455The Dance House: NocturneNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8644 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York. Albert W. Scholle (d. 1910), New York. Knoedler & Co., New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10708 |
| Paper size: | 275 x 165 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 272 x 165 mm |
| Note on size: | unevenly cut at right |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'PRO PATRIA' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of pale tone over the areas of darkest shading |
| Note on foul biting: | heavy foul biting along the plate edges |
| Print note: | This is the impression illustrated by Kennedy; Kennedy's first state appears to be pure etching; warm black ink (like rich dark brown effect on this paper) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'l. Feb. 25-' at lower left on the verso; 'No 4' (in an oval; the 'o' superscript) at lower right on the verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 36 to 48 mm from left; height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | pentagon stamp (Albert W. Scholle, Lugt 2923a); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK 30697' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '408' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4080106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.