“American Classic Art Collection” at Artexpo New York

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Quinn Publishing to Debut “American Classic Art
Collection” at Artexpo New York
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reproduced directly from
either the original work
of art or transparencies
taken of the original art
after restoration, courtesy
of the Archives of the
NMAI. This makes them
the most accurate depictions of this famous artwork ever to be created.
Judy Goffman Cutler,
director and co-founder of
the NMAI, and Laurence
S. Cutler, chairman/CEO
▲ “Miss Liberty” by Norman and co-founder of the
Rockwell NMAI, oversaw the production of each fine-art
print in the “American Classic Art Collection.”
The debut of the “American Classic Art
Collection” at Artexpo New York 2008 offers
a rare opportunity for collectors to own the
highest quality and most accurate replications
ever accomplished through the TruChrome™
reproduction process on custom-made canvas
with custom pigmented inks. These TruChrome
reprographic editions are uniquely authorized
for the first time by the NMAI and The Curtis
Publishing Company.
The Cutlers, the foremost authorities of
classic American illustration art, will make a
special appearance at the Quinn Publishing
booth #2119 at Artexpo. Original artworks by
Rockwell, Leyendecker and Parrish will also be
on display at the booth, courtesy of American Illustrators Gallery in New York. The Cutlers will
sign books on these famous artists and discuss
the illustrators, their collections and the NMAI
with show visitors.
Quinn Publishing’s “American Classic Art
Collection” of limited-edition fine-art prints on
canvas is available in editions of 475 with certificates of authenticity signed by Arnold Quinn
of Quinn Publishing and Judy and Laurence
Cutler of the NMAI. Each image is printed with
the seal of the NMAI and will bear all applicable
copyrights and trademarks.
The “American Classic Art Collection” has
already been produced and distributed exclusively in Japan through Art Collection House of
Tokyo. Quinn Publishing will debut and launch
the collection in the United States at Artexpo
New York and will begin exhibiting at various
venues throughout the United States. In 2009,
Quinn Publishing will launch distribution in
China in tandem with a milestone exhibition
by the NMAI at the Shanghai Art Museum. The
exhibition will display many of America’s finest illustrators’ and artists’ original artworks in
China for the first time.
All image replications are licensed to Quinn
Publishing through ARTShows and Products
▲ Top: “Breaking Home Ties” by Norman Rockwell
Above: “Reveries” by Maxfield Parrish
(ASaP) and Curtis Publishing Company, Joan
SerVaas, President (The Saturday Evening Post).
For more information, call 818-759-1337; e-mail
[email protected]; visit
www.quinnpublishing.net. ABN
“Audubon Centennial Edition” to be Introduced at Artexpo
WEST PALM BEACH, FL—At Artexpo New York
2008, Zebra Publishing will introduce more than
120 images in the “Audubon Centennial Edition”
of John James Audubon’s “The Birds of America,”
the double-elephant folio. In association with the
National Audubon Society, this unique limited
edition is dedicated to its esteemed mission to
conserve the world’s natural ecosystems.
The “Audubon Centennial Edition” includes
facsimiles of the entire double-elephant folio of
435 bird images created by Audubon and printed
by R. Havell & Son, London. The offering of each
plate image is strictly limited to 200. Fifty of that
edition are reserved for collectors as complete
suites of the 435 plate images available as the
“Audubon Centennial Edition Suite.” This is the
first time that each plate image has been meticulously restored to capture its original beauty, and it
is only the third time in 180 years that a complete
facsimile of the Havell Edition has been offered.
◀ “Great Blue Heron” by John James Audubon
In preparing the “Audubon Centennial Edition,” each original Havell engraved Audubon
print was captured as a first-generation plate
image using a custom digital camera generating a
320-megapixel file. Each plate image then underwent a sophisticated restoration process, rendering the finished giclée plate images to the beauty
and brilliance that was originally hand painted
by Havell and his artisans. Each plate image is
printed to its exact original dimensions on archival paper. The “Audubon Centennial Edition”
is embossed with the National Audubon Society
logo, pencil signed and numbered. The plate images currently released in the double-elephant
folio include some of Audubon’s most admired
birds, such as “Great Blue Heron,” “Wild Turkey”
and “Roseate Spoonbill.”
For further information, call 877-691-4293;
e-mail [email protected].; visit
www.auduboneditions.com. ABN
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