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La Vieille aux Loques

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.328
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a a 65744). Theodore De Witt, New York. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:261 x 191 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 148 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale green  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet has a deckle at the right edge  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Moel Savon  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable overall plate tone  
Note on foul biting:usual  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp', 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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 65744' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'69' in half circle at lower right on the verso; '8' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0210218  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.