MetaGlossary.com: Chop Mark

Keywords: Workshop, Embossed, Artist, Collector, Stamp

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Also called dry stamp or seal, most often done in the form of an embossing near the lower edge of a print by an artist, workshop, publisher, or printer. This "chop" may be used to authenticate a print.

http://www.zimmermanfineart.com/glossary2.html

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See Blind Stamp

http://www.chancellorsart.com/glossary.htm

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A small embossed seal or impression on a print, generally indicating the printer or artist.

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An uninked, embossed stamp on a print which identifies the printer, artists, workshop or sometimes a collector. Also called a "blind-stamp."

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An un-inked, embossed stamp on the lithograph which identifies the printer, artist, workshop or sometimes a collector. Also called a "blindstamp."

http://terigalleries.com/glossary_serigraphs.shtml

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