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Art Print

Art Prints & Their Types in India

Quality Art has always been expensive considering the amount of hard work, creativity and patience it takes to make a perfect Oil Painting, Sketch work or any other form of Art that is handmade wall hanging. If Wall Art is always so expensive how would someone decorate walls with good quality framed art that is within their budget? The answer is "Prints" a word generally used for forms of "Reproduced Art Work" which is less expensive yet as refined and good looking as the Original Art. When it comes to Affordable Art we are not talking about those cheap Chinese framed art that is actually very low standard, reproduced without a copyright and lasts a less than a year. Here we shall talk about "Prints" or Reproduced Art Work which are genuine in quality, price suitable for Wall Decor. Sale of such "Art Prints" gives income to the Artist that is of prime concern to all in Art Market. You can buy art prints online in India on www.artemporio.com.

How does this work?

As an assumption an Artist who expects to earn Rs. 75,000 from a piece of Art shall divide his profits with the number of prints printed. This amount is the Artists' margin i.e. for 150 prints his margin shall be Rs. 500. After adding all the printing, distribution overheads to the artist's margin the Retail Price is calculated that is generally less than Rs. 2000 for a medium sized art. A retail customer who buys that "Print" uses the aesthetic value of a Framed Art worth Rs. 75,000 to decorate his home for less than Rs. 2000. That's the beauty of an Art Print. There are various methods to reproduce an artwork. All have different technical requirements although we shall only discuss the price point impact and product types.

Fine Art Prints (Open Edition): Fine Art Print is a finely reproduced original art, printed on high quality art paper greater than 350gms. Usually they are open edition prints resulting into an affordable piece of art, used to decorate homes, offices in an affordable yet refined manner.  Superior printing technique gives a vivid and detailed reproduction of the art. You can find thousands of licensed fine art prints all available for purchase in India at www.artemporio.com. They usually last up to 70 years when framed and hung in a proper manner.

Limited Edition Print: A Limited Edition Print is of the same quality as an Open Edition Fine Art Print and the only difference is that the print run is limited as per the artists' choice. From the above example if an Artist wants only 25 Prints to be printed and ever sold, then the artist markup shall be Rs. 3,000 and adding huge printing costs and other overheads shall result the Limited Edition Print being priced at Rs. 10,000. They are usually numbered and signed by the artist.

 

Posters: A poster is an Art, printed on a cheap paper in very large volumes at one go. This results in very less expensive "Print" that has the same aesthetic value of the art but price is lower than a Fine Art Print. Since the paper quality, printing technique are poor and fixed size options result in lower quality of "Print" not many serious artist consider getting their art being available as posters. Thus you can usually find posters to decorate walls as Movies Posters, People & Celebrity Poster, motivational posters, Music Posters, vintage posters & photography art posters in large quantities. This is only because the life of a Poster is never more than 3 years and such trends often last less than that. You can find thousands of Posters on www.artemporio.com India's Wall Décor, Art Prints & Poster Store.

Canvas Print:  Canvas Print is a high quality print made by transferring inks or printing directly onto the artist grade cotton canvas. You can enjoy beautiful textured look of a Hand Painted Art at an affordable price with a Canvas Print. The canvas print is wrapped around a wooden bar and hung on to the wall giving a Gallery Look which in itself gives a more affluent look to the space just like an Original Art. Almost all Art available as Fine Art Print can be made available as a Canvas Print. They last more than 70 years if they are hanged in a proper location away from dust and direct sun light.

Giclée Print: "Giclée" is derived from the French word "to spray".  This is a type of art print created using a very sophisticated and patented digital printing process using the highest levels of precision available.  The process delivers a fine stream of ink (spray) to saturate the fibers of heavy-weight watercolor paper, resulting in pure, rich color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery display. The life of a Giclee Print is estimated to be more than 100 years.

 

 

Estimated Price Chart for All Print Types as per size

Product Type/Size

Mini Size

Less than 7"

Small Size

7" to 12"

Medium Size

12" to 20"

Large Size

20" to 30"

Extra Large

30" to 44"

Fine Art Print

Rs.600 to 800

Rs. 800 to 1200.

Rs. 1000 to 1800

Rs.1500 to 2500

Rs. 2500 onwards.

Poster

N/A

N/A

N/A

Rs.600 to 1500

Rs. 950 to 2400.

Canvas Print

Rs.1000 to 1200

Rs. 1200 to 1600.

Rs.1400 to 2200

Rs2000 to 3000

Rs.3000 onwards

Giclee Print

Rs.900 to 1200

Rs. 1100 to 1500

Rs. 1300 to 2100

Rs.1800 to 2800

Rs.2800 onwards.

 

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What is the difference between an art print and a poster?

i mean like the material. on allposters.com, some of them are posters, others are art prints that can be framed or mounted. What is an art print exactly. is it bendable & fragile like a poster, or is it like a canvas, or what?

The term "Art print" covers a lot of ground. At the low end are laser photocopies & standard inkjet prints passed off by artists & other entrepreneurs as Art Prints. Next are lithographic prints of original art made in large quantities that may resemble posters in the way they are printed as well as paper quality.

Limited Edition Art Prints are generally made on heavier paper which is acid-free and archival. These prints are made in small numbers by offset lithography; they are signed and numbered by the artist, or in the case of the artist being deceased, are numbered and titled by the printer who owns the rights to the image. Archival Inkjet Prints made by artists & photographers using higher quality inks & papers also fall into this category.

Giclee Art Prints are printed by a different process - pigmented inks are sprayed onto heavy paper, generally archival cotton paper or specially treated canvas. These are often printed as the need arises, but in some cases they editions are not limited. A signed & numbered print has more value than a non-numbered print.

Monoprints, serigraphs, lithos etc made by the artist are considered Artists' Prints. Each is either an original or printed individually. The mediums & papers vary greatly and are generally valued as original artworks.

Although it's common to roll artwork, any print - regardless of the printing process - can be damaged by rolling it, even the canvas prints. Hope this information is helpful.

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