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A black-and-white print from the New York Botanical Garden. Photo: Artaissance
The Source
Artaissance, an original artwork site that's sister to high-end framing company Larson-Juhl.
The Goods
Drawings, etchings and historical prints by contemporary artists or culled from historical archives by Artaissance's experts.
The Secret
These aren't just regular prints -- they're giclees, made using a high-tech digital imaging process that duplicates the artwork and prints onto canvas or paper. Plus, they can be custom-sized by order, so a drawing can be blown-up to gigantic proportions or made into a postcard size piece.
Things To Know
The hundreds of artworks available on the site are all done by artists exclusively for Artaissance, so you're basically getting an original piece without the hefty price tag. Also worth noting is that the pieces come unframed, but can be sent directly to a local framer.
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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)
UM...not affordable at all...I mean...really??? 100 to 400$ per print....sorry but this is not the average person's idea of affordable...try again!
ReplyNovember 20, 2009
ReplyAnything reproduced from a pre-existing work of visual art are reproductions.
So, why do you -not- disclose those "giclees - that duplicates the artwork and prints onto canvas or paper" as the reproductions they are?
What are the public to make of a company "Artaissance" when on one hand, you promote them as offering "original artwork" but acknowledge that they are, in fact, selling "duplicates" ie., reproductions?
Reproductions versus original works of art are not interchangeable, much less the same.
Respectfully,
Gary Arseneau
artist, creator of original lithographs
Fernandina Beach, Florida