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Clair de Lune
LAFITTE, Alphonse
Aquatint on wove MBM paper. Signed in black crayon "Alphonse Lafitte", a well-documented pseudonym for artist Manuel Robbe. Signed in black crayon....
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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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The Small Funeral
BUHOT, Felix
Le Petit Enterrement (original French title) Aquatint, etching and roulette, with a touch of drypoint, printed on wove paper.Reference: Bourcard &a...
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The Start of the Race
RANFT, Richard
Le Départ de la Course or Avant la Course (original French title) Color aquatint and etching on laid Arches paper.Edition unknown. Likely 50 or 6...
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Viosne River in Pontoise (brown)
MULLER, Alfredo
La Viosne à Pontoise (original French title) Etching, aquatint, and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid Arches paper.References: Koehl E165; Liv...
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Viosne River in Pontoise (contrasted)
MULLER, Alfredo
La Viosne à Pontoise (original French title) Etching, aquatint, and drypoint printed in blue and black inks on laid Arches paper.References: Koehl ...
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National Holiday on the Clichy Boulevard
BUHOT, Felix
La Fête Nationale au Boulevard Clichy (original French title) Etching, aquatint and drypoint printed on laid paper.Ref: Bourcard/Goodfriend 127 v/v...
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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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Disembarking in England
BUHOT, Felix
Une Débarquement en Angleterre (original French title) Etching, drypoint and aquatint on laid japon paper.Ref: Bourcard/Goodfriend 130 v/v.Fifth an...
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The Road to Landemer on La Hague Cape
DELAVALLEE, Henri
La Route de Landemer, Pointe de La Hague (original French title) Soft-ground etching and aquatint on laid Arches paper. Reference: Morane 7.Third s...
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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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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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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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