William Spencer Bagdatopoulos

Early 20th century Ltd Etching Indian Listed Art Benares Varanasi Ganges India

1925

Balthazar Solvyns European Buildings in Calcutta 13.25” x 19” c1796 This is an extremely rare 1st Proof etching from Solvyns first publication, A Collection of Two Hundred and F...

Artwork details: Jamie Williams, Nightlies, image 23cm x 23cm, sheet size 26.5cm x 26.5cm, on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Paper Signed with Edition 1/20 ve...

There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Celebration B, Lino-cut on Drawing paper Edition: 3 of 5, 2005 Image size: 47 x 39 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...

Aditya Dicky Singh, Untitled, photograph on fine-art Hahnemuhle archival paper 44 x66" unframed (84cm x 56cm) 2022 Edition 1/10 *Should you wish the photograph to be printed at a...

Fantaisies is a black and White etching realized by A. Constantin in the Late 19th Century.  Titled in the lower Image Size: 24x31 Very good impression. Realized by Cadart for th...

Une A Sienne is a black and White etching realized by Leconte de Roujou in the Late 19th Century.  Titled in the lower Image Size: 32x26 Very good impression. Realized by Cadart ...

Vanneux et Sarcelles is a black and White etching realized by Félix Bracquemond in the Late 19th Century.  Titled in the lower Image Size: 35x24 Very good impression. Realized ...

Une Barque a Maree Basse is a black and White etching realized by Adolphe Hervier in the Late 19th Century.  Titled in the lower Image Size: 24x32 Very good impression. Realized ...