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Jo's Bent Head

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1927.71
State: 1/3

Collection credit:Frederic George Achelis Memorial Collection, Yale University Art Gallery  
Image credit:Photo © Yale University Art Gallery  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38601). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Frederic George Achelis Memorial Collection, given by Miss Elizabeth Achelis to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1927.  

 

Paper size:323 x 210 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:jester  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall tone  
Note on foul biting:rough inking  
Print note:nice burr  

 

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  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Jo.' by Whistler, and '1st proof - ' probably by Whistler, on recto, below platemark at right  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1886 or 1887  
Collector's mark:'HHB' stamp and in graphite pencil (Benedict, Lugt 1298); illegible initials in graphite pencil, all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38601'  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0780z04  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.