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(ART.) THRASH, DOX. How to Make a Carborundum Tint * A quick Method of Burnishing a Plate. Two typed manuscripts, 4 pages and 2 pages, respectively together with a 4 x 6 inch silver print photographic portrait of the artist; some wear to the typed pages; paper toned. Np, circa late 1930's early 1940's
Dox Thrash (1892-1975) is best remembered as a printmaker who developed one of the most innovative printing techniques of the twentieth century--the use of carborundum to etch copper plates instead of the normal tools and techniques. We offer here, two typed drafts by Thrash explaining just how he accomplished his novel technique, probably written during the Depression while working for the Federal WPA project.
