proofs
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
proofs
- Details
Refers in a general way to impressions of a print taken from a plate or block, usually before the production of the regular edition, in order to correct, add to, or check the development of a work. Formerly, true proofs referred to proofs made before work on the plate or block is finished. Common since the 18th century are proofs before letters, artist's proofs, remarque proofs, and printers' proofs; these are types of proofs that are deliberately printed to be sold at higher prices and are not, in the strictest sense, true proofs. The term is sometimes loosely and incorrectly and used as a synonym for "impressions."
- Variations
proofs, trial
proof sheets
proofs, progress
proofs, state
proofs, test
proofs, work
proofs, working
pulls, trial
sheets, proof
state proofs
test proofs
working proofs
trial prints
trial proofs
trial pulls
work proofs
epreuve
prints, trial
proof
prints, proof
progress proofs
proof copies
proof prints
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