GICLÉE
Fine Art and
State of the Art
Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay"), is the merging of fine art and
science to produce the highest quality reproduction with the look and feel
of an original piece of art. The Giclée medium provides a powerful translation of an
artist’s original painting, with its' unsurpassed depth of color and ability to
capture every detail and subtle nuance, it is virtually indistinguishable from the
artist’s original.
The Giclée process begins with a high resolution scan of the original artwork which
insures no loss of definition or color density and accuracy. The scanned information is
then transformed into printable digital data which is fed into a high resolution ink jet
printer. The printer delivers a fine spray of ink from many precision nozzles onto the
substrate. Each particle of color is defined by these microscopic droplets of ink which
render the rich, saturated colors and minute details of the artist’s original with
the highest resolution possible.
The extensive list of distinguished artists offering their original paintings as Giclée
prints includes Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, and museums in the U.S. and abroad that have
purchased Giclées for their permanent collections and have mounted exhibitions include:
the Metropolitan Museum (New York), the Guggenheim (New York), the
Philadelphia Museum of Art and many others.
Much like an original painting, the Giclée process employs environmentally safe
water-based inks, archival fine art papers or canvas, and as a final step it is
protected with a UV/moisture resistant coating. Therefore, it should be handled as fine
art and placed away from direct sunlight or accidental exposure to water to ensure artwork
integrity.
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