34Bibi ValentinMuseum Boijmans van Beuningen, RotterdamAccession no: DN. 2933/5 State: 2/2 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Adriaan Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis (1850-1935), Amsterdam; given to the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1923. |
| Paper size: | 190 x 270 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | slightly dirty paper; fine, fibrous, not glossy, with faint laid lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Some grey tone in the bottom half and very light tone elsewhere. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a slight burr on the signature, and rich burr on the ribbon; some strong burr, quite strongly contrasting dark burr on the eyes, mouth, chin, ribbon. There is an odd area at top right, 20-30 mm from the top of the platmark and extending to 10 mm has an unprinted seuqnece of white curves (hairs?). At the bottom there is an area of soft, freckled texture; there are also some speckles over the plate, not cleaned. |
| 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: | 'DNB' stamped twice ( Domela Nieuwehuis, Lugt. 356B) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Bibi Valentine' on recto, bottom left corner |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0500221 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.