What's histories stance on etchings, lithographs, steel

>>2741375
>so why is it so forgotten?
I presume it just has to do with the hierarchy of value that the art world places on things. Oil painting is at the top, and then maybe sculpture is next, and after that you get things like water color and drawings at the bottom. Prints are even lower than that because there are many copies of them so they inherently have less value than a single unique drawing. It doesn't really make sense since why would an oil painting have more value than a water color or drawing? They should be artistically equal in value, but people don't see it that way.

>where did they all go? Aside from specialist sites it's nearly impossible to find them easily, while being the older societies most common form of visual leisure.
Many probably got destroyed or lost. They didn't have great value even back when they were made, so it would be like a poster on a wall in your house, probably it gets thrown out at some point or the paper gets wet or it gets lost in a move. It's not like an oil painting worth thousands that is handed down the generations and carefully preserved. I know for the Japanese prints their value at points was so low that people used them as wrapping paper on things, which is how they accidentally got introduced into Europe.

>>2741375
>I'm a big fan of collecting them
Post up some images from your collection! How do you display them? Do you get them framed?

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>>2741377

Yes I understand that, inflation/overproduction of an object just like pokemon cards can ruin anythings value in the short term, of course looking back on it now there's a wealth of value I see in them. Every artist has a distinct style from their region, the Americas are vastly different from the Europeans as things became more modernized.

I didn't realize that about the japanese prints which is funny since I'm going to Japan next year with my mom and will probably buy a few there of the ukiyo-e.

Thanks for all the information, I agree prints or drawings/water colors should have some more value of importance but if you go to any museum they're practically missing, aside from some like Francisco Goyas propaganda run for spain and the more unique caprichos set which really are magnificent to see an artist harness the elements of every medium.

>>2741379

Here's another one I have from Napoleons Egyptian Expedition, it's the first time a french force ever set foot on egyptian soil and napoleon wanted to make it more like alexanders "enlightenment" tour of the ancient world where he brought scientists as well as artists, mathematicians, etc. Has a lot of unique renderings of French interacting with middle east culture. The full set intact perfectly costs around a million dollars but individually they're reasonable.

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>>2741379

Here's another beautiful one, the scene is purely fictional but the spot wasn't. It was the mermaid tavern. Shakespeare and all his contemporaries of the time in the pic.

To be honest the prints can look more stunning then the original paintings at the time. I don't own this but a perfect edition would set you back $1400

I'm getting the new one framed by a professional framer, hopefully getting some kind of UV resistant glass which will protect it.

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>>2741395
>>2741433
Thanks for posting these. The Shakespeare one is incredible.

As for the Japanese prints it would be interesting if you got some when you are there. I don't know much on their pricing but sometimes I've seen them kind of expensive for any important artists that I would be interested in.