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Little Nude Figure

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8619
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 66300). Herbert Charles Jerome Pollitt (1910). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10683  

 

Paper size:86 x 49 mm  
Plate mark size:81 x 49 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:partial PRO PATRIA  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale overall tone, heavier along the left and lower left edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy; note that the figure's left arm and hand are incomplete; the plate was unevenly bitten, with a much deeper etched butterfly  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 7 to 15 mm from left; butterfly of ca 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 66300' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3400104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.