This beautifully produced book, with meticulous reproductions in tritone and colour, is the first monograph to deal exclusively with Paula Rego's graphic work. It discusses and illustrates all her prints, including unpublished work - over 200 etchings and lithographs spanning half a century from 1954 to 2003.
Many of the greatest artists since Dürer and Rembrandt have used the print medium to explore some of their most important ideas. Paula Rego is in this tradition, giving full rein to her imagination in both etching and lithography, and using the media with exuberance to create work that is as disturbing, erotic and powerful as her paintings.
Many of her prints are based on themes. Among these are Rego's Nursery Rhymes, the Peter Pan series of 1992, and Pendle Witches of 1996, for which she collaborated with the poet and writer Blake Morrison, who in turn was inspired by her series The Children's Crusade. The book concludes with her most recent portfolio of lithographs, based on Jane Eyre.
The author discusses the background to each series, and comments on each print. He also quotes extensively from his and others' conversations with the artist, underlining Rego's subversive humour and her strongly feminist outlook.
This is a unique review of a major aspect of this leading artist's work and its recources include:
-Fully illustrated catalogue raisonné by Hannah Begbie
-Description of Rego's etching techniques by the artist and printmaker Paul Coldwell
-List of exhibitions
-Chronology
-Bibliography
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