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Venus

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30926
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:175 x 251 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:indeterminable  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:virtually no tone  
Note on foul biting:minor pitting near bottom margin  
Print note:stippled lines top right  

 

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 centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '30926'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso pencil centre: 'Venus W.56'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0590211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.