What goes on a tear sheet
A tear sheet is a single page about a single work, sent to someone who asked about it: a collector, a curator, a gallery. It should answer their next questions before they ask them.
What it carries
- A good image of the whole work, large, with nothing beside it competing for attention.
- Your name.
- Title, in italics, and year.
- Medium.
- Dimensions, in the units your reader uses, and framed size if it applies.
- Inventory number, so any reply can refer to it exactly.
- Price, only if you want it there. Many artists send one version with a price and one without.
- Your contact details, or the gallery's if the work is consigned.
When one page is not enough
A sculpture with several views, a work with installation notes, or a piece with a long exhibition history can run to a second or third page: the full record, then additional photographs. Keep the first page complete on its own, because it is often the only one printed.
What to leave off
A tear sheet is not a portfolio. One work per sheet. No biography and no logo of the software you made it in. A few lines about the work itself are fine.
Doing it in Studio Archive Pro
Studio Archive Pro makes a tear sheet from any work's record in one step: one page, or the full record with every photograph, with or without the price, on US Letter or A4. For Mac, iPad and iPhone. Free for a month, then $29.99 once.