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Nocturne: Furnace

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1909
State: 7/12

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 45132). Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1939, as part of the Clarence Buckingham Collection.  
Additional acq. no:14309 (R 5750 - old acq no)  

 

Paper size:175 x 231 mm  
Plate mark size:168 x 231 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:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:'C.B.' (C.L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 45132' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'414' sideways at lower left verso; 'Fyx cx ?', the 'cx' raised and underlined, at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2130402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.