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Street at Saverne

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.546
State: 3/4

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 533  

 

Paper size:387 x 306 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 159 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light blue on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove(?) on wove  
Note on the paper: (chine collé); light blue (light blue gray?) paper has visible fibres but appears more like a European than a China paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Some light plate tone in the sky; the lantern wiped clean  
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 Jacques'  
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 in same location as Little Arthur (1934.632), Annie (1934.633), La Mère Gérard (1934.631), La Rétamuse (1934.630), En Plein Soleil (1934.620) and Title to the French Set (1934.645)  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'cat 11 / K19 / 2686.22' within platemark verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0190402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.