[pure-silver] Re: numbering prints?
- From: Luis Miguel Castañeda <lmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 22:01:27 +0200
On 15/09/2006, at 20:25, Shannon Stoney wrote:
I found out recently that the idea of numbering even intaglio
prints is fairly recent. Rembrandt just printed until the plate
wore out. I'm not sure when the idea of editions took hold, but I
think it was in the 18th or 19th century, and the idea was to make
prints more valuable. But I kind of like the idea that prints are
cheap and affordable.
not even the late XIX. Printing until the plate wore out or broken
was the common practice. In fact they were editions because a second
plate will be different. The edition numbering was AFAIK (with books
at least) not targeting a higher value but as a way of certification
on already valuable editions, the idea of reducing a production to
add value should come from the early XX century.
Saludos
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