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Ponte del Piovan

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.390
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:238 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 152 mm  
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:plate tone on the water, mirroring the shape of the bridge  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:street sign: 'PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions: instead of a true period (full stop) after 'imp', there is a short curved line, like a reversed comma or slanted c  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:inscription at lower right on the verso (it begins with what appears to be a 'c' up against a slash mark or numeral '1'); it is covered by a hinge  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2090403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.