33Bibi LalouetteArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1942.578 State: 2/2 |
Collection credit: | Gift of Mrs Samuel Marx |
Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
Provenance: | Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1942. |
Additional acq. no: | R 7790 |
Paper size: | 330 x 245 mm |
Plate mark size: | 225 x 152 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
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: | printed with light plate tone, particularly on lower half of image |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | While Lochnan describes the print as one of Whistler's 'drypoint' portraits, most of the plate is etched. |
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: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'c. 16380' at lower right recto; another erased c number on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'III' (roman numeral) at lower right recto; Kennedy no., state and title by Harold Wright at lower left recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0510204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.