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Reading by Lamplight

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Accession no: 1978/21
State: 4/3

Collection credit:  
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.