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(ART.) THRASH, DOX.
How to Make a Carborundum Tint * A quick
Method of Burnishing a Plate.
Two typed manuscripts, 4 pages and 2 pages, respec-
tively together with a 4 x 6 inch silver print photographic portrait of the artist; some wear
to the typed pages; paper toned.
Np, circa late 1930’s early 1940’s
[800/1,200]
Dox Thrash (1892-1975) is best remembered as a printmaker who developed one of the most
innovative printing techniques of the twentieth century—the use of carborundum to etch copper
plates instead of the normal tools and techniques. We offer here, two typed drafts by Thrash
explaining just how he accomplished his novel technique, probably written during the
Depression while working for the Federal WPA project.
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(ART) TOLLIVER, WILLIAM
Transcendant of the Blues
Serigraph,
40 x 29
1
⁄
2
inches; frame size 53 x 43 inches
Np, Nd.
[4,500/6,500]
# 24 of 350 copies, printed on Coventry 320
rag paper with 80 colors. The screens for this
work were destroyed. William Tolliver (1951-
2000) is hung in many museums throughout
the country.
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