Plein Air - Means "Open Air" or "Outdoors". Often done

quickly or on the spot. These paintings are usually less

detailed and more impressionistic.

Portfolio ­ Prints by one artist that are grouped together

and sold as a set.

Poster - A reproduction that is usually printed in unlimited

quantities with a lower grade of paper and inks than limited-

or open-edition prints.

Press Proof - (PP) Off press proofing can be useful in

predicting quality of materials prior to production printing.

Small quantities of ink and small sheet sizes can be studied

quickly for physical and optical performance properties.

Provenance - Record of ownership for a work of art, ideally

from the time it left the artist's studio to its present location,

thus creating an unbroken ownership history.

Publisher - A company whose business is to produce and

market prints.

Rag Paper - Paper containing a certain proportion of cotton

fiber in its physical structure used for prints. The higher the

cotton content the higher quality the paper.

Remarque (re mark') - small original drawing or sketch

made by an artist in the margin of a print. Remarques

originally were used to identify certain stages in the process

of preparing a plate for printing. Now, however, they

represent the means by which artists personalize prints.

Reproduction - An original work of art that has been

replicated by photographic or other methods.

Restrikes - Additional prints made after the original edition

has been exhausted.