HOW TO APPRECIATE PRINTS

NEW YORK: MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY, 1914 VERY NICE LOOKING NAVY COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. 15 SECTIONS AND 30 ILLUSTRATIONS. GREAT DETAIL ON MANY SUBJECTS REGARDING PRINTS. A FEW TOPICS ARE COLLECTING, ETCHING, ENGRAVING, MEZZOTINTSWOOD ENGRAVING, LITHOGRAPHY, MAKING OF PRINTS AND OTHER DETAILED CHAPTERS. Art prints are a high quality machine printed reproduction of an artists original painting. Mostly printed using specialized inkjet printers on canvas or premium grade paper. Art prints have been growing in popularity the past few years, Complex abstract art prints have been gaining a lot of interest. Frank Weitenkampf, (13 April 1866 - August 23, 1962), was an American authority on engraving and chief of the art and print departments at the New York Public Library (NYPL), where his papers are archived. Weitenkampf was born at 132 Broome Street in New York City, where he studied for two years at the Art Students' League. He worked for the New York Public Library for 61 years, starting in 1881 as a page at the Astor Library, then leading the NYPL Art Department, and finally serving as Curator of Prints from 1921 until his retirement in 1942. At the NYPL, he arranged continuous exhibitions of carefully selected prints, and he also did considerable art propaganda work in disseminating information concerning prints through the press.