An artist proof is not necessarily a serigraph as I have owned and sold many artist proof prints over the years. Typically the artist will pull a limited number of prints from the regular run to check for quality and for his personal use (as in this case). In other cases, the artist may not even be directly involved at all and a limited number are pulled by the printer as a limited edition with the artist's approval. They could be serigraphs but unless they are explicitly stated as such it would be more correct to identify them as limited edition artist proof prints (which would be true in either case).
I'll change the title of the thread to reflect this so potential bidders do not believe they are bidding on a painting.
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Originally Posted by Randymetro
You are correct but I believe that this is neither a print or a painting. I think it is a serigraph. It should be clarified.
It is stated that it is numbered so I would rule out a painting or as its called original.( It will usually say oil on canvas or something like that.)
Prints are not numbered.
If the numbers are low say 1-50 or 60 they are usually an AP. This means Artist Proofs.
Larger counts could be runs 1-2500 or more. Serigraphs are made by hand using a silkscreen to transfer the image. There are other methods used but this is the most common.
Prints are made by machine usually using a 4 color process printed by Web presses.
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