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Nude Woman Standing

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 53.608
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Dr. R. L. Mayer, by exchange  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 22745). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by exchange from Dr R. L. Mayer by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 'Rogers Fund 1953'  

 

Paper size:234 x 125-133 mm  
Plate mark size:216 x 125 mm  
Note on size:trimmed to the platemark at the right and top edge  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:pale brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very carefully wiped tone, pale brown  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Very faint, delicate impression.  

 

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 'imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of ca 1886  
Collector's mark:'HM' (Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' ( H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a); 'R.L.MAYER' red stamp; all on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 22745' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1230104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.