Journeys of Innovation
Printmaking from Atelier 17 to Tamarind and Beyond
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In commemoration of Atelier 17’s forthcoming 100th anniversary and America’s 250th semiquincentennial, Journeys of Innovation: Printmaking from Atelier 17 to Tamarind and Beyond celebrates the impetus and ingenuity of the graphic arts, to which American and European printmakers contributed in vital, transformational ways. America played an especially important part in these activities by providing a place where artists from across the world and different backgrounds have had the opportunity to learn, work, develop new ideas, and express themselves freely.
Figure 1-1 Stanley William Hayter (British, 1901–1988), Jeux d’Eau (Water Games), 1953, engraving and soft-ground etching with rolled color through stencil on Lauriat paper, 14 ½ x 12 ½ in. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Figure 1-2 Stanley William Hayter (British, 1901–1988), Nostradam (Third Person), 1938, printed 1973, engraving and scorper on Barcham Green paper, 15 ¾ x 11 ½ in. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Figure 1-3 Erich Heckel (German, 1883–1970), The Brothers Karamazov, 1919, lithograph on wove paper, 19 ½ x 15 ½ in. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Figure 1-4 Grace Hartigan (American, 1922–2008), Marie Antoinette, 2004, color lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper 22 x 15 in. © The Grace Hartigan Estate
Atelier 17 holds a particularly distinctive and important position in the history of modern art, a legacy that this exhibition explores through a varied range of prints. As one of the few avant-garde printmaking collectives to have operated in both Europe and America and that remains today, Atelier 17 served as a crucible for experimentation, fostered a vibrant exchange of new concepts and methods among a diverse group of artists, and inspired the establishment of other major workshops around the globe. Focusing on representational and abstract works on paper, Journeys of Innovation invites viewers to explore this phenomenon across several major workshops, institutions, and trends, most notably Atelier 17 and the Tamarind Institute, which attracted and encouraged the talents of many significant artists. In addition to workshops, shifts and discoveries in printmaking also occurred in university and college art departments, through independent practice, and mutual influences in styles and methods.
Experimentation has played a pivotal role in the development of modern and contemporary printmaking, which is rooted in preceding works by Old Masters and their successors, examples of which are also represented in this exhibition. From the nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, the uses of new techniques, mediums, and approaches in the graphic arts were a driving, enduring force behind the emergence of workshops, schools, and movements. Collaboration, exchange, improvisation, and risk-taking often guided artists in their creative endeavors, leading to remarkable innovations that endure. Interpreting experimentation and discovery broadly, this exhibition encompasses a wide spectrum of media and techniques, including woodcut, etching, engraving, aquatint, drypoint, lithography, silkscreen, and collagraphy. By showcasing an eclectic array of print types, Journeys of Innovation highlights stylistic and thematic variety, ranging from Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism to Op Art, Minimalism, and Pop art. At the same time, visitors will learn how printmakers engaged with a comparably diverse group of subjects that drew upon literature, mythology, history, war, psychology, philosophy, personal relationships and life experiences, nature, and science.
Figure 2-1 Laura Piranesi (Italian, c. 1754–1790), after Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778), Temple of Janus, 1775–85, etching on wove paper, 10 ½ x 13 in.
Figure 2-2 Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910), Old Chelsea, Out of Whistler’s Window (Battersea Reach), 1863, etching with drypoint on laid paper, 13 ½ x 17 3/8 in.
Figure 2-3 Paul Signac (French, 1863–1935), Au Temps d’Harmonie (In Times of Harmony), 1895–96, four-color lithograph on wove paper, 25 ¼ x 30 ¼ in.
Figure 2-4 Marc Chagall (French, 1887‒1985), The Bribe, 1948, etching on Arches paper, 7 ¾ x 15 ¾ in. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
This exhibition features more than 100 prints and drawings by renowned artists, beginning with Old Masters and other key preceding figures who influenced modern printmaking such as Albrecht Dürer, Hendrick Goltzius, Jacques Callot, Francis Seymour Haden, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, Joseph Pennell, and Paul Signac. Concentrating on major 20th- to 21st-century artists who contributed to experimental printmaking, Journeys of Innovation includes works by Erich Heckel, Jacques Villon, Marcel Duchamp, José Clemente Orozco, Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Jean Arp, Sonia Delaunay, Stanley William Hayter, Krishna Reddy, Dorothy Dehner, Grace Hartigan, Hans Hartung, Warrington Colescott, Sam Gilliam, Robert Goodnough, Josef Albers, Richard Anuszkiewicz, June Wayne, Lowell Nesbitt, and Allan d’Arcangelo.
Figure 3-1 Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822–1907), after Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828), The Little Prisoner (Such Custody is as Barbarous as the Crime), c. 1810–15/printed 1867, etching and engraving on laid paper, 10 x 9 in.
Figure 3-2 Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) and Levine and Levine, New York, Transcendent Passage, 1979, color lithograph on Arches paper, 38 x 30 ½ in. © 2026 Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Artists Rights Society
Figure 3-3 June Wayne (American, 1918–2011), Fragment of The Spectator, 1960, color lithograph on BFK Rives paper, 19 x 15 ¼ in. © 2026 The June Wayne Collection / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Figure 3-4 Sam Gilliam (American, 1933‒2022), Sam, 2004, cut and sewn color relief prints on wove paper, fabric, and felt, 22 x 15 ½ in. © 2026 Estate of Sam Gilliam / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Journeys of Innovation: Printmaking from Atelier 17 to Tamarind and Beyond is curated by Daniel Fulco, PhD. This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art ADAPTS, LLC. All works in this exhibition are drawn from the collections of the late Robert Monroe Palter, former Charles A. Dana Professor of the History of Science at Trinity College (Hartford, CT), and a private lender.
Contents: 112 objects including framed prints, periodicals and an art book, 250–350 running feet.
Interpretive materials: Text panels, comprehensive wall labels, and gallery guide are provided.
Tour duration: Fall 2026–Fall 2031
Booking period: Minimum 12 weeks per venue
Shipping: Borrower is responsible for making arrangements.
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