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Newspaper-Stall, Rue de Seine

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 2007.126
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Bequest of Arthur MacDougall Wood, through the generosity of Pauline Wood Egan and Arthur M. Wood, Jr.  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Pauline Kohlstaat Palmer (Mrs Potter Palmer II) (1882-1956); Arthur MacDougall Wood (1913-2006); bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 2007.  

 

Paper size:88 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:84 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:light grey  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:Butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboard top centre: '[H]OTEL / [D]E / [RO]ME / […]EMENTS ? / HAM[…] / […]MEUBLE[…]'; on magazines in window: '[??]LPRI', '[?]ABU[?]', 'GIL BLAS'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K432- 2- etat (et dern)' at lower centre verso; 'rmm (?) (underlined) / 350' and '30 (underlined) / 72' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4320210  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.