Lysakov Art Company, Inc. publishes hand-signed and numbered prints of many of Victor Lysakov's original art works. These prints are carefully limited and only a certain number of paintings will be placed into the marketplace at any one time. All of Lysakov's images are replicated in Giclée format, an innovative printing technology.
A giclée (pronounced zhee-clay) refers to both a category of collectible fine art similar to lithographs and serigraphs, as well as a type of digitally created fine art print. However, not all digital prints are giclées-only prints that adhere to strict printmaking standards can be called a giclée.
The word "giclée" dates back to 1989 and is a French term roughly meaning "spray or squirt" which refers to the digital printing process. During printing, millions of microscopic droplets of ink per second are applied to the print media. The best giclée printers provide 1,800 dpi resolution and blend as many as eight colors of ink.
A giclée is a high-end fine art print recognized as "the next best thing to owning the original, or in the case of certain art created by digital artists, each giclée is an "original". Giclée's can be found on display in the world's finest museums and art galleries, often they can be hard to distinguish from originals.
Artists at all levels and in a wide variety of media are creating prints using giclée technology. Buyers, attracted by the high quality and dynamic reproduction of giclées, have triggered a giclée explosion; while the fine art print market increases by about three percent annually, the giclée market is growing at more than 60 percent annually. In a $2.8 billion print market dominated by lithographs and serigraphs, giclées now total $160 million annually - and growing. According to CAP Ventures, digital fine art is expected to reach a retail value of $600 million by 2007.
All giclées produced by Lysakov Art Company, Inc. are printed digitally on UV-resistant, museum-quality archival canvas using the highest-quality inkset systems and hand-signed by the artist.


