The art of fine art printing has become even more precise with the advent of the revolutionary Giclée (zhee-clay) printing process. The original artwork is first preserved in digital format by the scanning or digitization process. Once stored in 16 million colors or more,

the image can then be reproduced on various substrate. In the Giclée process, a fine stream of ink (more than four million droplets per second) is sprayed onto archival art paper or canvas. Exact calculation of hue, value and density direct the ink from hundreds of tiny nozzles. This produces combinations capable of reproducing millions of colors using highly saturated, non-toxic pigment-based ink. Since no screens or other mechanical devices are used in Giclée printing, the prints have a higher resolution than lithographs and the dynamic color range is greater than serigraphy.

Giclées are appearing in the finest galleries and museums. Understanding the process is fast becoming a necessity for everyone who wants to be up-to-date on the current state-of-the-art world for limited editions. Among some of the museums exhibiting giclée are: The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The British Museum, The Getty Museum, The Guggenheim Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and many other prestigious organizations. There is no finer print available for collectors than the giclée process for fine art signed and numbered prints.

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