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Lecture, "Artists and printmaking: the making of a print", 1984 February 29 /

Alexander, Brooke

Art dealer, Publisher

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Collection Information

Size: 1 sound cassette + 8 slides

Summary: A lecture delivered by Edmund Brooke Alexander 1984 Feb. 29 at the Fogg Art Museum. Also includes eight accompanying color slides. Alexander speaks of prints he has published and distributed since 1968 by artists Alex Katz, Sam Francis, Sol Lewitt, Robert Motherwell and others; factors in judging prints, painters and sculptors working in printmaking; and his involvement with young painters, studying to become printmakers.

Biographical/Historical Note

Edmund Brooke Alexander (1937-2022) was an art dealer and publisher based in Cambridge, Massachusets.

Provenance

Donated 1988 by E. Brooke Alexander. Harvard University granted the Archives of American Art permission to record the lecture.

Language Note

English .

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How to Cite This Collection

Lecture, "Artists and printmaking: the making of a print", 1984 February 29 /. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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