37Reading by LamplightHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 1978/21 State: 4/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Kennedy Galleries, New York; sold to the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1978, for $495. |
| Paper size: | 227/233 x 176/178 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 119 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | speckled with blue-grey and brown fibres |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | - |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean in highlights; some medium-strength tone near lower margin; some more in dark area at top |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting below cup on table, behind woman; fine pitting in cone of light. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J. 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: | verso centre light brown stamp: seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'A 20768' on verso lower left |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1978/21' verso lower right; 'ssx' verso lower left |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0320218 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.