Using the Canadian Art Sales Index Online is simple, as it features the same measurement and medium abbreviations found in the print edition of the index. Below you will find a list of these abbreviations, as well as an overview of search results.
Measurement & Medium Abbreviations Used
IMPORTANT NOTE: All paintings listed prior to June 2013 are oil on canvas unless otherwise indicated (no listed medium = oil on canvas). Oil on canvas entries from June 2013 onward will list as such.
acr. = acrylic a/lab. = artist's label a/p = artist's proof aqua = aquatint blk.prt. = block print br. = bronze cd. = card cert. = certified chk. = chalk chl. = charcoal c. = circa coll. = collage col. = colour cr. = crayon d. = dated (?) = size unlisted d/sd. = double sided dr. = drawing drypt. = drypoint ed. = edition enam. = enamel engr. = engraving |
etch. = etching exh. = exhibited gch. = gouache htd./wh. = heighten/white indis. = indistinctly i. = ink inscr. = inscribed init. = initialled ld.dn. = laid down litho. = lithograph ltd.ed. = limited edition lino. = linocut mm. = mixed media mono. = monogrammed # = numbered o/bd. = on board o/cbd. = on canvasboard o/lab = on label o/mas. = on masonite o/matbd. = on matboard o/p. = on panel o/ppr. = on paper |
pas. = pastel p&i = pen & ink pncl. = pencil photo = photograph ph.litho. = photolithograph prt. = print sclp. = sculpture seri. = serigraph s. = signed sang. = red chalk silksc. = silkscreen sk. = sketch stnct. = stonecut tmp. = tempera tit. = titled unf. = unframed uns. = unsigned verso = on reverse w/c = watercolour w/ = with wdblk. = woodblock wdct. = woodcut |
Search Sample
This is a sample of a typical artist search result. Please note that not all results contain images. Images will be added regularly when available.