What is a Lithograph Print?
There are two types of lithographs. One is an original lithograph which is a true original art print and the other is an offset lithograph that is a photochemical reproduction of an original painting. Most of the limited-edition prints today are created by the offset lithograph process. In the lithograph process a photograph is taken of an original painting. Then it is reproduced with an offset lithograph printing press which uses normally only four colors. These four colors are blended together to give the appearance of many colors. In today’s high tech printing, expensive presses can get very close to the original colors in a painting by using only four colors.
