Blog – Joseph Papin Artist

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  • Joseph Papin – Photostats

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    Joseph Papin had a quite a few photostats of his drawings. He often had both a “white lines on black background” version of the drawing, as well as the more familiar “black lines on white background” version. These photostats are of his earlier work from 1957 through the 1960s, with at least a couple in…

  • Four Color Separations

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    These are proof pages of four-color separations from the printer of the May 7, 1966 cover of Business Week that Joseph Papin illustrated. It was rolled up in the back of a cabinet with three other of his Business Week covers. This one is my favorite because of all the color and how interesting the…

  • The Process of Producing Photoengraved Printing Plates

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    Joe Papin, April 7, 1980, New York Daily News In order to explain the printing plates, I have researched the process and history of printing from the late 1950s to the early 1990s, a time period of enormous change. Just as the specter of cameras in the courtroom informs the story of courtroom art, the…

  • Joseph Papin Printing Plates

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    The 50s to the 90s were marked by a revolution in printing – from “hot type” using molten lead and photoengraving to “cold type” using computers. I found a box of printing plates of some of my father’s drawings in his studio and was intrigued with learning how they were used.  The printing plate below…