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About
IRIS Giclée prints
An
"Iris Print" produces a Giclée (derived from a
French term meaning "spray of ink,"). The word Giclée
is used to describe a museum-quality print generated on a high-end
fine art printer such as an Iris printer. In the print making process,
a fine stream of ink (millions of droplets per second) is sprayed
onto an archival art paper or canvas, which is hand-mounted onto
a rotating drum, creating the fine art print.
Advantages of Iris Prints
Vibrant
colors and rich detailing - The process has control over three million
possible colors, over five hundred chromatic changes, and precise
control over color hue, value and density. These broad capabilities
can accommodate the many artistic styles and capture the artistic
vision of the artist more fully. Since no screens are used in the
printmaking process, giclee prints have a higher resolution than
that of lithographs and the dynamic color range of giclee prints
is greater than that of serigraphs.
Prominent Artists that offer Iris Prints
John
Baldessari, Grancesco Clemente, Jim Dine, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg,
Frank Stella, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth
Many museums use Iris Prints
The
Guggenheim Museum, the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, the Metropolitan Museum,
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The National Gallery for Women in the Arts,
the Smithsonian, and the Walker Art Center
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