Digital BW, The Print

I have not fallen off the earth. I've been entrenched in the year 
1965; I took another Road Trip, this time to Atlanta, and I took the 
old road, to shoot along the way. Also bought a camera (4x5 
Ebony); also looked at some strong work at two galleries. My 
head is full. 

Here's one quick tidbit though: reading November issue of Art on 
Paper. Working Proof article mentions a Chuck Close 
photogravure called "Lorna 2002". Check out how they parse out 
the prints: "An edition of thirty-five, plus ten artist's proofs, two 
printer's proofs, three presentation proofs, and four proofs 
destined for various archives". Price increases in increments 
every five prints.

I almost laughed when I read this. Should everyone be this 
detailed? In one way, you gotta give him credit for being upfront 
and thorough about what prints will be where. But...

Here's my Version of my Edition: "An edition of twenty-five, plus 
five proofs to gallery owners who don't represent me as a 
Suck-Up Gesture; plus one proof to this cute waitress at my local 
coffeehouse so that I might get laid; one proof to my mother 
although it'll stay rolled up in the guest bedroom closet. Of the 
initial twenty-five, maybe, just maybe, six or seven might actually 
sell".

What actually *IS* an artist proof? Can it be sold, or must it be 
"given away"? What is a printer's proof, and I guess it would not 
be destroyed, thus it enters circulation?

-MT, http://marktucker.com/