MATERIALS & METHODS - PRINTING - Gallery Notes
Impression - State - Edition - Bon à Tirer
From: Works on Paper Series. Print, Drawing, and Photography Galleries. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
S t a t e C h a n g e s a n d E d i t i o n s"An impression is a single printing from a plate. One of the primary characteristics of printmaking is its multiple nature--many virtually identical impressions can be printed from the same plate. This production of multiples gives the printmaker the opportunity to create a series of variations on the image--by adding or removing lines from the plate after some impressions have been printed, by inking or wiping the plate in a different way for some impressions, by using a variety of papers. This opportunity for variation and experiment is one of the attractions of printmaking for many artists."
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[From: Drawing Techniques, Gallery Notes P5 - Works on Paper Series. Print, Drawing, and Photography Galleries. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.]
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