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Soupe à trois sous

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8431
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 56048). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10493  

 

Paper size:187 x 248 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 225 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone at the edges and bottom left  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A very good impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - '  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp' at left under platemark on recto  
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:'a 56048' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'71652 No 27Soupe à tris sous - très rare' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0490116  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.