Notes pour trouver, acheter et vivre avec l’art, depuis la galerie.
Œuvre unique ou édition ? Les deux sont authentiques
Une estampe en édition de dix exemplaires est-elle une véritable œuvre d’art ? Oui. La différence entre une œuvre unique, une édition et une reproduction, le temps d’un café.
ParErick González
It is one of the first things people ask us: is a print in an edition of ten a "real" work of art? Yes. Here is the difference between a unique work and an edition, in the time it takes to finish a coffee.
A unique work
One object and no other: a painting, a drawing, a one-off sculpture. Its price is usually the artist's highest, because there is only one.
An edition
Some works are made to exist several times: a photograph, an etching, a cast, a video. The artist decides how many before the first is sold, makes or supervises each one, and signs and numbers them. 3/10 means the third of ten. When the edition is sold out, no more are made. Each one is an original work, and its certificate says which one is yours.
Why editions are a lovely way in
An edition usually costs a fraction of a unique work by the same artist, so it is how many collections begin. In the market index we keep, prints and editions are about one in ten of the works that galleries marked as sold.
What is not an edition
A printed copy of an existing painting is a reproduction, however good the paper. There is nothing wrong with enjoying one; it is simply a poster, not the work. The test is easy: was the object made as the work, or made from the work?
Four questions before you buy one
How many are in the edition, and are there artist's proofs?
Which number is this one, and is it signed?
How is it made, and on what?
Is all of that on the certificate?
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