GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Intaglio processes consist of marking into a matrix (usually a metal plate), applying and removing ink, and transferring the image to dampened paper by means of a printing press. Unlike relief prints produced by ink on the design's surface, intaglio prints result from ink transferred from the valleys cut into the matrix.
Excerpt from
Emily Schiller, Visions of America exhibition gallery text, 2016.
NOTES
removed TMS tag for 2001.26
Intaglio is one of the four major methods of printmaking. Category of printmaking in which the lines to be printed are below the surface of the plate. The plate is inked and wiped. The paper is dampened, and plate and paper are put through a press which forces the paper into the inked grooves. Since the paper is usually larger than the plate, a mark, called a plate mark or plate line is left on the paper.
Adapted 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.
See TOAH essays- "The Printed Image in the West: aquatint; drypoint; etching; mezzotint
printmaking: AAT: 300131119, prints (visual works): AAT: 300041273, intaglio prints: 300041338, engraving (printing process): AAT: 300053225, drypoint (printing process): AAT: 300053228, etching (printing process): AAT: 300053241
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1. Step 1, the shown depressions are cut into a printing plate. These depressions can be any size.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016.
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2. Step 2, The entire printing plate is then covered in Ink.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016.
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3. Step 3, The ink is wiped off the surface of the printing plate, but it remains in the depressions or grooves created in Step 1.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016.
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4. Step 4, Paper is then placed on the plate and compressed, such as by a heavy roller shown in the diagram.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016.
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5. Step 5, Remove the paper, and the ink has been transferred from the printing plate onto the paper.
Source: Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons, accessed August 3, 2016.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Watch this video introduction to intaglio printing from MOMA.
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Watch this video on the intaglio process from MOMA.
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General Description
Intaglio processes consist of marking into a matrix (usually a metal plate), applying and removing ink, and transferring the image to dampened paper by means of a printing press. Unlike relief prints produced by ink on the design's surface, intaglio prints result from ink transferred from the valleys cut into the matrix.
Excerpt from
Emily Schiller, Visions of America exhibition gallery text, 2016.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Watch this video introduction to intaglio printing from MOMA.
- Museum of Modern Art, New York~Watch this video on the intaglio process from MOMA.
Notes
removed TMS tag for 2001.26
Intaglio is one of the four major methods of printmaking. Category of printmaking in which the lines to be printed are below the surface of the plate. The plate is inked and wiped. The paper is dampened, and plate and paper are put through a press which forces the paper into the inked grooves. Since the paper is usually larger than the plate, a mark, called a plate mark or plate line is left on the paper.
Adapted 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.
See TOAH essays- "The Printed Image in the West: aquatint; drypoint; etching; mezzotint
printmaking: AAT: 300131119, prints (visual works): AAT: 300041273, intaglio prints: 300041338, engraving (printing process): AAT: 300053225, drypoint (printing process): AAT: 300053228, etching (printing process): AAT: 300053241
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