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The Giclée art print is a new and contemporary printing medium that complies with the highest standards for graphic art, as set by artists, museums and art collectors. Giclée’s art prints are nowadays indispensable compared to the more traditional printing methods such as screen printing and stone lithography. Giclée’s have attained wide acceptance from museums, collectors, galleries and artists.
Creating our top-quality Art Giclée prints starts with scanning the original artwork. The secret to top quality Giclée’s is the usage of world-class scanners. David Breitenstein utilizes the ultimate scanner to scan his art pieces, the German built high-end ‘Cruse Flatbed Fine Art Scanner’. These scanners provide incomparable quality and due to the extensive cost, there are only a handful available throughout the world.
The museum quality art giclée reproductions that David Breitenstein offers are created in an ultra-high resolution (1140 dpi to 2880 dpi 1), and are printed using high-quality archival inks on acid free materials 2. The canvas- and paper types used have a coating that ensures the inks do not degrade or fade over time. Canvas prints receive a UV blocking varnish or UV top coating to further protect the art pieces from damaging due to natural lighting, making them easier to place on the desired location without any concern for damaging the work.
Real art giclée prints are the most accurate art reproductions that can be made. With top quality archival inks and papers, they are also among the most long lasting.
1. DPI stands for Dots/pixels per inch.
2. Independent testing by ‘Wilhelm Imaging Research Inc.’ (a world-leader in image-longevity testing) has established that giclée prints made with the finest archival paper and inks may last as long as 200 years before any noticeable shift in color-integrity occurs.
The Giclée art print is a new and contemporary printing medium that complies with the highest standards for graphic art, as set by artists, museums and art collectors. Giclée’s art prints are nowadays indispensable compared to the more traditional printing methods such as screen printing and stone lithography. Giclée’s have attained wide acceptance from museums, collectors, galleries and artists.
Creating our top-quality Art Giclée prints starts with scanning the original artwork. The secret to top quality Giclée’s is the usage of world-class scanners. David Breitenstein utilizes the ultimate scanner to scan his art pieces, the German built high-end ‘Cruse Flatbed Fine Art Scanner’. These scanners provide incomparable quality and due to the extensive cost, there are only a handful available throughout the world.
The museum quality art giclée reproductions that David Breitenstein offers are created in an ultra-high resolution (1140 dpi to 2880 dpi 1), and are printed using high-quality archival inks on acid free materials 2. The canvas- and paper types used have a coating that ensures the inks do not degrade or fade over time. Canvas prints receive a UV blocking varnish or UV top coating to further protect the art pieces from damaging due to natural lighting, making them easier to place on the desired location without any concern for damaging the work.
Real art giclée prints are the most accurate art reproductions that can be made. With top quality archival inks and papers, they are also among the most long lasting.
1. DPI stands for Dots/pixels per inch.
2. Independent testing by ‘Wilhelm Imaging Research Inc.’ (a world-leader in image-longevity testing) has established that giclée prints made with the finest archival paper and inks may last as long as 200 years before any noticeable shift in color-integrity occurs.
Limited Edition Giclée’s are as to be expected Giclée reproductions printed in a limited
edition on paper, canvas or on aluminum. There is a set number of reproductions that is
printed, to maintain the exclusivity of the art work. Edition numbers of the print-run specify
the total amount of reproductions and are indicated in the details for each available artwork.
Limited Edition Giclée’s are individually hand-signed and numbered by the artist and come
with a Certificate of Authenticity that is also signed and numbered by the artist to evidence
the authenticity and exclusiveness of the reproduction.
Details of the Limited Edition Giclée’s can be found at the relevant webpages, and include
the print dimensions in inches and cm.