Tyler Graphics

This comprehensive three-volume set documents the final works published by master printer Kenneth E. Tyler, a seminal figure in the American print renaissance of the twentieth century. During his esteemed career, Tyler collaborated with titans of modern and postmodern American art, working by the mantra "great prints are made only by great artists." He was known for pushing artists to dream big and for creating new technology and exhaustive facilities to enable their creative potential.

Volumes 1 and 2 feature 1,040 entries from the twenty-eight artists who worked at Tyler Graphics between 1986 and 2001. Each entry goes beyond a standard record to list in detail the colors, methods, and presses used at each step of the printing process. This exhaustive approach gives artists, printers, and researchers an unrivaled insight into the techniques used to create some of the most ambitious works in the history of American printmaking.

Volume 3 contains essays from distinguished American scholars and from print curators at the National Gallery of Australia. These focus on Kenneth Tyler's journey as a printer, the distinctive qualities of the Tyler Graphics workshop in Mount Kisco, New York, and the output of selected key artists of the period: Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist, and Frank Stella. Together they tell the story of a workshop that was filled with experimentation, innovation, and creative fervor.