In Jan. of 1986 I received a framed R.C. Gorman print called "Woman from Indian Wells". How can I tell if it is a lithograph or a print? It has been put away and never taken out of its frame. Thank you

-- Karine Anderson (lkanderson@skat.net), February 12, 2000

Answers

Response to r.c. gorman print

Karine, a lithograph is just once of several ways of making a print, others include line engraving, aquatint,etching,mezzotint,stipple and woodcuts. All leave different distinctive marks when viewed under a good magnifying glass,lithographs have the appearance of a drawing made with a soft pencil when viewed this way.

-- Mike Wilcox (appraisers@sympatico.ca), February 12, 2000.