Hargrove’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $30 USD to $106 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.
Contents
As of November 2015, the average value of an H. Hargrove painting on HargrovePaintings.com was $250 to $500 for non-limited editions. There are paintings available for as little as $100, while some limited editions reach $3,000 to $4,000.
Look closely at the surface of the artwork. As prints, oleographs have no texture, and so if it looks as though the artwork has raised brush strokes, and perhaps areas of impasto, that’s a good sign that you have an oil painting. A print would not be able to replicate any dimensionality to a painting.
A printed piece of art has its characteristics. You can hold the painting up to the light and look at it from the back. If it is a real painting, you should be able to see light coming through the back of the canvas. But if it is a printed copy, this isn’t the case.
H. Hargrove is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1941. H. Hargrove’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $30 USD to $106 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.
A serigraph is created when paint is ‘pushed’ through a silkscreen onto paper or canvas. A different screen is used for each color in the print, and this results in a print with great color density and many qualities of the original piece in terms of color saturation.
As far as print run numbers are concerned, the rule is simple: the smaller the number the bigger the value. First impressions in the print run usually reach higher prices since they are considered to be the closest to the artist’s original idea.
The first and probably the easiest way to identify a print is to look at its edges. Most fine art printmaking techniques require ink to be transferred to a block or a plate and then run through a press. The pressure from the press will produce a characteristic rim around the edges.
But you can learn to tell the difference. Frequently a magnifying glass will reveal the regular pattern of dots on a modern photographic reproduction. Look for signs that an old print would exhibit: wear and tear, spilled printer’s ink, a smudge, slightly misapplied watercolor, a plate mark, or a watermark.
In its simplest form, an original print is an artwork that has been manually created – drawn, carved, inked – and printed on a printing press by an artist. It is not a reproduction of an original. Each piece is handcrafted in its own right.
An ‘original’ print is technically a unique work given it is generally produced as a limited number of impressions (collectively known as an edition), and each print is given an edition number, typically written as a fraction — for example, 5/30.
A common way to tell if a print is a hand lithograph or an offset lithograph is to look at the print under magnification. Marks from a hand lithograph will show a random dot pattern created by the tooth of the surface drawn on. Inks may lay directly on top of others and it will have a very rich look.
Artists and collectors are naturally keen to ensure authenticity and many artists have their own blind stamp – a colourless impression that is embossed without ink onto a print, which allows collectors to trace the work back to the artist’s studio.
Artists and collectors are naturally keen to ensure authenticity and many artists have their own blind stamp – a colourless impression that is embossed without ink onto a print, which allows collectors to trace the work back to the artist’s studio.
Latest Questions
© 2022 intecexpo.com
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.