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Fumette

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 59.573.3
State: 5/5

Collection credit:Bequest of Rudolph F. Shabelitz, 1959  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Rudolph F. Schabelitz to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959.  

 

Paper size:242 x 181 mm  
Plate mark size:161 x 109 mm  
Note on size:uneven edges at right and bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:very thin and fragile paper, darkened, dirty at edges, uneven at right  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even tone overall, slightly darker than usual.  
Note on foul biting:at the top left, bottom right, right edge, and texture round and on the figure.  
Print note:A good, quite strong impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['s' reversed] 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'3164' faint, on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0130441  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.