452The Steps, AmsterdamHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30469 State: 4/5 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 242 x 166 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 242 x 166 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 |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light plate tone, narrow frame of slightly darker tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting at lower margin; fine pitting across figures and cobblestones |
| Print note: |
| 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: | on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 32 mm from left, 2 x 10 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso upper right: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '30469' on verso above collector's mark ; '962' on verso lower right; '1778' bottom right |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Steps Amsterdam' bottom centre; '14 gs' verso bottom right corner; '1778' and price in same hand |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4030205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.