Art Collector's Glossary
Here are some come to terms associated with the collecting art and antiquities. This guide may be useful as a collector, or as an artist wanting to better label their work for the marketplace, using a terminology that has been used to describe FINE ART for generations.
Also go to my page with brief synopsis of various art movements.
Art Terms:
Artist's Proof or (French."epruve d' artist") ("E. A.", or "AP")
Delineavit (Latin. "Del")
Giclee (Iris print)
Hor D' Commerce Proof ("H. C.")
Invent (Latin Invenit)
Pinx (Latin, Pinxit)
Printer's Proof ("PP")
Second State ("2nd st")
Trial Proof ("TP")