A Graphic Muse Prints by Contemporary American Women

This volume documents the vitality and range of the work produced by women artists over the past 15 years, illustrating the increasing importance of women in U.S. printmaking. The artists range from established masters such as Helen Frankenthaler, Elaine de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell to younger ones such as Susan Rothenberg and Louisa Chase. The featured prints by 24 women artists represent every printmaking technique, from etching, lithography and woodcut to screenprint, mezzotint, and monotype. They also represent the full stylistic spectrum from pure abstraction and realism to conceptionalism. The authors provide an introduction to the historical importance of women printmakers, trace the conflicts between process and expression in printmaking since 1960, and offer a critical biographical profile of each artist. ISBN 0-89659-688-5: $45.00 (For use only in the library).