Drypoint
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Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond. In principle, the method is practically id
Woman in Cafe, drypoint with burr by Lesser Ury
Surlingham Ferry - looking towards Norwich, drypoint with very rich burr by Edward Thomas Daniell
Mary Cassatt, Woman Bathing, drypoint combined with aquatint, 1890–01
Pablo Picasso, 1909, Two Nude Figures (Deux figures nues), steel-faced drypoint on Arches laid paper, 13 x 11 cm, printed by Delâtre, Paris, published by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Intaglio (printmaking)
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Intaglio is the group of printing and printmaking techniques in which an image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink. It is the direct opposite of a relief print
Drypoint
…Drypoint is a printmaking technique of the intaglio family, in which an image is incised into a plate (or "matrix") with a hard-pointed "needle" of sharp metal or diamond. In principle, the method is…
Banknote portrait pattern made with intaglio printing. Denomination: 1000 Hungarian forint. Depicted area: 18.1 by 13.5 millimetres (0.71 in × 0.53 in).