What do you think the work of Mate or not?

[Arthur777]

It is interesting to view forumchan.Kak think, work Mate or not?

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Сообщение от Arthur777

What do you think the work of Mate or not?

You might ask, whether the author is a mark?
I think not.

It is considered that any list of copyright edition is the original and a full-fledged work of art, if it is printed and signed by the author. Signed, usually done pencil on wet paper. In this case, it is impossible to erase without obvious signs of erasure, as the pencil cuts deeply into the paper. Signature is in the lower right corner of the image, while the year of creation engraving (ie, year of establishment of the board and not the time of printing of the print paper). The left side of the print is written the name prints and indicates the manner of execution.

In black and white etchings practiced designation numbers of impressions (circulation) and the serial number of the print - the so-called signatures. For example, the signature "4 /30" means that the author of the printed board was made 30 prints, and before our fourth. Obviously, this rule set is not the artists themselves (which are often print edition in several stages, as the author can be difficult and sometimes impossible to foresee the need for impressions and to determine the size of circulation).

[Arthur777]

[Wladzislaw]

In fact, the tradition of hand-signed print more or less actively distributed to beg.

[Arthur777]

Thank you for additional information, my dear Vladislav.

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Сообщение от Wladzislaw

Actually, the tradition of hand-signed print more or less actively distributed to beg. 20., After the first third - nearly all of a subscription.

The paper [A. Lant. Purpose and practice in french avant-garde print-making of the 1880s. //Oxford Art Journal. 1983. Vol. 6, No 1, pp. 18 - 29] argues that the tradition of signing prints originated in France in 1880. in connection with the discovery of how the industrial reproduction of prints - heliogravire or photogravure which gives a virtually unlimited number of impressions - to distinguish the author's impression, produced by hand-printing. But this tradition has engendered none other than Camille Pissarro. Until 1880. author's name vygravirovyvalas directly on the plate and printed with engravings.