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Requirements
This question has been given several answers
which generally follow the definition of the
original print agreed upon in the Third
International Congress of Artists, celebrated in
1960 in Viena.
1. Only the artist may establish the final
amount of prints of an edition.
2. To be considered an original, each print must
carry the signature or anagram of the artist, as
well as the total number of the print series and
its serial number.
3. Artists may indicate whether they themselves
have carried out the printing process.
4. It is recommended that the printing plate,
block or stone used in printing is destroyed or
marked with an end-of-series sign.
5. The above principles are applicable to work
considered as original, that is to say, prints
whose printing plates have been made with any
kind of suitable material by the artist. Any
work that does not fulfil the above conditions
must be considered a ‘reproduction’.
6. No regulation can be drawn up for
reproductions. Nevertheless, it is recommended
that reproductions are taken for what they are,
and unambiguously told apart from original
graphic work. The latter is especially important
in case reproductions are of such quality that
artists are willing to sign them, thus
recognising the expertise of the printer.
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