Evaluating and purchasing fine prints can be a formidable task, for there are numerous issues to be addressed: authenticity, paper, quality of impression, edition size, re-strikes, signatures, states,...
In my initial guides I review some of the basics of print connoisseurship - what fine prints are, and what to look for in a seller's description of them. Here I'll discuss the prints of one artist - Rembrandt...
In this guide I'll discuss the signatures found - or not found - on fine original prints, taking a look at the history of the signature, variations in practice, and its importance as a matter of...
Print descriptions should be comprehensive and clear. This is particularly critical in the internet buying context, where the print can't be seen in person. Here I have given a description of the print...
Fine prints evolve through stages of development, often called "states." Printmakers create impressions of a print by inking the matrix (e.g., wood block, metal plate, lithographic stone), then pressing paper...
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was of course one of the greatest of Western artists, and printmaking was central to his career. He created four major series of prints, and many other prints including a series of...
The prints of Honore Daumier have long been admired and sought after by art lovers. His lithographs of 19th Century French political and social life are wonderful examples of great draftsmanship, and they're...
Here's an interview I did with Mike Booth at the World Printmakers website - Harris Schrank Schrank's Discourse Ranges Widely but inevitably Comes Back to "Connoisseurship" Q: Please tell us a bit about...