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J. Becquet, Sculptor

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.532
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  
Additional acq. no:1795 (old acc. no.)  

 

Paper size:280 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:255 x 191 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:De Erven Dk. Blauw  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Although Lochnan discusses this as a drypoint, there is considerable etched work on the head as well as the etched outlines and some shading on body and cello. The plate has a distinct bevel; Whistler reused a plate etched by a West Point classmate, hence the remnants of an earlier subject on the lower third and upper right of the image (see Kennedy entry).  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly in graphite. lower left, within plate mark  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0520303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.