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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Londres (d'apres Maximilien Luce) (original French title) Color aquatint printed on wove paper.Reference: Ginestet & Pouillon E663.Published by...
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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. Refs: DC 366; BN-IFF 5. Monogrammed in the plate. Signed in the lower right platemark in pencil. Annotated "L'heure du ...
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Color etching and aquatint. Signed and numbered "48/100" in pencil.
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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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Les Levriers (original French title) Aquatint and soft-ground etching printed on wove paper.Ref: not in Addade, not in BN-IFF.Edition of 200.Signed...
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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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Les Blanchisseuses (original French title) Color aquatint and etching on simili-japon.References: Arwas 186; Exsteen 163.From the album Faune Paris...
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Au Bal (original French title) Color aquatint on wove paper.Small edition of color variants, rare.Signed and numbered in pencil. We have had this ...
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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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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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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 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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Color aquatint and etching on laid paper.Edition unknown.Signed and annotated “Epreuve d’artiste” in pencil. Very slight mat burn in the margins; u...
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L’Aiglon (original French title) Simultaneous color printing aquatint on Arches wove paper, n.d.Edition of 120.Signed and numbered in pencil.
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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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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Etching and aquatint printed in color on wove paper.Edition of 135.Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.
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Color aquatint and etching on Arches wove paper.Artists proof. Edition unknown, but likely small, if any was printed at all. We have never seen a...
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Color etching and aquatint on simili-Japan paper. Edition unknown, but likely small. Signed and titled in pencil.
Cut-out color aquatint and etching on BFK Rives wove paper, 1970. Reference: Spielmann 282.1. Edition of 100. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil.
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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