Digital BW, The Print

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From: "bgs" <bgs@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Edition Quantities (and where they go)


> Artists proofs are just the first pulling of a litho, silk screen etc.Has
> nothing to do with quality. Some people collect them for whatever reason
> they have like First Editions of a book It's a pretentious piece of jive
> which might make someone happy for a while. Book First Editions do glom
more
> bread sometimes though. I have a/p's etc. and am not especially thrilled
> except that they were given to me as gifts. I did have an art gallery for
> about 5 years----a great way to have the government pay for champagne,
wine
> and a lot of other booze for shows. After it's over you quietly fold up
your
> tent and split. And you can end up with a pretty good art collection.

The "Bon a tirer" or Printer's proof is the first print that has the right
quality on the press. It is the one the other prints are compared to. The
printer will get that print. The artists proofs (5 should be the quantity)
are like the issue prints but will become part of the artists collection and
so are "Hors Commerce" like the Printers Proof.

Ernst