Lithographic Stones

measurements:

19,5 x 25 x 5 cm

22 x 16,5 x 5 cm

Lithography was invented and developed in Germany in the early 19th century by Aloys Senefelder, while experimenting to find a cheap method of reproducing music scores. It differed from all other known methods of printing at the time by making use of the chemical principle that oil and water will not mix. For a time it was the main method of commercial colour printing, until it was replaced by offset lithography. It is now a technique used mainly by artists to create fine art prints.