Plain explanations of the terms collectors run into. What a giclée is, how a lithograph differs, what limited edition means, and how to care for a painting once it is yours.
A man called the studio in some distress. He had ordered a canvas giclée as an anniversary present. The date was four days away. Somebody had just told him that framing a painting properly at a custom shop takes three weeks, and he wanted to know how fast anyone could possibly do it. The answer
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People often ask what the difference is between a giclée and a lithograph. Both are fine art prints, but they are made using very different printing processes and represent different periods of James Redding’s artistic career. James’s giclées are printed on canvas and reproduce paintings from his later work. His lithographs are fine art reproductions
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Someone browsing the prints picks a scene, gets as far as choosing a size, and then stops dead at one word. The listing says giclée. It is French, it is unfamiliar, and it is now standing between them and a decision they had already made. Worse, further down the same page sit lithographs at a
