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The Two Doorways

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8525
State: 8/13

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10589  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:light weight paper, colour ivory discoloured to buff  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with pale tone over the top of the plate and darker tone over the water and lower parts of the buildings  
Note on foul biting:patches of and droplet on left most doorway and water at centre right; considerable foul biting, including areas with regular texture to right of open doorway and on buildings and water at right  
Print note:between Kennedy's fourth and fifth states; the dark doorway has the appearance of an unfinished, intermediate proof  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 50 to 58mm from left, height 3mm; butterfly of ca 1886, rubbed  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:no  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'13062' (crossed out) at lower left on verso; '130909' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'MK' at lower left on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1930404  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.