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Autograph Etchings by American Artists

Autograph Etchings by American Artists, 1859

John Whetton Ehninger

A work made of pen and black ink and black chalk, with incising, on cream laid paper.

Wedding of Cupid and Psyche on Mount Olympus, c. 1850

Unknown artist

A work made of wood, paint, tin, drapery rings, screws, and thumbtacks.

Sturgeon Decoy, c. 1960

Artist unknown

A work made of black chalk on gray-brown prepared ground on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid card.

Adam and Eve, n.d.

Unknown artist

A work made of woodcut on paper.

Leaf from Pontificale Romanum, plate 91 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century, 1572, assembled into portfolio 1937

Unknown artist

A work made of woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat.

Babylon from Schedel Weltchronik (Schedel's World History), Plate 9 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1496, portfolio assembled 1929

Unknown artist

A work made of oil on panel.

Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and Christ Child, c. 1535

Girolamo da Carpi

A work made of eight digitally printed pages on white wove paper.

The Domain of the Great Bear, 1966

Mel Bochner

A work made of etching and engraving in yellow, blue, red, and black on ivory laid paper.

The Prayer, plate 6 from Paul et Virginie, 1795-97

Charles Melchior Descourtis

A work made of oil on canvas.

David Garrick as King Lear, c. 1815

Richard Westall

Photograph of a light-skinned young woman standing on a beach in a yellow one-piece bathing suit, her light brown hair loosely pulled back and her arms at her sides, smiling slightly

"Kolobrzeg, Poland, July 26, 1992," from Beach Portraits, 1992

Rineke Dijkstra

A work made of gelatin silver print, printed by the artist's son, gunther sander.

Peasant Children, Westerwald, 1927/31, printed later

August Sander

A work made of acrylic on canvas, in artist's painted frame.

Graceful Flattery for After Five, c. 1970

Ray Yoshida

A work made of glass.

Honey Bee Swarm with Flowers and Fruit, 2012

Paul Stankard

A work made of bronze; from an edition of three.

Bronze Reposoir, 1986

Don Baum

A work made of wooden circle; laced and oversewn with linen in buttonhole, overcast, and simple looping stitches.

Study (Lace within Wooden Circle), 1950-91

Claire Zeisler

A work made of maple.

Pitcher, 1820–60

Artist unknown

A work made of watercolor over traces of graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper.

Ships in Port, n.d.

Unknown artist

A work made of tin.

Women's Shoes (Anniversary Tin), 1850–1900

Artist unknown

A work made of woodcut in black with hand-colored additions, and letterpress in black with rubrication (recto and verso), on cream laid paper.

David and the Chosen Men of Israel Accompanying the Ark from The Bible (also called the Ninth German Bible), Plate 19 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1483, portfolio assembled 1929

Unknown artist

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