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Double Doorway, Sandwich

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.157
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Cox Collection. Bought from Obach & co., (Obach receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:70 x 110 mm  
Plate mark size:70 x 110 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with discolouration along the top sheet edge.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:This is a new state between Kennedy's first and second states; the only drypoint is the fine diagonal shading at upper left inside the centre doorway.  

 

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 19-30 mm from left, height 4 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'e/e/-' (in script) upside down at lower left ont the verso; 'W.271' at lower centre on the verso and 'Double Doorway, Sandwich' at lower right on the verso, both by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3060103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.