This is an expansion of/addendum to my July 2021 post explaining the nine different reasons that a piece of Cybis porcelain might have been marked AP (which most people would assume means ‘artist proof’ but – as that Archive post explains – on Cybis pieces it probably does not actually mean that.) I am often [...]
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Cybis Porcelain ‘Artist’s Proofs’: Are They Always What They Seem?
Sometimes you will see a piece of Cybis porcelain with the letters AP or A.P. near the Cybis signature; those initials stand for ‘artist’s proof.’ This term has long been used in the printmaking industry. It originally meant the first (proofing) run of an edition of prints, which the artist/painter would review and make any changes [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 