Reproductions - Prints and Posters Review
Prints.
The very first work by Fred Kahler I ever saw was ‘Kubera’, it’s also the detail I use in the print vs the original comparison. I thought it was a really nice work, that is until I saw the original. I could never again look at the print in the same way. I told Fred then, that the technology for creating a reproduction was much better now and that we could easily create some really spectacular prints. With complete disregard for any consideration of quality, he now has a storefront website that only show these sub standard prints created with the late 1980s technology. I say below the detail image of one those prints, “may or may not” is because a website can change quickly and after this Print Review, they may want to reconsider selling these prints at all. As I said in the review above, "Fred Kahler creates works that are like well crafted jewels". Well, these prints are like cheap costume jewelry. If you have never had the pleasure of seeing the originals, you may think these prints are worthwhile. Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words, so just fix your eyes on the center circle and move your cursor on and off of the detail image below and no more need be said. If you can’t see the difference, you should buy one of them at Kahler prints. Still, the questions begs: why would Fred try to sell these sub standard prints when he has, at his finger tips, perfect high resolution scans? It has never made any sense to me.
The detail comparison of 'Kubera' is 3x the actual size.
Posters.
In 2009 Fred and I published a limited quantity of his ‘Unity’ as posters. I took great effort to faithfully recreate this amazing work of art, from the high resolution scans, all the way through the offset printing process. These posters, when completed were, and still are, the best reproductions of any of Fred Kahler’s work. Now just as a point of reference, when I was acting as Fred’s agent, a collector offered $55,000 for the original ‘Unity’. I thought that was a pretty good price. Fred rejected that offer saying, he won’t except anything less than twice that amount. Unfortunately, due to erroneous copyright issues, the posters were removed from distribution, but they will be distributed again soon. Fred signed only 24 posters, and not that many were sold, making these a rare find, so if you can find them on eBay or other such sites, you’ll really have a fine piece of Fred Kahler art.
The detail comparison of 'Unity' below is 3x the actual size.