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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 401028, member: 8267"]The ideal treatment is to avoid altering the original artwork in any way. That said, it depends on the value of the lithograph and whether you want it to maintain its value (or possibly increase in value) in the future. If it is a $100 lithograph by an unimportant artist, go ahead and make it fit an inexpensive frame. Folding the edges is less destructive than actually trimming them off to fit, as it at least preserves any important characteristics like watermarks or deckle edges. If it is worth much more, or by a significant artist, better to spring for a custom frame.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 401028, member: 8267"]The ideal treatment is to avoid altering the original artwork in any way. That said, it depends on the value of the lithograph and whether you want it to maintain its value (or possibly increase in value) in the future. If it is a $100 lithograph by an unimportant artist, go ahead and make it fit an inexpensive frame. Folding the edges is less destructive than actually trimming them off to fit, as it at least preserves any important characteristics like watermarks or deckle edges. If it is worth much more, or by a significant artist, better to spring for a custom frame.[/QUOTE]
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