346The Barrow - Quartier des Marolles, BrusselsPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 7/8 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as having been owned by the late Sir John C. F. S. Day (1826-1908), London, 1910. C. W. Kraushaar, New York. Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York; C. G. Boerner, New York, 2007; bought by a private collector, 2007. |
| Paper size: | 123 x 170 mm |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even wiping of tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A beautiful impression, with a soft, rubbed down effect in the shadows, some blipping of the tone in the foreground |
| 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: | tiny butterfly of 1887/1888, tab 137-148 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Sir John Day, in pencil on verso; blindstamp in bottom left corner. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c' (Colnaghi notation) on verso (according to collector) |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | not on recto |
| Source of information: | Dealer's records |
| ID: | K3570307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.