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The Dance House: Nocturne

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.390
State: 4/6

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Colnaghi's, London. Agnew's, London. Thomas Neilson Brown (d.1934); by descent; Sotheby's, London, 28 March 2006 (lot 88); Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:018.2006  

 

Paper size:274 x 167 mm  
Plate mark size:272 x 167 mm  
Note on size:tab 2 mm high  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:foolscap with three balls  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:dark, some lighter tonality above beacon  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 40-50 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'1161[?] 1911'  
Misc inscriptions by others:Colnaghi; Agnew labels on frame back  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4080205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.