Editioning Information

[@philipgallagher3234]

I have two prints "Head" by William Turnbull 1956. They are lithographs printed by my grandfather for Turnbull. They are signed (in pencil) and both have the addition of "Printers Proof" also in pencil. They may have been intended for retention by the printer so that perhaps another edition could be printed using the first edition as a reference. Or, possibly quite likely, the printer was "paid" with a print or two, rather in the way the artist retained some proofs for themselves. An interesting video.

[@jarlsoars1150]

I've wondered about some of this information...for instance, when the formality began(as you've stated) etc. I have old prints that aren't editioned but are print signed. Some old book plate prints seem to have an artist and printer signature on opposite sides. I have a print originally done by Mortimer Menpes of Rouen cathedral but it's a 'RE-PROOF'. . . whatever that could mean. So it seems that a company in New York, (Campbell Prints) remade the original in a slightly smaller dimension and perhaps for legal reasons were obligated to indicate that it was not an original proof? I've heard so many explanations on what an 'AP' is...I'm starting to think that it's whatever a given individual wants it to be, though, i'd trust your description with the knowledge and experience you have.