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For Shipping of ORIGINAL drawings & paintings, Please contact The Artist directly if you have any questions. All originals are framed, with buyers permission, carefully packaged, fully insured, and sent Priority Mail. Satisfaction is guaranteed, work should be returned within 10 days in original shipping package in the same condition as when arrived. Framing and shipping receipts are included in packaging. Handling time is 2-5 days. Each work is framed professionally immediately to protect the buyers investment. Framing is museum quality and meets the standards of the Artist.
Shipping of PRINTS
- Please note: All prints are Offset Photo-lithographs of limited editions, and are signed and numbered.
- Originals, Artists Proofs, and Press Proofs are also available at the
artist's website carrolljonesoriginals(no longer available)
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All prints are in excellent condition, and suitable for framing, using the highest quality papers and inks. Protected and placed in a sturdy mailing tube, the print shipped with instructions for care.
- We guarantee your satisfaction, simply return the print in the same condition in the mailing tube for a refund, within 10 days of purchase.
- All materials packed and ready, sent by Priority Mail to your address. Handling time is 2 business days. Prints are shipped by artist from Jersey City, New Jersey.
- Each print mailing has a Certificate of Authenticity (COA). The artist signature and number of the print in the overall edition, written in pencil along the bottom, signify the artist's approval.

1. WHAT IS OFFSET PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY?
Perhaps
no method is as effective authentically, an edition of prints from an
original work of art as is Offset Photo-lithography. This technical
process was used to produce nearly all of the limited edition
printings in the NATHANIEL GRAPHICS' portfolio. This system allows
the print to maintain outstanding quality throughout and to reproduce
the most delicate detail and tone with absolute fidelity. The ink and
museum quality archival paper used are of the highest standards in
the fine arts printing industry. This will provide maximum insurance
against any deterioration, yellowing or fading and assure the buyer
that their purchase will remain the investment that it is.
2. WHAT IS
A LIMITED EDITION PRINT?
An
edition of prints is the total number of reproductions printed from a
single original work of art. Therefore, a limited edition is the
number of reproductions restricted to a specific amount. The prints
are then numbered by the artist to indicate the size of the edition.
Let's say NATHANIEL GRAPHICS issues a limited edition of 375 numbered
prints in total, and you are looking at number 16 in an edition
marked 1 through 375 consecutively, 16/375 will appear in the bottom
margin of the print. Once any limited edition is sold out, it is gone
for good and will never be printed again. This 'contract', if you
will, is a determining factor in setting an enhanced value on an
edition. Each print, in order to be considered as genuine, must bear
not only the number of the print, but also the signature of the
artist~ the guarantee that this is an artist approved and
authenticated print. The signature generally appears in the lower
right hand corner of the margin, and again, favorably influences the
value of the print. An unnumbered print can be an indication of an
unlimited edition. Titling each print by hand is not only optional
but a personal choice by the artist or his or her publisher but also
may even be typeset (printed in ink).
3. WHAT IS
AN ARTIST'S PROOF AND WHY IS IT MORE EXPENSIVE?
Artist's
Proofs set a continuing standard of excellence and comparison for the
rest of the edition. On the day the edition is printing, the head
pressman 'pulls' a print he feels is as close to the original art
work as possible. It is then presented to the artist for consultation
which generally results in 'fine tuning' of the piece. Then, and only
then, the rest of the edition is printed. Typically, Artist's Proofs
are limited to no more than one tenth of the edition. Approximately
after each tenth of the edition has run through, a print is 'pulled'
from the press and checked by the artist against the very first
approved prints, (called Press Proofs ~ see below). If accepted, the
printing continues. These pulled prints become the Artist's Proofs.
The first print pulled in this manner becomes Artist's Proof #1, the
second #2, and so forth. They are more expensive for three reasons:
1, the Artist's Proofs are hand picked and evaluated individually by
the artist 2, owning one indicates the commitment of the serious
collector and 3, you must likely know the artist personally. A.P.'s
are the premium limited edition of the larger numbered edition.
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4. WHAT IS
A PRESS PROOF?
Press
Proofs (also know as Printer's Proofs) are the very first approved
flawless color corrected images to come off the press at the outset
of any edition. These few prints become the standard of perfection
for the Artist's Proofs and consequently the rest of the edition.
Press Proofs are the tangible results after all consultation and
adjustments have been made and thus allow the actual printing to
commence. They are what the Artist's Proofs are matched against
solely throughout the printing. Press Proofs are more expensive than
Artist's Proofs because of their extreme rarity, and singular
importance with relationship to the subsequent edition.
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