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The Unsafe Tenement

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8403
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10465  

 

Paper size:222 x 285 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 224 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:fibrous inclusions  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall plate tone  
Note on foul biting:heavy at lower left and lower centre; upon the plate edges at upper left and upper right.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] 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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.13412'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.17 II' The Unsafe Tenement' (Harold Wright's hand)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0170209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.