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General References on Prints and the History of Printmaking

Art on Paper. Journal (issued 10 times annually). New York: Fanning Publishing Company.

Brown, Kathan. Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood: Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996.

Contemporary Impressions: The Journal of the American Print Alliance. Biannual journal. Peachtree City, Georgia: American Print Alliance.

Griffiths, Antony. Prints and Printmaking: An Introduction to the History and Techniques. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996.

Hults, Linda, C. The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.

Ivins, W. M., Jr. How Prints Look: Photographs with a Commentary. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1943.

Mayor, A. Hyatt. Prints and People: A Social History of Printed Pictures. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971.

Printmaking Today. Quarterly journal. London: Farrand Press.

Saff, Donald, and Deli Sacilotto. Printmaking: History and Process. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978.

Shikes, Ralph E. The Indignant Eye: The Artist as Social Critic in Prints and Drawings from the Fifteenth Century to Picasso. Boston: Beacon Press, 1969.

Tallman, Susan. The Contemporary Print: From Pre-Pop to Postmodern. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Wyckoff, Elizabeth, and David Platzker. Hard Pressed: 600 Years of Prints and Process. New York: Hudson Hill Press in association with International Print Center New York, 2000.

Printmaking Techniques

Antreasian, Garo Z., and Clinton Adams. The Tamarind Book of Lithography: Art & Techniques. Los Angeles: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1971.

Ayres, Julia. Monotype: Mediums and Methods for Painterly Printmaking. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.

Gascoigne, Bamber. How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Ink-Jet. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986.

Hayter, Stanley William. New Ways of Gravure: Innovative Techniques of Printmaking Taken from the Studio of a Master Craftsman. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1981.

Heller, Jules. Printmaking Today: An Artist's Handbook. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.

Henning, Roni. Screen-Printing: Water-Based Techniques. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1994.

Howard, Keith. Non-Toxic Intaglio Printmaking. Grande Prairie, A.B., Canada: Printmaking Resources, 1998.

Leaf, Ruth. Etching, Engraving, and Other Intaglio Printmaking Techniques. New York: Dover Publications, 1984.

Lumsden, Ernest S. The Art of Etching. London: Secley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1925.

Nadeau, Luis. Encyclopedia of Printing, Photographic, and Photomechanical Processes. Fredericton, N.B., Canada: Atelier Luis Nadeau, 1989-90.

Ross, John, Clare Romano, and Tim Ross. The Complete Printmaker: Techniques, Traditions, Innovations. New York: The Free Press, and London: Collier MacMillan Publishers, 1990.

Shure, Brian. Chine Collé: A Printer's Handbook. San Francisco: Crown Point Press, 2000.

Walklin, Colin. Relief Printmaking: A Manual of Techniques. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 1991.

Wax, Carol. The Mezzotint: History and Technique. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1990.

Welden, Dan, and Pauline Muir. Printmaking in the Sun. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.

Wenniger, Mary Ann. Collagraph Printmaking. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1975.

Westley, Ann. Relief Printmaking. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2002.

Caring for Prints

Clapp, Anne F. Curatorial Care of Works on Paper: Basic Procedures for Paper Preservation. Oberlin, Ohio: Intermuseum Laboratory, Allen Art Building, 1978, revised and augmented edition New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1987.

Dolloff, Francis W., and Roy L. Perkinson. How to Care for Works of Art on Paper. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1979.

Ellis, Margaret Holden. The Care of Prints and Drawings. Nashville, Tenn.: AASLH Press, with the assistance of the J. Paul Getty Trust, 1987.

 
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