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What is a Giclee?
           The art of fine art printing has become even more precise with the advent of the
    revolutionary Giclée (zhee-clay) printing process. This type of art reproduction is quickly
    becoming the new standard in the art industry, and is widely embraced for its quality by
    major museums, galleries, publishers, and artists.  A Giclée Print is simply the closest
    duplication of an original artwork that is humanly, mechanically, or technically possible.

          The cornerstone of this process is enhanced digital ink jet printers that are specifically
    designed for the rigorous and precise criteria of fine art collectors and museum quality,
    limited edition prints.

          The word Giclée itself is French, and means spurt or squirt, in this case meaning,
    “spray of ink”. From a hundred of ink jets more than a million droplets of ink per second
    are sprayed on a canvas or watercolor paper.  Once completed an image is comprised of
    almost 20 billion droplets of ink.  The latest Giclée Printing Technology enhanced the
    standard 4-color process to an  8 and 12-color process.

          The resulting print has no perceptible dot pattern, an endless array of richly saturated
    color, and every nuance of the original image.  The most archival, water based light-fast
    inks available are used.  The latest inks offer a 108-year light-fastness and UV-resistance
    under museum archival condition.

          Giclée prints have an impressive exhibition record.   Fine Art Galleries across the
    country are warmly receiving Giclée's.  A few examples are…

  • The Metropolitan Museum  (New York)
  • Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
  • The Los Angeles County Museum
  • Zimmerli Museum of Art, Rutgers University
  • The British Museum
  • National Museum of Art
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • The New York Public Library
  • San Francisco Museum of Art
  • The Corcoran Gallery
  • Laguna Museum of Art
  • The Washington Post Collection  

         Beyond this description, a Giclée Print simply must be seen to be fully appreciated.