Lady Liberty - Giclee Print

Lady Liberty Giclee Print

What is a Giclee?

A Giclee is a high-resolution digital print made of an archival ink and media combination. This type of art reproduction is quickly becoming the new standard in the art industry, and is widely embraced for its quality by major museums, galleries, publishers, and artists.

The word giclee itself is French, and means spray, in this case meaning, spray of ink. From hundreds of inkjets, more than a million droplets of ink per second are sprayed on canvas or watercolor paper. Once completed, an image is comprised of almost 20 billion droplets of ink.

The resulting print has no perceptible dot pattern, an endless array of richly saturated color, and every nuance of the original image. The most archival, water based lightfast inks available in the world are used. The latest inks offer at least 70-years of lightfastness and UV-resistance under museum archival conditions.

A Giclee Print is simply the closest duplication of the original artwork that is humanly, mechanically, or technically possible.

What are the advantages of giclee over traditional litho prints?

Longer life. Giclees are printed on archival, acid free papers and canvases with long lasting pigment based archival ink.

Better image quality. Giclee prints offer more richness, detail and depth than traditional offset lithography. Greater color gamut can be achieved.

Customization. Giclees can be printed in custom sizes and on a variety ofpapers and canvases. Artists can enhance the giclee by hand painting or embellishing.

Framing. High tech coatings on Giclees printed on canvas and paper allow the print to be displayed in a frame without glass. This saves money on framing costs, and some buyers appreciate being able to view their print without looking through glass.