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What is a Giclee Print |
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is a Giclée Print? The art of fine art printing has become even more precise with the advent of the revolutionary Giclee (ghee-clay) printing process. A giclee print is as rewarding visually as it is technically amazing. The cornerstone of this process is enhanced digital ink jet printing. The printers are specifically designed for the rigorous and precise criteria of fine art collectors and connoisseurs of museum quality, limited edition prints. The word Giclee itself is French, and means spurt or squirt, in this case meaning, "spray of ink". From hundreds of inkjets, more than a million droplets of ink per second are sprayed on canvas or watercolor paper. Once completed an image can be comprised of almost 10 billion droplets of ink depending on it's size. The latest Giclee Printing Technology enhanced the standard 4-color process to an 8-color process. The resulting print has no perceptible dot pattern, an endless array of richly saturated color, and every nuance of the original image. The most archival, water based lightfast inks available are used. The latest inks offer a 70- year light-fastness and UV-resistance under museum archival condition. Giclée prints are widely accepted at museums and galleries around the world. Many museums in the United States and abroad have either mounted exhibitions of Giclée prints or purchased prints for their permanent collections. These include: the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Guggenheim (New York), The Museum of Fine Art (Boston), The Philadelphia Museum, and The Smithsonian Institute. Beyond this description, a Giclee Print simply must be seen to be fully appreciated. |
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