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The Fishing Boat

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 50.232
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  
Provenance:Possibly sold at auction, 15 October 1945. Knoedler & Co., New York. L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1950.  

 

Paper size:167 x 235 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 232 mm  
Note on size:not quite trimmed to platemark, ca 2mm margin at top; 1mm marg sides  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): laid  
Note on the paper:dirty; somewhat thick, possibly 'modern' (post 1800)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pretty clean wiped, some tone below boat  
Note on 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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Fishing boat Venice' on verso; of tab; '4r'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.' on recto, '4-' on verso  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886; tab 7 mm ht/36-57mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:This could be an early proof, possibly the fourth impression printed in Venice, given the number '4-' written on the tab, and despite the slightly later butterfly signature.  
Collector's mark:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c.7515' crossed out; 'MK32551' ; 'C15942'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'F208 Fishing Boat'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2080102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.