Prints and editions

There are two ways to bring an Anahita home. A canvas print, stretched over a pine frame, at the size the wall asks for; or a paper edition on archival cotton, framed or loose. Both are printed in the United Kingdom, drop-shipped to your door, and made only after you order them. There is no warehouse. There is one price per size, and the studio keeps it.

Canvas open edition

Canvas prints of one of Anahita’s paintings, printed to order by a specialist United Kingdom fine-art lab on a matt-finish poly-cotton weave and stretched over a solid pine frame with pigment inks rated for many decades of home light. Four sizes, chosen so a canvas can be picked to fit a wall rather than a folder. Every canvas is drop-shipped from the lab in plain, sturdy packaging; the packing slip carries the studio’s name. Unsigned.

Framed canvases arrive ready to hang in a slim float box frame; unframed canvases arrive on the stretcher bars, ready for their own hook.

Open edition on paper

Giclée on archival cotton paper, printed to order and posted by a specialist fine-art lab in the United Kingdom. Unsigned and unnumbered; the size of the run is set by demand, not by scarcity.

Size	Unframed	Framed
A4	£60	£150
A3	£95	£205
A2	£150	£290

The framed price includes a plain museum-style hardwood moulding with an acid-free mount, glazed with anti-reflective glass. The frame colour is chosen to sit with the image.

Signed limited edition

An edition of twenty-five. Every print is hand-signed and numbered by Anahita in pencil, and comes with a certificate that carries the same edition number. Prints in this tier are sent from the studio, not from the lab, so that her hand is on each one before it leaves.

Size	Signed limited edition
A3	£220
A2	£340
A1	£520

When an edition of twenty-five sells out it is closed and never reopened. The last print carries the same number as the first: one of twenty-five.

Collector’s proof

An edition of ten, hand-finished by the artist. Each proof begins as a giclée print and is then worked into by Anahita in mixed media, so each one is a little different. Six hundred to nine hundred pounds, by enquiry.

Collector’s proofs come with a numbered certificate and travel from the studio to the collector by insured post. Because each one is worked by hand, they take a little longer; a fortnight to three weeks is usual.

Paper, canvas and lab

The paper is a heavy, warm-white cotton archival stock chosen for the way it holds Anahita’s blues and reds. The canvas is a matt-finish poly-cotton weave over a solid pine stretcher. The lab is a specialist fine-art house in the United Kingdom, chosen for its colour management and its consistency, and for the fact that the studio can talk to a printmaker on the telephone when a run needs an eye. Anahita signs a first proof of every canvas image before that image is offered.

Colour, and what a print is

A print is not the original. The lab profiles each image so the colour is faithful to a photograph taken under studio conditions. On a screen, colours can shift a little; on paper and canvas, they hold. If a print does not settle with you, please write within fourteen days of receiving it and the studio will make it right.

Why prints protect the originals

The originals are one of one, and their value comes from that fact. Every time a print or a canvas is sold, the image reaches a home that might not have reached the original, and the original stays where it belongs. The two ends of the ladder hold each other up.

Delivery

Canvas and open-edition paper prints are printed to order and drop-shipped by the lab within the United Kingdom. Signed limited editions and collector’s proofs are sent from the studio by tracked post. Timescales are set out next to each size at the top of the page and confirmed with the lab regularly. If a print or a canvas is a gift and a deadline matters, please say so at checkout and Anahita will keep you posted.