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WHAT IS A PRINT?
Original Print
An original print is an image that has been conceived and executed by the artist soley as a print, in a numbered edition or as a monoprint, and is signed by the artist. Each print in the edition is an original that has been hand printed from a plate, stone, screen, block or other matrix created for that purpose.
A reproduction often called a print has no relationship whatsoever to an original print. it is a copy of a work of art conceived by the artist in another medium (painting, watercolour, etc.). The reproduction has usually been made by photo-mechanical means. Numbering and signing a reproduction does not change its essence; it is still a reproduction of a painting, watercolour etc. It is not an original print.
Digital Print.
Further confusion exists over the orginality of digital prints.
Digital print is considered as an orginal work of art if the image is conceptualized and created on a computer and printed as an edition or monoprint using archival ink.
A digital print, giclee or inkjet print is considered a reproduction when the print is created solely by copying a work of art that was created in another medium.
Original Print
An original print is an image that has been conceived and executed by the artist soley as a print, in a numbered edition or as a monoprint, and is signed by the artist. Each print in the edition is an original that has been hand printed from a plate, stone, screen, block or other matrix created for that purpose.
A reproduction often called a print has no relationship whatsoever to an original print. it is a copy of a work of art conceived by the artist in another medium (painting, watercolour, etc.). The reproduction has usually been made by photo-mechanical means. Numbering and signing a reproduction does not change its essence; it is still a reproduction of a painting, watercolour etc. It is not an original print.
Digital Print.
Further confusion exists over the orginality of digital prints.
Digital print is considered as an orginal work of art if the image is conceptualized and created on a computer and printed as an edition or monoprint using archival ink.
A digital print, giclee or inkjet print is considered a reproduction when the print is created solely by copying a work of art that was created in another medium.
