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The Letter (Maud, seated)

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 031.2011
State: 2/5

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York, 1910; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. Ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by Dr. S. William Pelletier in 1995. Swann Auction Galleries, NY, 26 October 2011, lot 256. Given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College Museum of Art.  

 

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Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
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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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
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Source of information:  
ID:K1150z03  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.