Issue 135 - April 21 2005

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Rah Rah
Haitian Musicians

Rah Rah
(Haitian Musicians)
CANVAS Giclee, Archival Quality
UNFRAMED Size: 32"W x 12.5"H
Edition Size: 250

Signed & Numbered by the Artist

Price: $225 USD

Art for the New Millennium
African American Folk Art
Mari Hall ~ Artist
www.marizart.com

Represented by BlackCommentator.com

What is a Giclee?

A Giclee (pronounced Zhee-Clay) is a very high end digitally produced archival quality print. Giclees are printed on archival substrates, such as Arches Cold Press watercolor papers, Somerset watercolor papers or specially prepared canvases, with archival, light fast inks, at a very high resolution. Depending on the medium of the original work, giclees are printed on paper or canvas. Watercolor paintings render very well on the watercolor papers, and oil paintings printed as canvas giclees have the rich tonal quality of original oil paintings. Canvas giclees are also coated with a special finishing media to protect the surface. Canvas giclees are stretched and framed as one would display an original oil painting. Watercolor giclees are typically framed behind glass, as one would do with an original watercolor painting.

Giclees capture and reproduce the nuance and splendor of the original work of art. Giclees are now found in MoMA and The Louvre. Giclees are used when the original painting is too fragile for exhibition. Giclees render very closely to the original work of art.