11En Plein SoleilUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.322 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Charles Sydenham Haden (1822-1898); sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 18 November 1931 (lot 103); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1932; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 248 x 324 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 135 mm |
| Note on size: | All French Set impressions from the collection of C.S. Haden appear to have reduced margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine laid on wove plate paper |
| Note on the paper: | chine collé |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | A large area bounded by a firm line where acid resistant varnish was used [mh--actually, it's more likely that the foul biting was scraped out at lower right before the printer's inscription was added] |
| Print note: | There are vertical scratches visible in the sky --these are faintly visible in Kennedy's reproductions of both states. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in upper left corner |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' 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: | 'C.20946' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'from the collection of the late Sir F. Seymour Haden's brother.' inscribed on cover sheet in Harold Wright's hand, re. the French Set etchings; Wright also notes that the group from the C.S. Haden collection comprises 13 etchings, including the cover plate both in the set and on the set wrapper' Kennedy number, state and title at lower centre on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0150216 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.