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Little Salute

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8554
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c 18403). H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 77666). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10618  

 

Paper size:90 x 2111 mm  
Plate mark size:81 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with blotchy, 'watery' tone along the lower plate edge  
Note on foul biting:a few spots  
Print note:a lot of burnishing marks at left, right and bottom  

 

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:tab 31 to 49 mm from left; butterfly of 1885/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 77666' (underlined) at lower left on verso; 'c.18403' at lower centre on verso; and '8555' at lower right on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W1.90' at lower right on the verso; 'K.220 II' (the II superscript) at lower left on the verso by Harold Wright; 'c/gh/' (in script) mostly erased at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2200205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.