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Bead Stringers

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30929
State: 11/11

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:246 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:237 x 152 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone, slightly darker and wiped horizontally in lower third  
Note on foul biting:some foul biting in lower corners; pitting in top left corner; fine pitting across baby  
Print note:ink reticulation in lower third  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:33mm from left, 8 x 19mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '30929'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso upper right: 'VI 10'; lower left: 'Du5.zv'; lower centre: 'Whistler Bead Stringers' and lower left: 'Bead Stringers'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1980812  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.