A relief printing technique for printing text and other images that are outlined and mechanically cut from metal or wood. The raised surface is inked and pressed onto paper by a printing press.
Letterpress
6 examples
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El Lissitzky Pro dva kvadrata. Suprematicheskii skaz v 6-ti postroikakh (About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions) 1922
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Liubov Popova Muzykal'naia nov' (Musical New Land), no. 4 1924
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Wladyslaw Strzemiński, Katarzyna Kobro Z ponad (From Above) 1930
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Claes Oldenburg The Store 1961
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Rodney Graham Schema: Complications of Payment 1996
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Matthew Brannon Insult & Apology 2007