Fine art

Fine art

Of, or pertaining to the creation of, any visual art that was considered to have been created for purely aesthetic purposes.

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stencil

Arts & crafts; Fine art

The process in which an area is cut out of paper, or material such as cardboard to enable paint or ink to be applied to a piece of paper, or canvas through the cutout.

stamp print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Limited edition print made from a work originally created as the design for a conservation stamp. Print and stamp customarily are framed together.

sold out

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Said of a limited edition print once it is no longer available at issue price and is being sold instead at secondary market prices.

silver print

Arts & crafts; Fine art

This generic term covers all prints made on paper that is coated with silver salts. Black and white photographs are usually silver prints.

signed only

Arts & crafts; Fine art

A print signed by the artist but not numbered.

signed in the plate

Arts & crafts; Fine art

Refers to the artist’s signature on an original work as it appears in a print.

Limited edition prints that have been signed sequentially numbered by the artist. the artist's signature is usually found in one of the lower corners of the print and is accompanied by a number that ...