Digital BW, The Print

On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Stephen Petegorsky wrote:

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

I will return with some definitive responses from other curators who 
will defend my position
regarding my position.  Thanks for your feedback!  Peter
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