Andy Warhol’s ‘Shoe’ (c. 1950s) Photo: Long-Sharp GalleryNew YorkIn the stratified caste system of the art market, where paintings reign, prints belong to the underclass.
Or so those too snobbish or disconnected from history might have you believe.
While most prints lack the rarity of paintings since they’re released as multiples, they’ve long played indispensable roles in the art ecosystem: teaching tools in the pre-internet age; affordable entry points for collectors who can’t afford one-of-a-kind works; products of processes by which artists can further expand their practice.
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