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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.

Barbara Neustadt - Odysseus Perils - Aquatint soft ground etching abstract green - detail Sold
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Odysseus' Perils

NEUSTADT, Barbara

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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David Smith-Harrison - Royal Palm with Turkish Design - etching
$900

Royal Palm with Turkish Design

SMITH-HARRISON, David

Etching and aquatint printed in color on wove paper.Edition of 135.Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.

Yasuyuki KIHARA - Displacement - Déplacement - Aquatint printed black ink - 1975 - detail
$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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Richard Ranft - Promenade Matinale - ombrelle - Belgian Malinois - white cross on chest - malinois noir - detail 1 Sold
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Morning Walk

RANFT, Richard

Promenade Matinale (original French title) Etching and aquatint printed in color on wove paper, circa 1900.Edition of 50. This print has become qui...

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Dans le Jardin
$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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Jacques VILLON - Le Potin - The Gossip - Aquatint and drypoint - 1904 - detail
$2,400

The Gossip

VILLON, Jacques

Le Potin (original French title) Aquatint and drypoint on wove paper. Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon 96. Undescribed state proof, between the firs...

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