What is a Giclée ?

Giclée ( zhe-clay ) is French for "squirt." Under extremely controlled color management, the Gclée printing process involves squirting microscopic dots of ink onto fine quality paper or canvas. On canvas, the process yields prints of stunning vibrancy and realism. The advantages Giclée prints have over traditional lithography are color fidelity and vastly improved longevity.

Your individually signed and numbered Giclée begins with a 4" x 5" color transparency of an original Jean Newcomb painting, which is then drum scanned to retain the highest level of detail. The image is digitized and color corrected to attain the closest possible match to the original painting. Ms. Newcomb works in close collaboration with master printer Jim Kraft, of Unified Arts in Albuquerque, in this critical phase of the process.

Each Museum quality Giclée canvas print is individually created on an Epson 9600 printer using only the finest archival inks. A special clear UV varnish is applied to the canvas to seal and protect the image. The canvas print is supported by standard stretcher bars and is custom framed.

Each Jean Newcomb Giclée Edition is limited to 100.

Dozens of museums in the United States and abroad have either mounted exhibitions of Giclées or purchased them for their permanent collections. These include The Metropolitan Museum ( New York ), the Guggenheim ( New York ), the Museum of Fine Arts ( Boston ), the Corcoran ( DC ), and the National Museum of Mexico.