Etching and Aquatint

What is Etching and Aquatint?

Etching and aquatint are printmaking techniques. In aquatint, the printing plate is etched with a pattern of tiny pits and cracks to create a wide range of tonal gradations. This technique allows artists to replicate the broad, flat tones found in watercolor paintings and ink washes.
Le Joueur de Diaule

Pablo Picasso

Le Joueur de Diaule, 1966

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

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Sunflower I

David Hockney

Sunflower I, 1995

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

GBP 29,000 - 35,000

Lanzarote 62

Miquel Barceló

Lanzarote 62, 2002

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 8,950

Peintre et modèle au bandeau

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle au bandeau, 1966

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 18,000

Serie I Rächer

A.R. Penck

Serie I Rächer, 1991

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 2,800

Medecins Du Monde

Eduardo Chillida

Medecins Du Monde, 1992

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 23,500

Bethsabée

Pablo Picasso

Bethsabée, 1966

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 22,350

Serpentine - green

Georg Baselitz

Serpentine - green, 2022

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

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Celia Observing

David Hockney

Celia Observing, 1976

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

GBP 33,000 - 40,000

For John Constable

David Hockney

For John Constable, 1976

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

GBP 9,500 - 12,300

Mere et Enfants

Pablo Picasso

Mere et Enfants, 1961

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

GBP 20,000

Personnage Romantique

Joan Miró

Personnage Romantique, 1975

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 9,000

Island Plate

Sam Francis

Island Plate, 1973

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

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Tennis tree

Jean-Michel Folon

Tennis tree

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 4,200

Hommage a Bach III

Victor Vasarely

Hommage a Bach III, ca. 1980

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

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After Tohaku

Atsushi Kaga

After Tohaku, 2026

Limited Edition Print

Etching and Aquatint

EUR 7,000

Wax

Wax is a solid material derived from plant, animal, and petroleum sources. It is used to protect paints from wear, create sculptures, make wax crayons and colored pencils, and for encaustic painting. In encaustic painting, colored beeswax is shaped with special tools to create textured, raised surfaces.

Art Intervention

Art Intervention refers to art created with the intention of interacting with an existing situation, structure, artwork, audience, or institution. This form of art gained popularity in the 1960s as artists sought to provoke change within political and social contexts. The concept of Artist-in-Residence programs was influenced by the ideas and practices of this movement.

Neue Wilden

Neue Wilden is the term German artists used for Neo-Expressionism. In the 1970s and 80s, expressive painting re-emerged in Germany, with artists embracing intense colors and broad brushstrokes. The movement grew in opposition to minimal and conceptual art, favoring a return to raw, emotional expression through bold and dynamic painting techniques.

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