New Zealand Art Print News
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Sold out prints by NZ artists & publisher deletions
Keeping prints of paintings by NZ artists in print can be a juggle for art publishers and galleries because of the size of the New Zealand art market. Prints done in a tiny edition on a world scale can be in stock for years. It is only the very top percentage of sellers that get re-printed into a second edition. This means that although prints are technically "open edition" - in that they are not numbered and can be re-printed they are really a "limited edition" of between 300-1000 prints. This means that once a print sells out it is most often never available again.
Once a New Zealand print is deleted (sold out) that's usually it because the original plates used for printing the print are probably lost.
Christmas/New Year has seen New Zealand Fine Prints sell out of several prints from our endangered prints gallery (the place where we list all editions that are about to sell out). Including one of the last Menzies kowhaiwhai panels from our Maori art and design collection, a Jane Evans print (only two prints left in stock of two different paintings by this popular Nelson artist) plus several Matisse prints are no longer available.
Since I wrote this post a couple of days ago we have since sold out of a popular Pasifika image from Valerie Beale called Friendly Disagreement and after sending prints of a sketch by Kathe Kollwitz that we happened to end up with all remaining stock when the US publisher deleted the image all over the world this edition has finally run out completely (we still have another deleted title from Kollwitz in stock). Like prints by Graciela Rodo Boulanger it is an amusing quirk of the internet's reach that we are sending these prints back to where they were originally printed but are now unavailable.
Once a New Zealand print is deleted (sold out) that's usually it because the original plates used for printing the print are probably lost.
Christmas/New Year has seen New Zealand Fine Prints sell out of several prints from our endangered prints gallery (the place where we list all editions that are about to sell out). Including one of the last Menzies kowhaiwhai panels from our Maori art and design collection, a Jane Evans print (only two prints left in stock of two different paintings by this popular Nelson artist) plus several Matisse prints are no longer available.
Since I wrote this post a couple of days ago we have since sold out of a popular Pasifika image from Valerie Beale called Friendly Disagreement and after sending prints of a sketch by Kathe Kollwitz that we happened to end up with all remaining stock when the US publisher deleted the image all over the world this edition has finally run out completely (we still have another deleted title from Kollwitz in stock). Like prints by Graciela Rodo Boulanger it is an amusing quirk of the internet's reach that we are sending these prints back to where they were originally printed but are now unavailable.
Labels: art print publishing, Contemporary Maori Art, editions, Jane Evans, Matisse Prints, new zealand prints
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Monday, 11 January 2010
New Zealand Fine Prints re-opens for 2010
We are all back in the office after the Xmas/New Year holiday. Thanks to our warehouse manager who popped in over the holidays to make sure that we could keep the orders shipping! I have a large pile of new prints to catalogue for 2010 plus lots of new New Zealand artists starting the process of getting prints listed with us.
Labels: new zealand prints, Xmas gifts
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Monday, 13 July 2009
Who is Arty Wright?
Arty Wright is the pseudonym for the artist who is probably New Zealand's most experienced printmaker. With over 50 years experience in the art of screenprinting Arty has collaborated with New Zealand's leading artists including Gordon Walters, Pat Hanly, Michael Smither, Dick Frizzell and Stanley Palmer. Here at New Zealand Fine Prints we are really excited that after all these years Arty has finally decided to put his thoughts and vast experience into producing a unique series of screenprints - the Trademark Series.
Wright tells us "the Trademark series brings to the public at large a glimpse of New Zealand nearly forgotten. The images on this series of prints date back to an era when the designs used on our manufactured goods were drawn by artists with pencil, pen, brush and ink. The artists largely remained anonymous, working either as employees of advertising companies or within the manufacturing company itself." In the spirit of the earlier anonymous artists Arty Wright has chosen to keep his identity secret as he salutes their bygone skills by producing this very special series of limited edition screenprints which are released today. Shown here are two of Arty Wright's new art prints, Salesman Tiki and All Backs.
Wright tells us "the Trademark series brings to the public at large a glimpse of New Zealand nearly forgotten. The images on this series of prints date back to an era when the designs used on our manufactured goods were drawn by artists with pencil, pen, brush and ink. The artists largely remained anonymous, working either as employees of advertising companies or within the manufacturing company itself." In the spirit of the earlier anonymous artists Arty Wright has chosen to keep his identity secret as he salutes their bygone skills by producing this very special series of limited edition screenprints which are released today. Shown here are two of Arty Wright's new art prints, Salesman Tiki and All Backs.
Labels: Arty Wright, new zealand prints, printmaking, prints, screenprints, trademark series
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Framed Prints
Customers have reacted favourably to our initial picture framing trial - we offered framed prints from a selection of popular artists like Grahame Sydney and Diana Adams. Just over 400 framed prints were shipped during this trial pre Christmas so we have had plenty of opportunity to refine our processes before rolling out the new picture framing service on a much larger scale. From March 2009 we are now offering affordable and elegant picture framing for all prints in stock. Please contact us or call 0800 800 278 for a quote for framing your chosen prints. New Zealand wide delivery in extremely sturdy packaging is just $NZ20 per order (for any number of framed prints or posters) and delivery is in ten working days. We deliver framed prints world-wide by Airmail at cost - around $NZ 30 - $NZ 60 depending on the destination and size/weight of the print.
The illustration shows how your prints will be framed (this style is know as a "box frame") and we currently offer three colours of picture frame - white, black and cream. Black is by far the most popular frame colour choice so far...
Customers have reacted favourably to our initial picture framing trial - we offered framed prints from a selection of popular artists like Grahame Sydney and Diana Adams. Just over 400 framed prints were shipped during this trial pre Christmas so we have had plenty of opportunity to refine our processes before rolling out the new picture framing service on a much larger scale. From March 2009 we are now offering affordable and elegant picture framing for all prints in stock. Please contact us or call 0800 800 278 for a quote for framing your chosen prints. New Zealand wide delivery in extremely sturdy packaging is just $NZ20 per order (for any number of framed prints or posters) and delivery is in ten working days. We deliver framed prints world-wide by Airmail at cost - around $NZ 30 - $NZ 60 depending on the destination and size/weight of the print.
The illustration shows how your prints will be framed (this style is know as a "box frame") and we currently offer three colours of picture frame - white, black and cream. Black is by far the most popular frame colour choice so far...
Labels: diana adams, framed prints, grahame sydney, new zealand prints, picture framing
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