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Balustrade, Luxembourg Gardens

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1906.123
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:130 x 215 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 215 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks, more dense near the upper left and upper right plate edges  
Print note:A slightly slipped impression, most notable on the upper third of the image; traces of another drawing below the balustrade at left.  

 

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 11' (the 'o' superscript) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 45-53 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W313 The Terrace Luxembourg' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4270102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.