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Art Glossary: What is a lithograph?
By Watson Evans Art

Art Glossary: What is a lithograph?
One of the biggest misconceptions in the art world? That prints are just “copies”.
A lithograph is an original artwork, created through a highly skilled printmaking process that artists from Pablo Picasso to Henri Matisse and David Hockney have all used to push their practice further.
In this reel, I explain what a lithograph actually is, how it’s made and why collectors value them.
Once you understand the process, you start looking at prints very differently.
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