12FumetteArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.542 State: 5/5 |
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 533 |
Paper size: | 246 x 193 mm |
Plate mark size: | 163 x 109 mm |
Note on size: | wove support sheet appears to have reduced margins that were cut or torn along ruled graphite lines |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | China |
Note on the paper: | laid down off white wove paper (chine collé) |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
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: | 'Whistler' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['s' reversed] 171.' |
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: | Whistler' with a shaded butterfly in graphite in margin, lower left. Same graphite signature and shaded butterfly with oblique line in same location as Liverdun (1934.606) and The Unsafe Tenement (1934.571) |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'cat 5 / K13 (with superscript 4) / 2682.22' at lower left verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0130402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.