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The Unsafe Tenement

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1946.337
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Gift of Honoré Palmer  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 33294). Given by Honoré Palmer to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1946.  

 

Paper size:213 x 270 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 238 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with tone, heavy near lower plate edge  
Note on foul biting:Distinct wavy line along the bottom edge where the stopping out varnish stopped, and dark area above that.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 33294' at centre on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0170402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.