A Spectrum of Innovation: Color in American Printmaking, 1890-1960

David Acton

ISBN 10: 0393029018 / ISBN 13: 9780393029017

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 1990

About this Item

304 pages. Hardcover. Texts in English. There is some shelfwear and sunning to the edges of the boards, and some wear to the edges of the dustjacket along with associated rubbing to the dustjacket covers. Else, the binding is tight, the interior clean and free of markings. Bound in blue cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth from July 29-September 23, 1990, and subsequently at the Nelson-Atkins Museum and Worcester Art Museum. Beautiful full color and full page reproductions of arworks included in the exhibition.

Seller Inventory # 028269

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Spectrum of Innovation: Color in American Printmaking, 1890-1960
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393029018
• ISBN 13: 9780393029017
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

This survey of colour printing by 100 inventive artists begins with works from the 1890s when American artists travelled to Europe to learn traditional printmaking techniques. It then continues through the colour woodcut revival, the development of colour serigraphy and lithography, the evolution of colour intaglio processes, and the free technical experiments of the modernists. The final print, from 1960, is the first lithograph in colour which heralded the explosion of a vital new tradition of printmaking.