Marbled paper with topographic pattern.

Marbled paper with topographic pattern.

Paul Maurer (b. 1941)

ca. 1990

Lithography ink, mineral spirits, and Tabasco sauce on commercial paper

Paul Maurer, active 1962–96, taught himself to marble from the Webb and Cockerell texts shown in this exhibition. From the late 1970s through the 1980s, Maurer taught workshops throughout North America. He made one-of-a-kind papers, mostly for his own book projects. By marbling experimentally with oil-based paint, printing ink, artists’ paints, solvents, and unusual dispersants like Tabasco sauce, he achieved diverse and exhilarating effects.

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Paul Maurer