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We have a wide
selection of graphic works on paper signed in Plate.
To purchase please
contact us
Frequently asked questions
How a bronze sculpture is made?
The original
sculpture is made by the artist in clay or plaster
(not for sale) often destroyed after limited edition is complete.
From “the original clay sculpture” a
wax form is
taken (the negative of the original clay sculpture) and to
produce bronze the foundry make the
ceramic forms.
The wax is placed into the
ceramic forms and sand is deposited inside the wax, then hot bronze is
purred into the ceramic form. As the wax melts, hot bronze replaces the
wax that is why a the method is called a “wax lost method”.
When limited edition is done?
As a rule, limited edition works are done when the artist is alive.
What is a bronze facsimile?
Facsimile
is a "true copy" in other words a
reproduction.
When Facsimile is done?
Facsimiles
are done after the artist pass away and by and large
Facsimiles are open
edition.
Signed in Plate
The signature is done in the wax (plate) seeing that the artist
is not alive.
The colorization of a sculpture.
The patina “colorization” is done (by applying chemicals) in the
foundry.
Do you know when it was produced and at what foundry?
Facsimiles
are not exactly investment pieces
and they are to be enjoyed for the fraction of the “original” limited
edition.
Reproductions are often purchased at smaller auctions with no
information about the foundry or when was produced.
However, if the sculpture is limited edition with a proved provenance
then the price would be much higher, a limited edition bronze of a
famous departed artist of international standing it would probably be an
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