With the global art market valued at USD 50 billion in 2020, according to international banking giant UBS, the demand for works of fine art is greater than ever before. Many people consider fine art to be one of the true markers of wealth. When you're looking at signing a contract for artwork reproduction, you have many questions to consider. Printmaking is one of the most common ways to bring your originals to discerning customers, with giclee prints being the global gold standard of art print reproduction at scale. An original can be hard to part with. Reproductions represent the best option to bring your work to the world.
Painting by Gloria Rallison. Original 24x30 with 100% detail crop
1. High-Quality Scans and Cameras
A duplicated artwork reproduction should be scanned at the highest quality available, generally 300 to 330 pixels per inch, but some of the latest technologies can go up to thousands of pixels per inch, making reproductions that are indistinguishable to the eye from the original work. For some works, a perfect reproduction is not always possible, especially for forms of painting where the texture of the brushstrokes creates some of the art, but that should be the goal regardless.
2. Professional Relationship
It should go without saying – but sadly does not – that you should have a professionalism-first relationship with reproducers. Their job is to make your artwork available to the masses.
3. Estimates Up Front
Your cost estimate should be completely transparent to you. Your business depends on knowing what your reproduction costs will be, and even more so on your first painting than on your hundredth. You are in the business of fine art. Your reproduction company should be in the business of supporting you.
4. Museum-Quality Printers
Your client relationships depend on your customers receiving art that is as close to the same as your original as you can give them. This means that no matter how faithful the scan that you get of your work, it's only as good as the printers your reproduction company employs. The best giclee prints look as though they were completed by your hand, bringing the true essence of your art to your clients.
Professional artwork reproduction is your partner for your next showing. Art reproduction companies can take your original and reproduce it in sizes from a postcard to a billboard. Call Fine Line Supply Co. today to plan for your next studio opening and make your art work as hard for you as you work on it.