Nudes - Second Chance

Each year, Antiqphoto posts hundreds of 20th-century nude photogravures, heliogravures, and other photo-mechanical processes for auction. After each auction, we receive emails from customers who missed the auction or were otherwise unable to buy at the time. With this in mind, our auction for December features items that you may have missed or were undecided about at the time. Our auction contains an eclectic group of images by many photographers. No reserves other than the start price. WARNING: IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THE NUDE BODY DO NOT VIEW THIS AUCTION! These are not photographs, but different types of photo-mechanical processes produced from the originals. Photogravure is an intaglio printmaking or photo-mechanical process whereby a copper plate is grained (adding a pattern to the plate) and then coated with a light-sensitive gelatin tissue which had been exposed to a film positive, and then etched, resulting in a high quality intaglio plate that can reproduce detailed continuous tones of a photograph. Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. Offset lithography is a printing process that involves transferring an image to an intermediate surface before printing it onto the final sheet. Duotone process, is a grayscale image printed with two inks, to create a rich reproduction of an image.