What is a Giclee A Giclee (pronounced Zhee-Clay) is a French phrase coined in the 17th Century. It refers to a technology brought forth by a machine called the Iris. The support material, such as paper or canvas is carefully attached to a spinning drum while infinitely small pixels of rich, vibrant archival inks are sprayed at a very high speed. The Giclee process has forever altered the world of art reproduction. Unlike other priming methods, Iris inks blend into paper of canvas surfaces, producing a seamless, continuous-tone across the surface. Museum curators, painters, collectors and photographers recognize the excellent quality of Iris printing for reproducing fine artwork for sale or display. The colors can be brilliant and is far superior to other methods of reproduction. The retail price varies on many factors, such as the reputation of the artist, the size of the edition, the size of the print, and even the current economic state. Many of Museums have mounted exhibitions or purchased Giclees for their permanent collections. They include The Guggenheim (New York), The Metropolitan Museum (New York), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), , the Philadelphia Museum, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), the Butler Institute (Youngstown, Oh) the Corcoran (DC) the National Gallery for Women in the Arts (DC), the Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (DC), the New York Public Library Print Collection, the High Museum (Atlanta), the California Museum of Photography, the National Museum of Mexico and the San Jose Museum, and many more. All of the paintings on this website are available
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