“Giclee”,

from the French word that means a spray or spurt of liquid.

It is a process of printmaking that eliminates the use of screens or mechanical devices to avoid any visible dot screen pattern. Pioneered in the late 1970′s,the current giclee process provides superior color accuracy to other methods of reproduction and creates images of incredible detail and vibrancy.
Giclée prints can be reproduced on a variety of surfaces, the most popular being archival paper and canvas and can be created to almost any size.

Giclee prints are advantageous to artists who do not find it feasible to mass produce their work, but want to reproduce their art as needed. Once an image is digitally archived, additional reproductions can be made with minimal effort and reasonable cost.

The quality of the giclee print rivals traditional silver-halide and gelatin printing processes and is commonly found in museums, art galleries, and photographic galleries.

Numerous examples of giclee prints can be found in New York City at the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Chelsea Galleries. Recent auctions of giclee prints have fetched $10,800 for Annie Leibovitz, $9,600 for Chuck Close, and $22,800 for Wolfgang Tilmans (April 23/24, Photographs, New York, Phillips de Pury & Company.)