Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read  the following  passage and mark the letter A, B, C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

The art world

One of the major problems in the art world is how to distinguish and promote an artist. In effect, a market must be created for an artist to be successful. The practice of signing and    numbering individual prints was introduced by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the nineteenth - century artist best known for the painting of his mother, called “Arrangement in Grey and Black”, but known to most of us as “ Whistler’s Mother”. Whistler’s brother - in - law, Sir Francis Seymour Haden, a less well - known artist, had speculated that collectors might find prints more attractive if they knew  that they were only a limited number of copies produced. By signing the work in pencil, an artist could guarantee and personalize each print.

As soon as Whistler and Haden began the practice of signing and numbering  their prints, their work began to increase in value. When other artists noticed that the signed prints commanded higher prices, they began copying the procedure.

Although most prints are signed on the right - hand side in the margin below the image, the placement of the signature is a matter of personal choice. Indeed, prints have been signed within the image, in any of the margins, or even on the reverse side of the print. Wherever the artist elects to sign it, a signed print is still valued above an unsigned one, even in the same edition.

What does the author mean by the statement: “As soon as Whistler and Haden began the practice  of signing and numbering their  prints, their work began to increase in value” ?

A. The signatures became more valuable than the prints

B. Many copies of the prints were made. 

C. The prints that were signed and numbered were worth more.

D. The signing and numbering of prints was not very popular

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án : C

Câu này nghĩa là: Ngay sau khi Whistler và Haden bắt đầu kí và đánh số bức tranh của mình, tác phẩm của họ bắt đầu có giá trị tăng lên