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It's like a time-line. At this particular time, this number of prints were issed on this date, of this year, etc. The prints can be limited, so that no others will be available until the reprint is scheduled by the artist or their executors. Thus 1st editions, 2nd editions, etc. In printmaking, an artist uses a system by which there can be more than one original. A good example is silkscreening. Using a screen and screen filler, an artist makes out the shapes they would like to print, fills in the rest of the screen to keep ink out, and passes ink over the screen, transfering it to any paper or fabric or surface beneath. This can be done multiple times before the next color and shape are chosen and prepared to be printed on top. There are a certain number of prints made at a time.

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