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The Kitchen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 67.630.53
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1967  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by Susan Dwight Bliss (1822-1966) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967.  

 

Paper size:227 x 157 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 157 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:the tone is quite dark at top tight and bottom, lighter in the embrasure. The Delatre inscription is obscured by warm black tone.  
Note on foul biting:textured at bottom right and left.  
Print note:The figure is soft and worn.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171' considerably obscured)  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886/1887; tab 24-41mm from left.  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0240309  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.