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Finette

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1938.1882
State: 9/14

Collection credit:The Clarence Buckingham Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 40702?). Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938.  
Additional acq. no:R 5750  

 

Paper size:370 x 264 mm  
Plate mark size:290 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:The paper has dark fibre inclusions.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:Corrosion on the plate prints like foul biting.  
Print note:  

 

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:'Whistler' at lower left sheet corner recto (mostly erased)  
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:'C.B.' (Clarence L. Buckingham, Lugt 497)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 40702' (?) and '2079' (the latter mostly erased) at lower left recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Finette' at lower centre recto; 'T.[?]56. 2nd state. With the balcony, but before / the work on the background of tables.' at lower centre and lower right verso; '734' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0580502  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.