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What is Giclee
Giclee sizes
What comes with my order?
How to order
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| The Definition: Giclee (zhee-klay) - The French word "giclée" is a feminine noun that means a spray or a spurt of liquid. The word may have been derived from the French verb "Giclee" meaning "to squirt".The Term : The term "giclee print" connotes an elevation in printmaking technology. Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction.The Process : Giclee prints are created typically using professional 8-Color to 12-Color ink-jet printers. Among the manufacturers of these printers are vanguards such as Epson, MacDermid Colorspan, & Hewlett-Packard. These modern technology printers are capable of producing incredibly detailed prints for both the fine art and photographic markets. Giclee prints are sometimes mistakenly referred to as Iris prints, which are 4-Color ink-jet prints from a printer pioneered in the late 1970s by Iris Graphics.The Advantages : Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed, or on-demand. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost. The prohibitive up-front cost of mass production for an edition is eliminated. Archived files will not deteriorate in quality as negatives and film inherently do. Another tremendous advantage of giclee printing is that digital images can be reproduced to almost any size and onto various media, giving the artist the ability to customize prints for a specific client.The Quality : The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.The Market : Numerous examples of giclee prints can be found in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Chelsea Galleries. Recent auctions of giclee prints have fetched $10,800 for Annie Leibovitz, $9,600 for Chuck Close, and $22,800 for Wolfgang Tillmans (April 23/24 2004, Photographs, New York, Phillips de Pury & Company.) - Giclée Print Net, Inc. |
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Here at Art Xpressions you can get a Giclee 46" width by any length!
Standard Painting Sizes:
5 x 5", 5 x 7", 6 x 6", 6 x 8", 8 x 8", 8 x 10", 9 x 12", 11 x 14", 12 x 16", 14 x 18",
16 x 20", 18 x 24", 20 x 24", 22 x 28", 24 x 30", 24 x 36", etc...
NOTE: All original artworks are of different sizes and may not be of standard dimensions listed above.
Before placing your order, look at the size of the original and use it's ratio to figure which size you want.
Formula to calculate price of Giclee on canvas:
Width (in inches) x Length (in inches) (include standard border).
This is the dimemsion of your giclee.
Than multiply by 0.30 = (this is the price)
EXAMPLE:
8 x 10" Giclee
8 x 10 = 80 sq. in.
80 x 0.30 = $24
Our Giclee are printed with 6-color output on quality canvas or watercolor paper.
You can special order your prints as boarderless (standard 1.5" boarder otherwise), on watercolor paper, stretched canvas, gallery-wrap stretched canvas too! If you want something else just let us know! Email us @ McDuffie@ArtXpressions.com |
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Each Giclée Reproduction is signed, dated, titled, numbered and is accompanied with it's own certificate of authenticity.
Below, on the left side is an example of a Giclée Reproduction printed on canvas and matted.
Below, on the right is a sample of our Certificate of Authenticity (COA).
Please note we do change the look of our COA, but they all include the same information! |
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When looking at the artwork you are interested in purchaesing as a Reproduction,
look under the image and you will find what types of Reproductions are available.
NOTE: Not all images can be made into reproductions.
The image might had been sold previously without it scanned,
while others just haven't made into reproductions. So, just email us and we'll contact you back asap about what would be availabe.
McDuffie@ArtXpressions.com
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