Title

Print by Print, Step by Step: Artists' prints in series.

Venues

Australian National Gallery (9 March 1985 – 6 June 1985)

Date

(1985)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints

Curator

Kinsman, Jane.

Documentation

Text by Jane Kinsman, checKlist compiled by Tony Palmer and Jane Kinsman. Catalogue 6pp. ill. Checklist 1p. [RAB].

Web address

https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/print-by-print-ste…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Most artists intend their prints to be seen and appreciated one at a time, but there is also a rich tradition of prints which were planned to be seen in series. These print series may tell a story, repeat or vary a particular motif or theme, or form sets in which the effect of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. For hundreds of years, publishers and artists have been exploiting the compatibility of type-face and image in printing illustrated books. The first books to tell stories with illustrations set in a sequence were an early form of serial imagery in print.

[National Gallery of Australia media, 1985]

Last Updated

19 Sep 2024