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The Doorway

Grafische Sammlung der Albertina, Vienna
Accession no: DGNF 8257
State: 14/20

Collection credit:Albertina, Vienna  
Image credit:Photo © Albertina, Vienna  
Provenance:Purchased for RM 260.- from Ludwig Gutbier (Galerie Ernst Arnold), Dresden, by the k. k. Hofbibliothek, Vienna, 1902; transferred to the Albertina in 1921.  

 

Paper size:299 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:292 x 200 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:dark, vertically wiped tone in water, else even plate tone  
Note on foul biting:foul biting along edges  
Print note:roulette marks, crease mark in lower right corner  

 

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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:verso lower right corner 'Specially [chosen?]' (rest illegible due to mounting); 'o'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:39 mm from left, 7 x 16 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso 'Albertina Graph. Sammlg' in circle (Lugt 5e)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso lower margin 'E. Fisher'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880z08  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.