Prints From Blocks

by Riva Castleman

This work contains 68 plates of block prints in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Four are printed in color. Includes an essay on the history of wood block printing. Finger smudges on inside upper wrapper, wrappers lightly tanned, adhesive residue on head corner of upper wrapper. unpaginated 16 pages plus 68 plates . stiff paper wrappers. oblong small 8vo..

Paperback

First published March 1, 1983

About the author

Riva Castleman (August 15, 1930 – September 4, 2014) was an American art historian and art curator.

Castleman is credited with promoting the mediums of printmaking and illustrated books as serious forms of fine art. From 1976–95 she was Director of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.