Mezzotint Prints (91)
Mezzotint printmaking technique, producing rich tonal gradations through a laboriously roughened copper plate. Japanese artists like Yozo Hamaguchi and Kiyoshi Hasegawa became internationally renowned masters of this Western intaglio technique, applying it to contemplative still life and figure subjects.
Artists Known for Mezzotint
Division—Work #36
1992
Mezzotint
Game—Work #6
1983
Mezzotint
Opposition - Work no. 9
ca.1983-84
Sun & Fish
c. 1980
Mezzotint, ink and color on paper
Almost Symmetric
1994
Mezzotint
Black Cherries
circa 1960
Mezzotint and drypoint
Bottle with Lemon and Quarter Lemon
1983
Mezzotint
Bottle with Yellow Lemons in Darkness
1983–89
Color mezzotint
Crimson Butterfly
1981–90
Color mezzotint
Green Field
1985–92
Color mezzotint
Green Poplars
1980–89
Color mezzotint
Knitting Needle
1985
Mezzotint
Landscape
n.d.
Mezzotint on white wove paper
Magenta Cherries
1988–91
Color mezzotint
Pomegranate in Fruit Dish
n.d.
Mezzotint on white wove paper
Red Field
1985–91
Color mezzotint
Still Life
1957
Mezzotint on white wove paper
Three Butterflies
1985–91
Color mezzotint
Twenty-Two Cherries (XVII. someones married their everyones)
1988–91
Color mezzotint
Chicago Picasso by Pablo Picasso, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Combination—Curve #1
1978
Mezzotint
Combination—Twist #1
1978
Mezzotint
Corncob by Bertrand Goldberg, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Correlation—Work #3
1982
Mezzotint
Crevice-Work #6
1988
Mezzotint
Crevice - Work No. 2
1987
Mezzotint, ink and color on paper
Division—Work #12
1989
Mezzotint
Division—Work #21
1990
Mezzotint
Division—Work #26
1991
Mezzotint
Fall - Manzyusyage (Flowers of Heaven)
2022
Mezzotint
“Flamingo” by Alexander Calder, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Hamanishi Katsunori
2000
Woodblock print
Kimono—Shishi to Ryu (Lion and Dragon)
2012
Mezzotint diptych
Kotobuki
1997
Mezzotint
“Miro's Chicago” by Joan Miró, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Mizuhiki-Ni—D
1990
Mezzotint
Mizuhiki-Ro—B
1990
Mezzotint
“Monument with Standing Beast” by Jean Dubuffet, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Object—Rope #7
1980
Mezzotint
Origami #1
2008
Mezzotint
Round Trip
1983
Mezzotint
Round Trip—Work #9
1984
Mezzotint
Setsugo (Joining Together)—A
1978
Mezzotint
Setsugo (Joining Together)—Circle, Square, Triangle
1978
Mezzotint
Situation—Work #4, A.P.
1985
Mezzotint
So Tai (Relativity)—Work #7
1982
Mezzotint
Spring - Canola Flowers Field
2022
Color mezzotint on wove paper
Summer - Summer Pond
2022
Mezzotint
Swing
1989
Mezzotint
“The Four Seasons” by Marc Chagall, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
The Water Tower, from the series "Viva Chicago"
1997
Mezzotint
Variation—Cross #2
1979
Mezzotint
Window #5
2006
Mezzotint
Winter - Cold Camellia Road
2022
Mezzotint
Comb (Kushi)
1980
Mezzotint and aquatint
Woman Wearing a Straw Coat (Mino o mato fujin) from Tale of the Castle Tower (Tenshu monogatari)
1978
Mezzotint
Nineteen Cherries and One
Woodblock print
Lemon
Woodblock print
Grapes
Woodblock print
Rabbit
Woodblock print
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Mezzotint printmaking technique, producing rich tonal gradations through a laboriously roughened copper plate. Japanese artists like Yozo Hamaguchi and Kiyoshi Hasegawa became internationally renowned masters of this Western intaglio technique, applying it to contemplative still life and figure subjects.
Katsunori Hamanishi, Yozo Hamaguchi, and Saito Kaoru are among the artists most associated with mezzotint in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 91 prints tagged with mezzotint, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.