Georg Baselitz
Eagle (1981)
Tate
A print is an impression made by any method involving transfer from one surface to another
Print techniques
Aquatint
Aquatint is a printmaking technique that produces tonal effects by using acid to eat into the printing plate creating sunken areas which hold the ink
Drypoint
Drypoint is a printmaking process in which a design is drawn on a plate with a sharp, pointed needle-like instrument
Engraving
Engraving is a printmaking technique that involves making incisions into a metal plate which retain the ink and form the printed image
Etching
Etching is a printmaking technique that uses chemical action to produce incised lines in a metal printing plate which then hold the applied ink and form the image
Intaglio
Intaglio describes any printmaking technique in which the image is produced by incising into the printing plate – the incised line or area holds the ink and creates the image
Lithography
Lithography is a printing process that uses a flat stone or metal plate on which the image areas are worked using a greasy substance so that the ink will adhere to them by, while the non-image areas are made ink-repellent
Monoprint
The monoprint is a form of printmaking where the image can only be made once, unlike most printmaking which allows for multiple originals
Offset lithography
Offset lithography is a variation of the printing technique lithography
Screenprint
A variety of stencil printing, using a screen made from fabric (silk or synthetic) stretched tightly over a frame
Proof
Proof is a printing term applied to all individual impressions made before work on a printing plate or block is completed, in order to check progress of the image
Woodcut
A method of relief printing from a block of wood cut along the grain
Wood engraving
A printmaking method distinct from woodcut in that the line is incised into the woodblock, rather than the background being cut away to leave a line in relief
Artists who print
Selected artworks in the collection
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Jenny Holzer
1979–82
Girl with a Fig Leaf
Lucian Freud
1947
Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum?
Guerrilla Girls
1989
‘Songs of Innocence’: Title-Page
William Blake
1789, reprinted 1831 or later
Float
Prunella Clough
1950
Four Prints of an Election, plate 4: Chairing the Members
William Hogarth, François Antoine Aveline
1758
Sad Shower in New York
Tracey Emin
1995
Print A - Version I
Ian McKeever
1997
