26La RétameuseNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 78.414.4 State: 2/2 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Boston Athenaeum, Boston. Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978. |
| Additional acq. no: | 56358 |
| Paper size: | 440 x 308 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 112 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | light weight, japanese, laid onto a medium weight, white machine made wove paper. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | with plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (lower right, diagonally) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp Delatre Rue St.Jacques 171' (lower left) |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'M.F.A. / B.A / 660' on verso, at lower left centre, in blue ink, octagonal adhesive museum label; 'BOSTON ATHENAEUM' oval museum stamp, at centre, in blue ink. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2 La Retameuse 2nd state' on recto, outside platemark, at lower right centre. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0140z04 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.