450The PierrotPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 7/8 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project |
Provenance: | Hirschl and Adler, New York. J. Boon, Holland; Dr George van Houten, Netherlands; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007; bought by a private collector. |
Paper size: | |
Plate mark size: | 230 x 160 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | - |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | light brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very light overall tone [check] |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | yellowy effect of the light brown ink on the ivory paper |
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: | |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 27981' [check] |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
ID: | K4070410 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.