8Little ArthurBowdoin College Museum of ArtAccession no: 1923.61 State: 3/4 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris. M. Knoedler and Co., New York. Given by Charles A. Coffin (Honorary Degree, 1922) to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 27 April 1923. |
| Paper size: | 80 x 56 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 78 x 56 trimmed within mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove paper |
| Note on the paper: | laid down, and was thus it was not possible to examine fully |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | rather a thin impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'JW'? (see Kennedy) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue. St Jacques. 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | On a label removed from the backing in 1981: 'M. KNOEDLER & CO./ 556 Fifth Avenue, Bet. 45th & 46th Sts./ New York', with inscription in ink on label 'C 2848 57046 / K. 2473 / LITTLE ARTHUR / Original etching by Whistler / W.13 M.7 K.9 III state / From the Beurdeley Collection.' |
| Collector's mark: | 'AB' oval stamp (A. Beurdeley, Lugt 421). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c. 6299', 'K .2473/C 2848' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K9..3 état' at lower left, '35/7' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0090309 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.