About Our Art Program

The Jerry Garcia Estate's ART PROGRAM offers authentic prints from Jerry's lifetime and new, quality Estate Editions. Jerry's artwork has been reproduced in several formats for the best representation of his originals and with consideration for his fans and admirers. Please see definitions of print types below. When purchasing prints of Jerry Garcia, it is important to buy from a dealer you trust. Please inquire directly about artwork certification, other lifetime prints, and buying or reselling hand-signed pieces or original artwork. Please note, all inquiries will be documented in our archive and our Art Department will get back to you should we have an interest.

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EDITIONS  
  Lifetime Editions are editions produced and supervised by Jerry during his lifetime.
  Estate Editions are editions produced with the authority of his Estate. The Jerry Garcia Estate is the only organization authorized to publish Jerry's artwork posthumously.
NOTE: All editions sold by the Jerry Garcia Estate are certified with an embossed chop mark and come with a Certificate of Authenticity.

PRINT TYPES
  Giclee Prints are created using high quality digital imagery. The original artwork is captured through a virtual drum scan and the resulting reproduction is printed with a high-end pigment printer. All Estate Editions are printed on imported German 310 gram fine art archival paper sized at 13" x 19". This is the most economical way to produce an archival quality print with high-resolution digital printing.

 

  Iris Prints reflect the highest quality resolution in digital imagery. For each work of art, many separate layers are assigned to specific colors to create depth and accuracy similar to creating hand-drawn color separations. The density, paper penetration, and tonal range are unsurpassed by any other digital printer. Digital printing depends on great input to achieve great results. The best optic camera is used to produce superior files with no film grain.
  Silkscreen Prints are pulled by hand. Each color in the print has been made by an individual screen. This form of printing has graphic appeal and strength unmatched for color boldness. The silkscreen process creates flat areas of color, blocking the porosity of the paper, and provides depth and tone with undercoats, overcoats and spot colors. This is a very old art process started before digital printing was in existence.
 
Offset Lithography is a four and sometimes up to six-color process run on a press using plates made from a digital file. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper. Color is tightly controlled by a highly skilled technician. Paper quality and excellence in the printer make all the difference in quality for this process.