Art Terms
Acid Free
The print contains no harmful acid or alkaline that may affect the life of the paper or quality of the image printed.
Artist Enhanced Canvas Transfer
Some artist enhance their limited canvas editions by applying highlights in paint on the canvas transfers. In
addition to the canvas texture of an image, the enhances brush strokes by the artist can produced an original like
piece of art. You can expect the value of an enhanced canvas transfers to be greater than a limited edition transfer,
especially if enhanced by the original artist.
Artist Proof A/P
Common practice is that 10 to 15 percent of an edition is reserved for the artist. These proofs are identical to
impressions in the edition in most instances. Print Marking example; A/P "1/35" is the first print of an edition of 35
Artist Proof impressions.
Giclée
A fine art print that has become more precise with the advent of the revolutionary printing process Giclée
(zhee-clay) a French term meaning "spray of ink." In the Giclee process, a fine stream of ink (more than four millions
droplets per second) is sprayed onto archival art paper or canvas. Each piece of paper or canvas is carefully hand
mounted onto a drum which rotates during printing. Exact calculation of hue, value and density direct the ink from
four nozzles. This produces a combination of 512 chromatic changes (with over three million colors possible) of
highly saturated, non-toxic water-based ink. Since no screens are used in Giclée printing, the prints have a higher
resolution than lithographs and the dynamic color range is greater than serigraphs.
Hor De Commerce H/C
Hors de Commerce (Not for trade) traditionally were the graphics pulled with the regular edition but marked by the
artist for business use only. These graphics were used for entering shows, exhibits, samples, etc. Today, however,
since people began to acquire and collect them, these graphics now generally find their way to the market place
through regular channels and are sold. Example H/C 1/10
Limited Edition
A fixed number of identical prints of an image, signed by the artist, sequentially numbered, and showing both the
print's number and the total edition size. Each print is referred to as a "limited edition print."
Medium
Medium is the material or technical means of artistic expression. Examples include oils, watercolors, acrylics, ink,
pencil and charcoal. Technical examples include lithography, serigraphy and giclee. Mixed media is the use of two
or more materials and/or technical means.
Mixed Media
In visual art, refers to as art work in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. For example a
work on paper or canvas that combines paint, ink and collage could properly called mixed media.
Printers Proof P/P
Common practice by many printers is that a small number of impressions are made for their review. These proofs
are marketed and are identical impressions to the edition in most instances. Print Marking example; P/P "1/20" is
the first print of an edition of 20 Printers Proof impressions.
Signed and Number S/N
Prints that are authenticated with the artists signature, the total number of impressions in the edition, and the
order in which impression is signed. Numbering example; L/E "5/350, indicates the fifth print of a limited edition of
350 impressions.
Acid Free
The print contains no harmful acid or alkaline that may affect the life of the paper or quality of the image printed.
Artist Enhanced Canvas Transfer
Some artist enhance their limited canvas editions by applying highlights in paint on the canvas transfers. In
addition to the canvas texture of an image, the enhances brush strokes by the artist can produced an original like
piece of art. You can expect the value of an enhanced canvas transfers to be greater than a limited edition transfer,
especially if enhanced by the original artist.
Artist Proof A/P
Common practice is that 10 to 15 percent of an edition is reserved for the artist. These proofs are identical to
impressions in the edition in most instances. Print Marking example; A/P "1/35" is the first print of an edition of 35
Artist Proof impressions.
Giclée
A fine art print that has become more precise with the advent of the revolutionary printing process Giclée
(zhee-clay) a French term meaning "spray of ink." In the Giclee process, a fine stream of ink (more than four millions
droplets per second) is sprayed onto archival art paper or canvas. Each piece of paper or canvas is carefully hand
mounted onto a drum which rotates during printing. Exact calculation of hue, value and density direct the ink from
four nozzles. This produces a combination of 512 chromatic changes (with over three million colors possible) of
highly saturated, non-toxic water-based ink. Since no screens are used in Giclée printing, the prints have a higher
resolution than lithographs and the dynamic color range is greater than serigraphs.
Hor De Commerce H/C
Hors de Commerce (Not for trade) traditionally were the graphics pulled with the regular edition but marked by the
artist for business use only. These graphics were used for entering shows, exhibits, samples, etc. Today, however,
since people began to acquire and collect them, these graphics now generally find their way to the market place
through regular channels and are sold. Example H/C 1/10
Limited Edition
A fixed number of identical prints of an image, signed by the artist, sequentially numbered, and showing both the
print's number and the total edition size. Each print is referred to as a "limited edition print."
Medium
Medium is the material or technical means of artistic expression. Examples include oils, watercolors, acrylics, ink,
pencil and charcoal. Technical examples include lithography, serigraphy and giclee. Mixed media is the use of two
or more materials and/or technical means.
Mixed Media
In visual art, refers to as art work in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. For example a
work on paper or canvas that combines paint, ink and collage could properly called mixed media.
Printers Proof P/P
Common practice by many printers is that a small number of impressions are made for their review. These proofs
are marketed and are identical impressions to the edition in most instances. Print Marking example; P/P "1/20" is
the first print of an edition of 20 Printers Proof impressions.
Signed and Number S/N
Prints that are authenticated with the artists signature, the total number of impressions in the edition, and the
order in which impression is signed. Numbering example; L/E "5/350, indicates the fifth print of a limited edition of
350 impressions.
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