Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of Art, Together with Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods
In 1917 Pennell returned to the United States after two and a half decades living in London. A prolific etcher and close friend of James McNeill Whistler, Pennell dedicated himself in New York to teaching and promoting artistic printmaking. He lectured on the history of prints at the National Academy of Design, and persuaded the Art Students League to establish a graphic arts department where he also taught. This book reproduces works by master etchers from the fifteenth century forward, tracing the medium's development and offering detailed explanations of materials and methods. Many of the artists associated with the Etching Revival were gone by 1919, but Pennell's work encapsulates ideas central to that movement and encouraged their continuence into the twentieth century. This limited deluxe variation (numbered 35 of 105, dedicated to a Chicago collector and rare book dealer, and illustrated with an etched frontispiece by Pennell) was created for wealthy American bibliophiles and print collectors.
Artwork Details
- Title: Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of Art, Together with Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods
- Series/Portfolio: The Graphic Arts Series for Artists, Students, Amateurs & Collectors, vol. II
- Artist: Joseph Pennell (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1857–1926 New York)
- Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
- Printer: Photogravures by F. A. Ringler Company (American, established 1878)
- Printer: Norwood Press (American, 1895–1954)
- Date: 1919
- Medium: Illustrations: photogravure, half tone and process printing used to reproduce etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint; one etching
- Dimensions: 12 13/16 × 9 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (32.5 × 23 × 4 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Gift of David del Gaizo, 2019
- Object Number: 2021.167
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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