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La Vieille aux Loques

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 30452
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:1746  

 

Paper size:217 x 156 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
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:residual tone  
Note on foul biting:fingerprints along margins with strong foul biting  
Print note:fabric pattern (probably from scrim) visible on pile of clothes in lower left; very rich print  

 

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:verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233)  
Dealers' stock nos:'30452' on verso centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1746'; bottom left: 'La vieille aux loques' verso; bottom  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0210324  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.