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The Doorway

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
Accession no: 1994.15.3
State: 14/20

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA  
Provenance:Charles B. Eddy collection; bought by Dr Beatrice Bishop Berle at the C. B. Eddy Sale, American Art Association, New York, 17 January 1926; given by her Estate to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, 1994.  

 

Paper size:296 x 198 mm  
Plate mark size:286 x 198 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:deep tone at bottom wiped vertically, lighter at top, and wiped clearer in the doorway; some bubbling of ink  
Note on foul biting:texture and some foul biting  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of ca 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C 6508…' (illegible) on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'21' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880z06  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.