Studio Limited Editions was a brand name or artist label that was attached to a range of various media products that were sold through UK and overseas high street retail stores from 2005 to 2008. These stores were establishments such as Art galleries (such as Castle Galleries), Print retailers (such as Athena), Garden centres (such as Dobbies) and Gift shops (such as Menkind).'The brand was also available through major mail order companies such as The Park Group, Express Gifts and the Ideal World TV Shopping Channel.
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The label ceased to be in 2008 when its parent company folded due to issues associated with the credit crunch. It may appear under new ownership at some point in the future.
Publications
Iconic Media Publishing produced artworks under the Studio Limited Editions label, in 20 inch x 16, 16 inch x 12 inch, 12 inch x 12 inch and A4 sized mounted formats and included iconic music, movie, sport and historic photography in their limited edition production runs. The limited editions were either signed by the photographer, autographed by the featured topic or were authenticated by company signatures.
Photographers
Many of the limited edition photographic artworks published were signed by the photographer.
The photographers, amongst many others, included
These photographers photographs covered may of the leading musicians from the 1960s throughout to the 1980s.
The topics that were featured under the Studio Limited Editions signed photographer range featured, amongst many others, bands such as
Each of these editions was a 12 x 10 inch photograph, mounted within a 20 x 16 inch mount. Individual mounts were then signed by the photographers and they were numbered accordingly. The parent company folded prior to these editions selling out and therefore early signed editions have become very sought after with some selling at auction for a few hundred pounds (on eBay in 2009).
The label also published a range of autographed photographic artworks. These were again, photographs sized 12 x 10 inches mounted within a 20 x 16 inch mount. These autograph editions featured some of Britain's most notorious gangsters and these included
Only 50 of each of these autographed limited editions (featuring these underworld figures) were released out of a planned 500 strictly limited edition run. Subsequently these signed editions have become quite sought after.
Artists
They also published a number of artists who produced a pencil drawing range under the title The Rock Archive Collection. This collection featured 12 of the worlds most well known musicians who were known for their guitar work and songwriting skills. The musicians featured in this 12 piece collection were, Keith Richards, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ronnie Wood, David Gilmour, Neil Young, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and a twelfth print which was never released.
These artists included
The pencil drawing collections also featured sports figures, popular music figures and historic figures.