Furthermore it is true that some inks can fade however the ink itself does not dissipate. You would still have the ink marks.....in this case 400 matrix dots on the background that would have have faded to lets say a pink or white. Believe these cards were printed using 6 or seven colored plates one after another creating a thick almoust painterly like compositions which can be seen with the naked eye....on the other hand offset lithograph is uniformed and extremely flat. Had this been captured during fine art printing in today's standards it would have been destroyed or notated as a working proof and generally not accepted by the artist. I have several Salvador DAli workings proofs which were signed and then signature xed out by him and prints cut it half due to printing flaws. Because this item is missing a step in the overall composition of the finished product and passed as a purchased product I believe that it should be recognized as a variation.
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