202The BalconyHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30462 State: 17/19 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 293 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 293 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| 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: | various shades of light plate tone, lightest in a horizontal band at about 1/2 hight, darkest at bottom margin, here wiped horizontally in the upper part, vertically in the lower |
| Note on foul biting: | clamp mark at bottom centre; patches of foul biting in top left corner; pitting across figures standing in boat and facade; granular tone in arcades |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 58 mm from left, 4 x 11 mm |
| 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) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '1692'; '1770'; verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '5' verso top centre; 'The Balcony' verso lower centre; '30462' verso below collector's mark; '10/5' verso lower right corner |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2071105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.