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Miniatures and Ex Libris printsIn 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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FloraOleksiy Fedorenko
6.5 x 3 inches
etching $125 |
SnailOleksiy Fedorenko
2 x 2 inches etching $100
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The Beast and New York
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Homma - Prometeusby Yuri Borovitskimezzotint Russia $125 See more works by this artist ... |
Angel with the Wheel of Timeby Konstantin Kalinovich
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 Trumpeter- ex libris for Josef Burchby Alexej Fedorenko (Ukraine) etching Size of the plate: 5.7 x 17.5 cm Numbered and dated: 36/75, 2006 $150 |
ex librisby 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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 by Roman Sustov Belarus $125 |
 by Roman Sustov Belarus $125 |
by Roman Sustov |
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 etching by Josef Dudek |
 Ex for V. Stranskyetchingby Josef Dudek $65 |
by Herbert Kisza (Czech Republic) |
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by M. Fairman |
 Ex Libris -New Yearsby FajlhauerEtching $75 |
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by Armando Baldinelli (Italy) |
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Original works of art by exceptional contemporary printmakers. |
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