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14

Street at Saverne

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:340 x 259 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 158 mm  
Other size:205 x 157 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:grey/blue on off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine appliqué on wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, wiped clean on the light and on the building opposite.  
Note on foul biting:some at bottom, some graininess in the sky and at the edges; scrim effect at left.  
Print note:strange scrim or vertical wiping under the lines of the sky giving it a fuzzy effect.  

 

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.' (faint)  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler-' and butterfly of 1874/1875  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0190426  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.