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Street at Saverne

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 2005.99.38
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 16227). Frederick R. Halsey. Given by Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, DC, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005.  

 

Paper size:262 x 181 mm  
Plate mark size:209 x 158 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:the paper is almost discoloured to buff.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:there appears to be graphite on the lantern but it was not added by Whistler  
Print tone:selectively wiped  
Note on foul biting:with new foul biting or etched texture on sky  
Print note:In blue-black ink; a 'recent impression' of the fifth state.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
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:no  
Collector's mark:'RCK' (Ruth Cole Kainen, not in Lugt); possibly 'FHR' (Frederick R. Halsey, Lugt 1308)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 16227'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9' at lower centre on the recto; 'msx' at lower right on the recto; '3/' at upper left on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0190511  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.