Lithographic pencil

Description

A lithographic pencil is a professional artist’s tool designed for drawing on stone or a special plate in the art of lithography. The fatty substances contained in its composition penetrate the lithographic stone, ensuring the correct application of ink during the printing process. This exhibit is a valuable relic that reflects the history of the development of printing, graphic arts, and professional tools for artists in the 20th-century USSR. Manufactured at the production plant in the city of Podolsk. It belonged to the artist I. Isabaev.