Re: How UV resistant are lithographs, giclee
The type of glass helps but most important is knowing the inherent qualities of the giclee or litho itself to determine UV resistance. What paper & what inks were used etc. Obviously that is very hard to know from the outside.
This is just our (C&B) opinion of course but the game giclees we've seen vary a lot in quality. Hard to make a blanket statement about that. But most of the game lithos we've analyzed from the various outlets I would treat very carefully.
Most of these will start fading in about 1 - 2 years when exposed to sunlight for a longer period. Especially the blues and magenta colours will start to deteriorate. Acrylic or plexiglas (UV) instead of regular glass helps but won't stop it.
Last edited by Maarten Brands; 08-29-2013 at 02:12 PM.
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