Yes, signatures. Oh you thought? Awe shucks. (Blushing?) No, sorry but this may be one of the most important posts to READ if you are new to Nagel print collecting. .
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Those darn signatures, Part ONE.
It can be very confusing at first. These signatures are known as signed in screen or as signed in plate. There are NOT hand signatures. .
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For Nagel limited edition serigraph posters, from “Mirage Ship” (see recent post) all the way through to Nagel Commemorative 15, there were only three different signatures used. .
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The FIRST signature as seen on top here and again p. 3, was used from “Mirage Ship” through to “Malke-Sage” and ALL of these were screen-printed by master printer Jeff Wasserman).
Limited Edition Serigraph Posters with this signed in screen signature:
“Mirage Ship,”
“Iowa Agronomics,”
“Casa Lupita,”
“Just Looking,”
“Mother Earth’s Paris,”
“Stanley Fimberg,”
“Swimmers,”
“Park South Gallery at Carnegie Hall,”
“Silver Sunbeam,”
“Piedmont Book Company,”
“Art Expo NY 1980” (Litho: used unique signature, the A is smaller than the Wasserman used signature, and the G is mostly just an oval and will discuss in separate post). “Grunwald,”
“Hanson,”
“Paper Mill,”
“Wasserman Silkscreen,” and “Malke-Sage.” .
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Samper Silkscreen took over printing with “Lorraine” (poster #17) with the other two signatures but that is for another post!
However, Wasserman did return to print the 25th limited edition serigraph poster “Papillon.” If you ever are confused on have questions please DM me! I am happy to help. These prints are the “gold” especially if found hand signed. Hunt these titles!