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Print or Poster?

MIR Appraisal

" But there are many types of prints, only a few being etchings, lithographs, screen-prints, and wood-cuts. " A lithograph is produced by applying an image to a grained surface (stone or aluminum) using a greasy medium such as tusche, crayon, pencils, or lacquer. This is where things can get confusing. Sold: $800,000.00

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A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

Characteristics; make notes on: Hallmark Note if marked EPNS or “silver soldered;” this is not sterling Sterling or silverplate? Provenance Paint?

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Temporarily Storing Artwork: A Case Study

Fine Art Estates

As with my post on transporting an artwork in your car , I will make suggestions on how to temporarily store artwork by safely stacking two-dimensional works against a wall using protective materials that would be found in your home or could be picked up at a local U-LINE, Lowes, or Home Depot.

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How Japonisme Shaped Modern Art

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This integration was often based on European ideas of Japanese culture, as much as authentic influence, as Western audiences amassed artworks and high-end objets d’art, and even inexpensive prints that were included as packing material for fragile luxury goods. Hokusai Katsushika – The Fukui Bridge at Echizen.

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How Do I Get My Art Appraised?

Fine Art Estates

Scenario 1 Ellsworth Kelly, “Red Curve”, 2013, lithograph, 30 x 22 inches Say you are appraising a large minimalist lithograph by Ellsworth Kelly of a red shape on an off-white paper sheet where a flat red ink was used to create the red shape.

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Sacred Geometry in Art History: Divine Creativity

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Leonardo Da Vinci – Hombre Vitruviano, Lithograph. These seemingly simple applications simultaneously recall the vast history of sacred geometry, which has united artists, architects, and designers across generations in a pursuit of proportionality that melds materiality and mysticism in marvelous ways.