Posted by yasuko on May 24, 1997 at 19:24:18:
In Reply to: Re: Originals vs Copies posted by Darrel on May 24, 1997 at 03:13:11:
: While different people may used different terminology, I consider reprints to be prints made from the originally carved blocks, made either during the artist's lifetime but without his involvement or supervision, or else after his death. (I view later prints made with the artist's involvement as simply prints from a later edition. When the artist had no involvement whatsoever in the printing and publishing of the prints, the different between a later edition and a reprint becomes rather blurry.) I consider a copy to be a print made from a block which was completely recarved. It can be an intentional forgery, it can be a replacement edition because the original blocks were damaged, destroyed, or worn down, or it could be an acknowledged reproduction. Again, in the situation where the print design was so popular that the blocks quickly became worn and were replaced during the artist's lifetime, one can just as easily consider the reproduction be an authorized or unauthorized later edition. A copy does not necesarily have little or no value. There are surimono copies, for example, for which no originals are known to exist. Thus, they have tremendous historical value and, if well executed and preserved, artistic merit as well.
: Darrel C. Karl
: darrel@erols.com
Then, what is the difference between a reprint and a restrike, or
is there any? Also, could you explain what surimono is?