335Grand'Place, BrusselsGrafische Sammlung der Albertina, ViennaAccession no: DG1922/47 State: 1/2 |
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Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Gottfried Eissler (1862-1924), Vienna; at auction, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, November 1921, possibly unsold; acquired in 1922 by the Albertina, Vienna, by exchange with C. G. Boerner, Leipzig. |
Paper size: | 222 x 139 mm |
Plate mark size: | 220 x 139 mm |
Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | even plate tone; darker, horizontally wiped tone towards lower margin |
Note on foul biting: | fine and loose scattered pitting |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'SALLE DE VENTE DEN[?]' (sign on right of building) |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | on tab |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 24 mm from left, 4 x 11 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | verso lower left corner 'Albertina Graph. Sammlg' in circle (Lugt 5e); stamp 'Gottfried Eissler' in brown rectangular frame (Lugt 805b). |
Dealers' stock nos: | verso lower margin 'N° 7188' |
Misc inscriptions by others: | verso '7' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K3620114 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.