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Nocturne: Salute

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 6/10

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:159 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:deep tone, slightly lighter around the Church and horizon, soft and fuzzily wiped, cool brown  
Note on foul biting:scatter of dots  
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:pencil butterfly of 1885/1886; 62-80 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1886/1887  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:recto upper left '199'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2260402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.