Showing posts with label Photogravure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photogravure. Show all posts

Monday, June 10, 2013

The Terminal, 1893 (negative); c. 1913 Alfred Stieglitz, American, PhotogravureThe Philadelphia Museum of Art is one of the foremost exhibitors of fine art photography in the nation, especially since the completion of its Perelman Building. Photogravure: Master Prints from the Collection is a wonderful exhibition worthy of this great institution.

This exhibition will run through August 11, 2013

Photogravure, a printmaking process that combines elements of aquatint etching and photography, was a prized medium among artist-photographers of the late nineteenth century, who labored over their hand-pulled prints.