GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Lithographs are created by drawing a design with a grease crayon onto a smooth piece of limestone. Chemicals are applied to the surface to secure the final image during printing. Water is applied to the stone followed by an oil-based ink that adheres to the artist's marks. The stone is then loaded into a press in order to transfer the ink onto paper. After the intended number of prints are made from a stone, its surface can be sanded smooth for reuse.
Excerpt from
Emily Schiller, Visions of America exhibition gallery text, 2016.
NOTES
TAGS- printmaking: AAT: 300131119, prints (visual works): AAT: 300041273, lithography: AAT: 300053271
removed tag for 2000.218.FA, 2006.47.1, 2006.47.3, 2006.47.4, 2006.47.5, 2007.46.6, 2007.46.7, 2007.46.8, 2007.46.9, 2007.46.10, 2007.46.11, 2007.46.12, 2007.46.13
Another definition of Lithography, possibly by Andrea Severin Goins:
The process begins when an artist draws a design with a grease crayon on a smooth pieces of limestone. The stone is chemically treated with gum arabic, rosin, and talc so that the areas around the drawing will not accept the printing ink. The stone then sits for at least twenty-four hours so that the stone fully absorbs the image. Turpentine is rubbed over the surface to remove the greasy drawing material. A thin film remains bonded to the stone, ready to accept the oil-based ink. Next, the stone is dampened and the water is attracted to the gum arabic. Printing ink is applied to the stone with a roller and the ink sticks to the drawn design. Finally, paper is placed over the stone and they are run through a printing press, applying even pressure over the surface and transferring the ink to the page.
Printmaking process using fine limestone or chemically treated zinc plates. The image is drawn onto the stone or plate with greasy ink or crayon, then the stone is wet down. When the greasy printing ink is applied, the wet areas repel the ink, while the drawn areas retain the ink. Printing is made on slightly dampened paper. There are usually no plate lines in lithography. The stone or zincplate is usually much bigger than the "imaged" parts of them. The artist can draw with lithographic crayons, or with greasy lithographic ink. She can also scrape and engrave the stone or zincplate, to create clean open areas.
Excerpt from
Brigitte Baer (editor Steven A. Nash), Picasso the Printmaker: Graphics from the Marina Picasso Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, 1983. (exh 9/11- 10/30/1983). Drawings of instruments by Daniella Benedetti.
ASSOCIATED CONTENT CHUNKS
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
IMAGE ASSETS
The Diagram shows the process of Lithography.
Source: Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016
267926148: UMO
WEB RESOURCES
- Pressure + Ink: Introduction to Lithography~Watch the first of two videos created by the Museum of Modern Art to demonstrate the lithographic printmaking process.
- Pressure + Ink: Lithography Process~Watch the second of two videos created by the Museum of Modern Art to demonstrate the lithographic printmaking process.
- Lithography in the Nineteenth Century~Read Colta Ives's essay on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2004).
- Alchemy of Art: Lithography~Watch this explanation of the lithography process narrated by professors from the Printmaking Department at the University of South Carolina and presented by the Columbia Museum of Art.
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
FUN FACTS
TEACHING IDEAS
RULES
apply to objects where medium equals lithograph
apply to content where content contains lithograph
Category
rules_operator
AND
General Description
Lithographs are created by drawing a design with a grease crayon onto a smooth piece of limestone. Chemicals are applied to the surface to secure the final image during printing. Water is applied to the stone followed by an oil-based ink that adheres to the artist's marks. The stone is then loaded into a press in order to transfer the ink onto paper. After the intended number of prints are made from a stone, its surface can be sanded smooth for reuse.
Excerpt from
Emily Schiller, Visions of America exhibition gallery text, 2016.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Pressure + Ink: Introduction to Lithography~Watch the first of two videos created by the Museum of Modern Art to demonstrate the lithographic printmaking process.
- Pressure + Ink: Lithography Process~Watch the second of two videos created by the Museum of Modern Art to demonstrate the lithographic printmaking process.
- Lithography in the Nineteenth Century~Read Colta Ives's essay on the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2004).
- Alchemy of Art: Lithography~Watch this explanation of the lithography process narrated by professors from the Printmaking Department at the University of South Carolina and presented by the Columbia Museum of Art.
Notes
TAGS- printmaking: AAT: 300131119, prints (visual works): AAT: 300041273, lithography: AAT: 300053271
removed tag for 2000.218.FA, 2006.47.1, 2006.47.3, 2006.47.4, 2006.47.5, 2007.46.6, 2007.46.7, 2007.46.8, 2007.46.9, 2007.46.10, 2007.46.11, 2007.46.12, 2007.46.13
Another definition of Lithography, possibly by Andrea Severin Goins:
The process begins when an artist draws a design with a grease crayon on a smooth pieces of limestone. The stone is chemically treated with gum arabic, rosin, and talc so that the areas around the drawing will not accept the printing ink. The stone then sits for at least twenty-four hours so that the stone fully absorbs the image. Turpentine is rubbed over the surface to remove the greasy drawing material. A thin film remains bonded to the stone, ready to accept the oil-based ink. Next, the stone is dampened and the water is attracted to the gum arabic. Printing ink is applied to the stone with a roller and the ink sticks to the drawn design. Finally, paper is placed over the stone and they are run through a printing press, applying even pressure over the surface and transferring the ink to the page.
Printmaking process using fine limestone or chemically treated zinc plates. The image is drawn onto the stone or plate with greasy ink or crayon, then the stone is wet down. When the greasy printing ink is applied, the wet areas repel the ink, while the drawn areas retain the ink. Printing is made on slightly dampened paper. There are usually no plate lines in lithography. The stone or zincplate is usually much bigger than the "imaged" parts of them. The artist can draw with lithographic crayons, or with greasy lithographic ink. She can also scrape and engrave the stone or zincplate, to create clean open areas.
Excerpt from
Brigitte Baer (editor Steven A. Nash), Picasso the Printmaker: Graphics from the Marina Picasso Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, 1983. (exh 9/11- 10/30/1983). Drawings of instruments by Daniella Benedetti.
rules
Apply To
Objects
medium
Equals
lithograph
Apply To
Content
content
Contains
lithograph
source file
materials_and_techniques-0056.xml.nores