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Bibi Lalouette

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8433
State: 2a/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago. Theodore de Witt, New York. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 65761). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10495  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet was removed from a book; with discolouration at three edges.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'IV' countermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:none  
Note on foul biting:With new foul biting or etched texture on sky.  
Print note:Remnants of heads at the bottom of the plate print more strongly than in Kennedy's reproduction.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.', 't' not crossed  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'Bryan Lathrop' (Lugt 2972); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b); 'Theodore de Witt'  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 65761' at lower left on verso; 'C7801 (crossed out)' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'85 (circled)' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0510218  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.