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Limited Edition Release

Limited Edition Print Release Template and Example

A print, multiple or editioned object. Editions are bought on specification, so this release is closer to a catalogue entry than to a narrative announcement.

The example

Maria Alvarez Releases First Print Edition

"Dye Ledger I" is a six-colour screenprint in an edition of 60, published by Galería Méndez

Galería Méndez publishes "Dye Ledger I," the first print edition by Maria Alvarez, on 20 September.

The work is a six-colour screenprint on 300gsm Somerset Satin, 76 by 56 cm, printed by Taller Ferrer in Barcelona. The colours are reconstructed from dye ledgers held at the Piedras Negras municipal archive, and each corresponds to a discontinued mill dye lot, named in the colophon.

The edition is 60, plus 10 artist's proofs and 3 printer's proofs. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist in pencil in the lower right.

The edition is priced at €900 and is available from the gallery. Ten prints are reserved for institutional purchase until 20 October.

"Dye Ledger I", 2026

Six-colour screenprint on 300gsm Somerset Satin, 76 by 56 cm

Edition of 60, plus 10 AP and 3 PP, signed and numbered

Printed by Taller Ferrer, Barcelona

Price: €900, released 20 September 2026

Enquiries and images: press@galeriamendez.example

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Why it works

The colophon is the content

Technique, paper, dimensions, printer, edition size, proofs, signature and placement. Editions are compared on specification, and a release that leaves any of it out reads as either careless or evasive.

Declare the proofs

An edition of 60 with 13 proofs is an edition of 73 in practice. Serious collectors check, and volunteering it is the difference between a house that is trusted and one that is not.

Give the price

Editions are a price-led product. Withholding it means the reader must email to learn the one thing they need, and most will not.

Conventions
  • Give technique and paper by name.
  • Give exact dimensions.
  • State edition size and all proofs separately.
  • Name the printer or workshop.
  • Say where the work is signed and numbered.
  • Give the price and release date.
What gets it deleted
  • Calling an open edition limited.
  • Omitting artist's proofs from the stated edition.
  • Describing the print as museum quality, which means nothing.
  • Failing to name the printer, which collectors treat as a quality signal.
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