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109

Draped Model

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.400
State: 6/11

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 56642). Kennedy Galleries, New York, 22 April 1919 ('HEV'); Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951) ('July 1919 IEJ'); given to Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:295 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 132 mm  
Note on size:rough edges on top three sides  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fancy Basel crozier(?) by itself  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very slight tone; pretty cleanly wiped, but face perhaps highlighted  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:very nice  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:'AHW' bird stamp (A. H. Wiggin, Lugt 2820a) on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 56642' on verso / '89381'; 'c 21HH' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K 100 ix'; '7'; '10'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1000405  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.