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The Embroidered Curtain

Whereabouts unknown
Accession 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.