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Polichinelle, Jardin du Luxembourg

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1904.155
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Rosalind Birnie-Philip, 19 July 1904, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:123 x 160 mm  
Plate mark size:121 x 160 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:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Traces of tone near the plate edges.  
Note on foul biting:A few scattered flecks.  
Print note:There is a remnant of earlier work at centre; note that this etching is not illustrated by Kennedy.  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 46-54 mm from left, height 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'RBP (underlined) / Luxembourg / Gardens / undescribed' at lower left on the verso and 'Not in Wedmore' at lower centre on the verso, by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4300102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.