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Landscape with Horses

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1927.5908
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Charles Deering Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Jules Gerbeau, Paris (d. 1906). Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927.  

 

Paper size:207 x 305 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 203 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:letters  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Drypoint lines enhance the row of ragged grasses in the foreground.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
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:'JG' (Jules Gerbeau, Lugt 1166) and 'CD' (Charles Deering, Lugt 516)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'R 449e' (the e superscript) at lower left recto over erased numerals (beginning '832'); 'wsefr (underlined) / Cx (or C and reversed c next to c)' in script within platemark verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0360202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.