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Fruhling am Main (Mainlandschaft) a.k.a. Spring on the River Main by Hans Thoma
Fruhling am Main (Mainlandschaft) a.k.a. Spring on the River Main
Hans Thoma
Title
Fruhling am Main (Mainlandschaft) a.k.a. Spring on the River Main
Artist
Hans Thoma
1839 - 1924Year
1900
Technique
algraph (lithograph printed from an aluminum plate)
Image Size
13 3/8 x 19 15/16" image
Signature
monogram within image, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
dated within image, lower right
Reference
Beringer 111
Paper
heavy antique-white vellum
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
17946
Price
$400.00
Description
An early example of a Algraph, a lithograph printed from a prepared aluminium plate rather than the usual lithographic stone, or zinc. This planographic process, developed by Christian Scholz of Mainz, Germany, was patented under the name Algraphy in 1897.Experiments in the new medium were described as 'algraphs'.
As with the term 'zincograph', lithography using a zinc plate, the word algraph soon became obsolete, prints from stone, zinc, and aluminium all now being encompassed in the general term 'lithograph'.