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The publishing house soon moved to Paris. The collaboration lasted until 1955, when Giacometti founded his own publishing house L'Oeuvre gravée.They released signed prints by well-known artists at low prices. Whoever bought a lithograph or etching, was a member of the guild for life and received all publications free of charge. The artist received a certain fee and the publisher acquired the right to publish the prints in an edition of usually 200 copies. The artist then signed the work, after which the etching plate, stone or woodblock was taken out of circulation. L'Oeuvre Gravée …