Digital BW, The Print

> According to several highly respected curators of photographs at a
> major world-class
> museum, "It is customary that a print either be signed front or
> verso, or both if chosen. Never on the matt. Reason being is that
> a matt can be transferred along with it's signature to another
> work which could consequently attribute that piece to the signor".
> The intellectual community is concerned with such practices.

Peter - I specialize in photographing artworks, and have been shooting in
museums, collections, and galleries for 30 years.  Many of my friends and
colleagues are Directors, Curators, Collections Managers, and Registrars.
Not only is the above comment correct, but in having seen and shot literally
thousands of photographs in various collections, I can tell you that the
vast majority of them, when mounted/matted are signed on the front or back
of the print.  The mat is not generally not considered to be a part of the
piece itself.

I, for one, would appreciate it if you could remove some of the nastiness
out of the tone of your postings.