Certificate of Authenticity (label type)

I'm in the process of getting a few pieces ready for a show next month. I recently revamped my certificate of authenticity and am thinking about attaching it to the backing board/back of canvas itself.

My initial idea was to use a type of foil backed/archival label printed through my R2400 with all the information and edition number on the back and then mount it on the back of the mount board or canvas. Has anyone had any experience with this route and if so what type of labels have you used. Any other methods out there in terms of not mounting it to the piece itself? Any comments or ideas are appreciated!

Kyle,

Personally I would not attach it to the piece itself, particularly the canvas. It may have problems sticking and if the canvas ever needs restretching using stretching fluid it would have to be removed or damaged by the fluid.

What we do is make a pocket on the backing paper that is just slightly bigger than the certificate. If you make your pocket just shorter than your certificate and then put "Certificate of Authenticity" at the top as a header and allow this to stick out of the pocket it becomes very noticeable to anyone who turns it over, what it is. Also, if the piece is ever re-framed or if retensioning needs to be done, the pocket can be removed and added to the new backing paper.

If you just stick a label to the backing paper it is likely to get thrown away if the paper is ever replaced. I like a separate certificate. That has worked well for us and what we do if we ever receive a framing job with a certificate and what I do with my own certificates.

Agree with Les, works well and can be moved if re-framed.

Thanks for the idea Les, I think in the end that sounds like a safer bet than attaching something directly to the backing. I'll look into creating a pocket/certificate style that works for me.