The Art of the Signature

Thanks to Kay Wallace, who alerted me to a link that she found on the Facebook page of Carolyn Dube to a thought-provoking blog post from Sue on her blog Irreversibly Moi about artists signing their work (did you follow that?).

The read got me to thinking about a post on my blog from 2011 that I thought was worth a repost.

Sign Language
To sign or not to sign. That is the question. For many artists, signing their work is a question of pride, integrity, and ownership. For other artists, a signature is like a period; a statement that the piece of art is completed. There are some major artists that sign all their work, usually in the bottom right corner. Their signature becomes an integral part of the artwork. Some artists seem to sign some works and not others. And there are artists that never seem to sign their work at all. My choice has been to sign all my work, but on the reverse side for 2-dimensional pieces and on the underside for assemblage and sculpture. How many of you sign your work? How many do not? And where? And why?