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Marbles

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8588
State: 1/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10652  

 

Paper size:135 x 94 mm  
Plate mark size:132 x 94 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:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone near the plate edges  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; remnant of a woman in profile (upside down) at lower left and another remnant at upper centre  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'BATEY' on sign to left of the door.  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Marbles' (partly underlined) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 69 to 79 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 32567' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'#26' at lower centre on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2840103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.