Original Fine Art Prints on Hahnemühle Museum Etching deals paper for mid century modern and contemporary home decore.

Hatch. Edition of 5. Numbered & signed by artist in pencil. Original Archival Raw Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Museum Etching.

Pigment inks are made up of two parts, the pigment particles (which is essentially powder) and a carrier liquid designed to suspend the pigments once mixed so that they can be spread evenly during printing. Pigments are naturally UV resistant and are considered archival. The pigments in the ink embed themselves into the fibers of the paper while the carrier liquid evaporates.

The Emerging Digital Print Market: As the nascent genre of digital art and photography gains acceptance in the art community, creative deals professionals are turning to digital prints to manifest their work. This market has grown rapidly as a function of the elevated quality of digital prints. As a result, the digital print is now a formidable and common photographic and fine art medium. The major auction houses of Philips de-Prury, Christies, & Sotheby's regularly hold fine art and photographic sales that include digital prints. Notable artists and photographers that employ the medium include Annie Leibovitz, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, Chuck Close, Wolfgang Tillmans, William Eggleston, and Catherine Opie. Recent auctions of digital prints have fetched $10,800 for Annie Leibovitz, $9,600 for Chuck Close, and $22,800 for Wolfgang Tillmans (April 23/24, 2004, Photographs, New York, Phillips de Pury & Company.) Catherine Opie photographic inkjet prints demand $5400 per image (April 27, 2005, Photographs, New York, Phillips de Pury & Company.) The digital pigment print marketplace is emerging rapidly. One of the world's largest photographic print shows (The 2006 AIPAD Photography Show) in New York City included over 15 major galleries that deal digital pigment prints and inkjet prints from the photographers they represent worldwide. ©2011 TeraJet, U.S.A.