Medium: Etching & aquatint
Dimensions: 14 x 19 3/4 inches (image) 20 1/4 x 26 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: French, 1939
Edition: of 200

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (image) 13 x 10 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: French, 1939
Edition: xxv/cc

Medium: Etching with hand-coloring
Dimensions: 3 x 2 inches (image), 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: French, 1939
Edition: EA

Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches
Signature: Signed
Edition: 33/50

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 3 3/4" (plate), 8 5/8 x 7 3/4" (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Japanese, 1966
Edition: of 15

Recommended by Emma (Marketing & Communications Manager):
Obata has left some room for interpretation in this piece, and when I look at it I see an entire world within a tide pool, as if I'm looking towards the sky from the bed of the pool, and there's a bird flying above. The textures, liness, and movement within the piece all come together in a satisfying way.

Series: Silencio, Silencio Portfolio
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 12 x 17 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Spanish, 1930 - 2020
Date finished: 1970
Edition: 25/92
Publisher: Atelier Lacourière et Frélant, Paris

Recommended by Sam (Owner & Director):
Genoves portfolio Silencio, responding to the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, speaks loudly of protest and the price of dissent. His masterful use of spit bite and aquatint create a powerful image freely expressed rather than meticulously didactic.

Series: Aesop’s Fables
Medium: Etching on laid paper with English and Latin text
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (sheet)
Artist details: English, 1626 - 1702
Date finished: 1666
Date of plate: 1666
Date of impression: 1687
Condition: Loss and creases around edges of sheet. Text verso.

Original English text by Thomas Philipott (d. 1682). Text for 1687 edition updated by female novelist Aphra Behn (1640-1689.

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 5 x 4 7/8 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: Russian, 1959
Date finished: 2010
Edition: of 60

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
"This tiny etching is expertly crafted by Eastern European artist, Vladimir Zuev, to illustrate the story of Leda and the swan (aka, Zeus pretending to be a swan). Zeus seduces or rapes Leda, depending on the storyteller. Zeus fills the background, but subtly, despite his violent action. Instead, Zuev centers the story on Leda and does not overly sexualize her like most popular depictions, including not giving her hair. There are clues to her gender, but she is closed off to the viewer with her crossed legs and bent arms - not available for visual consumption. Instead, Leda is looking directly at the viewer - forcing us to look at her humanity.  

This image serves as a reminder that violence towards women is still prevalent, but not just in overt actions. It exists in the books we read, the media we consume, the words we use, the stories we retell, the art we purchase. This small image packs a very large punch and reminds us to critically analyze our own behaviors and constructs of thinking around women and violence."