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The Unsafe Tenement

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30480
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:258 x 326 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 227 mm  
Other size:156 x 225 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collĂ©  
Note on the paper:chine collĂ© on white cardboard  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:Distinct wavy line along the bottom edge where the stopping out varnish stopped, and dark area above that; fine pitting on roof tiles.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 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:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); in pencil '30480'  
Dealers' stock nos:verso lower left '3257'  
Misc inscriptions by others:recto bottom: 'The unsafe Tenement (5)'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170318  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.