Main entry:

Zigrosser, Carl, 1891-1975, author.

Title & Author:

A guide to the collecting and care of original prints / by Carl Zigrosser and Christa M. Gaehde ; sponsored by the Print Council of America.

Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1965]
©1965

Description:

vi, [2], 120 pages illustrations 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-12).
Preface -- I. For the collector. What are fine prints? ; The techniques of printmaking ; The advantages of collecting prints ; Advice to collectors -- II. The print as an original. Original versus reproduction ; Fraudulent practices -- III. The historical background of originality -- IV. Glossary of terms relating to prints. Techniques of printmaking ; Other terms relating to prints -- V. The artist and the print market. The need for standard procedures ; Resolution by the International Congress of Plastic Arts ; Definition adopted by the French National Committee on Engraving -- VI. The dealer and the print market. The qualifications of a dealer ; Auctions ; Appraisals ; A Code of Standards ; Tariff Act and Regulations ; Code of Dealers' Standards -- VII. The care and conservation of fine prints / Christa M. Gaehde.
Sponsored by the Print Council of America.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0517038056
9780517038055

Subject:

Prints Collectors and collecting.
Art.
Documents, Printing of.
Printing.
Arts.
Engraving and Engravings
Estampe Collectionneurs et collections.
Imprimerie.
fine arts (discipline)
works of art.
printing processes.
printing (process)

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Gaehde, Christa M., author.
Print Council of America, sponsor.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room conservation 144619
Call No.: NE885.Z5
Status: Available