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High Street, Brussels

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1924.661
State: 1/2

Collection credit:From the Ethel Wrenn Bequest  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1924.  
Additional acq. no:6157  

 

Paper size:129 x 178 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 178 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:unidentified  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with some plate tone, particularly on lower quarter of plate  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly, upper centre left, and again at right centre  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly, verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:" 'La Rue Haute.' Brussels / 1st State -" on verso, lower right  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'J.H.W.' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3580103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.