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Ponte del Piovan

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.408
State: 6/6

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 34135). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:008.2002  

 

Paper size:226 x 152 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone in water  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1889/1890; 33-51 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Wrenn (Lugt 1475)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 34135'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'0220[?]', '118'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2090612  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.