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The Two Doorways

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1966.23.1
State: 5/13

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38311). The G. Allen Smith Collection, aquired by the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1966.  

 

Paper size:216 x 295 mm  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:slightly browned, heavy-weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:soft, quite dark tone atthe bottom.  
Note on foul biting:lots of texture  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38311' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'158' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1930z09  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.