220Ponte del PiovanBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 50.233 State: 6/6 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Possibly sold at auction, 15 October 1945. M. Knoedler, New York; L. Aaron Lebowich, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, February 1950. |
| Paper size: | 234 x 152 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | moderate overall tone, slightly darker in water, building at right |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The print looks a little bare. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | street sign: 'PONTE DEL PIOVAN / DETTO DEL VOLTO' |
| 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: | 28-43mm from left, pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 6513'; 'Couo 8082'; ' k.2370 MK' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Knoedler label inscribed 'K.2370 NK', 'F 80806', 'Waggan Fund 450' and '10/15/45' in various hands 'P' number |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2090603 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.