Many artists of the Post-War period embraced printmaking, creating images of their modern compositions in multiple copies. Leader of the abstract colourist movement, Rita Letendre produced many silkscreen prints, also known as serigraphy.

The Hard Edge screen-printed images produced by Letendre from the end of the 1960s and during the 1970s have something of imaginary landscapes in them. These works, emblematic of the artist’s mature production, in the form of arrows or light beams, gradually seem to be constructed from a horizon line and continue their journey beyond the scope of the painting. In 1973, she began to soften some of the edges in her works, a trend that would continue the next few years