What is a limited edition?
Artwork created for art gallery purposes. Just as classic etchings and lithographs have been created from the artist’s original work, the limited edition cel is traditionally created using the artist’s line being transferred to acetate, then hand-painted on the reverse by professional cel painters. The cel is then placed over a background to complete the image.
For limited edition prints, the plates or screens are used to produce the specified number of images or proofs, and then are destroyed or cancelled. The prints are inspected, numbered and signed by the artist. Sometimes additional numbered series will be made which are varied by use of a different paper. These may be numbered in Roman numerals or with letters A through Z. The top number signified the number of the print, and the bottom numbers the quantity of prints in that series of the edition.
