What is an Original Print?

General Background
What is an Original Print?

The following materials are excerpted from the brochure What is an Original Print?, produced in 1961 by the Print Council of America. Though dated, the materials provide a solid introduction to the printmaking process, the roles of those involved in creating, managing, and selling prints, and the historical overview of prints as collectible works of art.

• Introduction
• The Artist
• What is an Original Print?
• Processes and Techniques in Modern Printmaking
• Reproductions
• The Dealer
• Printmaking: The Historical Background by Carl Zigrosser

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