Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Mr_Misty_44" <jharvey@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Coating, was Photogravure


> When I first asked about the permanence of InkJet VS Photogravure I
> mentioned a show I had seen at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The
> pamphlet accompanying the show has a bit on Paul Strand and the
> Photogravure editions of The Mexico Portfolio. One was done in 1940
> and the other in 1967.
>
>
>     " A heavy varnish, which has since darkened, was applied to the
> Photogravures in the first edition. By contrast, prints from the
> second edition appear much lighter in both tone and feeling"
>
> Just some food for thought
>
>                         John H
John,

I recall reading somewhere that Strand used standard oil painting varnishes
such as Copal or Damar which have oils and resins known to darken with age.
The new modern varnishes are much, much better. All that said, we really
don't know what will happen over the course of centuries and I am beginning
to wonder if we really should get overly wrapped up in that issue.

Martin Wesley