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Fumette

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Accession no: BdeH. 2822
State: 5/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Probably bought from Adam Fetter (fl. 1923) by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, May 1923, for guilders 90.  

 

Paper size:225 x 185 mm  
Plate mark size:162 x 110 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:yellow on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on laid  
Note on the paper:The impression slightly overlaps the chine applique on the right and bottom.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light tone at the bottom, left, and bottom half of right side  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Good impression, clear, though not very dark in the darkest parts; Very grainy and mucky effect in the bottom half, particularly on the right  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['s' reversed] 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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0130436  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.