print email comment close Prints With/Out Pressure: American Relief Prints From the 1940s Through the 1960s URL: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/pressure/ Description: This exhibit examines the relief print, which "refers to any print made from a raised printing surface, created when the non-printing areas of the block or plate are cut away below the surface. Examples of this technique include woodcut, wood engraving, and linoleum cut." Features essays on book illustration and prints clubs, a selection of images, and profiles of artists. From the New York Public Library (NYPL). Publisher: New York Public Library Extra Keywords Atelier 17 Ruthven Todd Portfolio Library of Congress Subject Headings: Prints -- 20th century Prints, American Relief printing LII Database Information: Record 21252 created by Jennifer English on 04/17/2006 Last modification on 04/18/2006 Published: 04/20/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21252