61FinetteNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 3/14 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
Paper size: | 373 x 234 mm |
Plate mark size: | 289 x 201 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone, soft, wiped clean in top left half |
Note on foul biting: | splash and drops of acis at top right |
Print note: | Strong drypoint on torso; this is the impression of the second state illustrated by Kennedy |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859 - ' |
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: | ' "Finette -" ' and '1st state' under platemark |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '54 -' top right |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0580201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.