Barton produced all his prints using linoleum blocks such as this one. Henry Evans, who introduced Barton to the form and printed his works, recalled, “I gave [Barton] tools and materials and it was very soon like a re-enactment of the sorcerer’s apprentice. I’d give him a dozen pieces of linoleum on a Friday and Monday he’d show up with them all ready to mount on bases and print.”
Rick Barton (1928–1992)
Linoleum block for St. Mary’s, Van Ness and
O’Farrell, plate 7 of San Francisco Churches, 1959
Peregrine Press and Henry H. Evans Collection, William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California,
Los Angeles