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Both informative and accessible, A Buyer's Guide to Prints is a must-read for any budding art buyer or collector.
The volume answers the commonly asked questions about buying prints, and also includes tips and expert advice from artists, print dealers and art handlers, alongside a brief but fascinating history of printmaking.
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Helen Rosslyn is a writer and presenter of art history documentaries, curator, and specialist in prints and drawings with a particular interest in the history of collections. She is the Director and organiser of the London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Rosslyn demystifies the potentially overwhelming world of printmaking; she explains the techniques used by today’s printmakers and includes a comprehensive glossary of printmaking terms, including the newer language of digital printmaking.
A Buyer's Guide to Prints also contains reproductions of some of the finest prints from the RA's impressive collection, making this book the perfect companion for anyone interested in buying or collecting prints, whether Old Master or contemporary.
https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/a-buyers-guide-to-prints27868A Buyer’s Guide to Prints https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/0/2/02087833-a-buyer_s-guide-to-prints-web-min.jpg9.959.95GBPInStock/Reading/All Books/Edits/Exhibition ranges/250th Summer Exhibition/Edits/Exhibition ranges/Summer Exhibition 2019/Reading/All Books/Published by the Royal Academy/Edits/New Edits/Refresh Your Backdrop/Christmas/Christmas Gifting/The RA Collector<p>Both informative and accessible, <em>A Buyer's Guide to Prints</em> is a must-read for any budding art buyer or collector.</p>
<p>The volume answers the commonly asked questions about buying prints, and also includes tips and expert advice from artists, print dealers and art handlers, alongside a brief but fascinating history of printmaking.</p> <p>Helen Rosslyn is a writer and presenter of art history documentaries, curator, and specialist in prints and drawings with a particular interest in the history of collections. She is the Director and organiser of the London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.</p>
<p>Rosslyn demystifies the potentially overwhelming world of printmaking; she explains the techniques used by today’s printmakers and includes a comprehensive glossary of printmaking terms, including the newer language of digital printmaking. </p>
<p><em>A Buyer's Guide to Prints</em> also contains reproductions of some of the finest prints from the RA's impressive collection, making this book the perfect companion for anyone interested in buying or collecting prints, whether Old Master or contemporary.</p>00https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/0/2/02087833-a-buyer_s-guide-to-prints-3-web-min.jpghttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/0/2/02087833-a-buyer_s-guide-to-prints-1-web-min.jpghttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/0/2/02087833-a-buyer_s-guide-to-prints-2-web-min.jpghttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/0/2/02087833-a-buyer_s-guide-to-prints-4-web-min.jpghttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/0/2/02087833-a-buyer_s-guide-to-prints-5-web-min.jpgadd-to-cartstore_type:ShopUnder £10Reading23 x 17cmPaperbackPublished by the RA, Practical Guides8060Shop