11En Plein SoleilPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 3/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919), Paris. Acquired by the present owner from William Weston, London, 1986. |
| Paper size: | 193 x 244 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 135 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | tan |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine applique on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, particularly at the edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | extensive along the bottom |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in upper left corner |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' reversed] 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' and butterfly |
| 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' dates possibly from 1860/1875, and the pencil butterfly from the late 1890s, although the print is much earlier |
| Collector's mark: | 'AB' oval stamp (Alfred Beurdeley, Lugt 421) on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K0150233 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.