An international survey of diverse styles and techniques of the period (1960s and 1970s): the revival of tradtional lithography and etching; the development and intensive use of silkscreen processes; adapatations of photographically induced images; the refinement of aquatint; experimentation with Xerox, rubber stamp, blue print, and other commercial methods. The author, then director of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at NYMOMA Riva Castleman, discusses the effect of new scientific processes, new papers and materials, and the growth of the audience fr printed art, along with the establishment of fine workshop facilities and close collaboration between artists and technicians. More than a hundred works are illustrated, representing such artists as Jennifer Bartlett, Joseph Beuys, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Miro, and Andy Warhol.
Written by Riva Castleman, and published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980.
Softcover, 144 pages with 105 illustrations, 15 in color.