Print Terminology
Limited Edition
Prints - When a renowned artist creates a work of art
is usually takes months of hard, painstaking work. The best
artists have spent a lifetime developing the skills and
talent obvious in their paintings. When a painting is complete,
only a handful of collectors can afford to purchase the
original.
But the advent of the limited
edition print has made fine art affordable to many more
art collectors. Using the most sophisticated printing techniques
available, the original is printed on the finest, archival-quality,
acid-free paper to insure its existence for decades.
The artist is involved in
every step to insure that the limited edition print has
remained faithful in color and detail to the original. Finally,
the artist personally inspects each print individually as
he numbers and signs them. Prints which do not meet his
standards are destroyed, as are all printing plates and
materials to guarantee that your edition remains limited
into posterity.
Remarques - A remarque is
an original drawing or painting done by the artist on the
border of a limited edition print. Its effects upon the
eventual value of the print is inestimable since it is,
in itself, an original work of art by the artist. While
an artist's original paintings may sell for thousands of
dollars, a remarqued print is vastly more affordable and
enhances the uniqueness of the print. Special matting and
framing display the remarque as a sign of the discriminating
collector of fine art, limited edition prints.
Artist's Proof - An artist's
proof is a separately numbered, smaller edition, chosen
and held by the artist for special collectors.
