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A giclee refers to a category of collectible fine art similar to lithographs and serigraphs. There are strict printmaking standards for an art piece to be called a giclee.
A giclee is a high-end fine art print recognized as "the next best thing to owning the original". Giclee's can be found on display in the world's finest museums and art galleries and are often hard to distinguish from the originals.
The word dates back to 1989 and is a French term roughly meaning "spray or squirt" which refers to the digital printing process. The best giclee printers provide a 1,800 dpi (dots per image)resolution and blend as many as eight colors of ink.
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- Really high quality prints with rich beautiful color, painterly detail and quality that makes prints hard to distinguish from originals.
- Archival prints. Giclee's last longer. Typical print life is several decades, much longer than lithographs and photographs.
- Artist materials are used including canvas and textured watercolor papers.
- Color. Giclees can be reproduced in more colors than traditional printmaking techniques.
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