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Finette

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.346
State: 6/14

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:E. G. Kennedy, New York. George W. Vanderbilt [per Boerner]. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought from Artemis, New York, by Peter and Paula Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:003.2002  

 

Paper size:386 x 263 mm  
Plate mark size:289 x 200 mm  
Note on size:broad margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:very obvious fibres in paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:nearly clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Lustrous, superb impression with rich burr in warm black.  

 

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:see inscriptions  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st. State - perfect proof' and butterfly, on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The etched date is very faint. The pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s  
Collector's mark:'EGK' stamp (Kennedy, L.857) twice  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'[Arthur?] coll' and '85'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0580304  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.