About Petersburg Press
Petersburg Press is a publisher of limited edition prints and has worked with many of the most significant European and American Post War and Pop artists of their generation. Founded by Paul Cornwall-Jones in London in 1968 Petersburg Press opened additional studios and an exhibition facility in New York in 1972. Cornwall-Jones began working with artists while studying architecture at Cambridge University, where he founded his earlier business Editions Alecto in 1960. On moving to London in 1963 he engaged with a young generation of British artists including Richard Ham...Read More
Featured Pieces
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Screen, Offset, Etching
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Etching
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Archival Paper
1980s Modern Interior Prints
Offset
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Etching, Drypoint
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Etching, Drypoint
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Woodcut
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Offset
More About Petersburg Press
Paul Cornwall-Jones, founder of Petersburg Press, photographed by David Hockney at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam in 1968.
Jasper Johns and Samuel Beckett "Foirades/Fizzles" at The Broad, Los Angeles exhibition of Jasper Johns 2018. 33 etchings by Jasper Johns and 5 essays by Samuel Beckett. Published by Petersburg Press. The bound volume published in 1976 may be seen in the foreground.
James Rosenquist "Paper Clip" large scale lithograph published by Petersburg Press in 1974
Francesco Clémente "The Departure of the Argonaut" 1986 live d'artiste with Alberto Savinio text. One of the 50 double page spreads. Published by Petersburg Press.
Michele Zalopany "Chinese Celebration Tsien Min Square" 1987 pastel on canvas 110 x 119 inches. Michele has made many mono prints and lithographs with Petersburg Press.
Royal Academy, London 2017 Jasper Johns exhibition: Jasper Johns and Samuel Beckett "Foirades/Fizzles" 2017 portfolio published by Petersburg Press. Paul Cornwall-Jones, founder of Petersburg Press can be seen in the center.
One of the mixed media prints from Frank Stella's "Polar Co-ordinates" 1980 series. Each print is made from more than 30 plates drawn by the artist to complete the image and include metallic inks and glitter together with more traditional lithography and screen printing.
Marcel Duchamp "The Oculist Witnesses" 1967 glass multiple published by Petersburg Press.
Roy Lichtenstein "Red Apple and Yellow Apple" 1982 woodcut, one from a series of 7 published by Petersburg Press.
David Hockney "Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm" double page spread. One of the 39 etchings drawn by the artist and published by Petersburg Press in 1969.