P. Buckley Moss

Her publisher explains the numbering. The number is usually written in the lower margin in the form X/YY: the print’s own number over the size of the edition. “AP” before the number marks an artist’s proof.⁷

The signature may not be by hand. Her publisher says limited-edition prints are typically signed by the artist or carry a mechanically applied signature, put on by a signing machine called an Autopen. The year of publication is typically put near the signature, with a © symbol beside it.⁷

The publisher’s shop gives edition sizes in the form “1,000 and 25 artist’s proofs”. One thousand is the usual figure on the pages we read. A dealer says editions were once almost always a thousand and are now more often about 250.^12,13,14

If a print comes from a numbered edition, the publisher says, any impression without a number is probably not a valid reproduction. It adds that many commercially printed reproductions are not numbered at all, because they are not meant for collectors.⁷

A dealer records a hand signature that reads as her name and the year, “P Buckley Moss ’96”, at the bottom right of one print.¹⁵

Her etchings are a different kind of print. A dealer describes one as inscribed by hand with its number, title, signature and year: “70/99 – White Church – P Buckley Moss 90”.⁶

Later prints are giclées, which her publisher describes as printed with archival pigmented inks.^5,4

A dealer notes that limited-edition prints often come with a certificate of authenticity, signed by the artist or by the dealer.¹⁴

Her gallery also sells porcelain ornaments and other collectibles that carry her images. These are not prints.¹⁶

[whether she signed in pencil, and where on the sheet, not confirmed]

[blind stamp or publisher’s seal not confirmed]