Main entry:

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Title & Author:

Colorful impressions : the printmaking revolution in eighteenth-century France / Margaret Morgan Grasselli, with essays by Ivan E. Phillips, Kristel Smentek, Judith C. Walsh.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; Aldershot, Hampshire ; Burlington, Vermont : in association with Lund Humphries 2003
©2003
Verona, Italy : Graphicom

Description:

x, 185 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition of prints organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2003-Feb. 16, 2004, in part from its own collection.
"In association with Lund Humphries."
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-179) and index.
Color printmaking before 1730 / Margaret Morgan Grasselli -- "An exact imitation acquired at little expense": marketing color prints in eighteenth-century France / Kristel Smentek -- Ink and inspiration: the craft of color printing / Judith C. Walsh -- A collector's perspective / Ivan E. Phillips -- Catalogue -- Paper used in the prints: watermarks and observations / Lehua Fisher and Judith C. Walsh -- Essay notes -- Glossary.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"An indispensable addition to the literature, this informative publication is not only one of very few books available in English on the subject, but it also reproduces for the first time all the featured prints in full colour. Authors examine the history, marketing, and collecting of these prints, as well as the tools, techniques, and papers used in making them."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0853318921 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780853318927 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0894683098 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780894683091 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Exhibitions.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Exhibitions 2003.
National Gallery of Art (États-Unis) Expositions.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Color prints, French 18th century Exhibitions.
Prints Technique History 18th century Exhibitions.
Prints Washington (D.C.) Exhibitions.
Estampes en couleurs françaises 18e siècle Expositions.
Estampe Washington (D.C.) Expositions.
Estampe en couleurs française 18e siècle Expositions.
Estampe Technique Histoire 18e siècle Expositions.
Prints Technique
Color prints, French
Prints
Kleurendruk.
Color prints France 18th century.
Prints France 18th century.
Prints France Technique.
Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, 1951- author.
Phillips, Ivan E., contributor.
Smentek, Kristel, contributor.
Walsh, Judith C., contributor.
Phillips, Ivan E.
Smentek, Kristel
Walsh, Judith G.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Lund Humphries

Printmaking revolution in eighteenth-century France

Holdings:

Location: Library main 231929
Call No.: NE647.2.N38 2003
Status: Available