Printstory

This blog is a resource for students of Printmaking at the University of Delaware and elsewhere. It is meant to be concise, image-based, and sortable. Click on a tag to see all prints from this page with that tag. Students should refer back to it while printing and instructors can use it to assemble slideshows.

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What is the Use of Ornament in Contemporary Art and Architecture?

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Victor Hugo, Three-Quarter View - Auguste Rodin, drypoint, 1885.

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/16.37.2 

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A Mule and a Plow - Bernarda Bryson Shahn, undated. Lithograph on paper. 

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Fall Summit 2 - Michael Cina & Sonnenzimmer, 2011, 5 color screenprint. 

Source: http://www.sonnenzimmer.com/memory/fall-summit/

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Jordan Crane 

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screenprints! Jordan's work at http://whatthingsdo.com/authors/jordan-crane/

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Gun - Andy Warhol, acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 1981. 

Of screenprinting, Warhol said, "It was all so simple, quick, and chancy. I was thrilled with it."

source: http://www.warhol.org/collection/art/work/1998-1-275/

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Keep Your Fire Escapes Clear - Library of Congress says "attributed to Muller", screenprint, 1936 or 37, for the New York Federal Art Project, WPA

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The Dream and Lie of Franco, second sheet - Pablo Picasso, etching & aquatint, 1937. 

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Work With Care - Robert Muchley, 1936/37,  woodcut for the Pennsylvania WPA Federal Art Project.

Source: http://postersforthepeople.com/work-with-care-muchley.html

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Work With Care - Robert Muchley, woodcut, 1936/37, for the Pennsylvania WPA Federal Art Project. 

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Aquatinta-Dusting in the box

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Sweet homemade rosin box!

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Turning Out the Light - John Sloan, 1905, etching. 

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Woman Bathing - Mary Cassat, 1890-91. Drypoint, aquatint. Printed in color from three plates, fourth and final state. 

Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/337064

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The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters - Francisco Goya, c. 1799. Etching, drypoint, aquatint, burin. 

The wikipedia page for this work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleep_of_Reason_Produces_Monsters

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suchaniceprint:

Mamma Andersson

Abandoned,

2008

Color spit bite and sugar lift aquatints with aquatint and soft ground etching

Image Size:

24¼

x

36

“

Paper Size:

33¼

x

44

“

Edition Size: 

40

Publisher: 

Crown Point Press

Printer: 

Emily York

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Richard Diebenkorn. Color Etching.

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Green - 1986

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The Last Judgment series - Warrington Colescott, color etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, relief, 1987.

Source: http://www.nationalacademy.org/