Prints and Their Makers

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By Phil Sanders

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Prints and Their Makers by master printer Phil Sanders offers an insightful exploration of printmaking, tracing its history and techniques developed over more than a thousand years. The book clearly explains seven major printmaking processes, including relief, intaglio, lithography, and screenprint. Featuring profiles and photographs of distinguished artists collaborating with printers, it showcases both historical works from artists like Albrecht Dürer and Mary Cassatt, and contemporary prints by over one hundred artists such as William Kentridge and Elizabeth Peyton.
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This book is ideal for art students, printmaking enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the history and contemporary practice of fine art prints. It serves as an excellent resource for those studying or teaching introductory printmaking courses and for collectors keen to understand the collaboration behind prints.

"An exploration of historical and contemporary fine art printmaking, with an emphasis on the roles and processes of the artist, master printer, and publisher"--

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2021 IFPDA Book Award (Excellence in research, scholarship, and the discussion of new ideas in the field of fine prints)

Prints and Their Makers takes you behind the scenes to witness the creative process at the world's top printmaking workshops.Master printer Phil Sanders offers an in-depth look at this versatile medium and places contemporary prints and practices in the context of traditions and techniques developed over more than a thousand years. Clear and engaging explanations illuminate the seven major printmaking processes: relief, intaglio, lithography, monotype, screenprint, photogravure, and chine collé.

Sanders highlights the collaborative nature of printmaking through up close profiles and photographs of distinguished artists working with their printers and publishers. Prints and Their Makers features historical prints from such artists as Albrecht Dürer and Mary Cassatt, as well as contemporary works by more than one hundred artists, including William Kentridge, Polly Apfelbaum, Julie Mehretu, Richard Serra, Glenn Ligon, Will Cotton, Nicole Eisenman, John Baldessari, Chakaia Booker, and Elizabeth Peyton.

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Praised for amplifying the story of printmaking, Prints and Their Makers is lauded as an invaluable resource offering concise histories of nine printing techniques and their application by contemporary artists. Reviewers highlight its usefulness for newcomers and students of printmaking, praising the engaging artist case studies and beautiful illustrations of both historical and contemporary prints.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781616898182

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton Architectural Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 237.0mm

Height: 313.0mm

Weight: 1890g

Pages: 320

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Phil Sanders

About the Author

Phil Sanders is a collaborative master printer as well as founder and president of the creative services firm PS Marlowe. He was formerly COO of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and Director/Master Printer of its program, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. He has taught at Penland School of Craft, Stanford University, and San Francisco State University and lectured extensively including Pratt Institute, Royal College of Art, MoMA, and elsewhere. Works that Sanders has printed with contemporary artists are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Library of Congress, and numerous other institutions.