Guide to Printmaking

The term print covers many engraving and printing techniques. To help you discover and understand them, we offer you this short technical guide as well as additional resources. From etching to lithography, from xylography to silkscreen printing, discover the different techniques used by the artists we present to you

Original color lithograph by Joan Miró for The Lizard with Golden Feathers, first version of 1967

What is a print?

The term print is the generic word to designate the works realized thanks to the various techniques of printing on paper.

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Original work - "Still life with anemones", Bernard Buffet, 1986

The print: an original work?

Because of its accessibility, the print is a very coveted work of art for art lovers and collectors. Sometimes considered as a reproduction of an original work, it is far from being a copy.

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