Sid Avery American, 1918–2002 James Dean on the set of the movie "Giant", Continuous Tone (No Dots) Lithographic Print, 1985

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James Dean on the set of the movie "Giant", Continuous Tone (No Dots) Lithographic Print, 1985
Continiuous Tone (No Dots) … Read more James Dean on the set of the movie "Giant", Continuous Tone (No Dots) Lithographic Print, 1985
Continiuous Tone (No Dots) Lithography on fine art paper
22 × 17 3/4 in
55.9 × 45.1 cm

This is a Continuous Tone (No Dots) lithographic print made by Black Box Collotype in Chicago using the Continuous Tone Process. Please do not think this is a cheap modern offset litho reproduction, it is not. This is an original work of art.

Sanford H. Roth (1906–1962) was an internationally known American photographer whose work has appeared in Time, Life, Look, Fortune, Paris Match, Elle, Der Stern, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Oggi, People, and other publications. His photographs of James Dean still appear regularly in books, magazines, print and other works all over the world.

About the Continuous Tone Printing Process:
Screenless lithography, by eliminating the use of halftone screens and halftone dots achieves extraordinary fidelity, fullness of tone, color and detail, impressive color saturation and clear line resolution. Museums, fine artists and publishers with exacting standards use this remarkable process to re-create their finest works of art. Continuous tone lithography (as in a photograph with no dots) evolved from collotype printing. When Black Box Collotype ultimately closed its doors in 2004, it was one of just a few printers left in the world that had mastered the collotype process. While it was a highly desirable reproduction process for the fine art world, it was a laborious, time consuming (read “expensive”) process. Since there was no screen involved, a collotype print could be 27 colors without fear of a moiré. But in the old days, on Black Box’s one-unit press, those 27 colors had to be laid down one color at a time. So the most complex jobs could take months to complete.

Offset lithography is far faster and less expensive than collotype. Suddenly, four colors and halftone dot patterns were “good enough” because they were so economical. Black Box Collotype was one of the last printing houses in America, if not the world that used the collotype-continuous tone process.
Medium Photography
Condition Excellent Condition, Will frame up beautifully. Looks like original photo.
Signature Not Signed, not signed
Frame Not included
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