Engraving Still-life Prints

This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph entitled "Trichosma Suavis" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate 114 in Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Album, Compri...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Caryophyllus Anglicus flore". It is plate 326 in Weinmann's monumental pu...

This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Gelsiminum Catalonicum, Mairana Latifollia, Euphasiaramosa Pratensis Flore Albo, Euphasia Minus Ramosa Flore Excereruleo Purpurascente", depicting flowering Jasmine, Mountain Laurel...

Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (German, 1683-1741), Pair of Botanical Hand-Colored Engravings, 18th century, from the Phytanthoza Iconographia series, comprising: "Acanthus Mollis / Acanthu...

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 three-plate color mezzotint. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.

This is a three-plate color mezzotint. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.

This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph entitled "Lycaste Harrisoniae Eburnea" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate 100 in Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Al...

KATSUNORI HAMANISHI (b.1949) GAME-WORK #20 (S.22) c. 1984. Mezzotint, Signed titled and numbered 12/100 in pencil, 13 x 8 5/8 inches. Sheet 18 3/4 x 14 inches. In excellent condi...

Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.

This is a three-plate color mezzotint. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.

This color intaglio of the "New York Stock Exchange" was issued in a limited edition of 100. This impression is one of the Artist Proofs from the edition. The Stock Exchange is seen from Federal Hall...

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Hyosciamus albus and Hyosciamus vulgaris" (Henbane) plants from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensi...

'Clianthus puniceus' Original engraving with original hand-colouring, 1838. Native plant of New Zealand. From Benjamin Maund's 'The Botanist'. 1836-1...

Engraving with original hand-colouring. 1834. 230mm by 155mm. From Paxton's 'Magazine of botany and register of flowering plants' by Sir Joseph Paxton.

'Acarna Theophrasti' and 'Acer Campestre minus' Mezzotint printed in colours. Circa 1740. From Johann W Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published in Regensburg 1737-45. The fi...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Stramonia Aegyptiaca foetida semine pallido flore albo duplici triplicive...

Four magnificent copper engraved plates with hand-colour from "Hortus Eystettensis", one of the earliest and most famous works in the field. [Nuremberg and Eichstatt, 1640]. The Hortus Eystettensis is a pictorial record of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, that of Prince Bishop of Eichstatt, Johann Conrad von Gemmingen. The garden was begun by Joachim Camerarius in 1596 and, after his death in 1598, completed by Basil Besler...

LAURENT SCHKOLNYK “Lemonade” is a multi-plate color mezzotint, undated, circa 1999, printed in an edition of 80. This impression is signed, titled, and inscribed “63/80.” Printed ...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Esula seu Tithyinalus Africanus SpinosusCera Effigie, B. Esula seu Ti...

A hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Melocactos" (Turk's Cap Cactus or Mother-in-law's Cushion), "Rosa Hiericontea aperta" (Rose of Jericho Unfolded), "Rosa Hie...

'Yucca filamentosa' (Adam's Needle) Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps &...

This beautiful, original hand-colored orchid lithograph entitled "Lycaste Harrisoniae Eburnea" Orchids by John Nugent Fitch is plate 100 in Robert Warner's publication 'The Orchid Al...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Convolvulus Major Folio Subrotundo Purpureg Albo, B. Convolvulus Major...

"The Country Stable" After a painting by George Morland. 1763-1804. - Mezzotint engraving by William Ward. 1766-1826. Print: 20.75" x 26" - With Frame: 28.5" x 34" Published: March...

'5 Amanita Mappa 6 Amanita junquillea' Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Baccharis (Baccharises); Chrysocoma (Golden Bitter Bush)" (Syngenesie; Polygamie, Plate 698) Portfolio: His...

Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed to illustrate the step by step mezzotint process in the Abrams publication: "The Mezzotint: History and Technique" authored by Carol Wax. It is FIROS #44 in the catalogue raisonne. Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...

Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images. Crisbrook paper (30 x 22 in. / 76.2 x 56 cm.) and plate size ( 9 x 6 in. / 23 x 15 cm.) are the same. This drypoint comes from the archive of the publisher Petersburg Press. Signed by the artist, numbered 7/10, and dated 1972 lower center in pencil. Edition 10: this impression 7/10. Here, the blade of a hand saw...

This is a pair of framed hand-colored engravings of an ancient vase in the Palizzy Wares style and a silver gilt tazza (cup) with a cover, both from the 16th century. These were engraved under the supervision of Philip De La Motte...

This colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving finished with hand coloring by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled a. Thyrsus asparagi. b. Asparagus, Asperge. c. Aspa...

Combination Knit, mezzotint by Katsunori Hamanishi, rope, Japan, black and white edition number 8/30

Limited edition monochrome cyan drypoint etching of a potted plant and door by Barbara Cohn (American, 1923-2019). Numbered ("2/25"), titled ("Still Life with Door"), and hand signed...

'Albuca Minor' Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. From 'Herbier general de l'amateur' by Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps & Jean Claude Michel M...

'145. Cortinarius fulgens 146. Cortinarius semi-sanguines 147. Flammula sapinea' ' Antique French mushroom / fungi chromolithograph. From "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique," an atlas of French, Swiss, and Belgian fungi, illustrated by chromolithographs from watercolours by the illustrator Aimé Bessin...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Abolboda; Elodea (Waterweeds); Lepidosperma (Hoary Rapier-Sedge)" (Triandrie Monogynie, Plate 905) Portfoli...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "a. Pisum Minus sine Putamine, b. Pisa Indicum". It is plate 819 in Weinma...

This is a striking original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line double page engraving of banana plants, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Banana 1. Musa,...

This is a set of three framed 18th century engravings depicting statues found in the Vatican, including: "Pescatore" (Fisherman), "Pastore" (Shepherd) and "Istrione" (Actor), "Gia ne...

A grouping of three engravings depicting classical Italian architectural features held in the National Museum of Naples, entitled "Bronze Hydria", "Marbre Naissance de Bacchus" and "...

This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Amaranthus Tricolor", depicting a flowering Amaranthus Tricolor plant from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. Amaranthus tricolor, known as edible amaranth, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Amaranthus. The plant is often cultivated for ornamental and culinary purposes. Cultivars have a striking yellow, red, and green foliage. It is known as Joseph's coat in some areas, after the biblical figure Joseph, who is said to have worn a coat of many colors. Amaranthus tricolor is one of several species of amaranth cultivated in warm regions across the world. This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper with very wide margins. There is a short crease in the upper right corner, mild irregularity of the left, right and lower edges and some bleed-through of text from the verso. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring. The sheet measures 22.13" high and 17.13" wide. Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...

This early 19th century hand-colored stipple engraving by Augusta Innes Withers entitled "The Brabant Bellefleur Apple" was plate 10 published in London in the 'Transactions of the H...

A beautiful and important 18th century hand colored copperplate engraving of lillies which was most likely designed by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) and engraved by Johann Michae...

Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Singer I", shows a distorted view of an old Singer sewing machine. The artist created a convincing illusion of real mass, space and depth. Issued in an edit...

This is a 17th century engraving of a vine spinach plant entitled "Katu-Belluren" by Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein, plate 46 from his 'Hortus Indicus M...

In medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects that were taught first: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The word is a Latin term meaning "the three ways" or "the thr...

Artist: (after) Pancrace Bessa (French, 1772-1846) Title: "Cassia corymbosa (Argentine senna)" (T.6. No. 32) Portfolio: Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l'on Cultive en France en Pl...

Wonderful and evocative abstracted dry point etching of the sea, a maddox. random fishing buoys and crab claw titled "Back to the Sea by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947). Presented in new custom cut mat. Unframed. Image size: 9"H x 15"W Titled "Back to the Sea" along the bottom edge. Signed and dated "T. Uchida '89" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new custom-cut mat with foam core backing. Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...

This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Cistusflore Albo, Balaustium Flore Minori Romanum, Cotinus", depicting flowering Pomegranate, Rock Rose...

This image is #12 from an edition of only 75, Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after...

This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Crinum Arenarium" (Water-Island Sand Crinum), plate 2355, published in London in 1822 in William...

Mezzotint print. Edition of 18, signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Caulfield has exhibited his prints, drawings, installations and artist’s books extensively throughout Cana...

Artist: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French, 1707-1788) Title: "Atraphaxis (Shrub); Cabomba (Carolina Fanwort)" (Hexandrie, Digynie, Plate 265) Portfolio: Histoire Naturel...

“Breakfast” is a colored etching and drypoint by American artist, Wayne Thiebaud from 1995. The work is edition 22/50 and is signed lower right, "Thiebaud 1995” Wayne Thiebaud's Bre...

Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Made in China", explores the irony that glass, a transparent material alters perceptions of reality. This is the first instance in which Wax explores that iro...

This black and white mezzotint of a shell next to a violin is an artist proof that was inscribed Happy New Year 2000 and signed by the artist. The regular e...

This is a three-plate color mezzotint, edition 74/90. The mat dimensions are 20 x 16 inches. Signed "Schkolnyk" at lower right.

This is a 17th century portrait engraving of Saint Vincent de Paul by Gerard Edelinck (1640-1707) after a painting by Simon Francois (1606-1671), published in Charles Perrault's 'Les Hommes Illustres' in Paris in 1696. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) was a French Catholic...

Hino creates a still life of a lotus from an edition of 65. A prominent figure in Buddhist and Egyptian culture, and native flower for both India and Vietnam, the lotus holds enormous symbolic weight. It spans various thousand-year-old Eastern cultures and yet, is still considered one of the most sacred flowers today. So what is it about this mysterious blossom that people find so enrapturing? Its colorful bloom is an obvious suspect, but the lotus also has a life cycle unlike any other. With its roots based in mud, it submerges every night into murky river water, and—undeterred by its dirty environment—it miraculously re-blooms the next morning without residue on its petals. Although cultures have their own interpretations of this daily process, there is a general consensus among ancient texts...

A play on words provides the title for this image -- a circle created out of the deconstructed parts of Singer IV This image is #37 from an edition of only 50, referenced as Firos 78...