ANTHONY BENEDETTO / TONY BENNETT:
The Limited Edition Fine-Art Lithographs

For several years a selection of Tony Bennett's original paintings have been earmarked to become flatbed limited edition, museum-quality lithographs. The limited edition collection of Tony Bennett's lithographs are printed by the master printer, Eleanor Ettinger, who through Atelier Ettinger, Inc. produces some of the finest quality lithographs in the world. Ettinger uses 150 year old flat bed presses, reputed to have come from the studio of Toulouse-Lautrec, which she converted to electricity (from their original steam engine) when she brought them to the United States.

A lithograph is an original work of art because it creates a new product. Even if the lithograph was inspired by an oil painting, watercolor or other media, it is not a reproduction but a translation of that work into the medium of lithography. The technique of lithography is a complex and highly skilled process in which a series of images are made on a special surface, either a plate or limestone. Each plate holds only one color of the full image and after treating the plate and applying great pressure, the image is transferred to paper. This process is repeated with each plate until all the colors and images from all the plates, in the proper order, are printed onto the paper, creating an original piece of art called a lithograph.

In the true spirit of the word "limited" each of the Tony Bennett lithographs have been produced in a select quantity of a few hundred only and the plates were destroyed after each print in the series was printed, signed, numbered in pencil by the artist.

Seven original Benedetto's have been printed as limited edition lithographs and the first four, "South of France," "Greek Port," "Monet's Garden," and "Sunday in Central Park" are sold out. Three lithographs, "Wolf Trap," "Golden Pavilion," and "Lovers in Monet's Gardens," are currently available. For further information and prices, please go to the Order Form or to purchase these prints, please contact Benedetto Arts, LLC.

The Limited Edition Giclées

"Giclée," from the French word that means to spray, is a process of print- making that eliminates the use of screens or mechanical devices to avoid any visible dot screen pattern. Pioneered in the late 1970's through the use of 4-color ink jet printers, technology has now advanced the process so that prints are created with multiple color inkjet printers providing an enhanced color quality. The current giclée process also provides superior color accuracy than 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. Our giclées are printed on high quality archival watercolor paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm paper).