Miniatures and Ex Libris prints
In a time of scaling back and down-sizing...it
might be the perfect time to explore miniature prints.
Only small when measured by their physical dimension,
many printmakers working in miniature create whole worlds,
and explore the human imagination as robustly as those
working on wall-sized murals. The most common
purpose for working in miniature is the creation of Ex
Libris prints. ex
librīs [Latin, "from
books"], is most simply a printed piece of paper pasted
inside the front cover of a book, showing ownership.
Most
people are familiar with commercially printed bookplates
with a picture, followed by the name of the owner: "from
the library of . . ." . Underneath
this purely practical use lies the long history of a specialized
art form dating back as far as the 13 th century. Some
of the most famous artists in the past five centuries have
let their imaginations have free reign designing these
miniature prints. Besides images relating to the life and
pastimes of the book-collectors who commission them, ex
libris prints often explore themes of eroticism, surrealism,
religion and mythology.
Albrecht Dürer
is known to have engraved at least six plates. More recently
artists such as Audrey Beardsley and Rockwell Kent have
contributed their own examples. Many of the currently active
ex libris artists are in Eastern Europe, where the form
originally flourished.
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Ex Libris, Giorgio Frigo
by Yuri Borovitski
mezzotint
Russia
$75
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The Beast and New York
by Petr Klucik (Slovakian)
Etching
Size of the plate: 15.5 x 9.5 cm
Size of the paper: 25 x 19 cm
Numbered and dated: E.A.,1993
$150
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Voyage to the Flower Island
by Konstantin Kalinovich
Plate size 115 x 80 mm
$150
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Ex for V. Stransky
etching
by Josef Dudek
$65
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Knight & Woman
by Konstantin Antioukhin.
Size of the plate: 12.7 X 9.5 cm.
Size of the paper: 18.8 X 13.0 cm.
$100
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Trumpeter
- ex libris for Josef Burch
by Alexej Fedorenko (Ukraine)
etching
Size of the plate: 5.7 x 17.5 cm
Size of the paper: 13.5 x 27 cm
Numbered and dated: 36/75, 2006
$150
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Night Mona Lisa
Gena Alexandrov (Czech Republic)
etching, aquatint
Size of the plate: 19 x 27 cm
Size of the paper: 27 x 35 cm
Numbered and dated: 64/300, 2007
$150 |
ex
libris
by P. GOLCHIKOFF (Russia)
Size of the plate: 9.7 x 7.5 cm
Size of the paper: 14.7 x 17 cm
Numbered and dated: 2003
$125
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David and Goliath
by Petr Melan (Czech Republic)
etching
Size of the plate: 8 x 12 cm
Size of the paper: 14 x 20.5 cm
$50
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Musician
ex libris for S.&V. Balaz
by Igor Piacka
Size of the plate: 12 x 15.5 cm
Size of the paper: 27.5 x 22 cm
Numbered and dated: E.A. 2006
$75
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Brittle Univers - Ex libris
by Roman Sustov
Belarus
Opus 21, 2008
Plate size 160 x 150 mm.
$100 |
ex libris
by Herbert Kisza (Czech Republic)
Etching and aquatint
$60
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Knight & Woman
by Konstantin Antioukhin.
Size of the plate: 12.7 X 9.5 cm.
Size of the paper: 18.8 X 13.0 cm.
$100 |
PIRANHA
by Herbert Kisza (Czech Republic)
Etching and aquatint
$60 |
ex libris
by Armando Baldinelli (Italy)
Woodengraving
Size of print: 16 x 12 cm
$50
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Icaraus
by Hans Freese (Germany)
Etching
Size: 18 x 13 cm
$60
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ex libris
by Valentin Le Campion (France)
Woodengraving
Size of print: 19 x 16 cm
$60
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Ex Libris
by Hans Capova
Size of the plate: 12.0 x
9.0 cm
Size of the paper: 20.0 x 14.0 cm
$50
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Ex Libris -New Years
by Fajlhauer
Etching
$75
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Ex Libris
by Leonid Stroganov
Etching
$60
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Ex Libris - Dr. Edmund Andrews
by M. Fairman
Etching, Plate size 123 x 70
mm
$50
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