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Soupe à trois sous

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.634
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), his sale, 31 July 1888 (Sotheby's, lot 23), acquired by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 15153). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 3215  

 

Paper size:235 x 328 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
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:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Medium: while Lochnan identifies the print as a drypoint, it is clearly an etching.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 15153' at lower left recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'25' (erased) at lower right recto (perhaps a price?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0490103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.