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Pair of Early 19th Century "Conchology" Conch Shells Color Etchings c.1802

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Max Papart (1911-1994) "The Blue Rider" Original Etching with Aquatint, circa 1973 This is a rare artist proof. The artist proof is pencil signed and titled by the artist. The regu...

Pair of Framed Giovanni Battista Piranesi Architectural Vases Etchings C.1770 Outstanding pair of antique etchings by Piranesi A Sua Eccellenz...

18th C. Etching "The Mote, One of the Seats of Ye Right Honorable the Lord Romney" C.1717 Plate dimensions 19.75" wide x 13.25" high Paper dimensions 24" wide x 20.75" high Frame dimensions 29.25" wide x 25.5" high A fine detailed bird's eye view of 'The Mote', showing the house, gardens and the avenues of trees stretching out into the surrounding park. Title along top edge, coat of arms at center. Published in Dr. Harris's History of Kent. Engraved by Kip. This is 1 of 6. We have 5 others not currently listed. If interested, send us a message. Johannes Kip (1652–1722) was a Dutch draftsman, engraver and print dealer. Together with Leonard Knyff, he specialized in engraved views of English country houses. They created some of the most important English topographical prints...

Early 18th Century Etching "Badminton in the County of Gloucester" C.1724 Bird's eye view of Badminton House, in Gloucestershire; the seat of the Duke...

Reuben Nakian (1897-1986) Original Etching Titled "Leda and the Swan" c.1980 Pencil signed and lettered "HC" (Hors Commerce) Plate dimensions 16 3/4" X 13 3/4". Paper dimensions 20" x 17". Frame dimensions 27" x 24 1/2". Very good condition. Reuben Nakian was born in College Point, New York. Before 1911, he had briefly studied art before going to work for an advertising agency. In 1915 he attended, possibly one of the only schools at the time to have students studying modernist art, the Independent School of Art in New York City. He then went on to study at the Robert Henri School with Homer Boss...

Jack Levine "The Rabbi in His Study" original etching circa 1961 A Fine original pencil signed etching by listed American artist Jack Levine (1915-2010) Pl...

This piece titled "Space Oddity" is a limited edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from hand-colored intaglio with drypoint, aquatint, and soft ground on Rives BFK. This piece ...

Francesco BARTOLOZZI & François JANINET Florence 1730 † 1813 Lisbonne & Paris 1752 † 1813 Vertumme et Pomone. & Zéphire et Flore. 1776. Deux gravures aux outils et à l’aquatinte d’a...

This is a 19th century colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "Silver Rock Melon", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate 67 in his 'Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits'. It depicts a Silver Rock Melon still on the vine, but the melon lies on a heater green mat. A wedge of the melon has been dissected to reveal its inner anatomy, including the seeds. The melon skin is a heather and light green color, while the inner portions are a light peach color. The vine and leaves are shown attractive shades of light green and there are soft yellow flowers. The plant is displayed on a light brown textured background with shadows to impart 3-dimensionality. The scene is reminiscent of an engraving in an 18th century artistically stylized human anatomy atlas. There are wide white margins. The title and inscription lies within the lower border. This striking engraving is presented in a reddish brown decorative wood frame with a darker brown scroll-work outer trim and a gold-colored inner fillet and a thick heather green mat. The frame measures 25.75" high, 21.5" wide and 1.13" deep. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. There is a short thin vertical line of discoloration in the lower margin through the word "melon" and a tiny spot in the upper margin on the left. The print and frame are otherwise in excellent condition. There is a second Brookshaw engraving that is framed in identical moulding, although a slightly different size and a different color mat. t depicts a cluster of grapes. The two prints would make a striking display pairing...

This is a 19th century colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "White Hamburgh Grape", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate 60 in his 'Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits'. It depicts a cluster of pale green grapes still on the vine. The vine and leaves are shown in attractive shades of green and brown. The plant lays on a brown textured background with shadows to impart 3-dimensionality. The scene is reminiscent of an engraving in an 18th century artistically stylized human anatomy atlas. There is a light brown title rectangle in the lower center which is blank, suggesting this may be a more rare preproduction proof. There are wide white margins. This striking engraving is presented in a reddish brown decorative wood frame with a darker brown scroll-work outer trim and a gold-colored inner fillet and a thick light beige mat. The frame measures 26" high, 22" wide and 1.13" deep. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. There is a tiny spot in the lower margin on the left and another in the left margin. The print and frame are otherwise in excellent condition. There is a second Brookshaw engraving that is framed in identical moulding, although a slightly different size and a different color mat. It depicts a Silver Rock Melon. The two prints would make a striking display pairing...

According to Gesine Tosin, Richard Hamilton irritated contemporary critics in the 1970s with a series of works -- romantic images of flowers, still lifes and landscapes, interspersed with scatological motifs. "Once exhibited, the critics regarded the paintings as evidence either of a kinky sexual aberration or an early onset of senility." (Hamilton 1982, p.79. ) Trichromatic flower-piece is one of these works, which questioned the categories of high and low art through its appropriated imagery. In the words of Richard Hamilton: “The Shit and Flowers series was was inspired in a sense by Barcelona, walking on the Ramblas where thousands of postcards are displayed. (…) I bought three pictures of flowers. I took them back to Cadaqués and began to play about with them, at first by putting a little paint on the surface.” According to Andrew Kim Tyler: “Working at Atelier Crommelynck, Paris in 1973-4, Hamilton used a traditional still life subject, a bouquet of flowers, to pursue his interest in the combination of photographic images with planes of color and hand-drawn aspects, but subverting the image with addition of a large turd. Perversely he set out to produce by manual means an etching with the characteristics of a commercially made reproduction resulting in Trichromatic flower-piece.” In addition to the edition of Trichromatic Flower-piece, Hamilton printed...

A superb, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, early etching, aquatint and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper. Colors are strong with crisp, ...