A visually stunning book, spanning cultural strata from highbrow to pop, Printmaking in New Orleans offers the first in-depth examination of the printmaker’s art in Louisiana, from colonial times to the present day. Co-published by The Historic New Orleans Collection and the University Press of Mississippi, Printmaking in New Orleans is edited with an introduction by Jessie J. Poesch, professor emerita of art history at Newcomb College of Tulane University. The book’s fourteen chapters were prepared by an impressive group of experts familiar with engravings, lithographs, photographs, maps, commercial illustrations, and sheet music of New Orleans. Taking its place among the definitive works of southern art history, Printmaking in New Orleans is available now from the Shop at The Collection.
2006 • 271 pp. • Hardcover • ISBN 1-57806-768-5 • $50
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