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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Le Jardin Francais or Elegante a la Crinoline Rouge (original French titles) Color etching and aquatint printed on wove paper. Ref: not in BN-IFF. ...
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Color etching and aquatint. Signed and numbered "48/100" in pencil.
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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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Etching and aquatint printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate Bright White wove paper.Edition of 120, published by the Madison Print Club.There were a fur...
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Lieu de Rencontre – St Maximin (original French title) Color etching and aquatint on BFK Rives wove paper.Edition of 50.Signed, titled, numbered an...
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Le Chef d’Oeuvre (original French title) Drypoint, aquatint and roulette printed in four colors, à la poupée (yet from two registered plates) on wo...
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Grenouilles (original French title) Color aquatint on chine paper, 1894.References: Stein and Karshan 36; Boyer and Cate 36.Artist’s proof aside fr...
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La Ferme de la Bendelière (original French title) Etching and aquatint on wove paper.Reference: Ginestet & Pouillon E 138.Edition of 50.Signed ...
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Color aquatint, spitbite (?) and drypoint on wove paper.Printed to the sheet edge, as usual.Edition of 70.Published by Galerie Antarès, Paris, with...
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Luz Do Dia (original Portugese title) Embossed color aquatint and drypoint on wove paper.Printed to the sheet edge, as usual.Edition of 70.Publishe...
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Color aquatint and soft ground etching on Arches wove paper, 1963.This is likely printed using the Atelier 17 method of simultaneous color printing...
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Aquatint, burnisher and drypoint on wove paper, c. 1925.Artist’s proof, aside from an unknown edition; if one was actually printed, which is doubtf...
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Les Voisins de Campagne (original French title) Etching, drypoint and aquatint on wove paper, circa 1878-80.Reference: Bourcard & Goodfriend 14...
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Retour de la Pêche, la Nuit (original French title) Etching and aquatint on laid paper, 1890.Reference: Morane 16.From the edition stated at 50, bu...
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Aquatint and soft-ground etching printed in simultaneous color printing (color viscosity) on Arches wove paper.Proof impression, aside from the edi...
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Quatre Iles (original French title)Embossed color aquatint and linear scuffing on wove paper.Printed to the sheet edge, as usual.Trial proof, aside...
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Buse Prise au Piège (original French title) Aquatint and etching printed in color on wove paper.Edition unknown, but apparently not very large.Like...
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Color aquatint on laid paper, mounted on japon, circa 1902.Edition unknown, but certainly small, if any was issued at all. We have never encountere...
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Profil de Nuit (descriptive French title) Etching and aquatint printed in brownish-black ink on tan wove paper, n.d.Edition unknown, but likely ver...
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La Messe en Bretagne (descriptive French title) Aquatint, etching, roulette & drypoint printed in color on Arches laid paper, circa 1900.Refere...
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Gondel met Opbouw in het Canale Grande, Venetië (original Dutch title) Etching and aquatint on simili-Japan wove paper.References: De Groot 181; Bo...
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Aquatint on chine-collé, highlighted with red ink.Reference: BN-IFF 26.Trial proof, richly inked and dramatically enhanced with red ink. Far more ...
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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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La Coulée (original French title) Color aquatint and etching on laid paper.Ref: not in BN-IFF.Edition of 50, but like all of this artist’s prints, ...
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