24La Mère GérardArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.631 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 3215 |
| Paper size: | 307 x 258 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 128 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | China on wove |
| Note on the paper: | laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.' ('J' reversed) |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' and butterfly in margin, lower left |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | same graphite signature and shaded butterfly in same location as Little Arthur (1934.632), Annie (1934.633) La Rétameuse (1934.630), En Plein Soleil (1934.620), Street at Saverne (l934.546) and Title to the French Set (1934.645). There is a shaded butterfly in graphite in margin, lower left; I think its 'Whistler.' , mfm; |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'cat 4 / K11 173.27' within platemark verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0110402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.