What is Serigraphy?

Today's art market increasingly drives prices of unique works beyond the reach of all but the wealthiest, but limited-edition prints remain an accessible medium of the finest artistic minds. The Chinese used a similar technique two thousand years ago, with Manet, Bonnard, Rouault and Picasso being some of the first to engage in this process during the 20th century.

Limited edition serigraphy (also called silk-screen printing) generates wonderfully brilliant and opaque colored prints. It is a stencil method of printmaking where an image is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh. Ink is then forced through unmasked areas of the mesh onto the paper beneath.

Each serigraph is a work expressly created and controlled by the artist. The artist numbers the individual impressions (i.e. 1/200, 2/200, etc.) and signs each in pencil. The plate used to produce the image is then canceled or defaced to prevent any future printings.