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Lasting Impressions: Women Printmakers 1900 – Now
Celebrate the innovative printmaking techniques and bold visions of 25 women printmakers from 1900 – Now. From Käthe Kollwitz to Faith Ringgold, explore the work of artists who have used print to make their own lasting impression.
Display highlights
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'Nana', screenprinted wallpaper, by Nikki de St Phalle for XARTWALLS, produced by Marburger Tapenfabrik, 1971, Germany -
'Lesbians are Coming Out...', screenprint poster, by See Red Women's Workshop, 1982, London, England -
'An Artist Working at her Press', etching, by Mary Annie Sloane, London, about 1904, Britain -
'Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?', poster, by Guerrilla Girls, 1989, United States -
'Dressing Room No. 1', etching and aquatint, by Laura Knight, 1923, Britain -
'Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles', colour lithograph, by Faith Ringgold, printed by the Rutgers Centre for Innovative Print and Paper, 1996, New Brunswick, United States -
'Tod und Frau', etching, by Kathe Kollwitz, 7th state of 8, plate first etched 1910, Berlin, Germany -
'There's a Credit Crunch, Not a Creative Crunch', screenprint poster, by Aida Wilde, 2009, London, England -
'Waiting for the Starman', tetrapak drypoint print, by Ky Lewis, 2024, London, England -
'Against Classification, or: My Mother Sees a Salad in Every Field', woodblock print with inks made from dandelion, dock, yarrow, and chlorophyllin, by Gal Leshem, 2021, London, England -
'Moor Claimed', engraving by, Norma Morgan, 1953, Yorkshire, Britain
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An introduction to women printmakers, 1700 – 1900
An introduction to women printmakers, 1700 – 1900
From Madame de Pompadour to Mary Cassatt – discover women working in print from the 1700s – 1930s
An introduction to women printmakers, 1900 – Now
An introduction to women printmakers, 1900 – Now
Women have championed print since its invention, but never more so than in the 20th and 21st centuries
Header image:
(Detail) Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles, by Faith Ringgold, printed by the Rutgers Centre for Innovative Print and Paper, 1996, New Brunswick, United States. Museum no. E.879-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London