193The DoorwayPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 10/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of M. Mark Alan Goetzke |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago, 1910, probably acquired from Albert Roullier Galleries, Chicago. Private collection, France, 2022. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 292 x 203 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | hunting horn in shield |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | Tone carefully wiped vertically in the water, much less tone above (a little at the top corners). |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | "Early proof [butterfly]" verso bottom right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | Tab signature probably erased, tab cut smaller and re-signed. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | n/a |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | "J.H.W." (John Henry Wrenn) in rectangular frame (Lugt 1475) verso bottom centre |
| Dealers' stock nos: | "1717" verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910); M. Mark Alan Goetzke |
| ID: | K1880501 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.