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serigraph

American  
[ser-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈsɛr ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

  1. a print made by the silkscreen process.


serigraph British  
/ ˈsɛrɪˌɡræf, səˈrɪɡrəfɪ, -ˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. a colour print made by an adaptation of the silk-screen process

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of serigraph

1885–90; seri- (as in sericulture ) + -graph

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In between events, Hirugami partnered with multidisciplinary artist Ruben Ochoa to sell prints of his serigraph, titled “¡Tintín...Tintín...Paletas...Paletas!”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2025

The prints are listed primarily as serigraph, also known as silk-screen, or relief, which includes woodcut and linocut.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

All three of us were amused, then, when I later was able to connect with artist Thomas McKnight and get the true backstory of our “Irish Castle” serigraph.

From Washington Post Apr. 30, 2015

And so it is that a LeRoy Neiman serigraph of a Revolutionary War minuteman with his rifle resting heroically on his shoulder — Mr. Neiman’s martial response to Sept.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2012

That is one of the nice things about prints: each one, whether it be an etching, woodcut, lithograph or serigraph, is just as much an "original" as the first.

From Time Magazine Archive

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