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Three Decades of American Printmaking: The Brandywine Workshop Collection |
 Edited by Louise D. Stone and Allan Edmunds with an introduction by Halima Taha, Ph.D.
This book is thought to be the first inclusive book exploring the contributions to American printmaking by Asian, Latin, African, and Native Americans. We believe it is a must buy for art collectors, especially those who have purchased prints from the Brandywine collection. We thought you would want to own a copy for you library and reference. In addition to regular hardbound volume, we have produced a deluxe edition that we think will be popular with the fine book collectors. The regular hardbound edition sells for $50.00 and the signed deluxe edition that includes three mini-prints by the painter Sam Gilliam in a cloth covered slipcase box sells for $500.00 each. At Brandywine, we would consider your purchase of either volume a show of support for our continued efforts on behalf or artists nationally and internationally. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund new residencies and create a “reserve fund” to ensure future continuity in the operation of the visiting artist program. If interested, call Brandywine at 215-546-3675, toll free at 1-877-ART-PRNT, or e-mail
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Reviewed by Midwest Book Review “Founded by master printmaker Allan Edmunds in 1972, The Brandywine Workshop has instructed students and artists in the Philadelphia community in the art and craft of printmaking for more than thirty years. Three Decades of American impressive archival collection showcases 147 color and black/white photographs of work by such renowned artists as Eugene Grigsby, Woodsworth Jarell, and Margo Humphrey to reveal printmaking as an innovative contemporary art form. Informative Essays by Halima Taha, Lois H. Johnson, Patricia Smith, Keith A. Morrison, and Claude Elliot highlight the history and contributions of Brandywine. Enhanced with a glossary and a recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library American Art History reference collections and Art School curriculum supplemental reading list." Reviewed by Black Issues Book Review The power of the print "Three Decades of Printmaking: The Brandywine Workshop Collection Introduction by Halima Taha, Ph.D. Hudson Hills Press, October 2004 $50, ISBN 1-555-95241-0 Beautiful, innovative printmaking by some of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st century is at the heart of the luscious look at The Brandywine Workshop, a Philadelphia treasure that has existed for more than 30 years. Reading the essays that place the art in context, one is struck by the power of an idea well executed. The workshop, no doubt, has amassed an important collection of prints produced there. How those prints have been made over three decades is an important story as well.Most who have participated in the Visiting-Artist-in-Residence program have largely worked in mediums other than printmaking. The experience has given artists--largely those of color--from some 35 states and 15 foreign countries both the opportunity and the challenge to create interesting and provocative limited-edition prints. (Brandywine prints are struck in editions of 100 prints and 20 artist's proofs.)What is abundantly clear is that the Brandywine Workshop is a smashing success. In fact, Halima Taha, one of the leading experts on art created by African Americans, notes in an essay that Allan L. Edmunds, Brandywine's founder and director, has earned "international stature" because of the workshop's ongoing apprenticeship programs and its commitment to developing culturally diverse, limited fine-art prints.All that bodes quite well for the devoted art patron and anyone who collects or simply is passionate about contemporary printmaking. While the varied essays are interesting and required reading, it is the 126 color plates and 21 halftones found within the book-work done by influential artists while they apprenticed at Brandywine--that are the real joy of this majestic-fine arts book. The offering is a visual delight." Michael Days is managing editor of The Daily News of Philadelphia and a longtime collector of works by African American artists. www.blackissues.com
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