Edition (printmaking)
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In printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This may be a limited edition, with a fixed number of impressions produced on the understanding that n
Rembrandt House Museum, printing studio
Aquatint by Goya, from the Cycle "Los Caprichos": Can't Anyone Untie Us?
Artist's proof
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An artist's proof is an impression of a limited edition print that is reserved for the artist and not counted in the edition number. It is usually pencilled as "A/P" to indicate this. By convention th
Edition (printmaking)
…to be, within whatever their price range is. Other marks may indicate that a print has been made in addition to the numbered prints of an edition. Artist's proofs are marked "A. P." or "P/A", sometimes E. A. or E. d'A. (épreuve d'artiste); monoprints and uniquely hand-altered prints are marked "unique"; prints…
Eric Gill's proof of Cantet Nunc Lo (1916)
A proof of an etching by Hubert von Herkomer, without text, which would appear in the empty rectangular portion of the page above the artist's signature.