joyfulartist
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Hi All,
I have been searching the web for an answer to a question and am hoping someone here can help.
I took a hand embellished serigraph on canvas to local framestore this week to be framed. It is fairly valuable by a popular artist (Zamy Steynovitz). The framer strongly discouraged me from stretching the canvas, saying the paint would eventually crack and recommended cold mounting instead. I inquired if this would hurt the value of the piece and she told me it absolutely would not. I thought about this overnight and realized that the piece was numbered on the verso so started having second thoughts.
I called the shop, but they had already cold mounted it and said it is permanent. She says that all the materials are archival so the value of the piece is not affected, but now I am concerned about the numbering that is now permanently hidden. The little bit of information I can find on the web advises NEVER to dry mount anything of value. I'm not sure if cold mounting and dry mounting are the same thing, but I am concerned my piece's value is diminished greatly. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks so much in advance for your advice and comments.
Joyfulartist
I have been searching the web for an answer to a question and am hoping someone here can help.

I took a hand embellished serigraph on canvas to local framestore this week to be framed. It is fairly valuable by a popular artist (Zamy Steynovitz). The framer strongly discouraged me from stretching the canvas, saying the paint would eventually crack and recommended cold mounting instead. I inquired if this would hurt the value of the piece and she told me it absolutely would not. I thought about this overnight and realized that the piece was numbered on the verso so started having second thoughts.

I called the shop, but they had already cold mounted it and said it is permanent. She says that all the materials are archival so the value of the piece is not affected, but now I am concerned about the numbering that is now permanently hidden. The little bit of information I can find on the web advises NEVER to dry mount anything of value. I'm not sure if cold mounting and dry mounting are the same thing, but I am concerned my piece's value is diminished greatly. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks so much in advance for your advice and comments.
Joyfulartist