451The Embroidered CurtainWhereabouts unknownAccession no: n/a State: 7/10 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Thomas Neilson Brown, bought from P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. (stock no. c 21149). The Fine Art Society, London, 2007. Present whereabouts unknown. |
Paper size: | 240 x 160 mm |
Plate mark size: | 240 x 160 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | very fine laid lines |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | yes (not clear) |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | tone wiped horizontally and unevenly in the water |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | softened, rubbed down or rubbing down, in the shadows |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'WATER / te / VUUR' on signboard |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'c. 21149' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Dealer's records |
ID: | K4100508 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.