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Posters
- Artwork reproduced to
promote and advertise art event or theme. There is usually some
sort of graphics and/or lettering in addition to the artwork, or
in combination with it. Posters are usually not personally
autographed by the artist although there are a number of artists
who do sign their posters. Many posters can be obtained which are
signed by event participants.
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Prints (Open Edition)
- A reproduction of the
artist's original work without any lettering printed on it to
advertise or promote something. Prints that are not specified as
limited editions can be printed in large volume and may be
reprinted. A print may or may not be signed by the artist.
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Limited Edition Prints -
Printed on high quality, usually acid-free, paper and in a limited
number (edition). The number of the specific print and the number
of prints produced is shown by the following notation written
personally by the artist: i.e., 1/850. Limited edition prints are
always signed by the artist.
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Giclée-Is
it a rusted model A fender, old 1955 Ford overdrive
transmission, or a Columbia rear end? No, a Iris/Giclée
print is the highest quality print available today. The word
Giclée is a French word meaning 'to squirt', which is what
an inkjet printer does. The process is digital printmaking
with an iris printer that uses minute droplets of ink to
create prints that cannot be duplicated by other printing
techniques. Because there is no visible dot screen pattern
the resulting image has all of the subtle tonalities of the
original art. Each dot may have over 4 billion possible
colors! This produces exceptional museum quality prints. |
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Proofs - These
are the same as limited editions except they are owned by the
artist and are not part of the limited edition numbering. Artist
proofs, or A/P's, tend to be more expensive because there are
usually very few available.
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Remarques
- Some limited editions
and artist proofs are called remarques because they have a small
drawing created by the artist, drawn directly on the print usually
in the bottom margin. This makes a remarque very unique and also
more expensive to purchase since you have a small original drawing
or painting as well as the print.
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Original
- The original image as
created by the artist. It may be oil, acrylic, watercolor, pen,
pencil, pastel or other "paint" on canvas, board, paper
or other support material. These are always signed and the most
valuable are, of course, one-of-a-kind.
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