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Relief prints

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Prints made using a process of relief printing, in which the nonprinting areas of the block or plate are carved, engraved, or etched away, leaving the original plane surface raised so that ink is deposited and transferred to paper.

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William Hersey and John Kyrk collection

 Collection
Identifier: HK
Abstract William P. (Bill) Hersey and John Kyrk worked together as architectural illustrators from the early 1970s until Hersey's death in 1989. Based in California, the two traveled across the United States, often in a Volkswagen bus they operated as a mobile studio, producing contracted renderings for architects, firms, and developers. In addition to architectural drawings, the collection includes other visual material like travel sketches and botanical illustrations, fliers, rubbings, and wood...
Dates: 1970s-1980s