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The Letter (Maud, seated)

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.377
State: 4/5

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 1910; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Knoedler & Co., New York. Louis B. Dailey (1904-2000), New York; sold at auction, 21 October 2003, Sotheby's, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 31 October 2003; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:043.2003  

 

Paper size:328 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 100 mm  
Note on size:deep bevel, outside bevel of platemark 147 x 109  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white (ivory)  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Soft, light tone particularly at the top and bottom.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:soft burr  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'Maud -'  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:inscription and butterfly of ca 1886/1887  
Collector's mark:'HM' in pencil; 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, L. 1342); 'HW' stamp (Whittemore, L.1384a); 'LDB' stamp in rectangle with angled corners (Dailey, not in Lugt), all on verso.  
Dealers' stock nos:'mk 39654' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Lee H' upside down on verso; 'Cx 97' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1150302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.