235Bead StringersHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30929 State: 11/11 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 246 x 152 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 237 x 152 mm |
| Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone, slightly darker and wiped horizontally in lower third |
| Note on foul biting: | some foul biting in lower corners; pitting in top left corner; fine pitting across baby |
| Print note: | ink reticulation in lower third |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 33mm from left, 8 x 19mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '30929' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso upper right: 'VI 10'; lower left: 'Du5.zv'; lower centre: 'Whistler Bead Stringers' and lower left: 'Bead Stringers' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1980812 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.