Past Favorites in Reproduction

Many artists offer reproductions of their works. After all, an original oil painting can only be sold once, but a print of that painting can be sold many times. If an artist pays attention,to the volume of prints sold it might be a rough insight into popularity of a particular work. Although there is no statistical significance to a simple insight it may provide an interesting set of images to review.

Hoff, "NYC Spring," oil on panel

The most popular image I have made, based on the number of prints sold, is "NYC Spring," an image of a woman in a red dress emerging from an underground stair into a city street. The original was an 11x14 oil painting that sold four or five years ago, but since I've also sold a number of prints in various sizes. In fact, a print of this particular work sold an an arts festival last week and remains one that visitors to the studio mention favorably.

Another city subject has sold in reproduction nearly as often. This one is a view of the Chrysler Building at dusk and carries the title "Invictus," which is Latin for unconquered. It was originally intended as a comment on how the attack on New York was being overcome. This image in print reproduction continues to sell in the original size and larger. It was originally an 8x10 oil painting.

Although print reproductions haven't been a focus of my commercial efforts these past few years it's probably time to start offering more prints of these and other favorites.