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Nocturne: Palaces

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1910
State: 2/12

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 6045). David and Frederick Keppel, New York. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:14027 (R 5750 - old acq no)  

 

Paper size:307 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:297 x 200 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Hunting horn in shield 'LVG'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with considerable plate tone on the sky and the water, forming into inky blobs along the bottom.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:The pencil butterfly dates from 1879/1881.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'C.B.' (C.L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 6045' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The finest impression of this that we ever had / and one of the two or three finest Whistler prints that I ever saw. / D. K. [David Keppel] at lower left verso; '? / ^ / ? ?' (the second '?' reversed) at lower centre verso; 'FNOx' at lower right verso; 'W[illeg]' covered by glue and paper from old mount at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2020102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.