Title: Book Of A Treasury of American Prints by Thomas Craven
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Period: 20th Century
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Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1939
Item ID: 4240
A Treasury of American Prints by Thomas Craven. Features Grant Wood, Aaron Bohrod, Ernest Fiene A Treasury of American Prints. Edits by Thomas Craven. Features a selection of one hundred etchings and lithograph (reproductions) by the foremost American printmakers as well as artist background information. Great reference source of biographies and signatures by noted artists such as Grant Wood, Aaron Bohrod, Ernest Fiene and John Marin. Some cover damage. a treasury of american paints edited by thomas craven Treasury of American Prints Craven Book A Treasury of American prints – a selection of one hundred etchings and lithographs by the foremost living American Artists. Edited by Thomas Craven. Publisher - N. Y: Simon & Schuster, 1939. The book is ring-bound with a hard cover and slipcase. The book has green boards with a black spine and the slipcase is also black. The book is in very good condition with some slight (very minute) edge rubbing here and there. The slipcase has wear to the corners and along the seams. The artists include: Peggy Bacon (5 plates), Thomas Benton (5 plates), Isabel Bishop (2 plates), Arnold Blanch (2 plates), Aaron Bohrod (1 plate), Alexander Brook (2 plates), Andrew Butler (2 plates), Paul Cadmus (2 plates), Francis Chapin (1 plate), Paul Louis Clemens (1 plate), Howard Cook (1 plate), John Corbino (1 plate), John E.Costian (3 plates), John Steuart Curry (5 plates), Adolf Dehn (4 plates), Mabel Dwight (1 plate), Ernest Fiene (1 plate), Don Freeman (1 plate), Wanda Gag (2 plates), Emil Ganso (1 plate), Minnetta Good (1 plate), William Gropper (3 plates), George Grosz (3 plates), William Heaslip (1 plate), Albert Heckman ( 1 plate), Eugene Higgins (1 plate), Irwin D.Hoffman (1 plate), Edwar Hopper (2 plates), Joe Jones (1 plate), Yasuo Kuniyoshi (2 plates), Doris Lee (1 plate), Charles Locke (2 plates), Luigi Lucioni (1 plate), John Marin (1 plate), Reginald Marsh (6 plates), John S. De Martelly (2 plates), Kenneth Hayes Miller (1 plate), Thomas W.Nason (1 plate), Waldo Peirce (2 plates ), Boardman Robinson (1 plate), Charles Sheeler (1 plate), John Sloan (5 plates), Rapheal Soyer (1 plate), Lee Townsend (1 plate ), Stow Wengenroth (1 plate), Harry Wickey (3 plates), Grant Wood (6 plates), and Mahonri Young (2 plates). Each plate contains a short description along with a brief bio on the artist. As you can see by the artists who are featured in this book the work and caliber of contents is fabulous! Quite the collectible item – a fabulous addition to any art connoisseur’s library! In the slipcase it measures 10 5/8” x 13 3/8” x 1 1/8”. Striving For Excellence It isn’t brilliance or just getting the breaks, It is consistent attention to & honest respect for the Customer. Status: For Sale Reference#: an4220 Condition: very good Year: 1939 Title: Treasury of American Prints Craven Book
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Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a 'print'. Each piece produced is not a copy but considered an original since it is not a reproduction of another work of art and is technically (more correctly) known as an 'impression'. Printmaking (other than monotyping) is not chosen only for its ability to produce multiple copies, but rather for the unique qualities that each of the printmaking processes lends itself to.
Prints are created by transferring ink from a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material. Common types of matrices include: metal plates, usually copper or zinc, or polymer plates for engraving or etching; stone, aluminum, or polymer for lithography; blocks of wood for woodcuts and wood engravings; and linoleum for linocuts. Screens made of silk or synthetic fabrics are used for the screenprinting process. Other types of matrix substrates and related processes are discussed below.
Multiple impressions printed from the same matrix form an edition. Since the late 19th century, artists have generally signed individual impressions from an edition and often number the impressions to form a limited edition. Prints may also be printed in book form, such as illustrated books or artist's books.
