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Bibi Valentin

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 106-1910
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1910, for 126 DM.  

 

Paper size:199 x 269 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:top and right edges cut, bottom and left edges torn / deckled  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:unidentified watermark  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even residual tone; darker tone in lower right corner  
Note on foul biting:granular tone bottom centre  
Print note:light greasy spots centre-left; Scratch on plate at left.  

 

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:verso round brown stamp 'KOENIGLICHES KUPFERSTICHKABINETT'  
Dealers' stock nos:recto bottom centre '32882'  
Misc inscriptions by others:recto bottom right 'D'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0500226  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.