207Salute DawnArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1972.428 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | T. E. and Gaylord Donnelley Funds, and Mrs. H. S. Perkins Fund |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London, 1910. Otto Gerstenberg (1848-1935), Berlin. Restricted gift of T. E. Donnelley and Gaylord Donnelley to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1972. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14313 RX 8581 (old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 135 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 203 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Unidentified |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | inky platemark and traces of pale plate 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: | see tab |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly and '1st proof-' |
| Note on the tab: | Pencil butterfly dates from 1882/1883 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly does not appear to date from Venice so the inscription may not be accurate. |
| Collector's mark: | 'O.G' under female figure (Otto Gerstenberg, Lugt 2785) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K215 I/IV' at lower centre verso; '4[illeg]' on tab verso' '1st State' at lower right verso (possibly by Whistler?); '58' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2150102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.