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Bead Stringers

Terra Foundation for American Art
Accession no: 1992.145
State: 11/11

Collection credit:Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection  
Image credit:Photo © Terra Foundation for American Art  
Provenance:Miss R. Birnie Philip (bequest by artist); University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland (bequest by Miss R. Birnie Philip); Davis & Langdale Company, Inc., New York, New York. Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1985; Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1992.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:227 x 156 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.198 Bead Stringers/ vii/viii' written on backing  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1980z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.