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Nocturne: Furnace

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30928
State: 12/12

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Image credit:  
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Paper size:175 x 231 mm  
Plate mark size:170 x 231 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:very fine laid lines  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:carefully wiped tone, with lighter areas in the doorway and window and their reflections, vertical wiping in water very effective.  
Note on foul biting:pitting left below butterfly, some foul biting in right corners  
Print note:some ink reticulation bottom right and right margin  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:54 mm from left, 6 x 16mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '30928'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso lower left: 'D.5 UUO.20'; bottom 'Whistler Furnace Nocturne' and 'Furnace Nocturne'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2130708  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.