14Street at SaverneDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 65.375 State: 3/4 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of K. T. Keller |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given by K. T. Keller to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1965. |
| Paper size: | 235 x 183 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 156 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very effectively exploited on shadows of buildings, street and sky with some facades and around lamp wiped clean |
| Note on foul biting: | Light speckling in sky under print tone and etched lines, also some more widely spaced dashes; pitting below lines on road; light speckled pitting on far building; foul biting around edges; along left edge regular linear marking (not crosshatched like fabric), perhaps from tool. |
| Print note: | burnishing around lamp |
| 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' |
| 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-13722' on recto, lower right margin (in same hand as 'K.19 IV' and 'Street at Saverne'); '3267' on verso, lower left corner |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W11'; 'K.19 IV'; 'Street at Saverne' recto, in lower left margin |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0190423 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.