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Balcony, Amsterdam

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1927.82

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Frederic George Achelis Memorial Collection, given by Miss Elizabeth Achelis to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1927.  

 

Paper size:276 x 168 mm  
Plate mark size:276 x 168 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:yes, not identifiable  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone at edges.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:lovely impression in cool umber brown, with soft shadows.  

 

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:pencil butterfly on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'For Wunderlich' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly 1889/1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1890s on verso  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'52749' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'31' encircled, on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4050z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.