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The Kitchen

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 23.65.79
State: C/3

Collection credit:Gift of Theodore de Witt, 1923  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Printed for the Fine Art Society, London, 1885 or 1886. Given by Theodore de Witt, New York, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1923.  

 

Paper size:314 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 155 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale grey/green  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:thin, light weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'au' (?) partial  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone quite dark except in the embrasure, wiped diagonally \\\ at bottom right; the window is quite dark.  
Note on foul biting:at the bottom  
Print note:Energetically cancelled with criss-crossing diagonal lines  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171' ( very faint)  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'N' or 'w' on verso; 'a x -' at bottom left on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0240401292  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.