194The GardenSpencer Museum of Art, Kansas CityAccession no: 1990.0003 State: 15/15 |
Collection credit: | Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas: The Helen Foreman Spencer Acquisition Fund |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Purchased by P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 24 April 1970 at auction; sold 10 December 1971 to V. Volpe; purchased from R. M. Light and Co., Inc., Prints and Drawings, Santa Barbara, CA, by Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1990. |
Paper size: | 305 x 238 mm |
Plate mark size: | 305 x 238 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Light even tone at the top, dark, carefully wiped vertical tone in the water |
Note on foul biting: | some spots |
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: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'c. 5266' crossed out, 'c. 37450' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '78' encircled on verso |
Source of information: | Museum records |
ID: | K2100905 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.