Kenneth Noland Museum Exhibition Original Continuous Tone ( No Dots) Lithographic Poster, Gallery Poster, 1987

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Kenneth Noland Museum Exhibition Original Continuous Tone ( No Dots) Lithographic Poster, Gallery Poster, 1987
High Quality Continuous Tone (No … Read more Kenneth Noland Museum Exhibition Original Continuous Tone ( No Dots) Lithographic Poster, Gallery Poster, 1987
High Quality Continuous Tone (No Dots) Lithographic Poster on quality thicker poster paper
34 × 26 in
86.4 × 66 cm

This rare vintage 1987 original collotype-continuous tone Kenneth Noland poster is an incredibly special and unique piece to add to your collection. The Continuous Tone Lithographic Poster was published in 1987 by the R. Love Gallery, Chicago. . It features an original artwork by the world famous American artist Kenneth Noland created in 1986.

This large format original continuous tone lithographic poster measures 34" X 26"
On the lower portion of the poster it features the exhibition schedule:, including
R.H.Love Galleries, Chicago, The Butler Institute of America Art, Youngstown, Ohio, the Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando Florida, the Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina, the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan, and finally the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.

It states in the small type on the bottom of the poster: Copyright R. H. Love Galleries, Inc, Distributed by Jannes Art Publishing, Chicago, USA, Designed by Bobbye Cochran and Associates, Printed by Black Box Collotype, Continious-Tone Printers, Chicago, USA"

About the Continuous Tone Printing Process:
Screenless lithography, by eliminating the use of halftone screens and halftone dots achieves extraordinary fidelity, fullness of tone, color and detail, impressive color saturation and clear line resolution. Museums, fine artists and publishers with exacting standards use this remarkable process to re-create their finest works of art. Continuous tone lithography (as in a photograph with no dots) evolved from collotype printing. When Black Box Collotype ultimately closed its doors in 2004, it was one of just a few printers left in the world that had mastered the collotype process. While it was a highly desirable reproduction process for the fine art world, it was a laborious, time consuming (read “expensive”) process. Since there was no screen involved, a collotype print could be 27 colors without fear of a moiré. But in the old days, on Black Box’s one-unit press, those 27 colors had to be laid down one color at a time. So the most complex jobs could take months to complete.

Offset lithography is far faster and less expensive than collotype. Suddenly, four colors and halftone dot patterns were “good enough” because they were so economical. Black Box Collotype was one of the last printing houses in America, if not the world that used the collotype-continuous tone process.
Medium Ephemera or Merchandise
Condition Excellent never circulated or sold condition
Signature Not Signed, not signed
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