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ID: 300178646
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300178646

 

Record Type: concept
proofs before letters (proofs (prints by function), <prints by function>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Proofs of prints having an image, but before the addition of title, artist's name, or other alphabetical content has been added; relevant when such printed matter exists on a later state. Such proofs are usually rare and valuable and thus command high prices.
 
Terms:
proofs before letters (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
proof before letters (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
proofs-before-letters (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
avant-lettre proofs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
before letters (prints) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
proofs, unlettered (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
unlettered proofs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
avant la lettre proofs (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
無字樣張 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
無字試版 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
未簽名版畫作品 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
wú zì yàng zhāng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
wu zi yang zhang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
wu tzu yang chang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
afdrukken avant la lettre (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
afdruk avant la lettre (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
afdrukken sans adresse (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
afdrukken voor de letter (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
afdruk sans adresse (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
afdruk voor de letter (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
drukken vóór de letter (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
druk vóór de letter (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
pruebas avant la lettre (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
prueba avant la lettre (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.VC

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Visual Works (hierarchy name)
........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of visual works (works)
............ visual works (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual works by material or technique>
................ <visual works by material or technique> (G)
Hierarchy of prints (visual works)
.................... prints (visual works) (G)
Hierarchy of <prints by function>
........................ <prints by function> (G)
Hierarchy of proofs (prints by function)
............................ proofs (prints by function) (G)
Hierarchy of proofs before letters
................................ proofs before letters (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 在加入標題、藝術家姓名之前的試版,或是在之後才會加入其他字母字體之前所製作的試版。這種試版通常數量稀少且珍貴,因此價格昂貴。 
Dutch ..... Proefdrukken die zijn gemaakt vóórdat de titel, de naam van de kunstenaar of andere zaken waarvoor letters van het alfabet worden gebruikt, worden toegevoegd, als dit in een later stadium het geval zal zijn. Dergelijke proeven zijn meestal zeldzaam en waardevol, en dus ook erg duur. 
Spanish ..... Pruebas de impresión realizadas antes de la inclusión del título, nombre del artista u otro asunto usando las letras del alfabeto, si este asunto impreso existe en un estado posterior. 

Sources and Contributors:
無字樣張............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  藝術名詞與技法辭典 p. 365
無字試版............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  TELDAP database (2009-)
未簽名版畫作品............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  藝術名詞與技法辭典 p. 476
afdruk avant la lettre............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.........................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.........................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
afdrukken avant la lettre............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
............................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
afdrukken sans adresse............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.........................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.........................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
afdrukken voor de letter............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.........................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.........................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
afdruk sans adresse............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
afdruk voor de letter............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
......................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
......................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
avant la lettre proofs............  [VP]
.........................................  Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 928
avant-lettre proofs............  [VP]
...................................  Personal Communication Pulin, VanNimmen, LC, 10/90: include as lead-in to proofs before letters.
before letters (prints)............  [VP]
.........................................  Gascoigne, How to Identify Prints (1986) IND, Used for a proof taken before the plate was sent for the title and other letters to be engraved.
drukken vóór de letter............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.........................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.........................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
druk vóór de letter............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
proof before letters............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
proofs before letters............  [VP Preferred]
......................................  Carter, ABC for Book Collectors (1972)
......................................  Goldman, Looking at Prints (1988) 50
......................................  Harrod's Librarians' Glossary (1984)
......................................  Zinkham and Parker, Descriptive Terms for Graphic Materials (1986)
proofs-before-letters............  [VP]
......................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
proofs, unlettered............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
prueba avant la lettre............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.........................................  Krejca, Técnicas del Grabado (1990) 13
pruebas avant la lettre............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.........................................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
unlettered proofs............  [VP]
................................  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 315
wu tzu yang chang............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
wu zi yang zhang............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
wú zì yàng zhāng............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
............  Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 315, [sic, no s on letter]; proofs before letter
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 928
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Linden, grafische technieken (1970)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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