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Bibi Lalouette

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1972.480
State: 2aa/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Gift of Richard Edwards to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, accessioned 7 June 1972, donor designated 13 September 1972.  

 

Paper size:236 x 158 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 149 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese (chinese?)  
Note on the paper:greyish tone  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Slight overall tone.  
Note on foul biting:At the bottom of the plate.  
Print note:Slightly more subtle printing than other MFA impression, picking up finer lines.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.', 't' not crossed  
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:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'R 3801' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0510230  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.