230Riva, No. 2Hamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 34542 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | |
Additional acq. no: | 6782 |
Paper size: | 214 x 300 mm |
Plate mark size: | 206 x 300 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: | fine industrial paper, canvas-like texture on recto |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | distinct plate tone; more pronounced, horizontally wiped tone in foreground |
Note on foul biting: | fine pitting across figures, some on façades; granular tone on second group from left |
Print note: | vertical strip of minor ink reticulation near left margin |
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: | on tab |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 62mm from left, 8 x 18mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | Seal of Hamburg and 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' stamp (Lugt 1233) in brown ink on verso; pencil' '34542' |
Dealers' stock nos: | verso bottom right: '2164' |
Misc inscriptions by others: | verso centre: '1' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2060124 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.