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The Pierrot

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30470
State: 7/8

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Paper size:230 x 159 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 159 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese laid  
Note on the paper:'laid' lines hardly visible under criss-cross fibres  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:foul biting at lower margin; pitting near right margin; some faint pitting in water  
Print note:30 mm long vertical crease at lower right, showing as fine white line  

 

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:34 mm from left, 3 x 11 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) (twice on verso lower left  
Dealers' stock nos:'961' on verso at lower right; '1779' lower centre; '30470' on verso in centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Le Pierrot' on verso at lower centre; upper right, 'Le Pierrot / Amsterdam': upper right corner, 'VI 13'; '15/15/-' lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4070411  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.