A reproductive printmaking technique that is photographically based. Although collotype is increasingly rare, in the early 20th century it was employed for its effectiveness in reproducing the subtle delicacy of drawings and photographs. A photographic negative is projected onto a printing plate coated with light-sensitive gelatin that hardens and becomes receptive to the application of ink. Paper is laid on top and the image is printed on a press.
Works
6 works online
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Eadweard J. Muybridge Woman Descending an Incline with a 20-lb. Basket on Head, Hands Raised: Plate 124 from Animal Locomotion (1887) 1884-86
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Velox Ward The Home My Daddy Built from America: The Third Century 1975
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Christian Bérard Plate (page 69) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets) 1947
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Gerhard Richter Mao 1968
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Pablo Picasso Costume design for the ballet Le Tricorne 1920
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Ay-O Double page plate (folios 11 verso and 12) from Ouzel 1971, published 1972
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