Etching Prints For Sale

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London-based printmaker Victoria Achache uses a technique called Chine-Collé to bring blocks of colour to her characterful etchings. Her works, such as Woman in Blue, are characterised by her minimalist style, using only a few colours such as the vivid blue for the subject’s dress against a simple pink and green backdrop.

Guy Allen's limited edition animal etchings retain the art form’s traditional density. In Hares II, Allen’s etching captures the glossy coats and flexing muscles of his two fighting hares. The pair, however, could be dancing and their regal elegance is exacerbated by the strip of gold that has been woven into the cloudless landscape behind them.

The Etching Process

The artist first draws on a copper or zinc “plate” that has been prepared with a special wax-like liquid called “ground” before immersing the plate in acid or a copper-sulphate solution which marks the lines into the metal. The plate is then cleaned, dried and the ground is removed with a solvent, revealing the drawn lines underneath. Ink is then forced into the etched lines and finally the plate is passed through a press, with the pressure transferring the leftover ink onto paper to create the etching. The plate can be re-inked in order to create as many etchings as the artist requires.

Etching History

Although etching was used in the 14th century for decorating metal, historians believe it was not used for printmaking until much later. It’s thought the technique had only been around for twenty years by the time Albrecht Dürer discovered the technology in the sixteenth century. The German artist turned out to be skilled at the process, creating dense and powerful prints such as his dark and detailed Knight, Death, and the Devil. His work became an advert for the technique and it is thought Dürer largely contributed to etching’s popularity which continues today.

Four centuries later, another German-born painter became a champion of etching prints. Lucien Freud used the technique to subject the human form to new scrutiny. Although he did not act like a conventional printmaker, instead standing the plate upright on an easel while etching, as if he was working on canvas. His portraits and nudes in this style are set against empty backgrounds in order to provide uninterrupted focus on his figures which were composed from a meticulous web of carefully etched lines and patches of shadow.

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    Two Women III by Pablo Picasso
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    Two Women III by Pablo Picasso
    Two Women III
    Prints - 33x45 cm
    Emergence by Christine Guichard
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    Emergence by Christine Guichard
    Emergence
    Prints - 74x55 cm
    Heron Jungle 6 by Neil Raitt
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    Heron Jungle 6 by Neil Raitt
    Heron Jungle 6
    Prints - 42x32 cmRent for €65 /mo
    Landscape by Philip Tyler
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    Landscape by Philip Tyler
    Landscape
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    Rose II by Yu Zhao
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    Rose II by Yu Zhao
    Rose II
    Prints - 20x20 cm
    The Joyous Land by Shimeng Jiang
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    The Joyous Land by Shimeng Jiang
    The Joyous Land
    Prints - 30x21 cm
    Mountain View by Sonia Martin
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    Mountain View by Sonia Martin
    Mountain View
    Prints - 25x20 cm
    Life Imitating Art - Jermyn Street by Mychael Barratt
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    Life Imitating Art - Jermyn Street by Mychael Barratt
    Life Imitating Art - Jermyn Street
    Prints - 65x63 cmRent for €70 /mo
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    Over heating
    Prints - 42x59 cm
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    A Guiding Light by Tania Rutland
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    Oranges and Lemons by Mychael Barratt
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    Dawn holding off the sky by Tania Rutland
    Dawn holding off the sky
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    Lost Magic Kingdoms by Mychael Barratt
    Lost Magic Kingdoms
    Prints - 62x60 cmRent for €66 /mo
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    The Birth of Venus by Jaco Putker
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    Prints - 50x65 cm
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    Squatting Figure by Victoria Achache
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    Prints - 74x79 cmRent for €105 /mo
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    A Rolling Cut #1 by Kevin Jackson
    A Rolling Cut #1
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    Waxing Crescent  by Guy Allen
    Waxing Crescent
    Prints - 51x51 cm
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    Heron Jungle 4 by Neil Raitt
    Heron Jungle 4
    Prints - 42x32 cmRent for €65 /mo
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    Interior No.32 by Jaco Putker
    Interior No.32
    Prints - 40x50 cm
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    Amours Legendaries by André Masson
    Amours Legendaries
    Prints - 44x35 cm
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    Chemin I by Yu Zhao
    Chemin I
    Prints - 20x20 cm
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    Vermeer's cat by Mychael Barratt
    Vermeer's cat
    Prints - 40x38 cmRent for €60 /mo
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    Picasso's dog II by Mychael Barratt
    Picasso's dog II
    Prints - 40x38 cmRent for €60 /mo
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    From the Dancing Sea 6 by Kevin Jackson
    From the Dancing Sea 6
    Prints - 36x44 cm
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    Interior No.89 by Jaco Putker
    Interior No.89
    Prints - 40x50 cm
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