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The Embroidered Curtain

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 1/10

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Pauline K. Palmer (Mrs Potter Palmer II); Arthur MacDougall Wood; private collection.  

 

Paper size:242 x 161 mm  
Plate mark size:240 x 161 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:butterfly at lower right on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st proof printed' at lower right on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4100z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.