Sold
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Winter in Paris

BUHOT, Felix

L’Hiver à Paris or La Neige à Paris (original French titles) Etching, aquatint, scraper, and drypoint on laid paper.Reference: Bourcard & Goodf...

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Henri Delavallee - Angelique à Sa Porte - Angelique at Her Door - edition - detail
$800

Angelique at Her Door

DELAVALLEE, Henri

Angélique à Sa Porte (original French title) Soft-ground etching, etching, and aquatint on laid paper. Reference: Morane 15.We present two states o...

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