378Atelier de BijouterieFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: M21513 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Alvin Whitley Fund |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
| Paper size: | 129 x 218 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 216 mm |
| Note on size: | close to trimmed to platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good strong impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | signboard above arch: '[…] IE G. [?]AAG Sr / [BOUT]IQUE DE BIJOUTE[RIE] / […] SUR EN MED[…]E[…]ROIX D[…] OLI'; immediately above lower window: 'ATELIER DE BIJOUTERIE'; signboard at right: 'SAGET / AVENUE (?) / MEROFAGES (?) […] / […] EUIE S BRIES? […] POISSONS'; on street sign: '[…] / 9 (?)' |
| 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 in another hand; 3mm height; 35-44mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly does not appear to be by Whistler. |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342) faint blue stamp; a circular stamp, 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' (Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 70.081 |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4330104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.