From: Liam (liam.lawless@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 09/12/03-05:34:52 PM Z
What does the buyer believe s/he's getting with a 1/1 print? What does the
gallery say it means if they should ask?
Liam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Brubaker" <jack@jackbrubaker.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: "Gum Joy", monoprints, and sizes
>
>
> Katharine Thayer Wrote
>
> I had a gallery that for
> > a while insisted on putting "1/1" on the tags by my work, and I made
> > them stop it, because while I almost always make just one print of each
> > image, I don't want to close the option if sometime I decide I want to
> > make another one. But sometimes I get the idea that what they mean by
> > "unique" is that since it's handmade, it won't be exactly like another
> > print even if it's made from the same negative. So which is it, can it
> > be "1/1" or "monoprint" even if you print the same image again? The way
> > I've thought about this is the past, my answer has been no, 1/1 means
> > this is the only print that will be made from this image. Would be
> > interested in thoughts on this.
> > Katharine
>
>
> In printmaking (intaglio, lithography, that kind of printmaking) it is
> traditionally accepted that a plate can be printed again after the edition
> has been printed by making some (sometimes small) change and printing a
new
> edition that is labeled "second state". Usually this implyed that the
artist
> developed the concept of the print between states by adding new work to
the
> image or changing the colors used to print one or more of the layers of
the
> image. But if we are talking about gum prints which seldom print exactly
the
> same a later printing will be different in some manor and might justify
the
> second state terminology. If that is an acceptable answer the image is
> signed with the note -2nd state- either after the title or with the
edition
> number.
>
> You probably are aware of this, if not, hope it helps
>
> Jack
>
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