David Rathman

Available Prints
Image of Master Printer Cole Rogers and Artist David Rathman working in Highpoint’s Studio.

David Rathman is known for his sensitively rendered paintings of stereotypically male motifs from American history and contemporary culture. An accomplished printmaker in his own right, Rathman has made multiple editions with Highpoint since opening its doors in 2001.

He was the recipient of a Bush Foundation Fellowship, two McKnight Foundation Fellowships, and the Minnesota Book Award. Rathman’s work has been placed in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Stanford University and the Walker Art Center.

David Rathman lives and works in Minneapolis. He is represented by Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis) & Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe (New York)

Artist News
ALL IN: A Highpoint Editions Exhibition
ALL IN: A Highpoint Editions Exhibition

The ALL IN exhibition will be on view in Highpoint’s main gallery and print study room following the ALL IN event on Saturday, November 16.

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Fierce Generosity 2.0
Fierce Generosity 2.0

A benefit exhibition to support the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Minnesota Art Prize featuring Highpoint Editions Artists Rob Fischer, David Rathman, Aaron Spangler.

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Porch Gallery Ojai presents David Rathman: Field Day
Porch Gallery Ojai presents David Rathman: Field Day

Highpoint Editions Artist David Rathman will have a solo show at Porch Gallery Ojai titled David Rathman: Field Day.

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Highpoint Editions: Contemporary Prints
Highpoint Editions: Contemporary Prints

Highpoint Editions work is being showcased at the University of Wyoming Art Museum during the Mid America Print Council.

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David Rathman: Monoprints
David Rathman: Monoprints

Highpoint Editions is pleased to announce our latest publications: New watercolor monoprints with artist David Rathman. The artist is a talented watercolorist and printmaking in his own right, so the combination of these mediums in this delicate art form came naturally to Rathman.

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Dangles and Snipes
Dangles and Snipes

Highpoint Editions is delighted to present Dangles & Snipes, a suite of ten prints created in collaboration with artist David Rathman. With this work, imagery is drawn from moments of heightened intensity in hockey, a sport Rathman finds aesthetically fascinating.

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“Team Gorman” and “Miller Trucking”
“Team Gorman” and “Miller Trucking”

David Rathman returned to Highpoint Editions during summer 2011 and finished up work on a spectacular large-scale diptych of a demolition derby car and truck. The images are lithographs in black and are hand water-colored by the artist. Both vehicles are tiled into multiple prints, emphasizing their quirky, deconstructed/ reconstructed quality and the scale reflects the physicality of their subjects.

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“It seldom matters, the words you say” and “The way we get by”
“It seldom matters, the words you say” and “The way we get by”

David Rathman returned to Highpoint’s printshop in June 2009. Those familiar with Highpoint Editions will remember his Five New Etchings from 2005, a suite of intaglio prints featuring Western scenes and darkly humorous bits of text.

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Five New Etchings 2002
Five New Etchings 2002

The first project published by Highpoint Editions was David Rathman’s Five New Etchings in 2001. This suite of intaglio prints features silhouetted scenes from the “Old West”, annotated with darkly humorous text.

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Available Prints

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Too much, or not enough? by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,500 framed

Too much, or not enough? by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,500 framed

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Still Waiting For Your Answer by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 17.25" x 18" | $2,500

Still Waiting For Your Answer by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 17.25" x 18" | $2,500

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Untitled (Breakaway) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

Untitled (Breakaway) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Celly) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

Untitled (Celly) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Chirp) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

Untitled (Chirp) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Faceoff) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten| $750 individuals

Untitled (Faceoff) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten| $750 individuals

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Untitled (Getting Chippy) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 indivi

Untitled (Getting Chippy) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Gong Show) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

Untitled (Gong Show) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Light the Lamp) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 indivi

Untitled (Light the Lamp) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Muckers and Grinders) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750

Untitled (Muckers and Grinders) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Shinny) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

Untitled (Shinny) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | $750 individuals

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Untitled (Windmill) by David Rathman 2013 Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | Only available as

Untitled (Windmill) by David Rathman 2013

Dangles and Snipes Suite | Edition of 18 | Spit-bite aquatint and drypoint on Revere paper with Gampi chine collé | image: 4 3/4" x 6" | paper: 9 1/4" x 10 1/2" | $5,225 suite of ten | Only available as part of a suite

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Archive - Not Available for Purchase

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Who's afraid of a little color? by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,500 framed

Who's afraid of a little color? by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,500 framed

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Don't forget the flowers, Jim by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,000

Don't forget the flowers, Jim by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,000

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Remember last night?… by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30"

Remember last night?… by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30"

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There's such a thing as good mistakes. by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,500 framed

There's such a thing as good mistakes. by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30" | $3,500 framed

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I'd like to put it all behind me. by David Rathman 2017 Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30"

I'd like to put it all behind me. by David Rathman 2017

Unique | Watercolor monoprint | 23" x 30"

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Miller Trucking by David Rathman 2011 Edition of 7 | Lithography and Hand Coloring | 38" x 82 1/8"

Miller Trucking by David Rathman 2011

Edition of 7 | Lithography and Hand Coloring | 38" x 82 1/8"

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Team Gorman by David Rathman 2011 Edition of 7 | Lithography and Hand Coloring | 38" x 88 1/4"

Team Gorman by David Rathman 2011

Edition of 7 | Lithography and Hand Coloring | 38" x 88 1/4"

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It seldom matters the words you say by David Rathman 2009 Edition of 25 | Spit-bite intaglio printed on Revere Silk paper | image: 16 3/4" x 26" | paper: 22 1/2" x 29 3/4"

It seldom matters the words you say by David Rathman 2009

Edition of 25 | Spit-bite intaglio printed on Revere Silk paper | image: 16 3/4" x 26" | paper: 22 1/2" x 29 3/4"

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The way we get by by David Rathman 2009 Edition of 10 | Spit-bite and drypoint Intaglio printed on Gampi chine collé on Revere Silk paper | image: 12 1/4" x 18 1/4" | paper: 18 3/4" x 24 1/4"

The way we get by by David Rathman 2009

Edition of 10 | Spit-bite and drypoint Intaglio printed on Gampi chine collé on Revere Silk paper | image: 12 1/4" x 18 1/4" | paper: 18 3/4" x 24 1/4"

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Butterfly Mornings, Wildflower Afternoons by David Rathman 2002 From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

Butterfly Mornings, Wildflower Afternoons by David Rathman 2002

From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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That’s as fair as I know how to make it. by David Rathman 2002 From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

That’s as fair as I know how to make it. by David Rathman 2002

From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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Montana’s Killing Me by David Rathman 2002 From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

Montana’s Killing Me by David Rathman 2002

From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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It’s just my Rough habits, I guess by David Rathman 2002 Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

It’s just my Rough habits, I guess by David Rathman 2002

Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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I forgot it was Sunday by David Rathman 2002 From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

I forgot it was Sunday by David Rathman 2002

From the Five New Etchings (2002) suite | Edition of 18 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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I’m the Law here. All the law. by David Rathman 2002 Not Editioned | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

I’m the Law here. All the law. by David Rathman 2002

Not Editioned | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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It Ain’t Right, But it’s so. by David Rathman 2002 Edition of 10 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

It Ain’t Right, But it’s so. by David Rathman 2002

Edition of 10 | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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My vices were magnificent. by David Rathman 2002 Not Editioned | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

My vices were magnificent. by David Rathman 2002

Not Editioned | Intaglio | image: 11" x 10" | paper: 17" x 15"

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