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Bead Stringers

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8530

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York (stock no. 36557). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10594  

 

Paper size:232 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian 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:with pale tone, very slightly darker at left and bottom  
Note on foul biting:granular foul biting over the baby and woman behind; small patches and acid drops at upper and lower left and at lower right corner  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'37' above the door  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:37 to 53mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 36557' at lower left; '0227-400' (the '400' erased) at lower right, both on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'31' (underlined) at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1980807  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.