Fifteen years ago, printmaking seemed to be passing unmourned into oblivion at least in America, where lithography, etching and silkscreen attracted few major artists. The "precious object" tradition of the artist's print, with its small size, deckle-edged refinement and rigidly traditional techniques, suited neither the epic scale nor the conceptual thrust of new American art. Today the change is absolute. There is hardly a significant American artist who does not make prints as an integral part of his work.
Enthusiasm for the medium runs high, sometimes verging on the erotic. "It's got all...
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