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Finette

New York Public Library
Accession 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.