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Does Gary do Commissions?
Yes! Just send an inquiry to him, here and we'll have a conversation with you about getting an original Gary Carter. Here's an FYI about how the commission process works.
What is a Gicleé?
Gicleé refers to a specific kind of reproduction. A French word meaning "to squirt" referencing the one-at-a-time ink jet process of printing. Here, all our Gicleés are done on state of the art Epson printers using their best inks, which brings us to our next question:
What's the difference between a Gicleé and a paper print?
Our Gicleés are printed digitally, one at a time with 7 colors of Ultrachorme, lightfast, archival ink at an astonishing resolution of 1700 dots per inch! They are more fade resistant than any process previousy available short of a perfect hand painted copy with series 7 pigments. They are done on canvas, and only a close inspection examining the three dimensional physical application of actual oil paint reveals wether it's an original or a reproduction.
Why are the Gicleés more expensive than the Prints were?
The previous question is a big part the answer to this question. More to the point, Gary's paper lithographs, tho wonderful, were printed at a resolution almost six times lower than the digital printing process. The Paper lithographs were published in editions of 850 signed, and numbered prints. The Gicleés are published on canvas, Signed in Oil, and in editions of only 45 signed and numbered prints.
What do all the numbers mean by Gary's signature on the Gicleés?
Digiital Printing allows us to do different sizes. Gary has chosen to do 25 small, 15 medium and 5 large sized reproductions. So on a Large Gicleé, if it says 5 / 5 / 45 (Five over Five slash Forty Five), that means it's the 5th print out of a total of 5 in that size of the edition of only 45 prints total.
So What happened to the Print Company?
Gary's older brother Jack, who with Gary, founded the "Gary Carter Western Art Print Company" (GCWAP CO) passed away from Lung Cancer in 2003. After Jack's Passing it made sense to regroup, and restart since the new inks and canvas printing process had been perfected.
Are there any Paper Lithographs left from the pre-2003 era?
Yes! Although most of his 77 published prints have been sold-out for years, E-bay is a very active place to hunt for and collect Gary's lithographs as well as other secondary market sources. Gary is selling his entire collection of Prints numbered #5, which is his personal collection of the prints.
How much are the Paper Lithographs worth?
Current print valuation depends on a number of factors. Our strange-but-true advice is to see what they are going for on E-Bay.
Can you sell my collection of Gary Carter Lithographs for me?
At this time, we are not dealing with Re-Sale prints at all. (sorry) Gary's son Jeff designed, built and maintains this web site, and he has plans for a section of the site for collectors to chat, trade, sell and collect Gary's prints and Gicleés. Sign up on our mailing list, and you'll be notified when this feature is available, as well as other news.
Got other questions?
Ask them here. If we get enough queries, we'll add it to this page.
References:
Wikipedia's Gicleé page