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The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Title: The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Other Title: Robert Hamilton Blackburn Printmaking Workshop core collection and archives
- Related Names:
Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-2003.
Printmaking Workshop Printmaking Workshop records - Date Created/Published: 1948-1999.
- Medium:
whole collection ca. 11,000 items
2,170 prints : chiefly intaglio, lithograph, linocut, and woodcut ; various sizes
35 portfolios : chiefly intaglio, lithograph, and etching ; various sizes
13 case books : various sizes
ca. 7,600 photographs : color film transparencies ; 35mm (slide format)
ca. 765 items ; various sizes
ca. 400 photographs : color and black and white prints ; mostly 13 x 18 cm or smaller
ca. 20 negatives : safety, black and white ; 35mm (roll film) - Summary: The collection includes artist prints, portfolios, case books, photographs, negatives, and slides produced by Robert Blackburn and other artists between 1948 and 1999 at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in New York. Additionally, it contains a variety of ephemera such as book galleys, office file cards, flyers, portfolio mock-ups, letters, and other materials significant to the Workshop's legacy. The collection showcases a diverse array of American and international creators, styles, subjects, printmaking and drawing techniques including intaglio prints (e.g. etchings, aquatints, drypoints, engravings, and mezzotints), linocuts, lithographs, monoprints, monotypes, screen prints (e.g. silkscreens, serigraphs), woodcuts, collages, ink, wash, watercolor, mixed media, and poster art. The collection's rich variety of artworks reflects the depth and diversity of artistic expression, offering a unique perspective on social, political, and cultural themes and narratives.
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- Rights Advisory:
Works by other artists Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.195.copr
Works by Robert Blackburn Publication may be restricted. For information see "Robert Blackburn ...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.410.blac
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- Arrangement: The processed portion of the collection includes 2,170 prints, including 35 portfolios and 13 case books. The prints and portfolios are organized into three groups by size using the FP 3 filing series: 1. Prints by various artists. 2. Prints by Robert Blackburn. 3. Portfolios by various artists. The prints and portfolios have individual catalog records under the call number FP 3 - RBPW. The case books have individual catalog records using the CASE filing series.
- Title devised by Library staff.
- Container list: Blackburn.
- Unprocessed material related to this collection can be found in PR 13 CN 2006:006.
- Gift/Purchase; Robert Hamilton Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; 2006; (DLC/PP-2006:006).
- Robert Hamilton Blackburn (1920-2003) was an influential African-American artist, teacher, and master printmaker. Born in New Jersey and raised in Harlem, Blackburn began his artistic journey at Frederick Douglass Junior High, where he studied with notable artists and received awards for his achievements upon graduating in 1936. He continued to refine his craft at the Harlem Arts Workshop and Harlem Arts Community Center, experiences that greatly shaped his future in the arts. In 1947, Blackburn founded the Printmaking Workshop, a space for collaborative printmaking that became a hub for artists of diverse backgrounds. Blackburn was a master lithographer and the first master printer at Universal Limited Art Editions, working with renowned artists like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. He taught at several institutions and received numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992. Although the workshop closed in 2002, it was successfully revived in 2005 under the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. The Library of Congress holds the largest collection of Blackburn's own works, along with artworks from over 1,300 artists spanning the 1940s to the 1990s.
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- Part of: Fine Print Studios filing series
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- Rights Advisory: Works by other artists Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.195.copr Works by Robert Blackburn Publication may be restricted. For information see "Robert Blackburn ...," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.410.blac
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium:
whole collection ca. 11,000 items
2,170 prints : chiefly intaglio, lithograph, linocut, and woodcut ; various sizes
35 portfolios : chiefly intaglio, lithograph, and etching ; various sizes
13 case books : various sizes
ca. 7,600 photographs : color film transparencies ; 35mm (slide format)
ca. 765 items ; various sizes
ca. 400 photographs : color and black and white prints ; mostly 13 x 18 cm or smaller
ca. 20 negatives : safety, black and white ; 35mm (roll film)
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- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium:
whole collection ca. 11,000 items
2,170 prints : chiefly intaglio, lithograph, linocut, and woodcut ; various sizes
35 portfolios : chiefly intaglio, lithograph, and etching ; various sizes
13 case books : various sizes
ca. 7,600 photographs : color film transparencies ; 35mm (slide format)
ca. 765 items ; various sizes
ca. 400 photographs : color and black and white prints ; mostly 13 x 18 cm or smaller
ca. 20 negatives : safety, black and white ; 35mm (roll film)
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