Use a magnifying glass and see if you can see any kind of dot pattern in the artwork. If there is, then it is a offset print. A litho is made two ways: "original" lithograph, is an original art work, where the painter paints directly onto stone or plate and works with the printer - there will be no dot pattern - and each print made this way is an original. They may be made in an edition size and that will be a small one, probably 30 or so. If it is an offset lithograph, it is one of many prints and a dot pattern will appear in the colors - this pattern is of the number of inks used in printing and each one sits in a position making a kind of daisy pattern. This type of process can make thousands of prints exactly the same. A litho can be numbered, or a limited edition/numbered, or signed/limited/numbered
2007-01-16 13:08:44
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answered by Isabel 7
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If it is a poster, there will be numbering, etc.
If it is an art print, it should say how many were printed (at a minimum) and may say in pencil what number this one is (like 135/500 - this is 135 of 500.) Which assures that the stone or plates were destroyed so no more can be made. Lithograph is just a way of making prints, which could also be made by silkscreen and several other techniques. If you think it may be valuable, take it to a museum or gallery, calling first and asking if someone can tell you how it was made and whether it is likely to have value.
2007-01-13 10:07:42
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answered by Mike1942f 7
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Knightro had the most correct answer. Google is a just search engine and does not own the copyright to the pictures...unless you get the images specifically from a Google application, such as Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Street View, etc. However, all the images that you find on the internet belong to the website where you find them, and they are copyrighted. So if you try to print a picture and sell it, then YES, that is definitely copyright infringement. So for example, let's just say you do a search on Google for a website on "turtles." You find a picture of a sea turtle that you really like, and so you decide to print it and try to sell it. That would be copyright infringement. The picture does NOT belong to Google...but it does belong to whoever made the website about turtles. (Actually, it belongs to the person who took the PICTURE of the turtle). I hope that makes sense. The only time where you can legally publish or re-distribute a picture is if the photographer specifically says that the picture is in the "public domain." For example, some pictures on Wikipedia are in the public domain. I should also clear up a myth and misconception some people have about image copyrights. Some people will try to claim that you can't save a picture from the internet onto a computer, and they say that is "copyright infringement." That is NOT true at all. You CAN save an image from the internet for your own PERSONAL USE. In fact, your computer has to download the image files first in order for a web page to even be displayed. (ALL image files are saved to the "Tempoary Internet Files" folder, even pictures where the right mouse button has been disabled.) So by the mere fact of viewing a website, you HAVE already saved a copy. Try it...right click on the shortcut icon for Internet Explorer, and go to "Properties." Then go to "Settings" and then "View Files." You'll see a bunch of files, including .JPG image files. Those are all the pictures on websites you have viewed recently. And yes, you can copy those files to wherever you want on your computer. They're already on the hard drive. What would be copyright infringement is if you tried to publish the picture without the owner's permission. Printing and selling copies of it, uploading the pictures to another website, etc.
2016-04-06 23:23:09
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answered by ? 4
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is this a photograph?
If it's a poster then it isn't an original, right? Are there multiples of this?
so it would be some kind of printout.
I'm sorry, I'm not really familiar with his work. Perhaps you could contact a local gallery and inquire with them about selling it. If you're real nice they might give you some good advice or be able to help you.
2007-01-13 07:13:41
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answered by Anonymous
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