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Figure 5. Anna Ursyn, “Clean Water Act,” archival print, computer graphics (© 2007, A. Ursyn. Used
with permission)
Figure 6. Anna Ursyn, “A Dream,” lithography
(© 1982, A. Ursyn. Used with permission)
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Lithography:
An image is drawn on a pol-
ished slab of lithographic limestone (or a
prepared metal plate) by using an oil-based
lithographic crayons or greasy ink, in the
same way as with watercolors or crayon
drawings. Then the stone is brushed with a
chemical solution, such as plant resin mas-
tic (also called Arabic gum), to have ink at-
tracted to the image and repelled from the
blank areas. After wiping the stone with a
solvent the greasy parts repel ink and the
drawing is bonded to the stone (MOMA,
2012).
Figure 6, “A Dream” displays a soft texture
and a fuzzy appearance of an image that is
characteristic of many lithographs:
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Screenprinting:
This produces illustra-
tions as a kind of stenciling by using a wo-
ven mesh to support an ink-blocking sten-
cil. Artistic screen prints are called
'serigraphs.' Andy Warhol created his
screenprints
from manipulated photo-
