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WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH A PORTRAIT

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Future Ballerina


      ore often than not the graphic artist hands over the portrait in a state not quite ready for hanging. What does this mean? The artist, of course, frames the portrait under glass, but in the most rudimentary way. First of all, he cannot know where and how you intend to hang the portrait. Second of all, since framing is quite an expensive affair, it should be done once and for all solely according to where it will be hung. And this can only be achieved by the person who owns the work.

        few words of advice on this. The most trivial and least rational method: hanging the portrait in any free space in a room or in an office among any elements that happen to be spread around that space. In doing so, the portrait itself can very easily be lost. It appears suppressed--humbled, if you will.

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