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The Slipper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 119-1911
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Anonymously given to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1911.  

 

Paper size:323 x 254 mm  
Plate mark size:117 x 79 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone; some added tone on slipper  
Note on foul biting:some fou biting on left edge; fine pitting in lower left corner  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
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:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'first state' recto lower right; upper right, '29'; bottom edge, '1st state scarce'; erased at top right: '36'; verso lower left pencil '119-1911 / G'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0280106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.