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Islands: Evening

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1905.107
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 28 October 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:128 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 201 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 tone at top, left and bottom, wiped cleaner across the lines of the image.  
Note on foul biting:Spots on the sky and other scattered flecks.  
Print note:A cool colour, with soft burr; it appears to be pure drypoint; spots on the sky may be corrosion or acid splashes.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 31-50/51 mm from left, height 9 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'20' at lower right on the verso; 'W193 "Islands" Obach + Co June 1905' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2220202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.