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The Village Sweet Shop

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1933.264
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Gift of Mr Walter S. Brewster  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933.  
Additional acq. no:14260  

 

Paper size:84 x 122 mm  
Plate mark size:81 x 122 mm  
Note on size:mounted on 278 x 403 mm sheet; printed on old 'ledger' paper  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:possibly Strasbourg Lily 'WR' or S/S/T wmk 186 or similar  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:foul biting or open bite with burnishing on the wall, the shutter leaning against it and on the ground in front, used to indicate texture  
Print note:Some wear in the lines of darkest shading..  

 

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: large shaded butterfly and l-r diagonal line in graphite on mount, at lower left of etching  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Pablo de Sarasate' in graphite on mount, at lower left of etching  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:Pencil butterfly dates from 1886 or 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:'Pablo de Sarasate y Navascues, 1844-1908, was a violinist and the subject of Whistler's painting Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate (YMSM 315)'  
Collector's mark:'WSB' (W.S. Brewster, Lugt 2651a) on etching and mount.  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2510114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.