Hi folks<\/p>\n
I’ve spent some personal time over the years looking into how to identify a piece of art to a gallery. That is, what is the “correct” or “expected” way to identify a piece.<\/p>\n
Now if you look all over the internet, you’ll find answers that contradict what conclusions I’ve come to (and are listed below.)<\/p>\n
My ultimate arbiter however was simple: \u00a0how does MOMA do it? \u00a0If MOMA does it one way, then Podunk Gallery is going to be hard pressed to complain.<\/p>\n
The most common question is “which comes first, height or width?”<\/p>\n
Height. \u00a0(A panorama is 12 x 40, not 40 x 12.)<\/p>\n
What size are they asking for, image or framed?<\/p>\n
Image. (Consider a 4″ x 4″ photo in a 36″ x 36″ frame. Would you list that in a catalog as “photo: 36 x 36” ? )<\/p>\n
What is the media?<\/p>\n
What you used to create the print. (NOT “photograph” \u00a0just a paintings are not listed as “painting” but “oil on canvas.”)<\/p>\n
Inkjet prints are usually listed as “pigment print” \u00a0or “dye print” (perhaps along with “on matte” or “on luster.” If you use a special process, such as Pizeography, that would be “Pizeographic pigment print.”
Traditional prints are “silver gel” or “chromium” or “albumen” or whatever you used.<\/p>\n
If you have a hard time remembering these, just think “HIP”:
Height
Image
Pigment<\/p>\n
I don’t expect everyone to agree with these conclusions, but I can at least fall back on the MOMA as my expert source, and say that I’ve never had any trouble using these descriptors during submissions.<\/p>\n
FWIW. (For What It’s Worth.)<\/p>\n
Tracy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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