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The Venetian Mast

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8529

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought on 13 February 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10593  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Strasbourg lily / FI (script) (Chicago watermarks 284 and 285)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale plate tone at the top and bottom  
Note on foul biting:light, granular foul biting over the boy at lower left, man at lower right and on the upper buildings at left and right, plus new foul biting from the figure group at lower left to the dark shaded building at right, some directional pitting over the right most seated woman  
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:tab 33 to 44 mm from left, height 3mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'195' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1950607  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.