New Prints by Amy Crehore

[thecreep]

Amy Crehore just added to new prints to her site.
Both prints are limited to 75.
Also
“Ten orders will have small, signed, pencil drawings tucked in them (numbers selected at random)!”

www.amycrehore.com/NEW_Prints_.html

[reactor88]

I grabbed the "Monkey Love Song" print (the top one) and also got a pencil drawing- very cool!

Note she issues certificates of authenticity with her prints- something a lot of the young artists don't (but should) do IMHO...

[entropy]

May 26, 2009 10:32:57 GMT -8 reactor88 said:

Note she issues certificates of authenticity with her prints- something a lot of the young artists don't (but should) do IMHO...

I think it's required by law in California. And it was underscored a year and a half ago with that Murakami / Louis Vuitton print sale debacle (leftover purse fabric sheets stretched and sold as LE "prints"). I mean I'm sure I read details of the law in the LA Times.
From personal experience, I don't think most artists are including the COA with their prints...
I've stopped buying prints though (with rare exceptions) and have purged most of my print collection. not solely because of this, but when a gallery or artist neglects or just refuses to include a COA, then you know they're not taking things seriously. it's just another stream of income, nothing more. and hopefully we are too dumb to know the law

Just did a quick search, here's an excerpt:
When selling a "multiple" the law requires an art dealer to provide a "Certificate of Authenticity." A "multiple" is defined as any fine print, photograph, sculpture cast, collage, or similar art object produced in more than one copy. It also includes pages or sheets taken from books and magazines. A fine print or "print" means a multiple produced by, but not limited to, engraving, etching, woodcutting, lithography and serigraphy and multiples produced or developed from photographic negatives or any combination thereof.
Also:
The offending art dealer is also subject to a $1000.00 fine and an injunction not to continue sales without a Certificate of Authenticity.
I didn't validate (too lazy) but I think it's somewhere in here: California Civil Code Section 1740-1745

I think we can safely interpret "art dealer" in the paragraph above as the artist, the gallery, and/or art dealer.