Christian,
I agree that art prints shouldn't yellow as much as the posters have yellowed, but these posters were advertising posters to promote the festival. The paradoxes are growing -- why would a printer known for his fin art books be chosen to print rock festival posters that were meant to be taped to shop windows and tacker to power poles?

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On Jul 31, 2015, at 12:20 AM, adelheid straten <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Wade,

forgot to mention that these UV "lacquers" are used both in offset and screen printing. The use of UV lacquers is absolutely cheap here and a frequent method in offset book covers etc. Normally used to make prints look valuable at a reasonable price

Let me ask you another question. Why has this poster yellowed? Normally, printers select excellent papers for art posters. Have they been exposed to (sun)light for a longer time (of course: before getting into the museum)? Or has the printer deliberately chosen a yellowing paper to reach a certain effect? If you mean the famous dove on guitar posters, the poster was definitely made not only as a poster for an event, but as a work of art by an excellent printer (who deceased, if I remember well, somewhat in 1997). It might be that such a talent like Rapoport also played with the aging effect.

Best


Christian

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