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Painterly Prints

It may be hard to fathom today, but once upon a time prints were monochromatic. When the first generation of Western printmakers challenged themselves to create etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts in color, their efforts were at first viewed with disdain by many. Japanese woodcuts, which had been printed in color for hundreds of years by then, showed artists the way. This revolution was particularly hard-fought for intaglio: etching, aquatint, drypoint, and assorted copper-plate techniques. Etching was regarded mostly as a “graphic” art, from the ancient Greek, γράφειν: to write. The expectation was that the graphic artist was to render his vision in line or grayscale only. Color was for painting. Yet many printmakers forged ahead, threw caution to the wind, pushed the envelope. This selection is an ode to those works of art: painterly etchings.

Bernard Boutet de Monvel - La Vieille - detail
$950

The Old Woman

BOUTET DE MONVEL, Bernard

La Vieille (original French titles) Color aquatint and soft-ground etching on thick wove paper.Ref: BN-IFF 4-5; not in Addade.Edition of 50, quite ...

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel - La Robe Bleue - Petite Fille - detail
$975

The Blue Dress

BOUTET DE MONVEL, Bernard

La Robe Bleue (original French titles) Color aquatint and etching on thick wove paper, 1909.Ref: BN-IFF 2-8; not in Addade.Stated edition of 200 (o...

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Shiou Ping LIAO - Xiuping Liao - 廖修平 - Blessing - 祈求 - pray - color intaglio - detail
$500

Blessing

LIAO, Shiou Ping

祈求 (original Chinese title?) Color intaglio on BFK Rives wove paper, circa 1970.Artist’s proof.  Edition unknown, but apparently scarce.Signed “Lia...

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Terry Haass - Variations 2 - 1970 - Spielmann 282.2 - pink and blue split circle geometric
$175

Variations 2

HAASS, Terry

Cut-out color aquatint and etching on BFK Rives wove paper. Reference: Spielmann 282.2. Edition of 100. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil.

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.