413Mairie, LochesMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 41.124.2 State: 1/4 |
Collection credit: | Bequest of Louise Veltin, 1941 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38327). Bequeathed by Louise Veltin to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941. |
Paper size: | 222 x 128 mm |
Plate mark size: | 219 x 128 mm |
Note on size: | . |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | light weight |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | 'GR' under crown |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone, smooth, giving warm slightly brown effect, buff, delicate wiping |
Note on foul biting: | scattered dots |
Print note: | the ink- warm black- sinks right through the paper, creating a soft glow. The delicate shadows are very lightly drawn, dark edge at right |
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 2)' on verso |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly 1888/90; tab |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'D' ?; 'ID' on verso, photod twice after image |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38327' and 'I or S2740' |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '5' on verso; 'JD-S-S for L.V.' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K3820102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.