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The Embroidered Curtain

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1972.50
State: 10/10

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought at auction, Sotheby & Co., 1 August 1958 (lot 13), by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, for £130; purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1972 (Lee M. Friedman Fund).  

 

Paper size:240 x 160 mm  
Plate mark size:239 x 160 mm  
Other size:see tab mm  
Note on size:tiny margin at top otherwise trimmed to platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:seems clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:the crosshatching in the door and water is very much softened.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'WATER / te / VUUR' on signboard  
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:2 mm ht/tab 37-46 from left; Pencil butterfly dates from 1889/1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.30588' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'152' on verso; K.410 v-vi  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4100702  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.