Rie Munoz Terms

Glossary Terms used in reference to Rie Munoz art AV Product is Available Mint Unmarred, as fresh from a mint. Used as a term describing the condition of art in perfect, pristine condition. N/A Product or information is not available. Proofs As a rule, the total number of all proofs issued should not exceed 10% of the edition size. There are many different categories of proofs. The ones Rie Muñoz uses are as follows:
Artist proof	ap	Color proof	cp
Publisher's proof	pp	Printer's proof	prp
Presentation proof	pres. p	Trial proof	tp
Color Trial proof	ctp	Example d' artist	ea
Registration proof	rp	Bon a Tirer *
The *Bon a Tirer "good (ready) to pull" is the final proof satisfactory to both printer and artist. It sets the standard which all subsequent prints of the edition must meet. The BAT designation is not universally used. PL# The plate number refers to the plates in the book "Rie Muñoz, Portrait of Alaska". This book brings together all of her published work from 1966 to 1995. This 30 year retrospective includes 351 full color plates. The The accompanying text by Juneau author Sara Epenbach tell the artist's engrossing story from childhood to her eventual career as a full time artist. Pristine Term commonly used to describe art in absolutely perfect condition: totally free from soil or decay, fresh and clean. Prod# The first 2 numbers are the year the art was released; the second numbers are the order which they were released, (8704: 87 =Year 04 = fourth print released in 1987). Reproduction - Lithograph Limited edition offset litho. Preserving a Rie Muñoz original water color through reproduction is a painstaking process. The high quality is achieved by using the traditional offset lithography method. Working directly from Rie's original painting, a color separation is produced from a digital camera and dot etched by a master crafts person. The resulting separation is then used to transfer the image of Rie's original painting to the metal palates. Our printer uses only archival paper and the best inks available. The result is the next best thing to a Rie Muñoz original. RMLtd. Serigraph A print made by the silkscreen process. Silk-screen A print making technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing. Sold-Out Art A Sold-Out print is no longer available from the publisher. All the prints in a particular edition have been sold and distributed to the authorized Rie Muñoz dealers. These editions are therefore "Sold-Out" (S/O) and no longer available from the Publisher. Condition, popularity, age and degree of rarity are a few of the many factors that determine the current value of a sold-out print, or what is often referred to as a "Secondary Market Print". Stencil Color is hand applied by artist dipping applicator in medium and then applying it to creation.