Word: kamagraph
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...faithfully produces 250 perfect copies of a painting on a special press, destroying the original in the process (color lithographs, by comparison, can be printed as many as 500 times, though first-quality press runs, signed by famous artists, are normally limited to between 30 and 250 prints). Each kamagraph looks as though the artist had painted it by hand. The French call this type of work a "multi-original," because the machine can work only with a painting painted for it on a specially treated canvas plaque. Lichine & Co. have so far recruited Ernst, Rene Magritte and Edouard Pignon...
| 1 |