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The Two Doorways

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.484

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 22474). C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 28 February 2003; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:003.2003  

 

Paper size:203 x 291 mm  
Plate mark size:203 x 291 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:moderately thick 'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:fragment: bottom of coat of arms w/fleur-de-lis  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone, accentuated at plate edges ('border' effect)  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:41-52 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 22474'  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1930613  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.