IFPDA Book Awards

In this lavishly illustrated publication, the National Gallery of Art brings together nearly 60 of Munch's most important prints to show how his persistent experimentation and virtuosic handling of woodcut, lithography, and intaglio endowed different impressions of his primary motifs with new meanings. Exploring these transformations in several series of Munch's prints, selected not only from its own superb holdings but also from two exceptional private collections, the authors offer a richer and more nuanced appreciation for this great Norwegian master.

2011 HONORABLE MENTIONS
Michelangelo in Print: Reproductions as Response in the Sixteenth Century By Bernadine Barnes, Professor of Art History, Wake Forest University Published by Ashgate Publishing

The Viewer and the Printed Image in Late Medieval Europe By David S. Areford, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts. Published by Ashgate Publishing

The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight By Malcolm Jones, Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Sheffield. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press

The Graphic Unconscious Concept by José Roca; with essays by: José Roca, Sheryl Conkelton, Shelley R. Langdale, John Caperton, Lorie Mertes, Julien Robson, Caitlin Perkins, Luís Camnitzer. Published by Philagrafika

This comprehensive volume of essays is based on the National Gallery of Art's 2005-06 exhibition Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public and the accompanying series of symposia in Washington DC. Essayists include: Teresa K. Nevins, Paul Needham, Nigel F. Palmer, David S. Areford, Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Christine Magin, Falk Eisermann, Richard S. Field, Peter Schmidt, Ursula Weekes, Shelley Fletcher, Lisha Glinsman, Doris Oltrogge, Alexandra Scheld, and Roland Damm.

Honorable Mention: Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes by Beth Grabowski and Bill Fick. The jury cited this book for its well-organized presentation of technical information, artist practice, and how both relate to contemporary art-making. The book's concepts are illustrated with examples of contemporary prints across a wide range of aesthetic approaches including conceptual and abstract as well as representational and narrative works.

With this book, Dr. Witcombe presents a comprehensive analysis of print publishing’s development during a period when prints became a burgeoning market, identifying who was publishing what prints and when, and tracing the lives, activities, relationships, and rivalries of various major and minor publishers, printers, engravers, and artists. Over 680 prints are referenced, of which 320 are illustrated.

Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag and the Staatlischen Graphischen Sammlung München

Published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the McNay Art Museum in association with Yale University Press

Published by Yale University Press and Grand Rapids Art Museum

Published by the Rijksmuseum and Sound & Vision Publishers, Rotterdam

Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York