The stone is then moistened and an oil-based ink applied, therefore allowing only the drawn on greased design to pick up the ink and print it on the print material. Then the stone is treated with an acid and gum arabic solution, which “etches” the non-greased part of the design into the stone itself. Lithography is a printing technique that originally consisted of the artist drawing their design on a lithographic limestone or metal plate with oil, fat, or wax. Pablo Picasso Colombe Volant (Flying Dove), 1952 But with the meeting of Mourlot in 1945 he began a long and prosperous collaborative relationship with the printmaker’s atelier. Most of his work up until this point was in black and white and very few prints were Picasso lithographs. Before 1945, Picasso lithographs were dabbled in between his work in etching and aquatint. Picasso Lithographs, especially, was something the artist experimented in heavily with the help of master printmaker Fernand Mourlot. Picasso utilized and experimented in many forms of printmaking techniques, from etching to aquatint to lithography. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is widely known for his paintings and sculpture, but his work in printmaking is just as prolific.
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